National Republican., 1882-07-01

PssS.u uuiink the Hiht Ceutufg VI our nhlOnh-
THE PER1s WHICH now ENVIRON U.s.
! Your petitioner IS without means at present,
end VIII have to depend upon friends 70 obtain
gest that the return Gay Of HIS bond be fixed for
the first Monday in February 1892 ON the ro-
| turn day your petitioner Will report TO this hon
orabe court in person and humbly abide lts order.
| Your petitioner further says that he Is lawyer,
theologian, and politician, and that he claims to
be gentleman, Christian, and o pattiot Your
petitioner further says that should one Chester A.
Arthur, row, Vice President of the United states,
become President, he desires him TO treat NIL the
members OF the present administration with the
utmost consideration, TO the end that the contend
Ing factions OF the Republican party may bo
united. In conclusion, your petitioner says that
IL he were released on his parole he would respond
as quickly as II the bail were million dollars and
| the charge murder. And your petitioner will ever
| pray. CHARLES GuIrEAU.
Ills Belief in Special Providenccs.
| In 1873, when / was trying to lecture, had
winter of 1878 spoke in the Wesleyan Hall, Bost
| ton. 1t rained and had small house which
have already mentioned. From Boston I went tc,
| Providence, / got a hall; / was advertised To
| lecture under the auspices of the man who ren,ci
the hall; he furnished the hall aud the adyerti-
sing aud we were to divide the receipts / had
about fifty persons aud delivered portion of my
address. The Providence journal gave me quite a
| nice notice. stepped AT n hotel In Providence. L
did not get cent from my lecture as the receipts
were not sufficient topay the advertising, and got
notlhing s from my leeinre l owed the hotel g or
send 1t to them very shortly, and took the train for
| Newport and after remaining there q few
which did, and reached New York the next
afternoon about 2 o clock, the boat being delayed
City aud took the cars Tor Newark. l was entirely
out of money and when tho conductor cams
around told him who was and where cnmc
arrange about lecture there. There was great
excitement just then about lngelsolI's lecture on
| Hell, and purpOSed TO answer him. When the
conductor came around told him this, but had
no money, and he became very excited and snid
that If did not pay him at once he would ,urnme
over to II policeman at the depot. This scared me,
| and, under an Impulse, rushed TO the door and
| jumped off from the train when they were going
at the rate of thirty or forty miles an hour about
mile the other side of the first depot at Newark.
struck the solid stone ballast such as there is on the
Pennsylvania Road, aud wounded N y hands and
| bruised my forehead badly, aud came very near
| killing myself jumped up and saw the blood
running from my hands and face and knees, and 1
away from arrest, which the conductor threatened,
| / jumped off the train with this result. always
not killing myself at that time. certainly should
| not have jumped from the train only under n sud-
der den impulse , dd not con'Smpante the effect q
saw that / could walk, although the blood was
flowing from, my hands and from my knees and
condition. walked toward the city and reached
hotel. and told the proprietor or clerk in charge
that had jumped from the train and got badly
| injured. He assigned me to u room, aud
washed myself and took very hearty sup.
per- l had not not, eaten eaten an atom moi OF f,od
|
! Newport the night before. l then retired, and
the next morning was very stiif / stayed in
| Newark two or three days and made arrangements
to lecture there In the opera-house the gentleman
| agreeing to furnish the house and the advertising
about one hundred. Il had been We'll advertised
| on the streets by placards and through the news
| papers, But, as usual, did not get dollar for
New York. and thought would try 1t up in New
| England again. was advertised about this time
| to speak at Springfield, Mass, in the Methodist
| church. 1t was well advertised The evening OF
the lecture the son of the hotel proprietor that
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| and threatened to arrest me for owing him
little board bill of six or seven dollars, which
| had incurred while at Providence. He showed
| himself TO be very mean man, and in order to
| pacify him gave him my overcoat, and told him
that expected to lecture, and that would prob
ably, get in some money that night, aud that
would be able to settle with him. The deputy
| sheriff took my overcoat, worth about $40, and I'D
and the hotel proprietor got into their carrage
and drove away As soon as they left me de,
cided at once to get out OF Springfield. walked
| rs last MS possible down the railroad track to-
ward Hartford.
WAS OUT ALL NIGHT,
and walked continuously until reached the de-
pot, some eight or ten miles from Springfield and
| | talked with the man in charge aud told him
that wanted to go to Hartford He said hera
| was bridge only II short distance below that u
watchman was in charge aud that could not
| pass on the railroad track; that would have 10
| go around to the main road, which did and
got on to- the railroad track as soon us possible
bright, splendid April night, and, aside from my
deslitu,ion enjoyed it. The air was exhilarat-
scious during this aud other similar experiences
that was doing my duty to the Lord and that
| he was with me in this aud in other similar ex.
| pericnces, got withng five miles OF Hartford
! about O'Clock in the morning. l was ter
riby wearied | had had nothing to cat sncG
noon of the previous day, and my feet were very
| sore. II is twenty-siX miles, think from Spring.
field to Hartford. walked twenty two miles con.
| tinuOusly all night OH the railroad track. There
i fttIIP Hartford
saw construction train about 10 leave for Hart
ford it was full OF flaboring men. l got on to tho
said the fare was ten cents; had no money and
| lie got very angry, and said had no business 70
| He told the brakeman to hand me ever to an oili-
Ger ut Hartford. This scared me, and gave him
fine sSsGG9k worth wS S9 or STu ,h5ei 5
| would get some money ut Haf.. deelu
1t. At Hartford took private boar.
dI''n sad had was 'aESISiSs 81 qi ssou sS
fifty, There were some very Intelligent ladies and
talk, when was about the Bible and Hades and
Christianity. took UP u collection and got finy
went on to the streets the next day and sold two
or three dollars worth. decided then to go to
afternoon. had not been on the boat more than
| five minutes before rough Tueton stepped up to
me me and said "Is This Mr. Gihrow Locked al
mann name 'iH dhroW S and Said mo S s lie tisere
upon retired. AS soon as he retired ]
he wants to get me for something, what IL
| is cannot imagine; presume, though, 1t is in
| reference to the Providence Hotel blll," and
jumped from the boat and ran as rapidly us posi-
| BILE through the, warehouse and through The
| alleys and into the streets aud to the Capitol
| Square, three quarters of Il mile distaut
TWAS TERRIBLY SCARED,
| because was in no condition then to be arrested
| for anything was out of money and in great dis
tress. Well, thought to myself when reached
the capitol and looked around and saw that ha
was not alter me, that would get out of Hartford
as soon as possible, and ! walked on the railroad
| track some two or three miles until reached q
| station. saw Il train coming up, just as was
reaching the station got on II and went to New
London, and stayed there two or three hours until
| ] took a train for New Haven. At New Haven
| took the night boat for New York. l had no
| money, but told the captain my story and gave
| him my morocco pocket book that had previously
redeemed from the conductor for ten cents,
| and he passed me to New York. From New York
| Went over to Jersey City and stayed few hours
and decided to go to Philadelphia. had no
money TO pay my fare-S2 .50--from Jersey City to
| Philadelphia. ltook the II o'clock train at night.
| When the conductor came around l told
him my story aud he retained some
| Of my books for the fare ] reached Philadelphia
| and had some books with me- which sold and
| redeemed the books held by the conductor l re-
| mained in Philadelphia some two or three weeks,
When went to city inquired for first- class
boarding house, and | was entertained i'll that
way during all this precgrous existence. met
some very kind ladies In the boarding house busi-
| ness. told them frankly who was; that was
| from Chicago, and that was trying to sell my
lectures, and they seemed to think was gentle-
man, aud said nothing about the pay until the
week was up During this experience never
| went to city and inquired for board in private
| family without finding that there was always
room for me, can hardly recall single case
where inquired for board, during this experience,
| that there was not room waiting for lne--some
one had either Just vacated room or there was IL