The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-26
GEO. FRdNCTS TRAIN.
His Views on the Eastern Question, Banh
Presidents, and Psychology.

Geo. Francis Train delivered his third
speech on Finance" In the Newark Opera
House last evening. The price OF admission
having been reduced to ten cents. and fifteen
for reserved seats tho hall was crowded. Mr.
Train assembled the stage shortly after o'clock
and removing his sealskin overcoat. showed
himself to be attlred in evening dress. Without
noticing the auditors. who had received him
with cheers, he walked gravely to n side gas
light and opened q letter. Before beginning
to read he apparently recollected himself and
said
This affords me an opportunity to give you
n lesson in manners Ten minutes with me is
n liberal education. / can see more through n
keyhole in the dark than the rest OF the world
through an open door in daylight. Now for
my lesson. ! opened this letter. No gentle
man. according TO the rules Of etiquette ever
should open letter in the presence OF com.
pany. letter. you know. may contain a
Sherifs summons. or writ OF Injunction.
This don't-I will read II.
"Mr. Train-wiIl England get involved in war;
England is in tight place She's in as bad
country, bankrupt or not. She is the banker of
the world. But whit she has lost she has made
up out of us. We have been ruled fifty years
by England. America is the pasture ground of
the British arstocracy. New York is the State
prison ~ all nations Thcre is no other place
.
you meet them in the stage. in the fcrryboat in
the pulpit, in the hotels. at the bar, in tho
banks, in the stores. in the houses You can't
10 ON Wall street but YOU see n Gilman, II Case,
country foT-Christ's sako. But. ! SAID Eng
Hall took snufT the Republican pnrty
snnezed; when FREQ Trade Hall, Man
cackcd Because i would not sneczc ',,'9 '%ii and
ca'klc and be led by tho nose MIR. Train
hero pretended To pull himself about tho
tfS aSn S o Elns i "i the ctamp5n d A. &mcrpSn Tp%
unatic. | know all about England aud the
Eastern question. | was Mt TIA Criincu. | was
III give YOU Tonnyspn'- Charge Of tho Light
Brigade Voices; Give it: give it1 havnt
seen II Tor twenty years. but you've ysyrho.O-
SXyeen viii yoa Mr. ian i'r5 VIII 'i,' in one i'.' II
my thfrr tours around th" world. after putting
~ at hotel on Mount Calvary. and another At
Gcihsnmnnc -
Here second lniicr was handed him. which
he opened and read as follows:
h!s been SAIL ats ihoii breakfast table ihat Nr
lal. IN. ..,, an, f'' Ht.n& lns .e--u4-i iii -i
noic rc',lauons De ulu' witness d maie him einl,
Me seee,s,sionisi. rep'ated Mr., Train
a'rd IN London was uilr"l 81 ulpuu. For
two yrar- hrii NunH'v no one hand ind Lord
John Russell ~ the other. forcing. them 90 .hrrr
Tor America. went into drintln- halls W.. 're
mcn with 2i-in D brains -. whore sumner
nnd Blaine couldn't have lived twenty minut. 3
,Id ha'i an hour wlui have Polished on Ben
secession Eur'p". and g. do this | throw up
s3nuu.um. hef'~ another letter:
Mr. Train, what shah w do IA easv ol aminci
call ON me.
hl YOU ever hear such question when
peanuts arc llNH 'rni- quart
tiN. ivn TODAY ioia a. bowl ~ oatmoal I
.aNe iukrn nothing ~ince uatil this evening.
Mrs, klnual 4hAs nlr twl -runniu- of ott-
inenl' ,np ol "'.i'e- Nhi ia j. a rare thing with
m"-and some 'liy. THAT, di~-ip ipadion tor me.
generally take only two bowls ~ unfn4.ll "A
i"y' h l. % r'his '.eh, IhIs IL tw,ny cents a