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.ifrv//’ f\ tttE Ain.A Widea^rakr StirringThings tip*About the fir«t of May a man with a lielper h**(ran makinp wnlls niouiui an open yard tielontfing if a little bri^k hou^e between Vourih and Kifth Mlreeln on the south side of Francis. These walls were carried up ten or fifteen feet, and were made of the pine boar*N of uniform sired Ikjxcs. * * * *lt;»rie fine Sprinjr nornin{:. the worda *‘htey (Irpan Deptd,” sto d out in hu^e black leltert on the white painted walls. That was the bejjinninjr- Soon tie slriin'* of sweetest music fame from the liItU brU k house, and venturing in one day Hi the invitation of a jollyfaced sirnnjrei, win. had built the wall, we heard him play on cne of tloc^e mellow-loned instruments, the (iiloiious I'.stej Orii ui. Tinswrt-* Prof. Durand, a live, poiheatlalive repre-senl.itive of the Did Bay Stale, lie moved ipiietly al4iu(r until oar exposition in September and then he nnde a bi(Z slo w thert*.Ik ^ * Prof. D'lran l has s«M morethan one hundred S-'tey Drpans in ihi n^i^;hlMrh.od. Hiid he is ireaiiuflt a furore thSmfih the eounfry uith his iiiu«i al entev-fainnienis wldrh Hrejiven to ►how t)ll thisremarkably hnc intjtruiaenl,# 4 * #**#'*Ortalnly St. Joseph is ytroud of suoh an enterjirise. and more men like Durand are w;intelt;] here In tuher braiuheslt;d 1 u^inc'^s.Durafi l. ahead and set people of St. Joseph an example to stir lliem up.[St. ('t -yIt strikes us tint a Ttmn ‘•im'ltr to this one so mode-tly rtirhtionel above, once opened a similar store In t't'iitralia, ili-vi iing a room with a partition made of ••the pine bt.-irds from uniform sD»*d bost'r” e nnv f»e mi'^taken, but it is the onini'Ui tif tl e I SKsri\r.i. that a preat splifpe w' nndf* about ttie E'lt;fey Drpan. And “strain^ of sweetest mu'-ic,*’ attracted lar^c crovr'ds ofpeople info the store.But the mine — Prof. Durand—don t snun 1 like ‘'Jubilee Brown,” does it? Well, to make a bmp Mory sliert, there is no dlt;mhi that Prof. Durand of St. Josepli, and Jubilee Brown, of Onltalia. are one nnd the same person. Jubilei* Brown, we are •-orry to say, left here Intween two »Iny«, and without ceremony. You see there was to be n matinee f'»r his benetit, in wliieii those wliom Hv»wn had swindled were to be principal actors. \\e have received many inqniriesns to the wh'Tcabouls of Brown, and we shall now be able to answer, at lea.st for a fewweek-, tbaf he is in St. Jo. Mo.St. Joseph Il'rahi please copy an ! prc«ontbill to I’r tf. B. DuranJ. And by llie way,jus! add :r: to your bill, and remit that armmnt to us. If you were only in the c.J-lectiup business, we might send you several(iozt'u sueii claims.lu tlic mean lime, look out for Brown j he is a “.-lippery cuss.
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Centralia Sentinel
Centralia, Illinois, US
Thu, Feb 03, 1876
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