Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-09-17

strangers in, but TO seat them in. The
interior Of this spacious edifce is substan-
TALLY and handsomely fitted up-ook car
wing adorns il in almost every direction,
Soon its every seat were filed with the
giddy and the gny--the thoughtful and the
thoughtless. Perched as ! was upon a
stool of three legs in the strangers apart
ment, / had a fair chance Of using my OPP
teal vision to good advantage. The phre-
biological or rather the physiognomical
appearance of a large portion of the au.
dience, I must say, did no, impress me very
favorubly. Some Of their eyes were all
askiew, with very low flat f%oreheads; n
great depression about the region of ven-
Grafton, and quite a p%rotruding about the
posterior inferior region Of the cerebellum.
They were not what | should call first class
people, by any means Many of them
would answer very well TO Baxters dis.
criplion-."lhe genteelly vulgar, sadly over
dressed with more ribbons than brains."-
| must do the city, however, the justice to
say, that they are not the permanent resi-
dents of the same. They are rather the
transient guests Of the Broadway Hotels,
who have resorted thilher from almost all
parts, during the cold winter months.
While waiting for the preacher, the
chief performer of the orchestra, made
the organ cut up didos which would have
caused a smile to play upon the face of
the most vinegarish, in the congregation.
| wonder if those musicians up a little
higher, are pleased with such pranks
The hour of service having arrived, a
full grown, thick set, hearty, healthy look
ing man, is seen advancing, clothed in
furs rather than camels hair. He possess
es ION of the airs of a clergyman-his
physical contour is more indicitive of a
butcher. His bows, mods aud pleasant
countenance, indicate sociabilily and af-
fectionate humanity. As he enters the
pulpit, he is recognized by the stranger
as DR.. Chaplin. He handles his books
and papers, with as much ease and don't
care-aGveness, as if he was in his study.
Most of his pulpit performances are high.
ly interesting, but this evening we did not
witness n of his happiest efforts. Ev-
cry thing seemed stiff and artificial. His
figures seemed far fetched. The anec.
dote in which he INDUCED, was so evi.
IDENTIFY Intended to produce laughter, tina,
the opposite emotion in many, was the re.
suit. His gestures were very pretty, bu
evidently studied and unnatural. Some
might have called that efor, a very cred
liable one, but having heard him away
from home, where he did so much better
we pronounced it a very tame effort. Mr.
c. however, is not a novice, by any means
but an able expounder of the principles o
practical Christianity. He moves active
ly, thinks vigorously, writes profusely
and breaches necessarily. There IS N
artificial or manufactured Christianit
, about him, no sanity expressions or CLAN
t ces of the eye, no pious pickering abot
the mouth, on certain times and to answe
3 certain ends. He is himself, and show
: at all times what he is. In the pulpi, an
0 out, he is pleasant and good natured be
nevolence and sympathetic affection bean
v from every expression of his countenanc'
e so much so that you see in him a frier
and a brother. We hail him as u coli
e borer in the great work of elevating h,
d mainly, and pronounce him ~empha,ical
d a man for the times. CHAUCER.
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