CHAPTER XIV. 



CLEVELAND TO TOLEDO. 



Si^g'-firat JDag. 



Lampman HouiCy 

 Black River, Ohio^ 

 July 11, 1876. 



T eight o'clock, my favorite hour for be- 

 ginning a day's ride, I mounted Paul in 

 front of the hotel at Cleveland, but before 

 leaving the city I stopped at Major Hess- 

 ler's office to hand him the proceeds of 

 my lecture at Garrett's Hall, which were 

 donated to the Soldiers' Monument Fund 

 at Dayton. This brought me two very 

 kind acknowledgments: one from General 

 James Barnett, who forwarded the money, and the 

 other from E-ev. William Earnshaw, custodian of the 

 Monument Fund. These letters, written in behalf of 

 three thousand disabled veterans, amply satisfy me 

 for any sacrifice I may have made, and are among my 

 most prized possessions. General Barnett wrote as 

 follows: 



Headquarters 

 Post No. 1, Department of Ohio, G. A. JR., 

 Cleveland, July 12, 1876. 

 Captain Willard Glazier, 



Comrade : Through your unsolicited generosity I have the pleasure 

 to uckuowledge the receipt of the net proceeds of your lecture oa 

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