St. Landry democrat., 1891-08-08
WHO DON'T KNOW HIM?
I'M ORTAL J. N. HAS NEVER
LIFTED THE VEIL.
Travels All Over the Country, ami Gets a
Free Pass From Every Railroad
He Asks One Of-Puttins
on the Pressure.

The champion crank of the United
states is Il man who prefers to be
known only as the immortal j. n,
says the New York Sun. People who
nave not seen this strange individual
u heard of his methods would prob
ably not understand the following no.
ice, which appears from time to time
II the newspapers of small towns all
over the country.
j. n. will lift the veil on TONIGHT
at the court house. J. N, in note,
hus says in All element far STRONGER
han reason which has held sway over
)ne-third of a century, over the minds
If the people and still exists | wish
% scatter in a lecture on Friday night,
he goth, at the court house. Subject:
Truth VS. Force; Veil Prejudice: How
Little We Know TO make the cause
,elf-slstaining a very small admission
Will be kindly accepted from the men.
ladies and wounded Union and Con-
,ederate soldiers free and cordially in
yitGd to attend.
"All for the cause Of which it is said
( am the humble representative. ]
low realize that if all personals and
praise cease, respecting myself by the
press OF the country, this given to my
friends, | am known only by initials
J. n. This crushing element will be
50 mastered that | can be honored with
III audience not only in -. but all
other places where my truths have
been enshroudcd for SO long Il time
al for the cause The people of --
we're so kind to nc before truth had
gained the a5ccndency over force.
Yell aud Prejudice which it now holds
hat | desire to fully yindicate myself
IN the night of the goth"
Wherever the man goes he is known
md addressed simply as the immortal
J. n. When he arrives in town he
goes first to tho newspaper Offices, and
without so much as saying by your
cave" sits down and reads all the
exchanges, keeping up Il running fire
IT comments on public mon and meas
res, addressing himself to any one
Who will listen.
His appointments to lecture he never
meets. Probably in twelve hours af-
:cr his arrival he will leave town as
ny5terio,sly Us he came, and Il week
alter may announce a lecture in some
own 1000 miles away
For twenty-five years he has been a
Nanderer. His pockets arc full OF
railroad passes, and when he happens
% get Oh 4 new road where he has no
pass, the conductors allow him to ride
rec without a question. He was never
Known to buy ticket on q railroad
Every year he secures hundreds of
dollars worth Of advertising from the
newspapers, but no one ever thinks of
presenting q bill to j. n.
He will walk into the Office of the
president OF Il railroad and say: Il
An j. n. | want an annual pass"
Without u word the pass is made
out and handed over. AS he places it
n his pocket he says: II will return
n year to lift the veil
With that he stalks out of the Office.
The famous crank wears his hair
very long, and the CLEAN of his big
Drown eyes tells that his mind is not
evenly balanced, but there is method
N his madness. He is collecting with
out protest the living that the world
probably owes him.
J. n. never lorgets names or faces,
md his acquaintance with public men
S extensive. He goes to Washington
,ity very often, and tells senators and
congressman how to vote on public
measures. Senator Don Cameron. of
Pennsylvania is one of his best friends
J. n. modestly claims the credit of de-
eating the Force bill in the latest con-
gross. While this bill was pending
aear the close of the session, he went
10 Washington and called on Senators
Don Cameron and NJ. S Quay
He found them in a committee room
together, and, after shaking hands, he
said: See here, Don and Matt, you
boys must vote against that bill and
see that it is defeated. If you d!n't,
I'll put the pressure on. Tell Ben
Harrison | said so.n
With that he walked out, and in few
days the Force bill was laid aside in
the senate aud never taken up again.
Putting the pressure on is J. Ms
method CT getting even with his enc
mics. II a newspaper refuses to pub
fish one Of his notices free, wit Il Il wave
If his arms he says: 80 be it, bat |
PIT the pressure Oh you now and it will
crush YOU. The veil Shall not be
lifted"
4 year later J. n. may walk into
The same Office some night, at mid
night and with another wave Of his
arms announce that he has come to
acnove tho pre- 5su"e and lift the veil
The Immortal j. n. is J. n. Free,
and he once lived in the vicinity Of
Fremont, Ohio. 1t is said he is, a
brother of Nellie Free. the soubrettc
lctre5s The civil war is said to have
his mind. and his mania is
to restore peace and good feeling be-
tween the sections. He says the war
is all wrong ana u mistake but now
that it is over the only thing that can
be done is to lift tie veil and tell the
truth.
He is always intimating that he
is going to tell some important secret
about the real origin of the war, but
he never tells it. The secret remains
concealed bcb nd the veil he never
Tits.
j +. is a harmless and amusing in
lividual, and on any other subject than
this hobby he is sane and a man Of
wide inform alton and considerable in
tclligcncc.
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