The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-03-07

but as my time is very limited, ]
cannot" H E& st
"Send YOU there in FIVE minutes by
the watch!" answered the little man "or
If that's too soon, in iwenty-four hours !,
II requires powerful lungs to 60 by bal
loon-time FIVE minutes--departure every
half hour. The magnetic railway train
will take you through in four hours, or
on the old.fashioned railroad in twenty
four" o"What!" said Uncle Ben, sis
the old stage company entirely broken
upf" "D,n' know what you mean Sy
siages,r said the little man, "but ] will
look Sor the word in the big dictionary"
"Go hv s,eamhoai," said Fulton. I"Sieam-
bcatm replied the little man--''steam-
boat! foo everlasting slow--not over
twenty-five niles an hour--well enough
for freight, but passengers cannot endure
them; they po laborng and splashing
aloug at snail's pace, and they are
enough 10 wear out any ,nan's patience.
Yet the steamboat was the greatest
stride ever made a, any one time in the
way of Iocomo,ion, nnd was very credi-
table 10 Fulton, ard the age in which
he lived" "That is admitting some
thing" burst out Fulton, who had sat like
a statue, watching the little mans volu-
bility. "Men and their works." contin-
ucd Fulton, "mus, he judged by The Pc
Rod in which they lived Each improve
ment, as il succeeds the last, is aided
bv its predecessor, and altogether they
mako ou' the cham Of science" "But,"
said Uncle Ben, Gall this talk don't get
me on nv way IN Boston. That is my
birth place was there for the last time
in 1863. and you know that according 4"
the provisions Of my will, there is more
than four millions Of pounds sterling Of
my money, which has by this time been
disposed Of by the State somehow
Uncle Ben was always shrewd fellow
in the way of dollars and cents, and |
could see he was very anxious about
that money. "Ohn! ohow said the little
man; $50 you are Ben Franklin, and you
are the old gentleman who left that Ie-
gacy. We've got portal, of you up
stairs, more than two hundred years old.
and It does look Ike you. Glad 10 see
you! You said something in your lie
time about immersing yourself in casls
of Madeira wine with few friends. and
coming to the world in hundred years
again. These are your friends, | sup.
pose?'' "Thcse gentleman" replied
Uncle Ben. are John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson. signers Of the Declarn,ion o
Independence" "Thc other gentleman,
continued |, "is Robert Fnl'on, whom
you have spoken Of" "WelI. | declare!
eiacuIated the little man, "'bis is meet
ing! But about the legacy, Uncle Ben
of ours 1.-TWO millions sterling Of il has
gone 10 build the Guna Percha Magnet
ic Telegraph line. connecting Boston
with London and Paris, two OF the lar
oes, cities in the Eastern Republic OF
Europe" "Guua percba! mngn' ic tel
Republic Of Europe !'-repea'ed
all of the N. GAN built under water. and
sustained by buoys," continued the little
man, "and il works to a charm plan UP
stairs in room 2O4-and can be seen in
moment, and as I told you before, il
writes the English language as FAST as my
deputy" "Repnblic Of Enro2e" ex-
claimed Jefferson again. ayes sir,"sald
the little man, "for more than century
No more thrones; no more rulers by
divine right; no more governments sus'
tanned by powder an6 ball; no lords o.
mobiles; man is man, not merely one OF
class of men, but individually man, will
rights as perfect and powers as great Al
any other man. The principles, Jetfer
son, of your Declaration, which you dc
not create, but only asserted, have pros
tra,ed every arbitrary government on th'
globe. Even the Jews, since their re
turn TO jerusalem, have organized re
publican form Of government, and hay
lust elected M. Noah, President. -
|"Well," thinks I TO myself, "that can
be Mordecai M. Noah, anyhow, for pol
itcs must have used up his constitution
before this" But the little man clat'cre'
away, and declared that Europe was di
vided into two republics--ihe Easter
and Wcst,,n;lh lh,t Ccnstaniinople was 'h'
capital of the Western; that Africa AM
Asia were olsorepublican, until the th,e'
sipners of the Declaration, perfectl
wrought up 10 frency Of Joy rose II
from their seats, took off their bats, an
swinging them round, gave, "Thre
cheers for '76, and the old Army Of tn
Revoluiion!"- I verify believe Uncl
Ben forgot all abpu, that money, an
about going 10 Boston, for he did nc
allude to it any more in my presence
"Great changes ,hesew continued tn
little man, "from your days. But 70
must not think, gentlemen, that we hav
forgotten you or your services, while W
bave improved in wisdom and s'reng'l
Look here gentlemen" and he mt
toned us away, and leading ON, he COZ
Quoted us TO an observatory on The top {
the building. Such prospec: | neye
before beheld. Away, around, on ever