Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-03-06


of this city next saturday, in the lecture
OF Rev " II Milhurn, dr-rrvedlv known
rs THE Blind Man Eloquent" From
Texas to the Great Lakes Nr. Milhurn's
repu aiion is tia, of one of the most clo,
qurnt, Interesting, and popular lecturers
'etore the American public Friends
whose pleasure it has been t. hear him,
nd in whose judgment we have all con
hdence, assure MS that Mr.. Milhurn's
lectures are almost uuriva led for their
powcr to interest aud grntiv gcnernI
audience The press yields to him the
highest encomiums, aud literary men or
unqnestioned iud.ment join in doing him
honor We publish lew OF the endorse.
mcnts gwen him
The lecture, in the multitude of
| thoughts suggested, in the heanry Of its
presentation and the eloqnence of its
urniorv, as we'll rs the yividnpss with
which the impressions nf the sighrless
lecturer are given, is MT within the scope
aud power of the pen and pencil to re.
port - Det,oit Press
Tn" lecturer, for an hour anl half
held his audience spell bound Ills
graphic descriptions, his matchlcss elo,
qncnce when heard, can never he for,
cotton. How keenly he views the shift
IN. scenes nf this world, though his pNvsi.
cal sight is gone, can never u" realized
until one listens t" his graphic portrayals
Of them - .Wiuaukee News
As an eloquent, artistic and over
tnl speaker Mr.. Mllurn has 40 superior
IN this country, or in Europe - Houston
Union
have recently had the pleasure of
hearing :No lectures delivered hv the
Rev. w II Mil urn, under the nnSpecies
OF the Literary Societies of this place.
do not hesitate 10 say that these lee,
lures are precisely what lectures should
be Ia in crest and instruct the popular
miad; and while scholars and cultivated
people will tnd in them every element
ol thought and feeling characteristic ol
talent and genius, those who ha o never
enjoyed the higher brneiits OF education
viii be Intensely deli.htcd with their
humor, pathos, and descriptive skill
They are master prices Of their knd,
lacking nothn. that affiucnte Of IDEAS,
keenness Of insight. viv,dne-s of p"rcep
ron. and power of language can supply,
ami con mendin1 themselves with instnn,
ii.cinatlun TO every man of taste and
-en-ihi.i,y. In addition to heir remark
hlr merits on the score Of intellectual
ability these lectures touch the great
heart al co'nmpn humanity hv their eI
lnlrite naturaIueas, " Their hi-h and
iaspirltiHg moral force, and by ,hit per
feet simplicity which the sonl of aeuiu-
only secures by patient ta nud lon. *
perienre A>psE~ i1P.coNH
Chancellor OF the Uuiver-ity oi Georgia
"a Mineral POM man heard il iHsa
usted on the street the other dav that he
Was heu,eckcd lie went home and
thrashed hl- wife, tore up Two or tarce
at her best dresses, opcned all the doors
and windows IN the house, and sat down
10 the psrlor with hIs t"es IN the center
table among n collection of choice books,
and smoked his plp. lie thinks The
world is convinced now that he is boss
of tie rancho
The above has cen going the rounds
Of the press unchalIenped about long
enough. We first saw it applied TO a
town in I'linois the Darlington Repub-
hcaa changed /, to Apply to Mineral
! Point, and from that il has been copied
INTO hal, dozen papers here ,h"ut.
We deny the allegation, aud command
! the "aligntors" to take it back.
llEAR Mr. Milburn, the Blind orator