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has a fine voice and his manner of delivery is decidedly interesting, 

 while his language is eloquent and fascinating. His description of 

 the battles of the Revolution, and the heroes who took part in them, 

 from the engagement on the little green at Lexington down to the 

 surrender of Cornvvallis at Yorktown, was grand indeed, and was re- 

 ceived with frequent and enthusiastic applause. In conclusion he 

 referred in an eloquent and touching manner to the 'Boys in Blue,> 

 who took part in the late war for the Union, and all retired from the 

 hall feeling that the evening had been spent in an agreeable and 

 profitable manner. 



" Captain Glazier served under Generals Kilpatrick and Custer 

 Juring the late war, since which time he has devoted much labor to 

 writing and is now making the attempt to cross the continent from 

 Boston to San Francisco on horseback, for the purpose of collecting 

 material for another work. He left Boston the early part of May, 

 and will endeavor to reach the Sacramento Valley before the fall of 

 the deep snow. His horse, Paxil Revere, is a magnificent animal, 

 black as a raven, with the exception of four white feet. He was 

 bred in Kentucky of Black Hawk stock, has turned a mile in 2.33, 

 but owinsT to his inclination to run awav on certain occasions, was 

 not considered a safe horse for the track. The captain, however, has 

 broken him to the saddle, and also convinced him that running away 

 is foolish business; consequently, he and the captain have become 

 fast friends, and with Paul for his only companion, the gallant cav- 

 alryman proposes to cross the continent. Success attend him I " 



Ellsworth House, 



Wyanet, Illinois, 



September Twenty-fifth. 



The equinoctial storms which had been raging since 

 I left Ottawa, were, for a few days at least, at an end, 

 and a bright autumn sun greeted me ev^ery morning 

 as I rode onward. Rich cornfields stretched away on 

 either side of the road, their, monotony broken here 

 and there by fine apple and peach orchards just com- 

 ing into their glory. Another characteristic of Illi- 

 nois — fine stock farms — were also noticeable, and thus 



