The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-13

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for Brazil. and on arriving there were
met by a brass band and q number of
its inhabitants.
ct this busting and go.ahead viii
lage the ladies had provided q cold
"dejeuner " for the hungry souls, and
q splendid one in every respectit was.
In fact the best / ever saw in q coun-
try place. To say that the " melting
mood was again in full blast. would
be to convey but a faint description
Of the destruction Of edibles, and
the inpouring Of liquids that ensued.
Tables covered with the good things
of this life, as if by magic, presented
in a few minutes a beggarly account
Of empty" dishes and well picked
bones; aud the manner In which
smiles (ffom the ladics) and grins
(from the gents) became at once
visible, was most astonishing. Con-
sideripg the exhaustion Of the attack
ing party, the provisions might well
become aghast at their impending
and inevitable fate, and the vigor dis
played on their travels was not IN
the remotest degree relaxed at the
table by the guests
AS the rooms, large as they were.
could not accommodate more than
a half Of US, a device was uccess
fully practieed in the large room
| below, used for concerts, lectures, &c.
A number of gentlemen assembled
the platform, and shortly thereafter
began to harangue those present, and
the number constantly increasing un-
til the room was nearly full, the ora
tor gave out, the audience collapsed,
and the sell was admitted.
I was sold, but having looked at
some dried meats, cheese and crack
ers at noon, my wounded susceptible
ties were z easily soothed, and
Richard was himself again
The ladies, however, had suspect
ed the extent of the raid, and had
made astounding provision TO feed
the hungry mass aud with all the
foresight they had displayed, the APP
petites Of the "enemyn were almost
too many for them, but hunger finally
was ignominiously driven of.
The Brazilians.n especially the
ladies, are entitled to the grateful
thanks of the party forABheir kind
ness, attention and hospitality, for
though those manifestations were
everywhere met with by US, it was a
little more remarkable from being ex.
hibited so handsomely and completely
In so small a place.
Here tho excursionists sepa-
rated-some examining the furnaces
at Brazil, and remaining for some
time to complete their explorations
and examinations of the mining and
mineral lands in that vicinity; Others
returning to indianapolis, and the
remainder, about three hundred,r re-
turning to Terre Haute, to enjoy the
hospitality and become the guests o.
that city. a-uf haa
g We arrived there at 6 p. NJ, and :
rush was made for the hotels. Those
of good pedestrian power, started of
at a 240 gait-exceeding the rate oil
a celebrated fellow citizen-otherg
took the street cars, and the few
hacks that CHANGED to be at the depof
were promptly filed.
On my getting into tho Office at thu
Terre Haute House, an excited
throng nearly filed the room, and thu
little unoccupiad space was soon ten
anted. At the desk ono gentleman
In two or three minutes succeeded IL
getting at the register book, and hav
ing seized a pen commenced to "heiro
glyphicize Ca coinage) the names of
multitude, apparently taken at random
from a city directory. Name aftel
name was pot-hooked, after the man
ner of Sam Weller, Jr.." and page
after page filed, and no signs Of his
giving out. CALCULATIONS were hurled
at him, Jokes cast at his devoted head
and inverted blessings" prevailed fol
some time, when with q Sigh, a care
full examination Of his catalogue anC
a spelling fthe last names. he wrig.
Z gled himself out of the mass. IF ht
Z was not as deaf as q post or his men
tai armor invulnerably thick, the fell
J ings animating his manL-5osom mus
have been Of mighty mixed up ma
tI1ra.u Peace to his ashes. sbous
T. That fine hotel managed to store
away over two hundred of us thai
night without apparent difficulty
and speaking so far as the experience
of my friends and myself extended
to the great satisfaction of the guests
The party after supper, divided into
groups, and with some others | wenl
to the rink for parlor skating, anC
were entertained by the exploits o.
some of the operators, the capsizss o.
others, the music of the band, anC
noticing what / was told, were little
h~irtations." Not being acquainted
with that branch of science, and il
appearing to prove an agreeable pas,
time to those INDUCING therein, ]
watched it with great ~intentness. anC
, Notwithstanding it is a " two handed
game, will try practically ! how i
, works--when a good %opportunity
" turns up" -I
;, During the evening, a gentleman
, announced to- the guests, crowded il
the reading room, that a remarkabl,
echo was to be heard round the cor
ner; one beating the celebrated IrisE
one. and that would repeat a word, o
the last portion of 1T seventeen
times. Al1s
!, This astounding wonder caused
rapid exit of sixty or seventy of as
and then commenced, and was con
tinued for twenty minutes, a series o
experiments, including bowls, groans
: cat, calls, Calculations, assertions
nick-names, &C., &c, Sc, &C., to al
of which the echo paid due attention
and when perfect quiet reigned, ant
the word was favorable, repeated evei
e or eight times, to the great delight 0
D the listeners.
The concluding howl, however,, pro
/ duced an echo of a different descrip
, ton from a mar emerging from a doc
about one hundred yards distant VIII,
} returned the compliment with in
D terest. necaa 5La ats'
On Thursday morning, a train 0
] i've cars was placed at our dispose
f to visit the nail factory, the, as yet
unfinished blast furnace, and the ney