Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-23

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mind was relaxed be made lively work
In this case, If there was elemental low
ering outside, there was mental sunshine
within. aunnih aa,Esgt
"Well, Charley, what is it? Have you
struck ile2" ~ ~
II am going" said he, to ridieule
the independence Of any press that has
Job Office connected with it, for news
paper puffs are based more on money
than merit if not altogether on money,
or its equivalent in some way. l am
going to get up letter as fromssa wan
dering, illiterate cuss Snowman,
whose establishment would cost about
$l3 AZ, all told. have seen Just ruch
a chap, named Ware, up in Lucas coun-
ty, so that my letter will come nearer
being founded on fact, as FICTITIOUS wri-
ters say, than an average. I'll make
him call on us to puff his show high,
and give as reason that he is going TO
get all his show-bills printed at our of
fee. His spelling shall be the comment
on his merits, and his reason for being
puffed shall show the independence of
the press"
When he wrote, his thumb and fu-
gers were curled up till they formed the
letter 40" fattened somewhat on the
under side, and between the ends Of
them, tightly grasped, he held his pen in
perpendicular position, and wrote Q
very wiggley hand. When he arrived at
the bottom of the page on the left hand
side, he was far from down oD the right
hand side. He was very tenacious Of
having his matter just as he wanted it,
and would often set his own articles,
and no one else was ever permitted to
read his proof This is said. letter. |
give it in full, that his lost point may at
last be discovered and appre ciated
To tbs Ed;tor q fussnta peH Is 9r1At . "N
SIR: I'm moving along--slowly down
lords your place. / want you should
rite me a letter, sayin how is the show
bizniss in your place.. My show at pres
ent consists Of moral Bares, a Kanga-
roo Ia amoozin little Raskal--it would
make you larf yerself TO deth to see the
little cuss jump up and squeall, wax
figgers of G. Washington, General Tay-
lor, John Bunyan, Captain Kidd. and
DR.. Webster, III the act Of killing Dr.
Parkman, besides several miscella nyus
moral wax statoots Of celebrated I,iruts
& murderers, &C., ekelled by few d ex-
Geld by, none. Now, Mr.. Editor, scratch
OFF a few lines sayin how. Is the show
bizniss down to your place. i shall
have my handbills done atty our offiss.
Depend upon it. / want you should git
my handbills up in famin stIle, also git
up tremenjus excitement in yr paper
bowt my unparaled show. We must fech
the public somewhere. We must work
on their feelins. Cum the moral on
EN- strong. If its a Temperance com
munity tell EN- sined the pledge fifteen
minnlts after Ise born, but on the con.
terry eff your people take their tods, say
Mr.. Ward is as jenial feller as we ever
met, full Of conviviality, and the life and
sole of the soshul Bored. Take; don't
you? If you say anything about my
show say my snaix is as harmless as the
new born babe. What a interestin
study it is TO see zewological animil
like snaik under perfeck subjecshun
Ny kangaroo is the. most larfable little
cuss | ever saw, All for 10 cents,
am anxious to skewer your inhoounce.
repeat in regard to them handbills that
shall git EN- struck OFF at your printin
offs. Ny perlitercal sentiments agree
with yourn exactly. know they do,
bekaws / never saw man whose didn t.
Respectfully yures, .,,.
ElANWA fW "ARTEMUs WARD.
"P. S.-You scratch my back and lie
scratch your back. -
Thus accidentally he found his : fort, "
as he was wont to say of others, and
from this rapidly rose his fame as hu-
morist, till not only this people, among
whom he lived, but our English ancestors,
though studiedly slow to give credit to
the West, became enthusiastic in their
plaudits, and, so ambitious were they
individually Of hispersonal acquaintance
and of spending a convivial hour with
him, that they inconsiderately deprived
him of the quiet and rest, altar an ex
haustive effort before the public, without
which he could not even live, and thus
absolutely interviewed him into the early
grave inwhich he rests. N. A. Gray.