The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-01-02
OUR ANN ARBOR LETTER,

OOS ANN AkDUk LETTER..
ANN ARBoR, Mich. Dec, 10th 1867.
EDS. TRIBUNE
In every periodical of the day, one c
the frst things to which the attention q
the reader is directed, is an account G
the means by which the inhabitants of a
our great cities, endeavor to amuse them
selves, but in none of them is any men
ton made of the means by which til
goodly citizens of the Focus" manap
TO while away leisure hour. This look
very like selfshness, thus to ignore GU
existence, but we console ourselves will
the reflection, that we, like the Chinese
are able to shut ourselves up in ourselve,
and lhus create a world of our own. TX
illustrate that we conform to the customs
or no other communities, but are govern.
ed byiour own tastes, Tor what is eouiva
lent by stern necessity let me say, that
while IN most cites the Theatre and On
era seasons are but just beginning, ours
closed some four weeks since To be
sure the season. consisted of but two
weeks. but then the prese ntation was so
magnificent that it must necessarily s'last
quick, such a Troupe, as We had? How
lslt possible to find language by which to
express their merits. Garrick in his
Hamlet, or Keane in his 'Shylock, ,
must snfier. Tin more ways than one, by
comparison with Vincent in his Paddy
Miles Boy, and Mrs Siddons in her
patmIest days, even when she so far ex-
celled herself, IN Edinburgh, as to wiring
iiDm the stald Old Scot the exclamation,
That ma bad, could not compare with
Miss Mollle Williams. Do not think me
eztraVagant in the comparison, for am
thinking rather of what Miss Williams
Will be, when her latent talent shall have
been developed, than what she is at pres
ent. though | fear that time will sadly
mar her beauty before that time arrives.
At the close of the Theatre season, came
a series OF religious fairs, but as [ was
never over fortunate at such places, THE
extent OF my acquisitions having been
two rag babes, | remained at home, and
cannot say whether they succeeded as
We'll as was hoped or not, but should
Judge from what fellow students saw of
them, that the ladies regarded them as a
success.
ihe next place, where they most dc
congfegate, Is at the Skating Park, 1t is
very good one to ali appearances, and
certainly receives the necessary patronage,
to make it a paying Institution Next in
order IS the Students Lecture Association
consisting OF such students from the va
riouS departments Of the University, as
may be willing to pledge themselves to
raise sufficient fund. to enable it's Off
cers,to secure the services OF an able corps
of Public Lecturers for the winter term
We have already been favored with
lectures by some of the ripest scholars of
the country. the most noticeable for depth
of thought, and beauty Of expression,
was, The Mission of Conflict by J. g.
Holland for wit, the humorous poem,
Yankee Land, by John q. SAKE, and
last week Thomas p B. Chaiilau, the
celebrated African explorer, lectured be-
fore as on. The Gorilla its nature, hab-
its, and affinity to man. He exhibited
portions OF its skeleton, liz connexion with
drawings, representing the relative for
nation of Man an the Gorilla, also map
OF the country he had explored.
Looking at the man, you would imag-
me you saw before you, any one but the
redoubtable slayer Of the wild men of
the African jungle. He is considerably
below the medium height, slightly built,
and IN manner apparently vacillating; but
catch the glance of his bright black eye,
ana observe the general contour of his
features, and you will readily understand
what sustained the man, for twelve years
IN the wllds of Africa, where no white
had ever preceded him, with no compan-
ions but the natives, and no friend but
his rifle. He prefaced his lecture, with
the announcement that he did not claim
TO be the dlscoverer Of the Gorilla, nor
that the discovery was OF j recent date,
on the contrary, he affrms that it was
hfst discovered by Hano, the great Car
S tnagenean navigator, about five hu ldred
i and nifty years before Christ. While at
tempting to plant colony in the south
ern part of Africa, Hano came across,
and killed several of these wild men,
9 whose skins carefully stuffed, he carried
pack with him to Carthage, where they
remained until that city was taken by the
11omans, who regarding them as great
eo1Iesitles, conveyed them to Rome.
The Gorilla Is generally met with, in
the Jungies of Africa, in the region un
der the Equator, and few other wild ami
mails are to be found in the region which
food. . W. 's'o-o
? !. In form, it bears a close resemblance
s 70 man, perhaps the most marked differ
ence being that, which is to be found in
an the ape. tribes, the greater length of
arm, aud the proportionably shorter legs
slowing that to go upon all fours is its
natural method of locomotion. The col
sSr 81 the skin is intensely black. and the
ooav Is covered with long, dark hair. ex-
sep. the breast of the male, who when
angry, beats his breast, with his huse
ns. . 50 Violently as to remove the HAIR
entirely, from that portion of his body.
In height, the males vary from five feet
aA,s TO SIX feet two inches; ayera rims
ABOUT i've feet eight inches. The female:
= m rarely attain the height of five feet.
Inc SIZE of the chest, in the male. is re
maekable, often measuring from five feet
% I'VE feet eight inches, in circumference,
with an arm and hand in proportio,