Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-05-15
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HThe Immortal 6hales,t
"A Shndky found, aiNeek lSSli agot spee ltg
M iile befl6fi6ances Of l1eW AZ tot w name
has eseSpei is stystS Is 9ilois aud bis voice
feGfhje,i Ne 6fit6e lnhotti Slales,n Weipeytl
EeSf 6ts name mentioned without bursting into al
Involuntary lapgit. Boston Is fond Of Iokes, hgl
tbS Was ole Of lie richest eyer cQneoeied In that
civ. S6ales s@As d l@ltwiltelt uDgal1ly cub,
viii toIetAbly GOOD memory fOt Ne acquisition
Of his tpatts, and he was petsuaded ny some waes
10 10 upon tie stuEe, IehpV9l CtAus was Coulll
DOHSy Iii comparison with Ills fgule, Ills legs
wese long and etooked, bis gall lnlescilOa6lej le
had te,iesting iotshead and chin aud Tie most
meaningless; lack. luslte eyes we ever saw OIL OF
OH lle Slnge. de woS The butt Of Boston lQf near
iy two weeks, filling The fremont Elsalle, " US
RersoUatio1 Of The ctookel. backed "ktcbat.a lne
FhItjj1 10 ttnlttiOtt nlBlL after night Never
was such ols,en. lOis laughter anu applause eYs'
heatd within lis walls! Thtte was wEealll
lhtowa 10 him ole night tton The gallery Nna!
would have Vtel Treasure 70 green gF9sSst' y, y
wbs made upon haypanl, woullu aEoAllu . s'll
hoop about three feet ii Jlathetei, anu was COM
posed Of large cabbage, While anu tel, long als;
6ips, cottolS tprs nam1Olll PolaloeSt egg w. w.
nenpets+-all yeiy handsomely eollE9S'sl, y sne
Wreath had hit him, II would have eFasaeA h'ln ~
the siagel
We saw II Afterwards, when The great actor
came 10 iuihl New York engagement, In the OF.
dee Of The Astot House, and Il was moss ellsc'
live advertisement fot him, ,,n,.
Beiote coming hitler, he took 10 benebt' IN
i,bSion. The hvnss vas Crowded In every pail
service Of nlste,' (niade Of sheet iEonl was 10
be ntssentetl 10 him, after the performance, W y
COMMITTEE, OF which Col, Gteeae, Of The liosloll
Aot0lnt Post, Yves chairman, and who WAS 70
make lie presentation In lie unlfotm Of az old
eonlintnSert but lts backed out, and substitute
was oblAlnrI Shales slo0d Ia the middle OIL tie
Stage not iat from The foot lights, holding 81 arms
lelIptll lie 'nasslye service, bowling, and uylnE
10 i3ok his gratitude, when down. ton above came
fve or six lapet bass, full Of llout which coyeEe!
him all over, leaving hin 'as white as mllleE'
But there he stood bowling till the cutlaih fell.
One enibIy Stony right IN March we walked
annie 10 hear Shues play lticiad, al the National
'rhgalte. Suek peffotlnarcel Pen cannot Ne
met III Ills stage walkl-who that ever saw II
can fofsetI IL Such gestures, such satsm geslu'ts'
Of limbs anil ltatutes, except IN q monkey, W.
lIeytr saw hefoie. lie was encoIed ~ The deall
fight with RohmoHtl siS tunes, Until tite nature
could hold out no longer lie was killed III dll'
fetent position every lime, mud died all over The
ttogap What a death gUfgle was he! Oil Il was
Too tchl We laughed untll, we were TOO llOatse IL
make laughter vocal, anil one old tIleutte goeI
and good theatrical Cltic IN the pit, WHO was neat.
CT 10 ths workings Vi lint malclless tlce, acl'-
ally fell from Ii seat In splsni VI cachlnallon.-
'lnmOllal SIlnlesp YES, ihdeed,' We would st
farther this night TO see lis coiica tEudgsdy than
any living comedian we ever saw, except 'lIoOt
powef,' Of Hairy ilAcle. liz was literally 'hlMl'
sellulUng-the Shales!. -kditEerbOtker AiGga'He