Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-02-09
John B. Gough,

cuufcnyafu OIL tne Town, ana nad come
there to die. In the wide world he stood
alone. His wife was dead, and he had
no friends. He was overwhelmed with
misery and debt. AS he turned around
his anxious eye he saw no way Of escape.
no hope. There was nothing left but tho
drunkard's unhonored grave. Another
drop, and he would have become a sun
eide, but the bottle struck his lips and
that saved hislifa. Hewent back to town.
A temperance meeting vas held, and be
was induced to sign the pledge He did
more; he left his humble calling-that Of
a book binder-and become Jealous ad-
vocate of tn, instrumentality that had
done so much for him. Friends gathered
around him. AS an orator he was perpet-
pally in reqTest. For ten years he spoke
three hundred times year, Travelled tcn
thousand miles year; his name was
John B. Cough. His fame reached this
country, and tweivemonth since he was
engaged by the committee of the London
temperance League to visit England
Ho came originally for six weeks, but was
induced to stop for 2 years. Nor will those
acquainted with Exc er-hall oa ory won
der At the result. See Cough ms he stands
lpon the platform, and you will at once
learn tha secret of his success. He is q
spare, thin man, with premature age stamp
ell upon bis face, with a statue by no
means imposing. Dressed in black, you
would take him for very ordinary man,
and the first few sentences that falls from
lis lips strike you as little better than
commonplace. Wait a while, and the
orator will warm; the mass before him
will respond, and twill beat as with one
pulsc, while he convulses it with laughteror
lnelts it into tears The effect is striking.
/ The scoher is touched; the drunkard is re-
claimed, themost degraded feels that there
I is yet hope and happiness and heaven for
him Andwhat is it that does all this o.
1 Not learning, for Mr.. Cough has never'been
to school since he was twelve years old;
nor reasoning, for he makes no profess
ion tothc possession Of argumatative pow
ers, nor rhetoric, for he tells plain,
unvarnished tale, and leaves to others cop
iously to illustrate and to disclaim.--
But the fact is, that he is in earnest; that
it is the story of his life he unfolds, and
that saved as by fire himself he devotos
for the salvation of others a real natural
eloqucnce, that never tires, never wearies,
and @ tongne that never grows DUH To
save the drunkartl--to stop the ravagcs of
intemperance--to build up barrier be-
tween the Intoxicating cupand thempolu-
ted lip-to bid man to be true to himself
and the Divine principle within him; and
to dash down the Glowing bowl, wreath
cd as it may be, by flowers, are represen-
ted by Beauty, for beneath lurksa serpent
T. that maS sting as an adder; such is the
work OF Mr. Gough--such is his theme
Had he been an orator alone; he must
have failed long before this; but he is an
Z; actor as we'll; he has unusual fexibility Of
1 face and voice. His features can express
every shade offeeling; his tone can give Ut
terance to every emotion Of the human
heart Hecan be allthings in an. hour;
. he is the very Proteus of the PLATFORM
= He walks up and down it as one inspired,
: and you tremble all the while lest the
= speaker and the audience, in the frenzy
OF the moment, should rise up, and do
Il something extravagant OF mad, You feel
: what a wonderful instrument the human
voice is-what power the orator wields.-
You feel that he has as much power over
men as when the Hebrew Paul spoke aud
Felix tremblea, or as when the Athenian
Demosthenes reused the decaying hearts of
his countrymcn. L'@t4
MIR. Cough has now been twelve months
in this country. of which he is native
: for he was born (Angust %, 1917 and
spent the first twelve years Of his life at
Sandgate. Since he has been here he has
travelled over England and Scotland, and
S has delivered two hundred and thirty seven
orations to audiences of one thousand five
r hundred persons. He is accompanied by
:, his second wife, an American lady, to
t whom he was married in 1843. Hisfath-
er was soldiN, and lives on pension in
London. He has sister in Ameica, where
he has purchased small estate at Boylston,
: Worcester county, about forty miles from
Boston, where he usually resides three
months Of the summer, and where heenjoys
the society of the many friends who visit
him during the season of his relaxation.
! A sovereign is dead The ilustrious
hauleha meha III ,ol the Sandwich Islands,
is no more. This piece OF royalty was aged
about 40. He was chiefly distinguished for
getting drunk, whether, on those French
hrandies introduced at the cannons mouth
by the French, or ON less refined liquors,
. made little difference. He was Of medium
size and dull physiognomy. His prede-
cessors King kamehameha III, and his
Queen, both died in London, while on
visit. Under his reign the Sandwich Is
lands were near being annexed to the Unit
ed States; but Liholiho, his son, who
travelled in this country and in Europefour
! years since, is unfasorable to the measure.
8 DREss.--The honorable Miss Murray,
!, sister ofa Scotch Duke. and maid Of honor
| to Queen Victoria, has been staying for
: some days in New York. Miss Murray,
!. is a lady Of fine person, robust healthy,
. ana uncommon energy of character-- -ag-
e ed about 35 years. She has, we UNDER
4 stand kcenly enjoyed her extended tour in
2 this country. She appears however, to
l.haye been struck with amazclnent at tho
5 expenditures, the hell,lessncss, md the III
1 health Of that unfornlnate cl1ss of beings,
Q thefashionablc women Of our scitissa IL IL