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Show The Vain Eloquence op an Auc-' Auc-' tioneer. Tho old court house : at i Racine, Wis., was aold at auction, on December 15, for $30. The following j is a choice extract from the auctioneer's auction-eer's speech: "To an antiquarian fond of reveling in the muety past, this venerable pile is worth halt a fortune. for-tune. These ceilings have reverberated reverber-ated to the eloquence of great and noble men. Of those who have stood conspicoua within its por-I por-I tala many are dead, some have advanced to great wealth anil fame; some, alas ! are in congress, and a goodly number aro in the state prison. How much am I offered for this building?" There was only one bid. Nick Miller offered $30 for it. Nobody else wanted it. |