Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-05-31
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Josh Billings Lecturing Raid through

Josh Billings Lecturing Raid through
the State Of Maine.
I have just returned from the State of
Maine, went through the State endways.
That is to say, from top to bottom, and lee.
tured as I went.
I like the inhabitants.
Everybody works in the State Of Maine.
Maine IS bounded just now as follows: On
the north by the land of the deserters, on
the south by the great Atlantic saltwater
privilege, on the west by the Rocky Noun
tains.
The best produckshins of the State is men
and women. The women have more indig-
enous hair on their heads than you can find
in the whole of the Middle States.
Everybody goes to bed in the State Of
Maine at 9 o'clock P. n.
lectured at Gardiner-at 9 o'clock au-
dience arose ali at once, and bidding me q
fond farewell, said it was bed time. Itook
the hint and stopt lecturing.
Bangor has something less than one hun.
dred thousand inhabitants (about rs thou.
sand less, l belief)
Bangor amt the capitol of the State at
present 1t has the best tavern in the State ;
it is called the "Bangor House," and is
kept by Shaw. He and I are cousins by
marriage, (we both married females
Shaw is Mcclellan man, be has got a
boss with that name, of the male pur swasb.
an, who is great deal faster than the Gen.
eral that be was named after was.
also lectured in Lewistown, to rou
sing house. Some of the audience was al
fected with tears. The editor of the next
days paper gave me very hatteriDg no
tice-a column and half, containing my
whole lecture.
Ed Sands (unkle to the CRATE sarsparilla
roote Sands) was my right bower, while l
was in the State of Maine.
He is the general agent for the whole
State. can recommend him to any young
lady who wants to get husband who will
be useful to her; or he would make tip.
top second husband for widow who hadn't
had fair shake the fust time. He belongs
to the temperance society.
Ilectured in Bangor.
The thermometer was 16 degrees less
than zero, and the spectators couldn't alb
sorb the lecture. The morning paper said
"sum liked the lecture and sum didn't"
This put me in mind of the parable in the
Bible, about the 10 virgins, they was affec,
ted in the same way, 5 was wise and 5 was
otherwise.
The churches in their outside appearance
are compliment to the cause, l bavn't any
doubt the stockholders are all of them 4tb
proof
I was taken around the town by Mr..
Shaw (my cousin) in delicate gig, pulled by
10000 dollars worth of natural trottiug
property.
Bangor and Its pleasant people are morti-
ced into my bosom-they are tenants there
for life. If ever 60 their again l shan't
fail to see them.
l also lectured in Dexter, an inland town,
about Is hundred miles in a westernly di,
rection from the City of London.
l gave free lecture, and to my surprise
l had full house. The hat was showed
round ut the close of the services and about
800 dollars (uore or less) was entrapped.
This place was named after the celebrated
trotting horse Dexter. Dexter can trot
Gin privats) in 2:06. 1 will bet go dollars
of it (and amt worth sent to bet) owing
to natural weakness.
likewise lectured at Agustus, the CAPT
tai Of the State, and l had full house Of
benches. This was owing to misunder
stsndingness about the weather.
The people offered to turn out if 1 would
find the umbrellers, but We split on the um-
brellers
could not do myself justice at Angus.
tus. There want but one lady present in
the hall, and me and the audience was all
the time looking at her.
What an awful state of things it would
be if the women and ladies should all be
taken out of this world, to their homes up
in the skize Wooden dolls would advance
foot in a week.