Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-01
Hon. Daniel Pratt, Jr., the Great American
Traveller.

This celebrated gentleman honored our town
with his presence on Thursday eve of last week.
1t having been announced that he would ad-
dress such as were disposed to listen to his elo-
quence at the Pavilion, at o'clock P. NJ,
precisely, without any postponement on ac-
count OF the weathsr, a large number of inAu-
entail and distinguished citizens of this burgh
assembled punctually at the hour, in what used
to be called the bar-room of the Pavilion. The
Great Traveller was little behind time, and tho
excited multitude manifested slight symptoms
of impotence. Soon, however, the immortal
Pratt, Jr., appeared, appareled in CT good
black citizens Dress the vest of which a long
and glittering row of metal buttons made con
spicuously elegant and recherche. A gentleman
present, after much solicitation, consented to
waive his constitutional difidence, and intro
ducc the great Orator.
Daniel, by the help OF chair, mounted a
table which was e1temporized into rostrum,
and made1 his bow to his rapturously applaud
ing audience For a back ground, he had an
outline map of the Penn. Central R. R., while
jet of gas in the immediate vicinity Of his
nose illuminated and made splendidly radiant
the features of his expressive face. After
brief allusion to Adam and Eve, and the gen.
eral prevalence of Mormon ideas, he came to his
subject, Daniel Pratt, Jr He related with
thrilling interest his adventures in the Pawnee
Territory, "where, while peacefully riding
upon one'horse mule, he was pursued by
wild buffalo with double barrelled horse pistol
which soon became manageable, throwing
him off and breaking his shoulder, and dslo
locating his collar bone, rendering it necessary
to take him up for dead, when he went immo-
diately to the fort. 1t was there, while under
the care of skiiliul surgeons, out of whose
hands as by a miracle he came whole and sound,
that the idea first occurred to him of being
President of the United States"
The eloquent speaker then discoursed of the
I" grammatical construction of tho mosquito,
and the equilibrium of Fairbankss Platform
Scales, and in this connection introduced
node adapted to the Great American Traveller"
The orator then briefly alluded to Ferdinand
and Isabella, and Columbus, propounding the
startling proposition, that if Isabella hadn't
been woman, and the American Continent
hadn't been discovered, it would now have been
no better than bowling wilderness, and the
Pembsrton Mills would never have come down
like thousand of brick" Pratt, Jr., then
informed the audience that he was on his 6 way
to Liverpool, in London, England, where he in
tended to write history of his life and the
rest of mankind, preparatory to his taking a
seat in the Presidential Chair, as the Chief of
nation OF incentives" At this point some
" disinterested spectators made an attempt DO
leave, but Daniel informed them that before
doing SO, they should each deposit on the table
at his feet the paltry sum of ten cents. Ad-
monished by this gentle hint, we placed
dime at the pedal extremities of Hon. Daniel
Pratt, Jr., and retired.