Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-01-28
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tORRY O'LANUs' EPISTLE.

~ (ORRY O'LANUS' EPISTLE. ss.. .,,.
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Mrs. OF anus 4 Wants, to Hear
HDicl<ens-GlAow Folks Tried 20
Get Tickets. and how they were
Seld-A, Campaign ON the side-
! walk-DOlby Little Game. ys9 -
I am victim of the Dickens mania.
lAs soon as; Mrs. O'Lanus heard that
i Dickens. was going to read in Brooklyn
she; said she must 60 and hear him, and /
had better secure front seats bea .,5,,i
Il I tried to reason with her, called her
attention to the views of our intelligent
i critic, who said that Dickens could not
Tread worth cent, and that Mrs. yell
verton, John Conney, Teddy o 'Rourke,
or any other man, could read better than
4 dickens. ~. y
This failed to move her., She said she
!, didn't believe all that some men wrote
for the Eagle. .q.3'is u =. 1s52il..il' 5i.i.-
IN. B. Mrs. O'Lanuss.. is sometimes q
little PERSONAL - .saq liaoas iIie ..iI.
/ AS she had made up her mind to hear
Dickens, there was Of course no getting
tout of Sitfeoa sas .,xi,.,,if.,.' u iii ,s.oIi
II ascertained, at the earliest possible
moment that Plymouth Church had been
l|Ieased for four nights, and that the sale
Eof tickets, would open on Thursday.
Imorning at eight o'clock. .ares
Knowing there would be a rush for
tickets, was determined to be on hand
IN time. Saf- ooj .fa.it 80 shv; asuod l.o,ies
Taking an affectionate leave of my
family. left home after breakfast on
Monday morning, and arrived at Ply
mouth Church 4 at thirty-fve minutes
Ipast eight. hcmno9 rtaH iaa 7fen = Isli-sasi
When got there found there were
only sixty two persons ahead of me. = "
| Some of them, had been there since
Christmas, and were quite domesticated.
I secured a seat on a hydrant, and
felt quite comfortable. = Mrs. OIanus
had engaged to send my meals regularly,
aud change of linen, and, having pro-
vided myself with an umbrella and a
bottle Of Bourbon, was prepared for
any change of weather. a5T 3}l "a
| The first day passed off serenely,
everybody in the best of spirits. ~
4 At night it began to be rather uncom-
Portable. Tried to sleepi in the umbrella,
but couldn't make it go. 45iiil'j issoi'
Tuesday things began to look cheer
full, several hundred people joined our
ranks, and the line reached to Atlantic
street. ;'ii .s.ssoI1iq ii1u7 :oi .s-i ~,
Bids for places in the line became
lively. An old gent with Dickens on
the brain offered me seven hundred and
fifty dollars for my place. Wouldn't
look at it, Of course. l''2ii = Z 7. ~ III
- Took my meals on the hydrant and
got small boy to run up to Grogan's for
another original PACKAGE 'aa1eioi ssgI
Got through ea Tuesday ! all right.
Thought II would have a comfortable
night; hired -four barrel from the cor.
ner, grocery and tried the Diogenes style.
=, Living in tub may have agreed with
Diogenes, but for my part L prefer mod
ern apartments bds .tiia9 14q IL afdi
;; I was, split out about two o'clock by
q. festive party who were declaring their
intention yof not going home till morn
| ing. ;fneo Tse Sis Haill sJAI TatssT. i sifI
Just before r got UP, ! had narrow
escape Of being shot into an ash, cart by
avigilant Observation-Disclosures, who thought
I was an ash barrel ilid SD % .oi sIAn
| Then a policeman came along and
threatened to arrest me for obstructing
the. sidewalk with my lodgings. IT, ja' y,.1,s .s
Began to feel discouraged until my
breakfast arrived Mrs. O'Lanus had
also sent me a clean collar and change
ofssocks. after which i felt quite re-
freshed. .2aisi9
SsThs line began to fill out !; it now. iex-
tended along Henry to Atlantic. and up
Atlantic to Flatbush avenue laJ,.ioiqa
s' Things began to- get exciting. Was
offered three Thousand dollars for my
place in the line No go, - ,i..s,,' 'i = 49,
Nobody would sell out; chances like
ours were too precious. so j ia u ~
70 The man next to me was a ticket
agent ), he said he had Two sons and a
nephewsin the line to buy tickets. He
expected tolrealize enough ON this venL
ture to retire on, and he confded in me
his intentions of yesting part of his
profits in a farm on Long Island, which
he had already selected. - ~ - ~ lis,
5d}Thursday night the excitement was
too great for'sleep. Had to keep awake
to look out for fellows trying to effect a
clandestine lodgment in, our line Ia
Thursday morning the line extended
through ::Flatbush avenue to the Lunatic
Asylum. Excitement intense.
Entire police force ordered out. the
Fire department and military notified to
be in readiness Aoa3 9sfraifaua our
10 At last the hour came, the door was
opened and a shout of joy ran through
the line. Gradually We fled up to the
box Office, and, at last, up my turn came.
2i The momentous moment had arrived
when Mrs. O'Lanus' cherished hopes
were to be realized a,a7tl.,. .,':,1
~ L walked, smiling, nodded patroniz-
ingly to British looking chap who
stood by. and tipped Gillett a confden-
tial wink: II .nileafIsafe 1o..TIka .4is
-s" Let me have two Seats" said I. arii
!" For the course 2" said Gillett, f"ods
".Weil, no; just once, I think, will
satisfy Mrs. O'Lanus.'' - @-rf-. n IN
jG"My deah sir.'r said the Britisher,
".you, aw, weally don't know our wules
Mr.. Dickens is, ava very uncommon
person, and we can't, you know, wetail
him. We don't make anything less
4 than full set, Of aw, four tickets. Bet
5fab take fonr- sir Four readings have