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my ,Innd Ter1 valuable, and will sell it il
saa bond sr5's' to. to poor sn as giving tasn
for forfeiture on the elighsest failure On thei1
part will sell out all u1T Land md town 1ots
tina1ly mud will be worth halt D million. vii
then po elected to the State, senate. and will be
Chairman Of tha JudiciG1y Committee, also oj
the Cou1,nittees OF Education and FEDERAL Rels. n
tiuDs. About this time will buy q township o1
land, and will give employment to LOCO hsnds
| OF course I will bu1id an elegant md pslatiaj
{ country residence. will catry On farming op-
tbs end Of TINT time, will sell my township TO,
double what I Rave for it. I will then be .
millionaire. . The degree Of ILL., D. will
10 conferred upon me, and II will
be tvice chosen to rep1esens ny
people IL the Lower House of Congress-. vii
bo Chairman Of tho Ways and Means COMMITTEE,
End the leader Of the House. When 1 rise tl
epoak the first tin.e, everybody in the Chamber
will turn pale, and there will ho profound
silence. After leaving Congress viii invest
will be worth tho sum Of ESQ, 600 900. will 60
| out to California for my health, and will very
Tucly invest ell my money in mining stocka !;
stocks will rse In such I manner ~ to Intensely
amaze everybody; now aad prodigioua deposits
OF gold and silver will be found bonAuzas will
be- discovered, and I will Boon frd myself
tllo richest rnCu IN the world. l will
bo the first bil;onairo in thecountry. The Pres-
| idens will send mo an autograph letter cunerat-
! u!ating me; aud rendering me tho portfolio OF
Earope, and v:s1t all the old towns, and ruins,
end cethedrnls, the Towsr OF Pisa, tho ruins Of
/ Herculaueum aud Pompeli, aud all tho other Gu
riositcs. sin visit the Bending Pillars Of Stat
f. and write ecIentllc article about them, which
| will bo printed IN BarpeS's Magazine with nlQa-
tretions After roouperat1ng, will coIe home
| ready FOX husines9, will ba chosen as Senator
| Ia Congress-. Ny maiden speech nil produce q
! profound sensation. I will speak rs follons:
| MR. PRESIDENT AND HONORABLE SENATORS:
| natural Echesta} thet should feel diEadence-
| great dimlence Esobbns in the ig4,leryl in ad-
| dressing your Honorable Houors upon the vast
/ subject boiore uB- It is veil lmown to your
Honorable Honors that represent H CREST peo-
| ple--o sgraod people fsensaeion1-a noble peo-
ple-,-a godlke: people." ttmmeuse weeping in
| tho gallery, and such tremendous applause that
| the Honorable speaker was unable to proceau1
Il will be the most populaN, Mittiest, aud
w'sest man: IN tho county. There Hill be :
about me. When visit Nov York there iii be
something like this in the Herald and
| Tribune: 'The Hon. .--, ct illinois, gave
| a dinner At Deimonico's yesterday to
! the veteran Thnrlow Weed. Horatlo seymour, s
Wbite!aw Reid, William Cullen bryant, A. r.
Stewart, Theodore TItou, Wiliia1n B. Aator.
Commodore Vanderbilt, aud Susan B. Anthony
The dinner was the most magnificent ever given
in the city, tLe:e being the UNPRECEDENTED nun.
ber Of forty courses the extraordinary spectacle
Of doors eves floating in green-tu1tle soup vas
seen for the first time. Five hundred different
kinds OF wines graced the table, Tho Hon.
-, Of Illinois, was the wittiest man st the
table. The meeting ia supposed to hare po!it
ical significance. The entertainment cost tne
,enot mous sum Of $40, 600, which the aon.
OF Illinois, paid before 1ear;nE tho establish
mont It WAS in every respect \ far moro brill
some years ago by ths late Sir Horton Peto."
Wnon I visit Chicago, TIE TRIBUNE and Times
will hayo tha- following: The hon. -,
Of Illinois. is occupying parlors at the Palmer.
Yesterday afternoon he held q teyee IN the
Laljes' Ordinary; more than 5000 cit1zeps
called upon tho honorable gentleman; Tonight
there will bo q torchfiGht procession, and fifty
tar barrels will be burned in honor Of tho distn-
guishod guest"
Sometimes tho following item concerning me-
.'The Hon. -, o. Illinois, was late1y in
this city transacting important buBness con-
uocted with railroad futerests. The superstition
is that he is making An immense corner on West
ern stock He was very mysterious and non-
communicative, and 1t 10 said his appearance
hero created t terrible dutter in monetary and
political circles" -. -.
--, OF Illinois. was standing Oh the steps Of
tho custon-House in tbs city ye4ts1lay, swing
lug gold too!h-pick latesaly in his night hapd,
when poor colored bootblack approached. him,
and aGked the favor Of blacking his boots; tha
honorable gentleman, IN dignifed manner, a.
loved him to do 50 when the JOB was done the
honorable goutlaman -naid. in bluff manner:
What's tho bill 2 Ten cente. uassa,' replied
tue poor negro. The honorable gentleman i'm
nod:atcly made him check for $40 GOO. Ie il
descendant Of d roblo French family. is very
eccontrlc man, and ID widely spoken Of - can
aidate for the Presidency"
+ will te elected President Ut the United
States. NY inaugural address will commence:
"Follow-cit1sens Of Maine, Of Nov Hampshire.
of Vermont, Of Rhode 1slend, OF Connecticut,
Of neg Yor1, Of Now Joroey, Of DID, .
.noninusly Interrupted br the grocery1uao. who I
rushed into my otice and praeentad tho follow t
ing: 49,
Il. Vincent, to Toby Smith, Dr.. |
To balance On -s3
"My friend - eaid I, looking at him in = re- |
ptoac3ful manner, II hare just learned OF ths
death Of my grandfather: 1cannot transact any
business for many days" He left In five min
uteA another man camo in with an account ct
27H cents for me. chandisa.: Said to him, in
ngo OF the unexpected decease OF, my grand
mother, aged 90. Tho things OF tl,;1 world have
10 interest fos me" and bowed my bead upou |
the. tabto and GroAned. He left ths room dsep-
~ moved. In about i've minutes IN cAu1o red (
headed man, and aaked il I could pay him
5 cents, the. balance owed hin en- herring |
" Sir" said I, in 1ugubriouS tones, but q mo-
neDt ago received telegram l1opArtlnG tbs sad |
intelligence ct tho sudden demise OF my fstbar
End mother. They were 6lmulsaneo eouRr ats9ckod
With apoplexy, and passed away together I will
be unable to transact secular business for many
months excuse my emotion" As Inado this
remark olapped my handkerchief to my eyes,
aud countarfeitod intense grief. Tho man vent