登陆注册
5391100000124

第124章

View the first is a sea-view.--Ariel navigation.--Normal school of whales in the distance.--Isthmus of Panama.--Interesting interview with Old Panama himself, who makes all the hats.--Old Pan is a likely sort of man.

....

San Francisco.--City with a vigilant government.--Miners allowed to vote.Old inhabitants so rich that they have legs with golden calves to them.

....

Town in the Silver region.--Good quarters to be found there.--Playful population, fond of high-low-jack and homicide.--Silver lying around loose.--Thefts of it termed silver-guilt.

....

The plains in Winter.--A wild Moor, like Othello.--Mountains in the distance forty thousand miles above the level of the highest sea (Musiani's chest C included).--If you don't believe this you can go there and measure them for yourself.

....

Mormondom, sometimes called the City of the Plain, but wrongly; the women are quite pretty.--View of Old Poly Gamy's house, &c.

....

The Salt Lake Hotel.--Stage just come in from its overland route and retreat from the Indians.--Temperance house.--No bar nearer than Salt Lake sand-bars.--Miners in shirts like Artemus Ward his Programme--they are read and will wash.

....

Mormon Theatre, where Artemus Ward lectured.--Mormons like theatricals, and had rather go to the Playhouse than to the Workhouse, any time.Private boxes reserved for the ears of Brother Brigham's wives.

....

Intermission of Five Minutes.

....

Territorial State-House.--Seat of the Legislature.--About as fair a collection as that at Albany--and "we can't say no fairer than that."....

Residence of Brigham Young and his wives.--Two hundred souls with but a single thought, Two hundred hearts that beat as one.

....

Seraglio of Heber C.Kimball.--Home of the Queens of Heber.--No relatives of the Queen of Sheba.--They are a nice gang of darlings.

....

Mormon Tabernacle, where the men espouse Mormonism and the women espouse Brother Brigham and his Elders as spiritual Physicians, convicted of bad doct'rin.

....

Foundations of the Temple.--Beginning of a healthy little job.--Temple to enclose all out-doors, and be paved with gold at a premium.

....

The Temple when finished.--Mormon-idea of a meeting-house.--N.B.It will be bigger, probably, than Dodworth Hall.--one of the figures in the foreground is intended for Heber C.

Kimball.--You can see, by the expression of his back, that he is thinking what a great man Joseph Smith was.

....

The Great Salt Lake.--Water actually thick with salt--too saline to sail in.--Mariners rocked on the bosom of this deep with rock salt.--The water isn't very good to drink.

....

House where Mormons are initiated.--Very secret and mysterious ceremonies.--Anybody can easily find out all about them though, by going out there and becoming a Mormon.

....

Echo Canyon.--A rough bluff sort of affair.--Great Echo.--When Artemus Ward went through, he heard the echoes of some things the Indians said there about four years and a half ago.

....

The Plains again, with some noble savages, both in the live and dead state.--The dead one on the high shelf was killed in a Fratricidal Struggle.--They are always having Fratricidal Struggles out in that line of country.--It would be a good place for an enterprising Coroner to locate.

....

Brigham Young surrounded by his wives--Those ladies are simply too numerous to mention.

....

-> Those of the Audience who do not feel offended with Artemus Ward are cordially invited to call upon him, often, at his fine new house in Brooklyn.His house is on the right hand side as you cross the Ferry, and may be easily distinguished from the other houses by its having a Cupola and a Mortgage on it.

....

-> Soldiers on the battle-field will be admitted to this Entertainment gratis.

....

-> The Indians on the Overland Route live on Routes and Herbs.They are an intemperate people.They drink with impunity, or anybody who invites them.

....

-> Artemus Ward delivered Lectures before ALL THE CROWNED HEADS OF EUROPEever thought of delivering lectures.

___________________________________________________________TICKETS, 50 CTS.RESERVED CHAIRS, 1 DOLLAR.

Doors open at 7.30 P.M.; Entertainment to commence at 8.

____________________________________________________________->The Piano used is from the famous factory of Messrs Chicking & Sons, 653 Broadway.

The Cabinet Organ is from the famous factory of Messrs Mason & Hamlin, Boston, and is furnished by Mason Brothers, 7Mercer Street, New York.

End The Complete Works of Artemus Ward, Part 7by Charles Farrar BrowneWith a biographical sketch by Melville D.Landon, "Eli Perkins"

同类推荐
  • 重订西方公据

    重订西方公据

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • Crotchet Castle

    Crotchet Castle

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 正一醮墓仪

    正一醮墓仪

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 系乐府十二首 陇上

    系乐府十二首 陇上

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 书科尔沁忠亲王大沽之败

    书科尔沁忠亲王大沽之败

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
热门推荐
  • 关东雪

    关东雪

    如果能把自己拆巴了扎成笤帚,姜鹏真想把自己拆巴了。十几年了,就没见下过这么大的雪。甸子、公路、农舍、小河都被雪霸个溜严。平地上雪没膝、洼地小沟里能没腰,就是高出地面的铁道上也足有半尺深的雪。恼人的是又刮风了,那旋风一阵一阵,把你刚掏抠干净的道岔又塞满了雪,害得你又得去抠。更让姜鹏生气的是,他身为关东车务段的副段长竟调不来几把笤帚。找材料室主任老丁,老丁说连个笤帚头也没了。今年段里资金短缺,加上这几年也没下过大雪,就大意了。笤帚小铲买的都不多,二十多个车站分巴分巴就没了,可咋也得保我这个重点呐。
  • 异世睡神

    异世睡神

    一代睡神,一梦千年,不幸来到异界,他只想好好睡一觉,奈何总有人找事,睡觉亦是修炼,且看一代睡神如何在历史长河中留下自己浓重的一笔。
  • 观潮与聚焦:中国文学新生态

    观潮与聚焦:中国文学新生态

    本书为一部现当代中国文学评论集,对近年中国文学创作的重要潮流和创作个案,做了切近的扫描观察和较为深广的阐释分析,从中揭示出文学创作、文学观念与文学接受等文学生活的各环节、各层面在新的社会境遇下,正经历打破旧的平衡、寻求新的平衡的复杂演变态势。
  • 新妖奇谭

    新妖奇谭

    她只是一个普通人类,误入妖界便因半妖侵城滞留其中,稀里糊涂带着一只小白半妖混迹四方,然而,巨大的阴谋逐渐显露,小白半妖突然变成罗刹魔鬼,她在这场风波中身不由己,为求自保回到人界,宁愿斩断情丝。她如愿以偿离开了妖界,但是,她失去的却比想象中的多,原来,世界最难断的,除了水流,还有情丝。幸好,命运给了她转身的机会,她知道,她该怎么做了……
  • 古林清茂禅师拾遗偈颂

    古林清茂禅师拾遗偈颂

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 迫嫁皇后

    迫嫁皇后

    【完结】“我就是要羞辱你,把你身上凶悍的刺儿,一根根的拔除!”他的嗓音低沉到一种蛊惑的极致。她是惊才绝艳的扬州才女,喜欢的男子却另娶姐姐。喜欢她的人,很多,真心爱她的,又是哪个?人世辗转,她心底的那个良人,又是谁?宫阙风云,皇图霸业,生死浮沉,谁的红妆,谁的皇后?“朕没有后宫!朕只有皇后!”且看前朝皇后如何宠冠新朝九重天阙!
  • 身为一只鬼

    身为一只鬼

    时间:秦苏死后。人物:秦苏,余烬安,除了两情侣之外全部的吃瓜群演。起因:秦苏死掉。经过:秦苏死掉之后的事情。
  • 银海扬帆:于洋传

    银海扬帆:于洋传

    本书是我国著名电影艺术家于洋的传记。于洋出身贫寒,少年时即因机缘巧合进入电影行业,在抗战和解放战争期间,他进过敌人监狱,在枪林弹雨中进行过革命工作,并主演了多部影响深远的电影作品。
  • 国民校花:男神甜宠爱

    国民校花:男神甜宠爱

    这是一个校园女神被异国求学的京城少年追到手的故事,虽然他的招数是默默守护,甚至连表白都不敢,但还是终抱得美人归。她是众星捧月的国民校花。他是异国求学的阳光少年。在某一次回国的机场,她的一颦一笑给他留下了深刻印象。第二天开学,他意外地发现他们成为了同桌!那一年的他们,风华正茂,青春萌动。她的身边不乏追求者,他也从起初的小心翼翼,到后来的甜蜜宠爱。她也不知道从什么时候开始,她非常在意有别的女生接近他,在她心里他就应该只宠她一个人。【温馨版小剧场】圣诞节快到了,今年他们选择去伦敦度假。洛雪熙一向喜欢到处旅游,看看世间的美好。他们漫步在伦敦的街头,整个城市早早地挂上了圣诞的彩色。摄政街、牛津街、邦德街,都亮起了圣诞的灯光。“满街的圣诞灯光好美啊!就像在看天上的星星。”她像个欢快的孩子,伸手指向那些张灯结彩的挂饰。洛雪熙搓了搓手,呼了口热气,她拉着身边男生的胳膊,像只可爱的小松鼠,想要蜷缩在他的怀里。两个人拥在一起取暖,好像也没那么冷。夜幕灯火点亮的瞬间,眼前的景色变得意味深长,浪漫又美好。“郗辰,你今年的圣诞愿望是什么啊?”“这是我们在一起的第二年,我希望你能依旧天真。而你的快乐,是真的快乐。”他始终心系着她的一切,这些真挚的愿望,是冬天里,彼此最想念的样子。【宠溺版小剧场】她是女神,也是个吃货,毕竟女神都是爱吃又长不胖的。她总心心念念着中国的美食。“郗辰,说好的带我去中国吃烤鸭,什么时候才能去啊?”洛雪熙缠着一旁专心学习的陆郗辰,拉着他的胳膊摇啊摇。“傻瓜,等我们顺利结束这个学期,我就带你回家。”“讨厌,谁要跟你回家了!”洛雪熙下意识羞红了脸。“我答应过你的,一定会带你去中国,去你想去的地方,吃遍你想吃的美食。”“你这是要把我喂胖啊。下次爬山,你可别背不动我了。”“你呀,什么时候长胖过!”他宠溺地捏了捏女生的脸颊。“反正你说过要宠我一辈子的,不管我变成什么样,你都不能嫌弃我!”她伸出一根手指,戳了戳他的鼻子,被他一下子握住了手。“你是我的小公主,我不宠你宠谁啊?”下面推荐下我的完结文:《豪门盛宠之千金归来》——傻白甜落魄千金在霸道总裁的指引下一步步复仇成功的励志故事。
  • 分开是我们最终的结局

    分开是我们最终的结局

    又名《老大,苏小姐她又去环游世界了!》我们的分开是偶然?还是必然?亦或是对人生的不同追求?苏狸是自私的她所作的所有事情的出发点都是以自己为中心的为了自己所追求的义无反顾即使遍体鳞伤也从不放弃萧祁人生一步错步步错过去的只能是成为过去式也只能用来怀念再怎么追悔都莫及两条直线的相交与平行就像是你我之间的选择交叉分离相遇重逢