Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-04-07

great men, but for several reasons II
was not then published:
To omit him in notice OF the prom
inent' men Of the Conference, would
be as the performance Of Hamlet. with
Hamlet omitted. In one sense he is
the MOST PROMINENT man in the body.
lie swells out into Falsta6an proper
tons and there's no blubber about it;
its solid bone and muscle lie weighs,
we Judge by the sight Of the eye,
some 240 lbs avoirdupoise. Andevery
pound is pcrmeated by good hupor
and genial kindness. Large men are
said to be proverbially good natured.
Now, that thisis true generally, we don't
dispute, but some Of the most sullen.
.sulky, cross specimens of humanity we
have ever seen weighed 100 lbs. John
not So. We question IL ill-will ever
finds way INTO his great big heart
II is chock full Of generosity and mag.
nanimity.
Do not imagine though, that he is
simply what is known as "a good clev-
er fellow" Individually we hope to
escape such title while we live
ord.narially it means negative ,-an
who does nothing 10 displease pr5body,
decides on anything ways bows.
smiles and is CONVINCED by your last
remark" A ole,.r fellow heis, and a
good one too, Sdt technically, he is not.
and neverwill be a good clever EEL
low"
Mr.. Mellender is hard to sketch,
big as he is. The negro reported that
he had counted all his masters pigs
but the spotted one, "that jumped
SO he couldn't count him." Our
subject ordinarily won't hold still to Be
sketched.
As preacher. some of his eccen-
tricities have prevented his taking as
high position as his talents. warrant
At times he is truly eloquent Some
as moving sentences as we have ever
listened to fell from his lips His pearls
are of the first water, but he is not al
ways sufficiently careful in what he sets
them.
His manner is very eceentric-his
gestures are violent, and his body bends
in all shapes. His eyes snap and blaze,
and his hands fairly fy? Until an
audience becomes familiariz ed with his
manner. it IS constantly mirth provo
king. This is to be regretted. We
are confident that there are men high
in position who have not and never had,
a moiety of his talent. They have a
smoother, more finished manner.
We have heard Mr.. Mellender on
the subject Of Temperance and honest
Iy believe that he has few equals in the
State. His charming common sens,
enables him to present such facts anC
arguments as most powerfully NOV,
plain common sense men. This is
rare gift. Some shoot so high they
can't be understood. Others attemp
to be very plain and degenerate int
twaddle and mere baby talk. He doe
neither. He presents the whole bus
mess as it is, and if he sometimes say
hard things it is because IT Is decided.
ly hard business. And he has tn,
faculty of showing up its "deep dam
nation" in graphic style. We have see
him move whole audience to tears Q
arouse them to indignation. as he re
yealed the true operations Of the who'll
business. Weknow Of no man who ca
do more to carry the State for prohit
tory law than this same man Mellendel
And we. hope he will remember tbs
when Bishop Ames read his appoint
ment he gave him special commission
to ''lecture on Temperance and agains
whisky" That is his regular work D
authority.
DIR. hellender is very witty. III
makes no effort to bring it, it comes
He reminds one of the boy who sal,
he was so full Of teeter he couldn't b
STILL" We have seen some men at
tempt to be smart at his expence, an,
never knew them fail to come out sec
ond best.
Once however we saw him place,
hors dc combat. Alta State Temper
ence Convention in indianapolis yea
or two ago. he was sitting on the edg'
Of shepladorm while IA gentleman name
Donaldson was speaking.
Carried away with the enthusiasm {
the hour. the speaker exclaimed "In
diana will be the first western state
Adopt the Maine Law" "No" sal
Mellender, looking up "So Ohio wi
beat US" Thcspeaker stopped, locke
at him n moment, and said "sce her
my friend, want 10 tell \ story f.
your benefit. A man employed a nun
Der of hands TO roll logs and wishe
the job done inone day. Going ou
after some hours one Of the hands sal
said to him Boss, the logs cannot b
rolled in one day" The "boss" Il