Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-10

the director three mes to escape credit
ors and Jury duty, wtile the caravan busi-
ness was written up BIZ DaAisl Rice, Of
Pennsylvania, who always possesses an in
numerable caravan aad ci-cIz Than A.
Topsis was a young man employed as edi-
torial speller by Mr. Daniel Bryant Of The
Evening Post
ARrRHus WRITES Hrs OWN BIoeRAPHY
fri.,d ~ min. Mr. f,haries Rrcvna Of
Fort Plain shows me This letter from, Arte-
mus Ward writtsn 10 1884 wherein be
writes his own bio0ranbv. Give IL from
the origjnal ,nanuscrint.
W.rraropn C)rford county. Ne.
june g. 1854.
NV DEAN sra. Tbere Is nothing very re-
markable IN nv history. l was born in
this little town about twenty -aye years
apo Nv father died when WINS 12 years
old. and at ths age of Is entered print
ing Office at Lancaster. N. H Ny father
was magistrate and a lumber merchant
a clear hssd,t and Thoroughly honest man,
SO competent in his busines, as to be con-
suited on all kinds of law questions, and no
honest that he invariably hal his han1s
full of business involving ia:gs sums Of
money. l fear he was lttl, TOO hone5t
for he diad poor after all. Iran away from
the Office at Lancaster and entsre similar
establishment at Norway, this s.a;a TINS
Office failed. and Iroa,ned throu-.. tne state,
setting type a short time at one D &C, a1d
then ouia tly running awav to another. Run
ming away appeared to have been MY Chief
weakness at that time. Ba5 fina.ly andol
in Boston and steadily wor ed az nv trade
until was declared q toleraLly good print
er. then went west and south. and tor
two years led peripatetic iunl Il ate.
commenced writing for paper in Toledo.
| O., about ten years ago. ] succeeded as u
paragraphisS we'll enough to aclicvs very
| pooi local re reputatlon, and moved to Ceve.
land AM took charge of the city depart
ment OF tn. Plain Dsaler newspaper.
here commenced the Artemus Ward papers.
| The selection Of that nom de plume was
purely accidental. l wrote this first on
local subject, not suppos.ng shouli write
| another Scmehow, don't know how, the
| mama Ward entered nv head an fused it
Some five years ago / moved TO N,w York
and assumed the editorial coniucs o. Van
! i.y Fair, succeeding Mr. Charles G, Leland.
For the passifour years have lecturer al
most constantly, and with success that is
perhaps unsquaied, considering what
| =. l..
anJ io,...;... s.;,,a,, 49,, natancy
una.a, ,ns naee s'ton ~ ~ Eon,pnS ~.
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Ia., on n;t; tU h a ~ tr.a,s s ao,Jp, ~,
n ~.on;a ~is ~" : DooN AZ " \ Mon,,ss q e atc
R 2,,e 4, Nh vo.,, at ~, 'nI n,tlonah snond
ert;an - -~ of ~ s,,,np,ars ", % hors With nv
|
| :, -.
| ina. Is aoouo al ! nave ohiy urAi.e'
| with the current which, somehow, has car
| ried me raiIv on of its own accord And
| T .. En...Jx u..l a. -. 4l,;a rho,o
| 90 "iu LAIN ohous y :" s1y .""' up
| nave Always meant Jn9 creatures OIL my
| burlesuues should stab Error and give
| Riobt = fr;andlv nu,h Won ora of Iihertv
tL ~ - - -. =
" uss .nese iucVS aionou9n NY fetcer -
necessarily wrieOen III srea nurry' ior
am extremciy ousf. l am Popu.ariy sup
posea 70 pe rusucaohs mere pu1 II Is
"as''y i,.ocKery' ain woIhiIg very naiu,
Ane sse'cn IN Assiie, 70 WHICH
you aiiuus was pleuSanIy mliosen W my
eeui lIienu, 'ne la'o rrana uoou WY .u;t u.et
Juss "Nea en. W. Nv; "''o =" .pa'si, . s,n na,,u
,1as1, - ~ n a sa;t,,f.,,'. sua -. ~ you'
A'nuiy io''o'' an. ani' AaiD ~ n Yo"S
N"Is ..Arta,n,,s T. u"Na, War,n
| 'eiiius "afo.
DISTINGUISHED PAIL BEARERS.
Yesterday had as guest at my housa
one of Artemus Wards pail bearers-Mr.
Edward Curtiss, of San Francisco. He was
full OF kind "reminiscences of the dead
humorist. ''The pail bearers" said Mr..
Clrtiss, "were four Americans and four
Englishmen, as follows:
AMERICANS. ExoLrsHMEx
!. Charles Dix. artist son l. Tom Hood Jr, son Of
| of Gen. DIX, Tom Hood. editor of
tor. SON Of Douglas Jerold.
8. A. G. chadburn. school, Thomas H. RICHARDSON.