The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-01-31

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8 private letter fron A. 81 Lee 70 one
of his friends in St. Louis hss been COM
municated to Ne Republicas AZ every
body 10 now interested in the drawer OF
the opera-house, and especially ~ every
lo1y mnst be pleased with the personal
tx.its disclosed in this epistle, We present
it to our rsadwEs 80
.PsAEs.s % RocHzz, IIL; Jan %, 81:
! sDEAR DAxIEL.-1 was very much as
tonished last evening, It. shout seven
o'ci6ck. by thu sodlden appearance Of
two man MAILING their appearance in our
bedroom, where sst reading by the
side Of Wifa's bed, with the sudden an
that had drawn fhe opera
house in Chicago. don't think that
was At all excited by the report. i had
. slight acquaintance with Mr.. Bur-
roaghs, one OF the men; the other. from
" aterloo, was an entire stranger. The
only document they brought was copy
OF the Republican Of the 22d instant,
which had 90 many accounts of the mat
ter that hardly dared believe any of
them. However, bore the congratula-
tiens Of my new friends with common
dable fortitude, and dismissed them with
suitable acknowledgements. 8.
after the lapse of half an hour, I
was the recipient of sundry calls from
neighbors and. friends in the village, all
highly excited. The report had flown
like lightning. and the whole neighbor-
hood was in an uproar. bore hand
at receiving the company, answered their
numerous questions with as much dignity
as could assume, and in a state of semi
Inconsistencies of what it all meant,
started off to commune with Frank ON
the curious appearance Of things.
~ had been there but few minutes
when halloo was made, at the door, for
MIR. Lee. rs Mr.. Lee here?' Well,
went to the door and acknowledged that
was that person, and went at him with
the question of What do you want p
Why said the poor, frozen fellow, 4
have dispatch for you from Belleville.
You have drawn the opera-house.' Ire
ceived the document, and after asking
Sally the privilege of reading it by the
light of her lamp, read as follows:
"A. 81. Lee, Prairie du Rocher, Illinois:
''Crosby's Opera house is yours. Hold
your ticket. j. B. CHAMRERLAIN.
81 mentally returned thanks to my
new friend Chamberlain, and returned
home considerably perplexed. and not
yet fully conscious of the reason of my
being in the hands of so many new
friends, who all seemed to show so
strong desire to show me attention.
But happy thought struck mel will
look at my ticket, and see if there really
is anything in it. Well, Daniel, when /
found it, there the figures stood, as plain
as day, SO 900. and no mistake. In the
meantime, Joe and ma had got hold Of
the matter, and, to my unbounded as
constituent, they received it at once as
fact had undressed myself, for it was
growing late, and was sitting in my long
tailed night shirt, discussing the events
Of the evening, when laundering knock
at the door announced that all was not
over yet. Ma went to the door, and
quickly returned with the intelligence
that q man. wanted to see me, and that
he said had drawn the Crosby Opera
house The devil. said I, i wish they
had to swallow the opera house, and
alter dressing myself, went down to re-
ceive this new messenger. He bowed to
me, thought, as though was man
of property, and, in . suitable style, de-
Ivered hiscredentials.
II looked carefully over very well
written letter of six lines, and derived
such information as induced me to be-
lieye that the lucky holder Of sc, 800 was
actually about to become q man of prop
erty sure enough, for this letter came
from Messrs. Pettes & Leathe, sent as
they say, by instructions OF Mr.. Crosby
himself found this last messenger
pretty we'll informed about the matter,
and after seeing him eat q hearty supper,
and arrive at the condition when people
generally are confidential and good hu-
mored, I took him aside and asked him
IF it were . fact and no mistake. He
gave me the most solemn assurance that
there was no mistake about it, and that
John Meyer, of somewhere, Randolph
street, was humbug.
Every well, Daniel, as am really the
possessor of ticket No. Sc, 800, I suppose
that opera-house belongs to me, and /
just say to you that it is for sale. / sup
pose somebody wants to buy it, and !
have to ask you to sell it for me. It is
impossible for me to leave my wife in
her present condition, or would go up
| to you at once. must wait until she
gets better, whether I get the opera
house or not. She is very i'll indeed,
but think her symptoms are favorable
for Improvements.
AT all events, write to me on receipt
| Of this.
| your friend and brother,
A. Fl. LEE"
Poor Meyer. the lager beer man in Chicago, who hal