Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-05-12

= S-M- HEwLErr-The great temperance lecturer
and companion Of John B. Cough lecturcd on Mon
day and Tuesday evenings at the PRESBYTERIAN
Church. The first audience quite large be-
cause the lecture was frce--the second was quite
small because IL moi free but cost 2is.e.
It's ss'saI for newspapers to eritcise all PubIis
speakers Who have reputation for greatness in their
c,lIins and such has been t:eir with regard
to the subject Of this article We prefer. however.
to walk cut ofthc beaten p st, neither eulegizing
nor snathcmltizing the lecturer but merely remark
ins thst we never heard temperance lecturer who
pleased as better.
Mr. Hewlett vas born IN England, Oct 18th.
Isis, ami Is now a little thm forty years old.
TIE tear following his birth his parents emigra-
ted to the United States and settled in New Jcr
scy. Samuel, being only child, properly
prc7~red for and College, but atcrfhc death
of hin mother, becoming associated with wicked
comp ,nions, and being great lover song. story,
and CAV tie. ne became ous.wh dissolute where
upJn, the College sacssty adcis-d him to ahscnt
himself from the institutions Of lie ,rpins Mr. II.
having complied with the last requirement of the
College, soon after engaged simultaneously in two
other busiarss-Iiquos drinking and stage acting
Using his own language, after two wears acting
he vas kicked OF ths stage He still cont nucd
his cthef business. drinking, AND became a strollia.
actor. At tim-sl suf rel intensely from nebria-
ton. On INC OCCASION i'm New York, he was drag
ged by Hquor seller out Of his house and worric,
by dercedoss- On another in Cain o. Ils he lodged
in drr gools box. And at another time he Wis
redseea to such uncnvisblc circumstances that he
engaged in the boot backing bushes, and actually
BACKED Senator Bcntcn's boots for money.
Ein fsf2 ne began his reform by engaging in the
Washinstonian movement since which time he has
ech an able and inecssant lsborrr for drunken, suf
ferinx humanity. His labors have been mostly
conined 90 theSouthcrn Sates--,nd a COED por.
ton ofthe time under the direction OF the Grand
Divisions Of the Cons OF Temperance
Mr. H. hss been mssried twice. the last time ,
little less than tEo years since to mast esiim bile
LADY One OF the soaiest objects of his fife seem
.t,bc TO educate ami eshersise properly provide TO
his little dauzhsrrs Who is nowhirteen years of az,
In personal appearance he Is rather prcposcs-in,
His height IS about Ave feet and SIX inches an,
weighs not much more than one hundred and fit,
pounds. {
Mr. Hewlett Is thoroughly reformed, harin;
been total abstinence man for about seventce,
years-is perfect gentlemen In his dencanor, 50
eisl, sGabIe and courteous in the highest degree.
Iu closing this hurricdly written article we can
not refrain from saying what re first thought W
shosid leave unsaid-thas Mr. H. 10 one Of the mos
brillianf and At the same time humorous speaker
weever heard His mimicry Is inimitsbIe, and hi
lofty fights are grand and sublime. Attimes it i
quise d'iHeult to tell what is his nationality--an
the conclusion is that he belongs everywhere. tn
Irish drink they have the best claim to him, an
they hare been heard to say that he can beat al
Ireland talking Irish. a4f
Nay su<cess intend his every lausable efFsrt to d
good 70 his fallen and degraded brother