The Empire County argus., 1854-12-09

The admiring audience, who had kicked up
perfect young earthquake when he came on, only
ceased when he squared himself, put out his arm
and prepared to speak. That voice Ye Gods !!
that voice 1t went through graduations that
human voice never before attempted initiating by
turns the horn of City Hall Gabriel, the shrek of
the locomotive, the soft and gentle tones of forty
horse power steam saw mill, the loving accents of
the scissor grinders wheel, the amorous tones of
charcoal-man, the rumble of the omnibus, the cry
of the driver appertaining thereto-rsing from the
enhancing notes of the nfuriated housedog to the
terrific cry of the oyster vendercausing the Supes
to trembe in their boots making the fiddler look
round for place of safety, and moving the as
sembled mutituted to echo back the roar, teebly il
is true, but with all their puny strength. (Bul
Doggs says he got that awful voice by eating peb
blestOne lunches, like the man in the book.)
Several times during the piece was much affect
ed--when he wound his arms round his wife, stuck
his head over her shoulder, and kissed the back OF
her neck-when he made grand exit, with three
stamps, hop, run, and two long straddles-when
he talked grand about the thunder, and shook his
fist at the man in the Aies--when he killed the
soldier in the council room, shouted for them to
''come one and ALL" and then run away for fear
they would-where he swore at the man who did
not give him his cue-when he knelt down and
said grace over his dead boy, and then got up and
stuck his wife with the butcher knife; but in no
part of the whole place was [ so impressed with
his pathetic power his transcendent genius, as
when he laid his hand solemnly upon his stomach,
and said, sWhata- bore D cannot lie." (Damphool
asked in whisper if Othellos occupation was gone
And at the death scene, when he was shot, was
again touched to the heart first he wabbled about
like top-heavy liberty pole in high wind then
he stuck out one leg, and wiggled it, after the man.
ner of galvanic bull-frog then sat down on the
floor opened his eyes and looked around; and then
I'll. do obo1 n sold
on the other struggled to his feet staggered about
like drunken Dutchman made rush forwards,
then a leap sideways, stifened out like frozen pig.
collapsed like wet dishcloth, exerted himself till
his face was the color of underdone beefsteak, then
sunk back into the arms of the Indians, whispered
to let him down easy, rolled up the whites of his
eyes, settled himself down to die, concluded to have
parting curse at the surrounding people took a
long swear laid down. and with noise in his throat
like castinets, a couple of vigorous kicks, and a
feeble grunt gave up the ghost.
(Bull Dogge asserted that he would resucltate,
brush the dust off his legs, take some gin and sugar
and come out and make a specch,) all of which he
did; the butcher boys in the gallery (Damphool
saws Hellitsplit commenced life as a respectable
butcher boy. but has degenerated into the man he
isl gave three cheers. Hellitispht opened his
mouth four times shut it thrice Che went off with
it wide open,) and backed off with grace which
we NAV suppose would be exhibited by mudturtle
on the tight-rope.s
Damphool was in ecstacies-Bull Dogge asked me
how liked the ''great American" &C. replied
that knew not which most to admire, his euphon
ious voice or his tremendous straddle but that
Notwithstanding the late appropriation of the
name by a rival showshop) was ready to main
tain with the butcher boys that there was but one
Metropolitan Theatre, and Heitisplit is its profit
Admirably,
O. R. PmLANDER DoEsTICKs, p. B.
Detroit AduertiSer.