The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-07

Christian Association course, in Rutland
was delivered on Tuesday evening at the
Opera House by w S Andrews OF
New York. y very good house greeted
the lecturers first appearance here, and
those who braved the dangers of the icy
pavements and the chilly blasts of the
strong wind that prevailed, were amply
repaid for their pains in the treat afforded.
All were amused, and every one regretted
the brevity of the lecture. Mr.. Andrews is
really an extraordinary man in his power of
imitation, delineation and mimicry. His
rapid and easy change of voice is at once
wonderful and pleasing, while his clear ar
tlculation of the many different dialects
spoken made him understood in every part
of the house
lie was introduced to the audience by j.
NJ Haven, Esq, who took occasion to say
that the management asked the further in.
diligence of the ticket holders with regard
to the next and closing lecture Of the course,
as none could, at present, be announced.
Negotiations were, however pending and
the lecturer would he secured at no distant
day.
The speaker presented in his persoaeN
pleasant looking man. blonde in complex
ion, neatly attirel to Il niccity and having
somewhat the look of a cultivated German
about him. He proceeded at once to state
the title of his lecture rs dialect IIumor"
and went on with his discourse upon the
same. He said, in starting, that Josh Bill
ings had a lecture on milk" in which no
allusion was made to the subject. and Ar
temus Ward, also. once had lecture en-
titled sixty Years in Africa in which he
in no way alluded to that country except in
one instance, stating that one of the roses
known to that country was ''negrocs." Not
to follow these lecturers, the speaker in
tended to give illustrations of his subject
by various selections from the numerous
dialects, touching upon eighteen ont of the
thirty or forty that exist in the land
He first took up the Yorkshire dialect OF
England by quoting that good natured
character ",Iohn Brodic' in Dickens story
of Nicholas Nicklcby," where John en-
presses his admiration OF Nicholas in
'bcatin' the school-mcaster He also tool,
up the three types of London dialect, the
gentleman flop, the midde-class. and the |
type TO which cold Weller" known to the |
readers Of ''Pickwck Papers" belonged. |
and quoted that worhys words when eN-
pressing his contempt of his son Samuel in
being outdonc by dob Trottcr." These |
were quoted in a very pleasing style. The
Irish dialects, those of Dublin, Cork and |
Limerick, were next brought up and the
story of the North of Ireland" man carry
ing the gentleman from Cork up three
stories and back in his hod, on Il bet, was
related to show the difference in the brogue.
Also an account of Dublin Judge
In this country, he said, were two varic-
ties of the negro the Nirginian, of which
we were all more or less familiar. and the
fcd-hand of South Carolina and of the cX-
IRENE South, whose utterance was as thick
and cultural as the native African. He
then dclineated the rapid speech Of the nat
tive African boy, in his own nimtnblc
way. and told a humorous story of negro
soldier who brought in ".lohnny rob" rs his
prisoner. These he gave as showing the
contrast of different dialects. while he in
tended also TO give comparisons of the hu-
morous and serious, the humorous being
one of the most important elements in our
being. He substantiated this theory hv
showing how the satire of Dickens. in
Nicholas Nickleby. Oliver Twist, and Bleak
House had worked wondrous reformations
n England He then recited the poem of
lanes Russell Lowell in the "Biglow Pa
1crs,' entitled "The letter of candidate
or office, defining his position ON certain
questions of the day This was greeted
With much laughter by the audience HUI
nor, he said, is to life what salt is to food
Without it we become flat and insipid. 1t
5 the very essence of social life. and, in
confirmation, quoted from Leigh Hunt on
Wit and from Shakespeare concerning mu-
lie. Man was said to be the only creature
Who laughs and weeps, but the speaker
considered that animals all had a way of
moving their pleasure or grief in as sure a
The Irish revcl in wit as a duck
II the water. lie then related laughable
tory of Limerick Irishman, exhorted TO
axe the pledge.
Emotions Of grief and humor were both
Necessary to our well being Both when
become painful, which was H.
ustrated by the heat of the fire. Mirth and
grief were the opposite extremes of the
ame emotion. The speaker then related
| very humorous Conversation held by
himself with an elderly darkey who test-
led that he ran away from the battle at
irst fire. would have run sooner if he'd
SnOwn what was comm; courage was not
II his line but cooking; reputation was
Nothing to him by the side Of his life which
vas not in the market that there was no
tisfaction to him in dying for his country
when the sense Of feeling was gone that
10 government conld replace his life and
no one else would have missed him he
would have missed himself. Humor. while
Inferior to the many moral qualities
If our being, was that without which we
'ould not exist. Our American humor is
original and peculiar to itself,
,road and rich in style, and eXcelled by that
If no other country. He then recited the
irst chapter of the Widow Bedott
Papers, which was one of the best 'hits"
If the evening, creating great laughter
its recitationand much applause
II its close.
The speaker then toucLediupOn the fact
II the frequent instance of laughter when
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