Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-12-03


from this serious vein of reflection and
elevated our eyes, and away of toward
the north side of the room, near the
organ, which Miss Annie Wise man
aged, all say, during the sessions Of the
Institute with so much skill, sat Mr..
Robson, the efficient Superintendent Of
Common Schools of this county. The
intelligence, integrity, and fxedness of
purpose Of the 'soid Covenanters," from
wh.m he is sprung, modestly bean,ed
from his face, and caused those who did
not know HIM to inquire Of him. Prof.
Woodruff, with his attractive face and
quick eyes, sat near, and j. Z. Arms,
the lion of the OCCASION, whose face
does not, excepting under searching
looks, bears correct evidence 10 the
great talent Of which be IS possessed,
was also one OF the group, and 4 d.
Parker, Esq, whose face at side view
always reminds Us of the pictures that
we have seen of Cuvier, the great
French naturalist, was in that immedi-
ate vicinity, too; and scattered about.
chiefly on that si1e of the audience we're
Tie noticeable faces OF prominent teach
ers who had taken earnest aud active
part in the work of the Institute
Among them we noticed Wellington
Smith, J II. Allen, Holmes Dysinger,
d. A. Harman, j. W. Plett, +. 2.
leneh, John Garnan and others. We
expected to have passing look at the
lady essayists, Miss e. V. DsugLsrty.
Miss Ida J. Patton and Miss Mary J =.
Hunt, but before that compliment was
afforded US, Mr. Arms Was introduced
and launched out on his lecture on
"Boys," and that was an end to inter
ests IN other directions.
Arms went back to the De!uge, and
away beyond, and began with the boy
Adam, whom he unfolGed iu :he regu-
lar orthodox style, lesv ing out and en-
tirely Ignoring Darwin with his tadpole
and monkey theory, but re cognising,
definitely special creation, and thence
he pleasantly and humorously delin-
eated the boy. steadily along up TO this
time, and flushed with his own expe-
rience as boy. One of the mos, stri-
king qualities of the lecture is, that i,
puts the moral training of the boy far
above mere intellectual aequiremsn ts.
Everybody was HI ghiy delighted.
Some one not realizing how difficult
1t is, without preparation 70 speak after
set lecture or speech has been deli
ve.ed started a call for L. u. Parker.
after some besitaucy which only served
to inultipl, the calls from all quarters
in the room, Mr. Parker took the floor.
A lcok or two of embarrassment, few
common place words TO ge. the bearing
of the situation, which was soon done,
aud then the words flowed freely, and
the thoughts Of his mind riPpled
out over his face in advance of words,
plainly indexed what was coming whe.h-
er words of humor, sarcasm, or W hole
some advice and instruction. Among a
Thousand speakers few can be found
with the fa,ial expression that Mr..
Parker is endowed with. He does not
speak in a mechanical way, simply BY
moving his lips an0 utterins words that
must carry their own meaning.
With hin every sent tiinent and word
rejects itself through bis face aud
stamps lis meaning into the feeling
of the hearers. If it be Jest. or
humor or whatever other thought, you
see it thrusting itself through every
lineament of bis countenance before
you hear it expressed in words, you see
and hear the thought near about one
aud the sane time. OF course he was
soon On the topmost wave of popular
applause, ringing peals Of laughter and
hearty applause greeted him time after
time. The stage and the play-loviug
and play going world missed a great
light when he took the law for a prof
fession, but his own native county gain
ed a good lawyer, on the conclusion of
BIS speech the institute adjourned and
We with our better half On one arm and
the borrowed chair on the other
walked home talking about boy. and
men AID how easily they may miss rhe
the highest places for which they we're
fitted by nature.