The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-01-24
Doesticks on Forrest.

Phiander has been to one of the New
York theatres to witness the acting oi
! the great American tragedan. lie says
| must confess that was awed by
the terrific, yet serene majesty of his ap
pcarance When | saw the tragic, cod
fishy expression of his eyes, | was sur.
priscd when | observed the 6exiblity
of his capacious mouth. opening and
shutting like dying mudsucker, | was
amazed. When my eye turned to his
fingers which worked and clutched as if
feeling for coppers in dark closet,
was wonder stricken ; but when my at
tention was called to the magnitude of
his legs, | was electrified with admir-.
alton, and could not forbear asking Bull
Dogge if those calves were capable of
locomotion The admiring audience
which had kicked up a perfect young
earthquake when he came on, only coas-
ed when he squared himself, put out his
arms and prepared to speak. That
Yoice Io gods that voice 1t went
through gradations that human voice
never before attempted, initiating by
turns the horn of City Hall Gabriel, the
shrek of a locomotive, the soft and gem
tie tones Of a forty horsepower steam
saw mill, the loving accents of scissor
grinders wheel, the amorous tones Of the
charcoal man, the rumble of the omni-
bus, the cry of the driver appcrtainng
theroto,-rising from the enhancing
notes Of the infuriated house dog to the
terrific cry of the oyster vender.
" Several times during the piece
was much aifected-wten he wound his
arms around his wife stuck his head over
hcr shoulder and kissed the back oe her
neck-when he made grand exit with
three stampsa hop, and run, aud two long
straddles he talked grand about
the thunder, and shook his f,tat the man
in the flies when he killed the soldiers
in the council room, shouted for them to
come one and all and then ran away
for fear they would-when he swore at
the man who did not give him his cue
when lie klSt down and said grace over
his wifc's dead boy, and then got up and
stuck his wife with the butchers knife :;
but in no part of the whole piece was |
so impressed with his pathetic power, his
his transcendcnt genius, as when he laid
his hand solemnly upon his stomach ana
said, what-a-borc, o cannot lie'
(Damphool asked in u whisper if Othel-
hos occupation was gone
" At the death scene, when he was
short, | was again touched to the heart;
first he wobblcd about like top.heavy
liberty pole in gale Of wind then he
stuck out one leg aud wiagled it after
The manner of a galvauic bullfrog; then
sat down on the floor, opened his eyes
and looked around then grapplcd an
Indian on one side, clutched a soldier on
the other, struggled to his feet, stagger-
cd about like drunken Dutchman;made
a rush forward, then leap sideways :;
stlfiened cut like a frozen pig, collapsed
like wet dishcloth, cxerted himself till
his face was the color of an underdone
beefstake, then sunk back into the arms
Of the Indians, whispered to them to let
hun down easy, rolled up the whites Of
his eyes, settled himself to die, concluded
to have narting curse at the surround
ing people, took a long sweat, laid down.
made noise in his throat like castanets
a couple Of vigorous kicks, and with a
feeble grunt, gave up the ghost "