The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-04-28
Josh Billings Leeturing Raid Trough the

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la-.- 1000 f.ss,S State Of Maine. 4raT s-8
l lave just returned from the State o.
| Maine %
I wsnt Through che Staff endways. -
That ixztss.say, from top to bottom. -
! lektured as I went. Z 20 s,1o5 q. tu
l like the inhabitants.
Everybody " orksIn the State Ov Maine.
Gentlemen Of leizzurs there are called
loafers. as.H Ee.sI an as7i.sm a7a gEjd
h Maine il bounded just no W as followers.
On the. north by the land of the .deserters,
on The east by Asia, 90 the south by the
crate Atlantic sal, water privilege, on the
west by the Rocky Mountains 10 etS2iilo
I Tie best produckS hinsl sofs the S. ate il
men and Wimmen.s The wimmen hav more
indigenous hair, % their heads than you
kan fgd In the whole ov the Middle States
Everybody goes tew bed IN the Staff ov
Main at 9o'elOckP M.aa-'o % Zf1t JIa1s-
IT, lrktured RtsG 4rdiner-=at 8, O'Clock. the
anjsnce arose allie onst. and. bidding nae
a fond fairwell, said it wuz bed time.
TOOK the hint and stOpt lekruring.
= BangOF has soubetIng less than ons hun
dred thousand Inhabitants. (about rs thOus,
and less, belief) hid ,f,i,:r t.... ST, 10
Bangor Amt Ihe capital ov the Stait at
present. Il haz the best tavern stand in
the Staff. Il is called the Bangor House. ="
aud il kept bi Shaw. He apd5I are cous.
ms, bymarriage. We both married femails; }
Shaw Il McCelsnd man. he has got
boss with that name ov the male purswa
hhun who il create deal faster than the
General that he was named after waz.a
lektured in Bangor. eB3 1854. .lar
The thermometer was 19 degrees less than
zero, and the spectators couldn' t absorb the
iektur The morning paper said sum Ii
ked the leLtur ADD sum didn't, '4-tRIs put
msria mind ofthe parable in the Bible, about
the 10 virgins, they waz effected in the
same way, 5 wsz wize and s. waz { Their
wIzs.
The churches 10 Bangor in their outside
appearance are komphmenC tew the eauZe,
and hewitt emmy doubt the stockholders
are all ov them 4th proof -.i. .-.... ..
l waz taken around the town hi Mr..
Staw my cousin) in dehkate rig, pulled
bl 10000 dollars worth oV natural trotting
properly. ~ 71. zsa51-reg ~fr .aiI s,8-er
Bangor and It's pleasant people are, MORT,
ced into mi buzza m-they are tenants there
for life. If l ever go there again l shant
fail TO zee them, . '. -s" +' '7.a.@
Islso lektured in Lewiston, to gushing
house. Some of the aujenee WAS effected
with tears. The Elilur oy the next days
paper gave me very fattering notiss-a
column and a half, containg my whole Tex
tuF. SRI. Li""'- sai" ,-G' e.' 10 1851 F'.6
al Ed Sands. (unkle to the CRATE sassapa
rilla roote Sands. waz mi right bower,
while waz in the Stale ov Nam.
He IS the general agent tor the whole
stare. 1 kan recommend him to any
yunng lady who wants TO get husband. who
will be useful to her; or be would make a
Zip top secuud husband for a wilder. who
hadn't had a fair shake the Just time. He
belongs TO tue tenn per&ucs Jciety.
also / ktaref IN Dexter, an INLAND town,
about 5 hundred mile in westerly direk-
shun from the city of London. 5sis. 6.
! gave free lektur, aud tew mi surprise
l had full house. The bat was showed
round at the cloze ov the servisses and
about 3O0ldotlars (more or less waz en-
trapped. leltsy =. aAc es' % guf.lr1s
This place was named after the .celebFa :.
ted trotun hOss Decker. Dexter can trOt
On priva'e in 9 0e. I win bet 81 dollars
ov 1t and 1 amt Worth sent to bet swing
TO ainaIurai Wsakneks.2 si.s7 oI IL sag.aef Ia
l likewise lektured at Augustus, tbe csPT
tai roy the Stait, and had,a full house-ov
benches. This w4z owing tew misun-
stahdinghess about the weather.
The peoples Offered tew turn out if
would find the umbrellers, but we split on
.um Orellers.
could not dew miself justiss at Angus
us Tn re want but one lady present in
theahall. and me'aud the laujence wazatawl
the time to9king at her, ga roE dfoog