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. Kings of the platform and pulpit ... : personal reminiscences and anecdotes of noted Americans. ng wilderness,but, for my part, I have never heard it howl, nor met with any onewho has. After Mr. Browne had created immense enthusiasm ifor his lect-ures and books in the Eastern States, which filled his pockets withplenty of money, he started, October 3, 1863, for to starting, he received a telegram from Thomas Maguire,of the San Francisco Opera House, inquiring what he would takefor forty nights in California. Mr. Browne immediately tele-graphed back: Braady aad water, A. W
. Kings of the platform and pulpit ... : personal reminiscences and anecdotes of noted Americans. ng wilderness,but, for my part, I have never heard it howl, nor met with any onewho has. After Mr. Browne had created immense enthusiasm ifor his lect-ures and books in the Eastern States, which filled his pockets withplenty of money, he started, October 3, 1863, for to starting, he received a telegram from Thomas Maguire,of the San Francisco Opera House, inquiring what he would takefor forty nights in California. Mr. Browne immediately tele-graphed back: Braady aad water, A. Ward. and, though Maguire was sorely puzzled at the contents of the dis-patch, the press got hold of it, and it went through California as acapital joke. Mr. Browne first lectured in San Francisco on The Babes inthe Wood, November 13, 1863, at Pratts Hall. T. Starr Kingtook a deep interest in him, occupying the rostrum, and his generalreception in San Francisco was warm. Mr. Browne returned overland from San Francisco, stopping atSalt Lake City. He took a deep interest in Brigham Young and the.
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