St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-12-16
STANLEY IN ST. JoHNsRURY.
A Large Audience Greets the Famous
Explorer.

| ANOsttAO III tiiO ". a. COul Sc Il i
day evening. The audience numbere,
fully 200 and completely filled Musi,
hall. Such was the demand for tick
cts that some choice seats were sold a
large premiums, and rs chairs had t.
be brought in to accommodate those
who could not be otherwise supplied
The receipts from the sale of single
tickets for the lecture exceeded 1925.
Rev. G. NJ. LamsOn introduced the
lecturer, or rather reversed the usua
order and introduced the audience tc
Mr.. Stanley, remarking that the world
is indebted to any one who adds to its
fund of information, and dOubly in
debted to the man who has added q
new country to the map of the world.
ose who had preconceived notions
of Row the traveller and author OF
"Through the Dark Continent" should
look, found it rather difficult to imag
inc that the dapper little gentleman
who came forward in a full dress suit
with ample shirt front and glistening
diamonds, was Stanley, the man who
found Livingstone and traced the Con-
go to its mouth, but such was the fact
The lecture was exceedingly inter
esting, the narrative graphic and in
parts eloquent. The audience gave
the closest attention from the first
word to the last, though it is a matter
of regret that in his lower tones the
speaker was heard with great difficult
came SANKEY'S call to Paris in 1869
where he was commissioned by Ben
nett of the N. Y. Herald to find David
Livingstone, who was somewhere in
Africa! Two maps were shown, the
Africa which Stanley entered on his
strange quest, and the Africa of to-
day. With the help of these the trav-
eller took his audience from Zanzibar
to the interior, where, at Ujiji, occur
red the dramatic meeting with Living
stone. Then was told the story of the
explorations of the two travellers in
company; the return of Stanley to En-
gland and the continued travels and
death of Livingstone. Stanley's sec
Ond journey and commission to COM
plete LivingstOne'si nvesti gations came
in 1874. In this division of the lee
ture was told the story of the explora-
ton of the Victoria Nyanza, the meet
ing with Mtesa and the wonderful ex-
periences of the traveller with the ma
tives along the shore. The third and
last portion of the lecture was the stO-
ny of the Congo with the advance of
the brave and fearless traveller into
the dark unknown, with the hostile
savages on either side to make the
journey, perilous in itself, doubly dan
gerous. 1t was a story of absorbing
interest and was enlivened with the
of the speaker told in a
semi humorous vein. Very funny was
the characterization of the British geo
graphical society, that for "a long time
refused to accept the story of Stanley's
discoveries us trustworthy. A passing
tribute was also paid the public in its
estimate of the newspaper reporter as
a man who would good deal rather
lie than not. The speaker was fire.
quently interrupted with the laughter
and applause of the audience. The
lecture as whole was voted a success.
The reception at the AthenBum fol-
lowed the lecture, and for an hour or
more the crowds greeted Mr.. Stanley
and each other. Among the number
was one man who met Stanley at MOI
antique just after his first return from
the interior and "reminiscences of those
days were in order. w. C.. Tyler and
Miss Nellie C. Tyler, both of whom
were born in Africa, greeted the trav-
eller in Zulu, much to his astOnish-
ment and pleasure, and altogether the
reception, though wholly informal,
was as successful as the lecture. Mr..
Stanley was the guest of ex Gov. Fair
banks, to whom the people owe the
pleasure of the reception.
Stanley Recalled to Europe.
Mr.. Stanley at the close of his lee
ture in Amherst Saturday evening,
stated to the audience that he had re-
ceived dispatch from the king of the
Belgians summoning him to return to
Europe. Just before Mr.. Stanley went
on to the platform here, Friday even
ing, he was handed cablegram that
he afterwards said greatly disturbed
him throughout the lecture. During
the day he received dispatch from
the New York Herald requesting 1000
words on the African situation and re-
marked at the time, that he was under
marching orders and liable to be called
away at any moment. He had but
just begun his lecture tour in this
country and telegraphed his agent at
once to cancel all engagements.
The message received by Mr.. Stan
ley was cablegram from the London
agent of King Leopold of Belgium
and it informed him that his royal
highness desired his presence at once
in Belgium. In response to cable
grams second dispatch was received
stating that the business was very ur-
gent and of vital Importance and that
delay was dangerous. Mr.. Stanley
said that he was bound by contract to
serve the king until 1888, and must
obey orders. "Three months from to-
day." he added, al shall be on the
Congo"