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It was a curious fact that one member of that club afterward moved to Salt Lake City and was a member of the committee at the Mormon Tabernacle in 1872 which, when I was a correspondent, on a journey around the world, employed me to lecture on "Men of the Mountains" in the Mormon Tabernacle, at a fee of five hundred dollars. IT WAS A CURIOUS FACT THAT ONE MEMBER OF THE CLUB AFTERWARD MOVED TO SALT LAKE CITY AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE AT THE MORMON TABERNACLE IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY TWO WHICH WHEN I WAS A CORRESPONDENT ON A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD EMPLOYED ME TO LECTURE ON MEN OF THE MOUNTAINS IN THE MORMON TABERNACLE AT A FEE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
 the little audience in Westfield, Massachusetts, in 1862. What a foolish little school-boy speech it must have been! But Mr. Gough’s kind words of praise, the bouquets and the applause, made me feel that somehow the way to public oratory would not be so hard as I had feared. From that time I acted on Mr. Gough’s advice and “sought practice” by accepting almost every invitation I received to speak on any kind of a subject. There were many sad failures and tears, but it was a restful compromise with my conscience concerning the ministry, and it pleased my friends. I addressed picnics, Sunday-schools, patriotic meetings, funerals, anniversaries, commencements, debates, cattle-shows, and sewing-circles without partiality and without price. For the first five years the income was all experience. Then voluntary gifts began to come occasionally in the shape of a jack-knife, a ham, a book, and the first cash remuneration was from a farmers’ club, of seventy-five cents toward the “horse hire.” TRODUCED ME TO THE LITTLE AUDIENCE IN WESTFIELD MASSACHUSETTS IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY TWO WHAT A FOOLISH LITTLE SCHOOLBOY'S SPEECH IT MUST HAVE BEEN BUT MISTER GOE'S KIND WORDS OF PRAISE THE BOUQUETS AND THE APPLAUSE MADE ME FEEL THAT SOMEHOW THE WAY TO PUBLIC ORATORY WOULD NOT BE SO HARD AS I HAD FEARED FROM THAT TIME I ACTED ON MISTER GOUGH'S ADVICE AND SOUGHT PRACTICE BY ACCEPTING ALMOST EVERY INVITATION I RECEIVED TO SPEAK ON ANY KIND OF SUBJECT THERE WERE MANY SAD FAILURES AND TEARS BUT IT WAS A RESTFUL COMPROMISE WITH MY CONSCIENCE CONCERNING THE MINISTRY AND IT PLEASED MY FRIENDS I ADDRESSED PICNICS SUNDAY SCHOOLS PATRIOTIC MEETINGS FUNERALS ANNIVERSARIES COMMENCEMENTS DEBATES CATTLE SHOWS AND SEWING CIRCLES WITHOUT PARTIALITY AND WITHOUT PRICE FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS THE INCOME WAS ALL EXPERIENCE THEN VOLUNTARY GIFTS BEGAN TO COME OCCASIONALLY IN THE SHAPE OF A JACK KNIFE A HAM A BOOK AND THE FIRST CASH REMUNERATION WAS FROM A FARMERS CLUB OF SEVENTY FIVE CENTS TOWARD THE HORSE HIRE
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