The Moving Picture World/Volume 1/Number 2/Ourselves
Ourselves.
The first issue was in such great demand that there are only two copies left for our own file. We are very grateful for the flattering encomiums bestowed upon us, and for the many kind wishes for our success. To those of our readers, who sent their subscriptions before issue, and the advertisers who gave us their support, we tender our thanks. To those who flatter us, we would say they remind us of a story told by the late J. B. Gough, who had been engaged to speak in a town some distance from home. At the close of one of his most fervid orations the audience was so carried away with enthusiasm that they forgot the most essential part—the dollars. Next morning a committee of the town waited upon him with a vote of thanks, which was delivered by the chairman of the evening meeting in a neatly set speech. To all of this J. B. Gough replied: "Gentlemen, I thank you for your kindly thoughts and the words you have just spoken, eulogizing my weak efforts; but if you would kindly put that vote of thanks on paper, maybe the hotel-keeper, the railroad people, and my landlord, will accept it in lieu of current coin of the States." The committee took the hint and recompensed him far better than he anticipated.
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