, 1876-10-29

Jokes. An unfortunate individual arose from
his scat and looked around. And then, as the
anoW~6akes fall from the heavy winter cloud, the
paper pellets fell on that mans devoted head.
Looking upon it as huge practical joke, he
tried to stem the torrent, but the pellets
wire supplemented With shower Of sawdust-
There were Ladies' around him who did not ap'
pear to appreciate the amusement OF the occa-
kion, but the assailants did not appear to care
and the assafled stood his ground much to tue
discomfort Of thoSe around him until police
mAu forced him into his seat. As he went down
the huge crowd howled aud cheered and made
various noises, not the least Of which was that
OF an ecstatic ass from Evanston who amused a
TN pan hy pounding it.
snd the q Glory Halleluiah!'' ~ rang out again:
; At last the galleries were opened and the
crowds poured UP. They could sec there il they
could not hear. To them it was some amuse-
ment to look at the surge and push below, II
they could not understand sentence the speak
CT might say. ~ ,..
At last the band came in, only to have every
note of its music drowned By tho yells OF ap-
plause-
Then came the speaker, hailed with welcome
that was manifcstly something new to him. 1t
was impossible for him to disguise the tact that
he was nervous. AS he looked upon his audi
encc and glanced through the building and then
up to the roof, be saw tha4it was beyond the
C&EAElIY OIL Ills OWL Ut any ulAQ'3 ~ 4u@AS
the whole of that assemblage hear all he had to
gay. Hc had been told there would be big
crowd. He had been informed that he would
see an outpouring that would astonish him, but
he never had contemplated the possibility OF
such gathering, and when be say M It, he - was ns
staggered and tor an instant he half wished be
hsd never got there Blaine came with mag
niiccnt reputation, and he had every encourage
mept to look for u largo meeting, but the thou-
sands of eyes that shot glances into his went,
numerically, far beyond ANYTHING that us most
sanguine imagining6 had conjurcd
From the roof to the floor
THE HOUSE WAS PACKED.
Even the roof was crowded, and the sGyIghts
were filled with heads. By the time Blaine COM
mcnecd, the galleries were bending, creallng,
and eroaning. Down below there was no NOV
ing about. The people we're 1ammed together
SO that the motion Of one was communicated to
all At the entrances there was no earthly
chance to get through. The sidewalk on the
avenue was crowded, and, while hundreds went
away, hundreds yet remained in the vain hope
that they might crowd In aud get some kind Of
a toothold inside the building
As at lngersoll's reception, four-ninths Of the
audience were ladies' large number of them
we're enabled tosecure seats. but a1mostan equal
" large number we're forced away. The number
Of seats had been augmented since the last
speech In the building, but they ouly accommo-
dated about one-tenth Of the people In attend
ancc.
AS Mr. Blaine stepped upon the platform, he
threw glance through the building and
up behind him. He Was accompanied by Mr..
George n. Bogue, who had been selected
to introduce him, and room was made
for him to sit down for q monent,
Tho band c1amored and the people yelled, and
that Sss fecd lis hesa he he
1esslv around, and smiled faint acknowledge
ment Of the compliment paid him.