Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-12-12
HANDSOMELY PERSONAL.

To praise with good taste is AS difficult as TO
cenSuic with judgment; yet piquant pcrsonali-
ties are always read with interest. when they
are written racy,-like the following sketch of
our friend Sake. the Titanic Nerinonter, whose
vocation as a lecturer and minstrel, occasions his
name to he oitened mentioned in the newspapers.
We copy from an exchange an extract from an
article which opens with description of a poem,
and concludes with discourse about the author:
Z" The poem was brilliant with Attic wit, Ev-
cry sianzi laughs with humor. In this line turks
dDub'e eatendre. in that sentence sparkles a
pun--here a side crackin, Joke plavs at hide and
secS-therc broad humof ,plls from mouth to
ear londer fun shows his teeth without biting
wit humor-fun-and SATIRE with little touch
e' ofpiIhos, are 50 ariisiirally woven and blend
cd with such hirmony as to make poem Of ir-
reslsiibe interest. lie must be dull clod who
ieels no interest in meeting where SIxe is
speaker His tall and commanding personals
iul round bass voice his accurate pronuncia-
ton-hls unstuded pesticulation, and his frank,
free and easy manner, make him man of mark.
Al tic close of the services at tn, church few
friends accompanied Mr. S. to the house of
friend, VIII re We had pleasant tefe tete The
poet was in good plume and he chatted away in
his happiest mood. The Atlantic Magazine
was the text to which he spoke-and when he
alluded to the article on Douglas .Jerrod he dis
courS"d right coqnenty on the sharp conceits
the sly lnuendos the strange comparisons
the PIT allu,'ons-the mock metaphors-and the
irresistible wit of the great saiirist. He conpl-
m'utrd Holmes as the Hood Of America In
our opinion he twined about the brow of tbe "a.
retinus doctor the laurels which belong TO him
sell SAKE could not have written the Bridge
oi Sighs, indeed no living man could have writ
ten IT, 1t Is read 30 much and lis pathos is so
touching, 1t has become bridge oc tears. arched
by the bow OF hope, 1t is one OF the great no
ems which will be read forever The Proud
MISS Mcbride, one of the richest pieces of sat
re IN English verse; would 10 no discredit TO
llood IN Is happes, moments. He mounts his
Pegasus with such sportful sagaci.v. and prices
the TANKS of the winged s,ced with the poin,ed
spur OF his wit, VIZ involunlarily finr I'D our
caps and hurrah for him. There lie goes IN The
howrry mountain, his song ringing out Ike the
mhsc "i marriage hels-while echo cracks her
lungs OF ar Wien she responds in tones of nier
ry laughter. Personally, Mr. SAKE isano'le
spe'l nen OF nan, being upwards of ak fee,
tan and OF perfect mould lie has dark hair.
ta'nrr ih'n IN front, full broad forehead. on
winch HE poetica and pcrsceptve faculties A.,
20 prominent as to he seen distinctly across the
church Ills eyes are blue, and his glance mao
neiic as a fash of lightning lie is a ready an1
Eloquent cxt'mpore speaker Mr. SAKE has
been lIberally ednrated--is a gentlemen in dress
and addreSs--neyer dcs ends TO coarseness-
never violates the cole of tas,r-never uttrrs a
sentence that will Offend the most festidious -
In p"llucs he Is bunker democrat, but that
must be owing 10 early education. or the c,rcum.
slarres by which lie is surrounded for he has
h art which sympathses with the masses Ills
,Ne l"r humanity runs through his poetry and