The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters by Artemus Ward
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whare the celebrated college is. In fack, Oberlin IS the
college, everything else in that air vicinity resolvin around excloosivly for the benefit of that institution. It is a very good college, too, & a grate many wurthy yung men go there annooally to git intelleck into 'em. But its my onbiassed 'pinion that they go it rather too strong on Ethiopians at Oberlin. But that's nun of my bisniss. I'm into the Show bizness. Yit as a faithful historan I must menshun the fack that on rainy dase white peple can't find their way threw the streets without the gas is lit, there bein such a numerosity of cullerd pussons in the town. As I was sayin, I arroved at Oberlin, and called on Perfesser Peck for the purpuss of skewerin Kolonial Hall to exhibit my wax works and beests of Pray into. Kolonial Hall is in the college and is used by the stujents to speak peaces and read essays into. Sez Perfesser Peck, "Mister Ward, I don't know 'bout this bizniss. What are your sentiments?" Sez I, "I hain't got any." "Good God!" cried the Perfesser, "did I understan you to say you hav no sentiments!" "Nary a sentiment!" sez I. "Mister Ward, don't your blud bile at the thawt that three million and a half of your culled brethren air a clankin their |
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