Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-02-09
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Opera House Once MOre--yEr.
Lee i'm Chicago.

The public have doubtless become almost
disgusted with the developments of the
Opera House enterprise. The last sensation,
not at all to be depended on, we find in the
st. Louis Democrat, as subsequent to Mr.
Lees arrival at Chicago. We copy;
Mr.. Lee wanted to come to St. Louis to
see Mr.. Daniel G. Taylor, his brother in-aw,
but was persuaded not to do so-what was
the use of going out of the way to st. Louis,
when Mr. Taylor could be telegraphed to
come on and join him in Chicago. He tee-
graphed Mr.. Taylor from Bellevile, but the
message was not received. On arriving at
Chicago, he tclegraphed again to Mr.. Taylor
to join him, but this dispatch also was not
delivered.
Mr.. Lee found himself alone in a strange
city, filled with people for whom he had no
affinity, and to his great annoyance, was
"the observed of all observers" Wherever
he went he was pointed at by the curious as
the great Mr.. Lee the man what draued
the Opera House." When he arose in the
morning he found cards of invitation to
dine, and On his pillow were damp rews-
papers filled with accounts of the drawing,
envious biographical sketches of himself,
and conjectures as to ."what he would do
with it." On going to breakfast he was
faced and tlanked by gaping snobs talking
about the Opera House, and wondering how
many manageable daughters he had, and
what sort of a father law he would make.
1t he walked into the street a multitude of
ragged boys and sharp nosed men followed
at his heels, shouting, "This is Mr. Lee
this is the Opera House man." Men of all
sorts pressed up to get look at him, and
not o few introduced themselves to him,
and proposed going into business with him.
Many were the offers he received to trade
! the Opera House for Chicago corner lots,
! petroleum lands, Montana mining shares,
! railroad stock &c. Some wanted him to
put the house up at rattle, and generously
| offered to act as his business agents for a
"trihing compensation" Wherever he went,
some unwashed specimen would come up
and ask him to drink and claim his acquain-
tance. One Barnumized individual, with q
| keen eye to business, offered him five hun
dred dollars for that long-tailed Shirt spo
! ken of in his letter! Women sent to him
! for locks of his hair-daguerrean artists
/ bored him to sit for his picture-newspaper
reporters, with blood-red pencils in hand
| begged the privilege of taking his life
! seli,constituted agents of bogus charitable
/ societies solicited alms-taiors called to
! take his measure-shoemake came to learn
the size of his foot-hatters wanted to sell
him their new style of Lee Hats"-and
| worse than all, real estate dealers wanted
him to invest in Chicago lots
Finding that Mr.. Taylor did not come,
and wearied and worn out, yexed and chafed,
Mr.. Lee retired to his hotel to escape the
endless solicitations and opportunities of
! the Chicago mob. In this condition he was
found by the shrewd Mr.. Crosby. An offer
of $500, 900, cash down, for the Opera House,
was accepted by Mr.. Lee. VINO, by this time,
was completely disguised with Chicago,
and longed to be ut home with nothing
around him but that elongated neither gar
ment for which the Barnum of Chicago had
offered him $500. He signed the papers pre-
sented to him, took his greenbacks, and
started on the first train for st. Louis. He
arrived here yesterday morning, at 8 o'clock,
and went to Mr.. Taylor's. The 100000
were deposited at the Boatmen's and Mr..
Lee feels great relief in having got the big
Opera House of his hands, even at the sacri-
flee Of 100000.