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Show CrUwold and Artemua Ward. New York, Jr. '. . "I first met Ar Jfmus Ward in 1858," said J. Minor wiswold, the lecturer. ''He was at that me city editor of The Cleveland Plain-, dealer. Ward was a long, lanky young Jan. with one eye and a hatchet face. was then known aa Charles Brown, ''Qt when he became famous he added n 'e' to his name. I think he was the ost eccentric man I ever mot, and his arof death amounted to a monomania. Se would get Up j the nigiit, disturbed b7 an awful fear of death, and wander round the house half clothed. I remember re-member his knocking at my door at a 0 clock one morning, and . asking if I ' bought that Shakespeare would l-e P1 a good city editor. Ward had a oabit of guj-ing everybody he met. " Even intimate friends were not safe fom habit. One evening we attended a country school exhibition together. The Pay was 'Pizarro.' In the course of the one 0f tjje actora came upon the 'age and exclaimed: 'How now, Go-ez' Go-ez' On yonder hill we found an old Peruvian!' . " 'He's right!' exclaimed Ward, leau-ver leau-ver toward me. I can recogniaai 'nil1 ?ernvian bv his bar5c-' " 'On the way home Artemns wanted to . nv the horse off the bank into the oal. He would have dona so but for " fct that I grabbed the lines and pre- Ve3ted him from carrying out bis de- He explained his action by saving t the horse was warm and needed "Wing off. E. J. |