Show artemus wards first letter A writer in the boston sunday T aws in ganotice of the lato late Cli charles arles F P miowne gives llie first letter ef cf artemus ward when it appeared in tho bo t columns of if the cleveland 1 it wa was s generally taken in earnest by readers aud and A waid r waa W as looked upon for some time as a veritable showman to TIIE THE EDITOR IF me PLAIN DEALER sir im moving along slowly along down writs your place I 1 want yon to write me a letter sayin hows tho the show biane sm in in your p place lace my show at idi besent con consists sisti of three moral bears a kangaroo little razeal rascal ai it t would make you larf to death to sea sec the little rascal jump up tip and squeal figgers of G washington 1 gen oral taylor john bunyan dr kidd and dr webster iri id the act of killing dr Park ninn besides several miscellaneous moral sta toots ota of celebrated biruta and murderers etc challed by ley lew and excluded by none now mr af r editor scratch off a few lines say bay in in how is the chow down to your place I 1 shall have my hand bana 11 bills done at your place depend upon it t I 1 want you should get lt my hand lilla bills up tip in flaming style also get up a excitement ID in your paper bout my unparalleled show we must work on their fedelius come the themo moral on em strong jr its a temperance community tell em cm I 1 signed the pledge cledt a fifteen minutes arter ise born but on the contrary if your people take like their hodg say that mister ward is as genial a feller as we over met full or of conviviality and the life and sole role of the koshul bored I 1 taker take dout dont you if you yon say anything bout my show say bay my snail snail is is as harmless as a new newborn born babe what a ing study it is to see a zoological zo logical animal like a snail under perfect subjection my kangaroo Kanka roo is tho most larfa blo ble bittle little cuss I 1 ever saw all for fifteen t n cents I 1 am to your I 1 repeat in regard to them thein hand 1 I and bills that I 1 shall get them struck off up to your offis my perli sentiments aaice with youia 8 exactly I 1 know they do because I 1 never saw a man whose i respectfully bouis A WARD P S you scratch my back aud and ile ila scratch your back |