The weekly Butte record., 1866-05-19
Josh Billings Lecturing Raid thro' the
State of Maine.

state OF name.
Ihave just returned from the State
of Maine.
Iwent through the State endways.
That is tew say, from top to bottom.
lektured as went.
like the inhabitants.
Everybody works in the State ov
Maine
Gentlemen of leizzure there are called
loafers. -
Maine is bonded Just now as follers:
On the north by the land of the desert
crs, on the east by Asia, on the south bv
the crate Atlantic salt water privilege,
on the west by the Rock Mountains
The best producshins of the Stait IL
men and wimmen. The wimmen have
more indigenous hair on their heads
than you kan find in the whole ov the
Middle States.
Everybody goes tew bed in the -Stait
ov Main at 9 o'clock P. NJ.
lektured at Gardiner-at 9 o'clock
the aujence arose all tu onct, and bid
ding me fond fairwell, sed it wuz bed
time. | took the hint and stopt lektur-
ing.
Bangor has something less than one
hundred thousand inhabitants, (about
IS thousand less, belief.
Bangor aint the capital ov the Stait
at present. 1t has the best tavern stand
in the Stait. 1t is called the "Bangor
House." and is kept bi Shaw. He and
| are cousins, by marriage, 1--WE both
married femails).
Shaw IL McClelland man, he has
got hoss with that name ov the mail
purswashun who IL a CRATE deal faster
than the General that he was named
after waz.
lektured in Bangor.
The thermometer was 19 degrees less
than zero, and the spectators couldn't
absorb the lektur. The morning paper
said "sum liked the lektur and sum
didn't'--this put me in mind oy the
parable in the Bible, about the 10 yir-
gins they wuz effected in the same
way, 5 wuz wize and 5 wuz otherwize.
The churches in Bangor in their out
side appearance are compliment tew
the cauze and i hevn't emmy doubt the
stockholders are all ov them 4th proof.
lwaz taken around the town bi MIR.
Shaw (my cousin) in q delicate rig,
pulled bi 10000 dollars worth ov nat
ural trotting property.
Bangor and its pleasant people are
morticed into my buzzum-they are
tenants there for life. If ever l 90
there again l shant fail to see them.
also lektured in Lewiston, to gush-
ing house. Some of the auience was
effected with tears. The editor ov the
next days paper gave me very fat
tering notis-a collum and half con-
tanning my whole lektur.,
Ed. Sands, [unkle to the CRATE sas-
saparilla roote Sands waz mi rite bow
er, while waz in the Stait of Main.
He is the general agent for the whole
State. l can recommend him to any
young lady who wants to get husband
who viii be useful to her; or he would
make tip-top secund husband for
widder who hadn't had fare shake the
fust time. He belongs to the temper
ance society.
l also lektured in Dexter, an inland
town, about Is hundred mile in a west
erly direcshun from the city of London.
gave free lektur, and to my sur
prise / had full house. The hat wuz
showed round at the close ov the servis-
ses and about 500 dollars more or less
wuz entrapped.
This place was named after the cele-
brated trottin hoss Dexter. Dexter
can trot lin private in 2:06. l will
bet 60 dollars ov it and amt worth
3 sent to bet owing to alnaturai weak
| ness.
| ! likewise lektured at Augustus, the