Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-16
aEusaE FRANCIS IRAN,

. This cratic human curiosity IA now
holding forth In SsnN Francisco after
HIS old style. Evening before last he
gave one Of his characteristic har-
argues at Maguire's Opera Hoi4e. to
an appreclatiys audience, and from the
Chronicles report Of what he said we
extrart the following: AVA n
FLOATING.
am not here eIectioneering. I do
not need the electoral vote Of Callfor-
MIA to make me President. Laughter.
I am here because I cannot help It.. I
am floating on the river Of destiny
floating on TO the Presidency. cannot
help It. Look in-my face aud ace II
you can understand me. I don't uIi-
derstand myself. Colfax IL 4 nincom.
poop-a plcayune one-honse printer at
South Bend. u man who would put
cotton machinery In a WOODEN mill.
THE AMERICAN MENzI.
Am the child Of tho people. the
American Rienzi. the Tribune Of the
people. can't be controlled. You
admit that I am the champion lunatlc
Of the country. I am the great egott.t
of the nation. You have no other man
whose egotism can compare with mine
because it |. the egoti.m Of the coui-
try. There Is not my duplicate In the
country. am the only III Of spotlea
Integrity aud unblemished character.
[ am liable to be shot nc any time for
my virtues, but there Il no bullet can
touch me. believe In the very roots
Of my hsir that I will Do elected Pre-i-
dent Of the United State. on the 9Th III
next November by 6.000, 900 maturity.
ALI IN favor Of that say aye. "Aye !
Aye"l
A MODEL LUNATIc.
never smoke. chew. drink. swear.
lie. cheat, gamble. or have bern mixed
no In any woman scandal ; therefore
they call me- crazy. (Laughter.l I
spoke Of my intellectual powers latt
night. viii prove them to You now.
Now, just ask me any questions you
like, and see II I doh't give sati.tac-
tory answers. AL set now ; come oil.
The comet missed fire ; I am the comet.
"a with your questions.
ON HORACE.
know that Horace Greeley would
make an independent fortune II he
would sell his cabbages ut gil per
head. Loud laughter.l l know thu:
= man who would 90 to work and
plant = lot Of g%unpowder. thinking 1t
onion aeed, would make a hi Of 4
gardner. Renewed laughter.] Many
untrue stories are told OF Horace. For
Instance. It Il not true that lie succeed-
ell In raising \ brood Of chickens from
the eggplant. Laughter. Ii isn't
so ; at least I don't believe It. | know
sll about farming. | wa raised Oh a
farm. | was taught by my great
grandfather. Godfrey Pickering, to put
the best peaches OH top OF tho haaket
and to put the woriny b~lackberries In
the bottom. He was u shrewd old
dodger. HiI name was Pickering.
Laughter aud applause.
OK DIAMONDS.
A man Is either u diamond or not a
diamond. If a msn Of genlu. he l.. u
diamond. II not he Is 4 miserable peb-
BILE. look upon this diamond excite
meut As gotten up to hasten the ap-
~proachlng panic. The diamonds came
from Europe. don't believe In the
Golconda OF Afriea, much less than
Arizona. Don't put = dollar In ola.
mouds.
on sPfRITCArIsI.
They say that I MN u ~spirituali,t. ]
only know that I have soIne terrible
power. don't understand quite what
It Is. Spirituslists tell me that when |
speak they see spirit. all over the
stage. daughter. When I z" Into \
room where the spirlt- are quite lively.
they immediately dry up aud clear
nut. Renewed laughter Col didn't
make inc. II lie had | should not have
the power I now have. Henry the
Eighth was kicked out Of a hoI1e Of
ill.fams, and Luther. hi. junior part
nsr. WAS kicked out Of = nunnery for
prostltuting with the nuns. THESE
two are the %orlginators Of splrlturli'm.
The Ipirituali>t Il = man Of freedom OF
thought, aid cannot be knocked down
by the preacher or the priest. (Loud
applau5e.] Tho spiritusll.t movement
Is bound to become a power In the
world. and I am the head devil IN the
mnvpn,ent rGraae iauyhtar.1