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Show Bill Nye. to Lecture Abroad. Though I have been supplicated for some time by the people of England to come over there and thrill them witlumy eloquence, my thriller has been out of order or-der lately, so that I did not dare to venture abroad. Having at last yielded to the entreaties of Great Britian, I have decided to make a professional farewell tour of England with my new and thrilling lecture entitled, enti-tled, "Jerked Across the Jordan, or, The Sudden and Deserved Elevation of an American Citilen." This lecture treats incidentally of the ease with which an American citizen may rise in the territories,-when he has a string tied around his neck, with a few personal friends at the other end of the string. It also treats of the various stvles oi oratory peculiar to America, with specimens speci-mens of American oratory that have been pressed and dried especially for this lecture. lec-ture. It is a good lecture, and the few straggling facts scattered along through it don't interfere with the lecture in any way. I shall appear in costume during the lecture. . ueach lecture a different costume Mill be worn, and the costume worn at the previous lecture will be promptly returned re-turned to the owner. i . Persons attending the lecture need not be identified. Polite American dude ushers will go through the audience to keep the flies away from those who wish to sleep dur ing uie lecture. Should the lecture be encored at its close, it will be repeated only once. This encore business is being ove'rdone lately, I think. Boston Globe. |
