Connecticut western news., 1891-04-08

6o o1Q lOOR aC me, ana Qu2le0 Oe4 my gase. "The fact is," I continued, look in round on the hungry crowd, "there is scarcely offs for every ile lamp car rid round durin' this campane. wish thare was. Iwish thare was turin mis- sions to be filled on varis lonely Islands where eppydrmlcs rage necessarily. and if 1 was in Old Abe's place I'd send every mothers son of you to them. What air you here for?" l continnered, warmth up considerable, "can't you giv Abe 1ninit's peace? Don't you see he's world most to death? Go home, you miserable men. go home 6 till the sile! Go to peddlin tinware-go to chop pin wood-go to bilin sope-strf sas- sengers-black boots-git a clerkship on sum respectable manure cart-go round as original Swiss Bell Ring ers-becum 'origenal and only Camp bell Minstrels-go to lecturin at 50 dollars a nite-imbark in the peanut bizness-acrite for the Ledger-saw of your legs and go round givin concerts, with tuchin appeals to charitable pub- lie, printed on your handbills-anything for an honest living, but don't come round here drivin' Old Abe crazy by your outrajis cuttings up! Go home. Stand not upon the order of your goin', but go to onct! Eff in five minits from this time," sez 1. pullin' out my new sixteen dollar huntin cased watch and brandishin it before their eyes. ''Ef in five minits from this time a single sole of you remains on these here premises, I'll go out to my cage near by, and let my Boy Constructor loose! 6 eff he gifts amung you. you'll think old Solferino has cum again and no mistaken
 You ought to hev seen them scamper. Mir. Fair. They run orf as tho Satun hisself was arter them with red hot ten prongel pitchfork. In five minits the premises was clear.
 'How kin l ever repay you, MT. Ward, for your kindness?" sed Old Abe, advancin and shakin me warmly by the hand. "How kin ever repay you, sir?'
 By givin the whole country good. sound administration. By poerin' ile upon the troubled waturs, North and South. By pursooin' a patriotic. firm, and just course, and then if any State wants to secede, let 'em Seseshr'
 AO" OOut ny SoOAAAos AAAoSOA Ward?'' sed Abe.
 Fill it up with Showmen, sir! Show men is devoid of politics. They hain't got any principles. They know how to cater for the public. They know what the public wants, North 6 South. Show men. sir, is honest men. Eff you doubt their literary ability look at their post CTS, and see small billsl Elf you want a Cabinit as is a Cabinit fill it up with showme1. but don't call on me. The moral wax figger perfeshun mustn't be permitted to go down while there's a drop of blood in these vains! A. Linkin, I wish you well! Elf Powers or Walcutt wus to pick out a model for beautiful man. scarcely think they'd sculp you: but eff you do the fair thing by your country you'll make as putty angel as any of us! A. Linkin. use the talent which Nature has put into you judishus- ly and firmly, and all will be well! A Linkin. adooy'
 He shook me cordyully by the hand we exchanged picters, so we could gaze upon each others liniments, when far away from one another-he at the hellum of the ship of State. and 1 at the hellu1n of the show bizness-admittanoe only 1s cents