The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-08
FROM DIARY OF A GREAT MAN.
The Leaf Was Found in a Ton OF Coal
Delivered in a Reporters Cellar.


November 2 arose at o'clock and
after murmurirg my own name In fnii
three tiines, slowly, reyerently and dis
timely, rnt on my second best silk
skull esp aDd looked at myself in MIR
ror Tor fully twenty minutes Well sstis.
lied with the picture which my fsithfIi
glass gave me | robed myself III lingerie
oi simple tut costly fabric and paced
over that suit OF ST., re clothes AFTER
witch L went into my backyard thst my
PEOPLE are won't to speak OF As the treln-
ing grounds, and here why DO repeat
tins familiar fact in my diary everydayY
repested the Inscriptions on the monu-
mcnt 10 my generosity which, as every
one knows, Is in the form OF a heroic
statue OF Ebenezer knight Dexter. AT
7:20 O'Clock | returned 10 my residence
and .partook OF simple breakfast OF
medium grade tripe and potatoes boiled
wish the skins on. | drank one cup OF
coffee and part OF another one. AZ
O'Clock l walked down street anu thougnt
how much batter II would be 10 roe
and think how much better II Is 10 ride
than II would be TO walk II L was Mayor
ana had two rides for cent fare. III TOOK
me AZ minutes TO reach my office and on
my way down / smiled with approval on
10 citizens, and to "a others gave wither-
ing giancos. Work was stopped seven
minutes as / entered my Office, out OF
resi- sct / used 10 require only hve
minutes OF silent veneration, but can
not be bifnu TO my own greatness ana can
not be Indifferent about the amount or
this daily Difference. At the expiration
OF the seven minutes / wended my way
TO my other Office on Dyer street, where
delivered the morning talk on public
morals and the proper qualification OF
Mayor, and gave instruction TO Mr. Full
Ter on tho ways of wicked and unre-
\ tOrrlpu world Ard Il must record
paiEful fact one of the assistant coal
! beavers did not applaud my remarks for
| the length OF time required by the regu-
. atoms, revised series 1880, and was
Obliged TO discharge him summsrily.
| This 10 the third tim that this has hap
pened since made my last speech at In
fantry Hall. ~
| AT high noon stood with bowed and
! uncovered head looking toward the Dex-
| ter stalue. which gave to my city, ana
| repeated the first ana third verses OF the
second inscription. After the routine OF
the day wes then disposed of, l walked
! 10 my residence for lunch and walked
back again. AT 2 O'Clock declared my
| sell quorum OF the COMMITTEES OF Five,
/ and began to transact important business,
( first unanimously endorsing myself as q
csndi idate for Mayor by acclamatiou.
received the nomination with graceful
/ bow of thanks, remarked that mad moth
4 ing 10 say anu DtEhn III OHct 10 COlnpoSe
\ my inaugural address. When this ~ COM
pleted l shall incorporate il in tbes tity-
third chapter OF my book "The Life and
! Public Services OF Myself" / have
already written several favorable criti-
! cisms OF this autobiography which will
| be printed at great expense 20 myself In
several leading journals next to the read
! ing matter. But | digress. The Com
mittee Of Five had just endorsed me
when the other four members came in
ntftsf afiowcti each TO -taxe- -fae-by-tAe
lett hand after which they reported prog
\ ress on the make up OF the Committee
! or fiftr. II is now generally understood
| that no man is eligible to mem bership in
! the Committee of Fifty who does not
| riedge himself 10 support me for Mayor.
/. The committee is not yet complete.
| After each one OF the committee had
made his speech endorsing me / declared
| the meeting adjourned and once more
walked to my residence where partook
| OF supper. This evening | have as usus
| devoted 10 literary work and have writ
| ten four letters ahead To the Sunday Jour
nal 30 that l may have more extra time
| In tho coming weeks TO conduct my cam
peign. i have secured at a bargain lit
! tie volume entitled, "rhe Handy Book
/ of Epithets, aud with the new inspira-
! tion shall renew my series of famous
| Shedd letters.
At . O'Clock walked around my statue
| and have now disrobcd and am finishing
my daily record as | sit i'm front of ms
| mirror " it'll note book in hand and my
! skullcap on my. head-I have breat her
! my name hreo times this has been in
deed dulcet day and now Henry Z,
Clark bids the world good night.