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was so very far “to Ilinois ” that we ought to be at 
least a week in getting there. 
ILLINOIS HOSPITALITY. 
There is no discount on Illinois hospitality, and 
our reception by the old friends was cordiality itself. 
During the first twenty-four hours I really think we 
received enough invitations to “ come and make us a 
good, long visit,” to have taken the entire winter and 
spring if we had accepted them all. And there was 
nothing of the half-way, simply formal tone about 
these invitations, either. They were given in a way 
that made you feel that they were meant to their full- 
est extent. Reader, if you don’t know what this II- 
linois hospitality is, you have missed a great deal. I 
am sorry to say that there are a good many places in 
this country where it does not prevail at all. 
MR. NRIGHT’S QUARTER SECTIONS. 
Among the first men I met after my arrival was 
our good friend Bright, and of course we were all 
delighted to see him again. . 
“Welcome back to the old home,” he said, in his 
cheery, cordial way ; “we are all glad to have you 
with us again, and you can prepare for business 
right off.” 
“Why, what’s up?” I enquired. “I came here on 
a visit and not on business.” 
“ Well, only this,” he answered, “ that about every 
other man within five miles of here has been at 
