Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-03-10

himself as if he was dancing frantic
hornpipe, for the qualification of the
crazy whims Of an audience of Bed
| amites.
At length the curtain went up-two
men came on said something, then two
others came on and did something
then the scene changed, and some others
came on and listened to shabby look.
ing general, who seemed to be their
"magnus Apollo" and who certainly
was very long-winded.
Nothing decisive, however, came to
pass until the unexpected entrance of
the great Hellitisplit himself eventuated.
l must confess that 1 was awed by the
terrific, yet serene majesty Of his ap-
pearance. When saw the tragic cod
fishy expression of his eyes, | was sur
prised when I observed the aexibility
of his capacious mouth, opening and
shutting like dying mudsucker, | was
amazed. When my eye turned to his
fingers, which worked and clutehed, as if
feeling for coppers in a dark closet, 1
was er-stricken-but when my at
tention was called to the magnitude Of
his legs, was fairly electrified with ad-
mirstion, and could not forbear asking
Bull Dogge if those calves werc capable
of locomotion.
Thc admiring audience, who had kick
ed up perfect young earthquake when
he came on, only ceased when he squar-
ed himself, put out his arm and prepared
to speak. That voice! Ye gods that
voice! 1t went through gradations that
human voice never before attempted,
initiating by turns the horn of the City
Hall Gabriel, the shrek Of the locomo,
tive, the soft and gentle tones of forty
hors e-power steam saw-mill, the loving
accents of the scissor-grinder's wheel,
the amorous tones of the charcoal al-man,
the rumble Of the omnibus, the cry of
the driver appertaining thereto-rising
from the enhancing notes of the infuri.
ated house-dog, to the terrific cry Of the
oyster vender--causing the "Supes" to
tremble in their boots, making the fid-
dlers look round for some place of safe
ty. and moving the assembled multitude
to echo back the roar, feebly, it is true,
but still with all their puny strength.
(Bull pogge says he got that awful VOICE
by eating pebble-stope lunches; like the
man in the book.
Several times during the piece l was
much Affected 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, a hop, a run, and two long
straddles--- when he talked grand about
the thunder, and shook his fist at the
man in the fies---when he killed the
soldiers in the council-room, shouted
for them come one and ALL" and then
run away for fear they would---where
he swore at the man who did not give
said grace over his dead body. and then
got up and stuck his wife with butcher
knife; but in no part of the whole piece
was | so impressed with his pathetic
power, his transcendcnt genius, as when
he laid his hand solemnly upon his stom-
ach. and said, I" What-a-bore, o cannot
lie" Damphool asked, in whisper, if
Othello's occupation was gone. And at
the death scene, when he was shot, l
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 then grappled an Indian
on one sile, olutched soldier on the
other, struggled to his feet---staggered
about like drunk Dutchman, made
rush forward, then leap sideways, stiff
fened out like a frozen pig, collapsed
life wet dish-cloth, exerted himself till
his face was the color of an 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 to die, concluded to
have parting curse at the surrounding
people, too long swear, laid down, and
noise in his throat like castinets, a
couple of vigorous kicks, and feeble
grunt, gave up the ghost.
(Bull Dogge asserted that he would
resuscitate, brush the dust off his legs,