Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-04-19

Sc Louis Lecturer.
The following consolidated account Of
lecture delivered at the Polytechnic Iusti>
,ute," IN ST. Louis. last Wednesday evening
We clip from the RepuJiieon's report
never had seen "Hans Patrick lie Con- !
ncr.p and expected 20 meet an enormously |
fat man. with white beard and white bait |
| con fess. therefore, that l was in doubt |
whether misunderstood my self or the lee
urer, when there appeared before me q tall,
Thin man, apparently about twenty-five
years Of age, with black hair, an olive com
plsxion and flowing nose. The house ap
peared to be filed with the first families OF
ST. Louis. and am almost satisfied that
everybody was - much surprised as yes
q see - comparatively On original lookina
character. There wss nslhing huooSoss OF
baliesqueish about him. lie appeared in
plain evening dress end delivered his lecture
about - follows :-Rporter
ran LrcruRE.
1t Ii my desire end my intention 70 make
my lecture this evening nbou, o Instructive
ana about a entertaining as lectures usual>
l. - Noea trsvclsss have extraordinary
.ta,;ea a. rJlals Of chat they hsve seeu, 20
mel. dislike 10 reflect upon the attain
men,s Of my audisoce, and I shall no: Do Il.
Isus msy s. pasdensd SSs ststing What 10
patsot % On Il uo-ehat IN our maturity ~
are liable 10 neglect and even forget the ia
vorite studies Of our youth. Especially Is
this the case With regard to geography
And doubt not that many Of you can recall
the names Of localities which were familiar
10 you in your youth, but which 1t present
YOU have totally forgotten. In ordes, there
fore, 20 correct and thorough understand
ing cf the subject upon which l dssign TO
speak, il may not be amiss for ne to state
the geographical boundaries Of the country
which has so long been neglected.
Egypt 10 bounded on the South BY the
Ohio river, Tremendous and long continued
applausel, on the West By The Mississippi,
on the East BY the Wabash. and on the
North By ths Ohio and Mississippi railroad
Three Of these boundaries are the works oi
nature. The ether 10 the sosk Of hu0au
nature (not Huns and naturs). This "trip
Of earth, judgioe from ito inhabilsnts, il
sitoa "a entirely within the iutempsrats
gone Il hes no latitude and no longitude
and no need Of any. Every well-rsgulated
family keeps medical aloansc, . clay pips
and dog. aud these are deemed sufllcien
for oil purposes. The coil Is altavial-soms
The principal producss sss whess, corn and
the cereals, old rye sod street fights, lsv
suits, Andrew Jackson Democrats, and s,
on. Many tights thssei 10 the tows o
Jos.esbero there we're 197 6ehts 10 one day
fos Aghtsng, either. Il / would COM
! A. - -. ~ cnrcl> 80. -.
busy with their harvesting, they woul,
shov me some fun. They would esnsante
that would not stay there 90 hoss sn.i
one side Of my head was knocked Oh. AL
ways wss glad Of fun, but I never got tim
} 70 60 down.
, Cairo 10 the principal town. Ills por
: Of entity. The Ohio river enters it once
lysr ed swssps awsy half its population
hsuste and Ill. The floating population
! vssy Iasxs. llsstutsd In de Athen@ur
once. il vas raining. and the root leak &C
!. lectured to an Overlooking house.
One gentleman bought ~ unsullivate
)" farm in Arkansas. lie owned tine ,esi
dsoce ID Cairo. One night he went TO be-
I, wishing that hsuss VS. on the ArkAnss
u farm. Next morning he found il in Oh
identical spot where be wished 1t. DARN
G the night Is had il,ated down.
y The lecturer said he could not tell VIII
modern Egypt had received that NAME
Certainly not on account of its resemblaI
10 to ancient Egypt. for that Was very Sigh
&c For instance: In Egypt there were ruin
10 consisting of towers aud temples and so OF
ct in modern Egypt the only Suins he ev'
r sa~ consisted Of Young men between d
" ages Of twenty and twenty tive. Modcl
\, Egypt (Southern Illincis) had nopyrami i
1t but it produced the largest pumpkins
the world. II had no Ponpsy's Pillar, t'
Il had . pompous John A Logan VII
D served IN the last war and runs for cifi
u sometimes. Probably the name originate
&c in this wise, that in old times people use
= 70 80 down into Egypt 10 get corn now>
!. days they 80 down into Egypt and &
u cnrned.
&c They had never noticed anything sxtrs
2 ordinary ic the composi,io0 Of the Egyj
d tisn ladies They varied 10 weight fro
l25 80 l75 lbs. Avolrdupois. The prevail
10 ing style Of hair vas auburn. In Egypt
|. saw some Of the auberncst hair he ever q
in in his life. IL was eighteen carrots nnc.-
hs One lady's kair was 10 auburn that - il
:. surance agent refused to insure the hou
X she slept in. Thought il vas in exsrso
m dinsry dsngsr Of taking Ere. Hs was for
4. Of auburn hsir, however liked II any
RI where IN the world, except in his buffet.
lie didn't like auburn hair in his butter.
/. The speaker told Al amusing anecdote
:, some sisters who accompanied him TO
J., spelling school. Their number sudden
~ grew from one TO seven. Also he mention
; ed man who had fallen into compsr
:. with himself and Mr.. Noyss, formerly
y manager OF the Cairo Athenmum. II
=. man while reaching for . piece Of pork in
= butcher shop. disclosed the fact that
was \ pork rcacher-a very miserable ma
= lie wore checkered suit Of clothes q
:. had evidently led . checkercd life. I
|" looked very unhappy. Looked % il be VI
20 marridd aad had mother in-law. II
story Of his incarceration was very ente
81 tanning.
70 the speaker informed the publie III
- Queen Emma, Of the Sandwich Island
: takes her medicines in cider--that is, VII,
y. she don't take them outside hsr-shas Il
g indiana are the best educated people ,
sar,h. Every abls-bodied male Indian
- . well-red man. But the white man
=. followed upon the scent Of the red man n
- I'll the red man hasn't got q red cent.
" The speaker explained how elections q
- carried % Egypt (Southsrn Illinois, q
70 ted hundreds ofanecdoess, puns, ETC., Viii
10 loose their eject By being printed. '
therefore omit them.
The lecturer evidently understood I
secret that bssvity is the soul Of Wit
e. Everything was told rapidly and pleasaniI
70 his style was smphaticailv original and d
in audience appeared immensely we'll please
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