The Irish standard., 1908-11-21

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from every nation of the earth to the
gushing fountain Of poesy opened bv
1 the touch of his magic wand: IL he
could be permitted to behold the vast
assemblage of grand and glorious pro-
auctions of the lyric art called into
being by his own inspired STRAIN, he
would weep tears of bitter anguish
that, instead of lavishing all the stores
of his mighty genius upon the fall OF
lion, it had not been his more blessed
lot to crystalize in deathless song the
rising glores Of Duluth. Yet, sir. had
IL not been for this map kindly fur
nisheG me by the Legislature of Min
nesota, might have gone down to my
obscure and humble grave in an agony
of despair, because l could nowhere
find Duluth. (Renewed Laughter.)
had such been my melancholy fate,
l have no doubt but that, with the last
feeble pulsation of my breaking heart
with the last faint exhalaton Of my
rered where is Duluth?' G.augh.er.l
But, thanks to the beneficence of that
band Of ministering angels who have
their bright abode in the far-off CAPT.
tai of Minnesota. just as the agony of
my anxiety was about to eliminate i'll
the frenzy of despair, this blessed map
vas placed in my hands, and as I'M
folded it, a Respondent scene of jnef-
fable glory opened before me, such as
! imagined burst upon the enraptured
vision Of the wandering peri through
the opening gates of paradise. Gre.
newed laughter.) There, for the first
time. my enchanted eyes rested upon
the ravishing word. Duluth" This
map, sir, is intended as it appears.
from it's title. to illustrate the position
Of Duluth in the United States, but If
gentlemen will examine it think they
will concur with me in the opinion
that it is far too modest in its pre-
tensions. 1t not only illustrates the
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States, but exhibits it's relations witt,
all created things 1t even goes far
Their than this. 1t lifts the shadowy
veil of futurity and affords us view
of the golden prospects of Duluth far
ah1ng the dim vista Of ages yet to
come. If gentlemen will examine it
] Z l. will nd mi,
center of the map but represented in
y series Of concentric circles one hum
J dred miles apart, and some Of them
as much as four thousand miles in dia-
meter, embracing alike in their tire.
mendous sweep, the fragrant savan-
mas of the sunlit South, and the etsr-
nal solitudes Of snow that mantle the
ioe-bound North. daughter) How
the circles We're produced is, perhaps
Dne Of those primordial mysteries that
the most skillful paleolog:sts will
never be able to explain. But the fact
il, sir, Duluth is pre- minently a CEN
trail place. for l have been told by
gentlemen who have been so reckless
of their personal safety as to venture
away in those awful regions where
Duluth is supposed to be, that it is so
exactly In the center of the visible
universe that the sky comes down az
precisely the same distance all around
it. (Roars of laughter) I find by ref
erence to this map that Duluth is sit
uated somewhere near the western end
of Lake Superior, but as there is no
cot or other mark indicating it's exact
location, | am unable to say whether
II is actually confined to any particular
SPOT or whether ut is just lying around
there loose" (Renewed laughter.) I
really cannot tell whether it is one of
those ethereal creations Of intellectual
frost-work. more intangible than the
rcse-tinted cloud OF a summer sunset:
one of those airy exhalations OF tho
SPECTATORS brain, which SIN told are
ever fitting in the form of towns and
cities along the lines of railroads built
unwary settler as the mirage OF tho
desert lures the furnishing traveller on
and ever on, until 1t fades away on the
darkcned horizon, or whether it is a
real. bona fide, substantial city, all
"staked Off" with the lots marked with
tfeir owners names, like that proud
commercial metropolis recently discov-
cred on the desirable shores OF San
Domingo. Uaughter.) But however
that may be, am satisfied Duluth is
there, or whereabouts, for I see it stated
here on this map that it is exactly
thirty mine hundred and ninety miles
from Liverpool Oaughter), though .
have no doubt. for the sake of conven-
! fence. it may be moved back ten miles
ca r. ,,,olyo tho .7;,A,-..