The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-04
THINGS TO COME.
A Lecture on the Future by tho
Fright Very Honorable Erastus
Du BifR, LII d"


A1@'~ a@AtA 49,
When the committee reached the ante room
they found the Right Very Honorable bathed
In a cold perspiration and his paper collar fast
whiting away. He had an attack OF what Is
called stage fright and the committee had
to rub his back with a brick, pour cold water
down his neck, and lend him Is cents in
nickels before he could sufficiently mman
himself TO enter the hall. He finally appeared,
n rosy smile mortgaging his features and
his head nodding from one 30 another,
and was formally introduced by
the president. He seemed on the point
Of whiting again, but Brother Gard
ner whispered to him that II he did he'd have
to go out OF town on foot, and the warning
stiffened his legs and made a new man OF
him.
my frens,n he softly began, 81 reckon dat
mes Of you know what the word fuchur
means. 1t doan't mean the huskin. bees OF
las var, but it refers to goin' a-fshin' mex
summer. De fuchur means dat which am
beior' us. We know what de past has brunR
out. What will happen in de fuchur cannot
be known but may be predicted. am heah
to-night to predict [Cheers from Elder
Tootsl
81 do not say that de fuchur will see a
Guild man occupyin' de White House ut
Washington, but | predict dat II de norf pole
am ever diakivered 1t will be by some mem
Der of the Lime-Kiln club, [Great APP
plause.l
"De Guild man of de fuchur may not no
come world fur inventin' an 500
barreled cannon, but | see no reason why he
shouldn't bring 10th a steam bootjHck or
disk1yer a way 10 patch butss wild cold pan
cakes. tCheers.l Steam belongs to de past.
A hundred y'ars hence it will be- too slow fur
amy bizness 'cept sawin' up wood fur poo
folks. [Agitation.
81 do not assert dat de fuchur viii do away
wild railroads, but de son Of some pusson now
widin sound Of my voice will win fame by
inyentin' some way Of KILN de brakeman
who ~emagines dat his sole duty consists in
~roastin' de passengers in each car. [Agita-
tion.
Ode fuchur may not solve de problem Of
iyin' frew dc air, but who kin tell what de
next fifty years may do towards improvin'
de hotel bed an de restaurant sandwich
More agitation.l
To-day We stan an look upon de sewin'
masheen as perfeckshun. Fifty years hence
men will smile at de ideah Of our boin' sntis-
fled wild any SIGH affair. A wife will take de
sewin' masheen of de fuchur an support II
lazy husban' and nine children widout
workin' ober two days in de week. tGroans
and signs.
~ AAtAhA "hA law - btoP ~ ~ wiz pAA
own perticklar race. De Samuel Shin of a
hundred vars hence may be a city comp
%troller; dc Giyendam Jones will be president
Of a college; dc Pickles Smith will boss a
railroad; de Waydown Bebee will nave
his name mixed up wild a ~nashunal
bank; do Lord Nelson Slabs may command
an army an de Brudder Gardner will sit in
de gub'ner's room at de state house an sign
his ofiishul name to de bills passed by de
legislnchur. wild cheers-l Wild desc few
impervious remarks l is dun. [Yells.l Ire
turn my sympathetic adherence for de tyran-
meal manner in which you has bestowed
your attonshun lyellsl an take my leave OF
you In de moas' emblematical manner.n
The closing remarks were greeted with
such a storm Of applause as broke out sew
ernl window panes and upset two lamps.
The honorable gentleman was then conducted
from the hall, and the collection taken up
for his benefit Melted him the handsome sum OF
$3.50.