Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

Colonel, to draw up the writings and b sgin
to train. You will never regret it, / am
sure, and it will be the making of me.
do not know your address, but trust that
this will reach you through the press, for.
as write, you are on your way toward
Canada, with requisition and the police
reaching after you at every town.
] am glad to hear that you are not drink
ing any more, especially while engaged in
sleep Ii you only conilne your drinking to
your waking hours. you may live to be
very old man. and your great, massive brain
will continue to expand until your hat will
not begin to hold it.
What do you think of Browning? / would
like TO converse with you on the subject be-
fore the fight and get your souls best sem
timents on his style of intangible thought
wave.
l will meet you at Havre or Calais and
agree with you upon how hard we shall hit
each other. l saw, ut u low variety show
| the other day, two pleading comedians who
welted each other over the stomach with
canes, and also pounded each other on the
head with sufficient force to explode per-
cussion caps on the top of the skull and yet
without injury. Do you not think that a
prize fight could be thus provided for? /
will seq these men. if you say 80. and learn
their methods.
Remember, it is not the punishment OF a
prize fight which yearn for, but the efful-
gent glory of meeting you in the ring and
having the cables and press associate my
budding name with that Of a man who has
done so much to make men better-a man
whose name will go down to posterity as
that of one who sought to ameliorate and
mellow and desiccate his fellow men.
l will now challenge you once more with
great respect, and beg leave to remain.
yours very truly BILL NYE.
Hon. Ferdinand de Lesseps Paris France:
DEAR SIR Ihave some shares in the canal
which you have been working on and l am
compelled to hypothecate them this summer
in order to paint my house. | see by
speech of yours. made the other day. that
yon have great faith in the future of the en-
terprise, and so | will give you the first
chance on this stock of mine. You have
suffered so much in order to do this work
that want to see the stock get into your
hands. You deserve it, You snail have it,
Eerdie, II you will send me postoftice
money order by return mail covering the
par value of five hundred shares. / will
lose the premium because | am little
pressed Tor money. The painters will be
through next week and will want their pay
As | say, want to see you own the canal,
for in fancy l can see you as you toiled
down there in the hot sun, as you noated
your wheelbarrow down the valley with
your perspiraton. / can see you In the
morning. with hot. red hands and tin dip
per pail, going to your toll. with u large
red cotton handkerchief sticking out of your
hip pocket.
SO have decided that you ought to have
control, if possible, of this great water
'front.'. Besides. You have larger family
than have to support. When heard that
you we're the father of fifteen little children.
ana that you are in the sere and yellow
leat, l said to myself man with that many
little mouths to feed. at the age OF eighty,
shall have thelflrst crack at my stock. And
SO, ii you will send the face value as soon
MS possible, 1 will say bong jaw, messue.
Yours truly, BILL NYE.
To the Seven Haired Ststers 'Steenth street,
New York:
MEsDAMEs, HAMsELLEs AND FELLOW
CITIzENs-I write these few lines to
say that l am we'll and hone this