Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-22

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Evening Post -H1
ARTEMUs WRITES HIS OWN BIOGRAPHY
A friend OF NINE, Mr.. Charles Browne .,
Fort Plain, shows me this letter from A.
mus Ward, writtea in 1884 wberain - ~
writes his own biography l give it fror,
the original manuscrint:
WATERFORD Oxford county, Me.
June S, 1864
MI DEAR Sir: There is nothing very -
markable in my history. l was born IN
this little town about twenty-five vaars
ago. My father died when was 10 YEAR
old, and at the age of 10 entered a nript.
ing office at Lancaster. N. H. NV father
was magistrate and lumber merchant
clear headed and thoroughly honest man.
SO competent in his business as to be CON
suited on all kinds of law questions and 50
honest that he invariably had his hans
full OF business involving large sums of
money. fear he was little too honest
for he died poor after all. ran away from,
the office at Lancaster and entered a sinilor
establishment ct Norway, this state. This
office failed, and roamed through the state
setting type hort time at one placa and
then quie tly running away to another. RIM.
ming away appeared to have been nv chief
weakness at that time But finally landej
in Boston and steadily worked at nv trada
until was declared tolerably good print.
er. then went west and south. and far
two years led a peripatetic kind Of life I
commenced writing for a paper in Toledo
o., about ten years ago. l succeeded as a
paragraphlst well enough to achieve very
good local reputation, and moved to Cleve-
land AMI took charge Of the city depart.
ment of 1h9 Plain DEALER newspaper. |
here commenced the Artemus War; paners
The selection of that nom de plume was
purely accidental l wrote the first ON n
local subject, not supposing 1 should writs
sno5her Somehow, doa't know how rba
nams Ward entered my head AMI used IT.
Some five years ago l moved to New YORK.
and assumed the editorial conduct OF Van.
i.y Fair, succeeding Mr. Charles G. Leland
For the past four years have lectured al.
most constantly, and with success that is
perhaps un9qualed considering what a
startling innovation L have made upon
long-e Established institution My writings
and lecturing have given me a competency.
lhave liberal offer to go to England tais
fall, on lecturing tour, and / may accept.
am writing now book of travels, giving
my experiences among the Mormons etc.
! live in New York city, although spend
a portion OF my summers here with nv
mother.
That is about all 1 have only drifted
with the current, which, somehow, has car.
Tied me gaily on, of its own accord And
as am frank enough to say this, l hope
have always meant the creatures Of nv
lurlesques should stab Error and give
Right friendly push. You are at liberty
TO use these facts, although my letter is
necessarily written in grea, hurry, for
am extremely busy. am popularity sup
posed to be frustrating here. but it is
CHASTITY mocksry. l am working very hard,
The sketch in Leslie, to which
you allude, was pleasantly written by nv
Gear friend, the late Frank Wood who died
just when we were all predicting brilliant
career for him. l thank you for your
kindly letter, and am, faithfully yours,
CHARLES F. BROWNE,
''Artemus Ward"
DISTINGUISHED PAIL BEARERS.
Yesterday had as a guest at my housa
one of Arte mus Ward pail besrers-Mr.
Edward Curtiss, of San Francisco He was
full of kind "reminiscences of the dead
humorist. 'The pail bearers" said Mr..
CJrtiss, "were four Americans and four
English men, as follows:
AMERICANS ESGLIsHMEN
/. Charles Dix. artist son l. Tom Hood Jr, son Of
OF Gen. DIX. Tom Hood, editor Of
2 Lawrence Barrett &C 2. Blanchard Jerod, Jr.
tor. son OF Douglas JerOld
q A G. chadburn, school Thomas H Robsrtsoa,
mate. author OF Ours and
Caste
Edward NJ. Curtiss l. Andrew Holiday, ed
tor Of Dickens All
the Year Round"
The funeral was held in the chapel of the
Kensal Green cemetery on March s, 1861
and the funeral throng was made up Of
such names as TenQyson. Miss Braddon,
ii. D. Con way and Chief Justice Coieridga
ARTEMUs IN A TURKISH BATH
In 1867 1 went with Artemus to the IA
nous Turkish baths on Twelfth street. On
sofa we saw two attendants pulling at
the head AMI feet of a bataer. They seemed
to be trying to pu Il him apart After pull
ing him a spell they would warm him up
AMI pull him again
'What are you pulling the man so forF
asked Artemus
''He lacks bali an inch of being tall enough
TO be policeman" said the mans friend
AM can you really stretch him out!
'Why, yes We can stretch a man over
an inch in / weeks" answered the man
This have since found to be fact)
swell, we'll, welir' SAID Artemus thought
fully; IF you can really stretch out man
like that, l wish some one would stretch
Bayard Taylor into Humboldt"
ELI PERKINS