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The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 6: Artemus Ward's Panorama by Artemus Ward
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Who will be greeted with applause. -> The stall-keeper is
particularly requested to attend to this. <- When quiet has
been restored, the Lecturer will present a rather frisky
prologue, of about ten minutes in length, and of nearly the
same width. It perhaps isn't necessary to speak of the
depth.

2.

THE PICTURES COMMENCE HERE, the first one being a view of
the California Steamship. Large crowd of citizens on the
wharf, who appear to be entirely willing that ARTEMUS WARD
shall go. "Bless you, Sir!" they say. "Don't hurry about
coming back. Stay away for years, if you want to!" It was
very touching. Disgraceful treatment of the passengers, who
are obliged to go forward to smoke pipes, while the steamer
herself is allowed 2 Smoke Pipes amidships. At Panama. A
glance at Mexico.

3. THE LAND Of GOLD.

Montgomery Street, San Francisco. The Gold Bricks. Street
Scenes. "The Orphan Cabman, or the Mule Driver's Step-
Father." The Chinese Theatre. Sixteen square yards of a
Chinese Comic Song.

4. THE LAND Of SILVER.

Virginia City, the wild young metropolis of the new Silver
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