The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-04-25
Earlx. LIE Of Lahp = Couch:

Early il. Of Iahn 3. Cough:
From the Titusville (Pa.) Herald.
A gentleman Of tbs citNGives US
some reminisdSb ccseof tsie ahinous
man. who, it iSAg ollsa IN lbs aAen
b CRIT. deal ofyicis1 tuk, eaen thc
breM ofspovcr&y, id basel tho
all Sse miseraHe plleesSpf h Mr9flx-
ardstareer. unsil BY cfofmatiOns
has, Eiscato tic hgh Best pfnnsefs of
contemporary fame, eclipsing the
splendor eff the Senate by the magic
creations of his genius. Our inform
ant now in middle lite, well recalls
tAe time Wien M0hH"! was n pop
end friendless book.binder in New
.burryport, Mass, in the employ. at
Nj. Tilton, living fropshand to mouth
consorting with ssfire-laddies," the
victim of jolly blenders" and ,despcr-
:ate,straits. ue .nscollects one sum!
mer night Of sitting on,sthe steps Of
st. PauTs Church when John" came
sauntc,ing along. with doleful face
as if he had lost tho last friend he
had I'M tho world. They fell into
conversation, and then John told his
pathetic story Of the bad luck which
.doggedr his hoelsy from childhood
Mr. B., rs we will call iouraihformant
was MOVED by the piteous tale, and
bestirred himself tomake friends and
busincss.for John, taking him maya
zines to, bind, ETC. There was. = de-
batting club MatoMn called the "Cice-
gp,ns of,whit.h B.. cNas amember,, with
other Dhoice spirits, some ofdwhich
havn since become distinguished in
difcicatt, wAlkss. Of !. life. b. invited
tJohr ope night to drop in; phe tho't
at FIRST he! was nat good enough for
IHntsh associations,,, but was: finally
prevailed upon. tondo so. s.Aftersthe
several members had spoken their
pieces, p. called on John, and with
much reluctance .reeited the a'Sailor
Boys dleanl,s and w,tha-sucli dra,
matte effect, as overshadowed oil
competitipu and electrified the house
|. Di Then. persuaded John. to repesiI
thssstoxYi he had told him ono, 1.-THE
lehArcls steps, and he lonpied, much
Eto,ths dsliKhtiof his auditors. Sopt
nfteE thisJ 4 brilliant partywas givcr
in3 II stowil,ea ,and4oour. 4 fellow Citizen
'secnced an invitation for i John
who was taken quite. aback v'at
such, .socinl 4 600 g my tion.-
b.. aQch lbs, friends. eked out -John's
scanty wardrobe, to, make himsp
Esentables and, by q concerted arrange
,meDt with the host, Colonel J--7 4
the bmbryo olatop- wasiaslSed for q
|ssonssand recitation, which were the
life ofstke evenings enteYtainm ent
.The,C eldnel next day, slearaing, the
circumstances of j ohm, gave him !
substantial proof Of Misrepresentation,
The next.incident recollectsd by B
WAS gohRssfirst tenlperance lecture
which was, opened by prayer by Rev
DR.. d. The same night lchn got on
q spree and abrdught up at Agile
Company, Mo-. 6's, Engine House
wllen he burlesqued his own previ,
GUS effort as well as the praycrcol
the: reverend gentlemen, who had in,
voked a blessing. ! But the leo was
broken, Johno had discovered shis
ltagift,n butI.it was some timo aftel
thstl,e found his Emission. - itLtswas
tsOmes years before hos became rcso
lutely steady and Ia ten,peraneeilec
Eturer gby profession. His name il
nova household word ON hoth sides
ofthe Atlantic, and his triumphs a.
FAN orator have never beenfsurpassed
in his pecsaIiarstyIeaand line.aV Twelve
hundred dollars in gold for s single
speech ]! i This boats the earnings,o
ilthe leaders of the bar popuiarpreach
ers and stars Of. the stage, and, oclip
lisesiail Greek and Roman s:lme.Gotti
Irs ,..iss =. = - xlsy'
The Muscatine Courier says: y
tsProbably the oldest collection 0
coins in theaSrate is now in possess
lion Of, Hon. CIV Van Horne, o
this CITY, The listIenbraceR severa
hundredsin alb, and tho. dates rang
from three hundred Iand thirty-si,
years before Christ up to the presen
time. The most ancientaiS;a qcoppe
money sminted III ttesreign of Philil
Of Macedonia, 835 years before Christ
IL bears the profile Of hesaid Philip
| was tresurrectgd from athe tombs..0
Egypt There is another, also cop
Eper, made in thegyear 328, b. Co., du
ring the reign sof Alexander til
Great, and presents ansimage of tina
monarch. "A Japanese coin dated A
I'D. yl3T, sis in the Same collection, anu
is the only one. of the Mind, we; be
iieve, irthe United States: An Egypt
ian coin n1anufapturodsa during tn
tjoint rule of Cleopatra and Mark An
thdRy, is the best executed piece. il