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Show ARtEMS kltPAKP OLiU;ABEi -Tat jast, Vanity Fair, Jtas .an ,cconnt of.-an interview between ,tho -President elect , .obo' Artemus. Ward, , j The -latter Cods Mr. Lincoln persecuted. by npplicauts for- office oitddescribes the means by which ha Clears the pre'tplses; y Cried,01d,Abe,.'tlieyjjcura upon rno from 0ie,;skicsdow.ti;the. chimneys', vbrid from ,the;lbowe'is -pthcyoftrtljlf -Hb liiuln't.'trjofe'it got, them words -,oui.,oMi'm dtlikite uioutli, before two fut offiss seekers,, seek-ers,, front, lVisconsin,jn endeverfu, to 6fawl Wtween tils legs for; tlm purposs' of o( upplyln fo'rthetplIgntcshlpfttMilwaky ujtspt the.PrCsidelit'cK'ck'Jivhe would her gone;, sprawlin into, the fireplace if 1 hadn't caught liJut lb these arms'. But i hudu't mdra'n stood hint uri strate, befdrb mioth-' er man cum crashia.. down", thb chimney, his head trikm rae ,IIently agio .thp, iii-lardsaiutprostruiiu' iii-lardsaiutprostruiiu' jpy voluptoous fora onto the'ttoor. "Mr. Lb'ikm.'f ahoutea the lnfa'tooafcd being, "my jiapers fs signed sign-ed by every-.clergjmau in our town, artd likcwisei tho schoolmajter'l" Stz Tf ' yen ogri-jis tss'gittiu np and brpshiu tho dust from my eyes, "PH sign yonr jraper with tns here btjncU of bones, if you d'tn'kbc'u. little more. RHrfnl l.ow you thatewy. bread Itaskit a Ii,riOOt la the fulcr.'-How do yon like rilr perfumS-ryl!'J perfumS-ryl!'J stzl t rfittVlng my fist under-lds iic rbMrfi!ihe.Uuid ot-VperJPjt"-git. SSttJ Them'iJ tho pa pw'yeit' wnntr--T J-llut J-llut 1 Workt hard fr tho ticket; J toiled night and day I Thepatrit shoiihl lio rowurifedl', "Virtoo'saidl, holdln tho Infaldled njan-by "tho cOat cellar,- 'virtoo, sirft Its bwtt 'regard? libyk ai ihel ;Ile did look.ut riie; and qrthitcd beneath biy giiar. s'The fpct iI contlmied, looking round upon tho hungry epad,1 ''there Is'ecSirisely a offis for every- He limp carried round dnrin;thls cnOinahei fI tvf.lh tlilirb Aynsj t wijh tharc was furln lotisslous to be fill-til fill-til Tarfs lonely Islands, wliefo eppydemics; rage Incessant ly, iind if 1 waiiIu Old Abe place-, I'd send every mothcr'ii, son of you to thetn. V hut ai you here for?" I- ton tlnued, wnnnin op considerable, "can't yea! giv Abe.a tuiuit's pcuse? Pon't you fee he's worrid juost to death? Qo home, youtBlscrablcTnetilgoliomo aud ttlltlic: nilcl 'Gi io Jieddliii tinwnru'go to chop-pin chop-pin wood -go to billiu sopesluff sasseu-gtrs sasseu-gtrs blfttk. boot git a clerkship on tomo rcrpcctable mauure.irt :go rwtud ; as orignai S.wls BcllTriigere becum tori-glnul tori-glnul and only' Combe!! MluMieN rgo to j leclurln at 50 dollars a ultc embark in the peanut blzncss write for tho Ledger saw off.your legs and go round givin coo-certs, coo-certs, wltli techiu uppculs to a charitable public, printed on vbur handbills anything any-thing for o honest Jivin; but don't come ronnd here drivin old Abo crazy by your outrnjus cuttius qt "Qo homel Stand not opon the Order of youroing, but go to onctl If in five adults from this time," scs I, pullin out my ne sixteen dollar hnntiu cased watch, aud brandi?hin it before therti eyes, 'Kf, in five rpinits from .this, time a single o! of von remains oii these here premises, I'll Sj out. to my cage near by, and let my oy Constructor loose! A' if it gits aiming you, you'll think Old Splfcriua has cum oglu end no mistake!" You ought to -have seen them scamper, Mr; Fair; They run o.rf as though Sulun hlself was orter! them, with a, re hot ,(en:prongcd pitch-1 fork. In, five nunit thb jircmises was; clear. " ' " f "How kin 1 ever repay you, Mr. Ward, j foryqur kindness!" sed' Old Abe, ad-j yapcitt and.sbukiu rue by the, hand. , "How JLeTrrpuy ypu jjirl" yByglvni the whole country a good,! soiind'aditriiifslratfoiu By pourin lie tqipii the-troubled waters, Is'orth and Sotitlili By pursooin a patriotic, firm nnd Just cuurc, and then .if any Stato wants to sredq let 'cm .Sedeh!" flHow- 'bout uiy Cubnit Ministrc, Ward? scd Abe." "Pill it op with Showmen, sir! Show-f men .U devoid of politics. They hain't ' i got n.dant prluciple! They know how to! i cater to the pnblic. 'fli'ey know what'i Ui6 public wants, JCprth and South. ii tiltowuicii, sir, U honest men. Ef yon j doubt tlwir literary ability, look at their' t.iwters, undsee wall bills t Ef you want , a Cabinet os is a .Cabinet, fill it up with ' sbowmen, but don't call on me- The; inoral wax ilgger perfeshnn mustn't be' l permitted to go down while there's a drop1 tof blood in these veiiul A. Liukin, 1 wish yon weell If Powers or Walcutt was to j pick out n model for a brmitfful man,!! scarcely' tliiuk theyM sculp you, but tr you j Ido' the fair thing by your country, vou'll make as putty au aogtl at any. of us, or any "other.",-; isaijl'' ALlntfo,- th? "V f Wf I talents which" naiute has.put Inhq ypu; jnr i m 1 "dkiousty ntid' 'fitriily. aiiU all will be Welft '"'' ;Mf Ml A. LlpkJin,,adoo. ,' ' " f If 1 L He?liooli wo-cordynlly by the hind ..-j.-'Ml-;- . we cxcbiiinBcd pjctuiTfi Sowe1 could, a?o . fjl ; df; tipott cash othern' liufmCBtS.when farawn, - ifl A 4 from one anolliet1 bo at, the hcllurii. of tho . 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