Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-29

a.W uNr or TON CoRwIN's SPEECHES WAS
Es.EyFp ~ TIE WESTERN RESERVE.
From the C.nc .nnat Enquirer.
& u-- uue of C1rwin's campaign years
.4l back ID The fllics, or may be the for
Ties. and Lc had been making the circuit of
tst STATE % behalf Of the Wing ticket. lie
iII rHu. tArluEh the southern and middle
counties. and I41 been assigned 10 the Re
..res O. v4as up the Yankees, rs he said,
tai SD Ac bad lighted down at Pine-yille.
la. uc.tja- Wa "A m1rning one. alter the
eI .I-Alar. ard the farmers from all
4f.lHl tle country had come 10 town to
h,ar 'tue Great Mr.. CorWinc, .s they call
"a u.m. muLc speech. Then the Organiz-
auan bad been effected and the speaker in
trllucli. Dee lelt that be must DO something
worthy ~ bis reputation Is The great Mr..
C.rWinc" !Ie laid down his stock OF facts
ana fEur.- in systematic order, building
from lhem am argument that be thought
Irresistible, WORKING at it patiently until be
.a.u.tt the structure complete but upon
hooking .1Jo tte faces of hls auditors was
.u. Die 90 rlich single responsive look.
Iacrt they SAT-. bolt upright before him,
4i-uIigI sad qulet-so silent, indeed, that
Tom could hear the ticking OF the old clock
Al Che lar cad of the room. There wasn't a
ripple of applause though, nor a smile nor
d clap Of the hand.
ihl~ discouraged C1rwiu little, bot he
;iol4ht he could wake them up with some
.. his ulat.ry. s. he sailed in with some
,. BIZ inpa--i1ned flights in rhetoric, and
no orator that America has produced had
more glowing fancy OF could utter more
eloquent tlins= than be-. Still there was
uY response. There his audience still sat,
upright. uumoved as so many gate posts.
ID 1..f 81.
ui bis funny stories, and tell string of
them as only Tom Gown could tell a story.
SCI ecting Q particularly dignifed old fellow
in front of him. he directed his budget OF
-ide-splitting yarns at him, but ne'er
smile broke from his lips or those of any
one presant Then ho went to making
faces al thcm-the funniest faces that ever
a man made. slid not . smile, not hint
even tha; ans body enjoyed the performance.
There they sat before him, giving that dig
ailei attention which they thought the Oc-
'asion required but no one opened his
mouth OF moved hand or foot in the way of
response Finally Mr. C1rwin sat down
disguised
Then q tall. huk. cllayerous-looking in
tividCal. sitting of IN one corner of the
room, slowly rose to his feet, and, clearing
his throat very leisarely, said "Mr. Chair
man, in view OF the fact that We have had
the great Mr. Clrwine here with US to-day,
greatly to our eiiication, | therefore move
YOU, sir, that VIC now proceed to give
Mr. C0rwine three cheers" So saying. he
sat down.
Then another lank, cadayerous individual,
ou the other side Of tho room, rose to his
feet slowly rs the other, and said Mr..
Chairman, | second the notion And sat
down.
Then the chairman with due solemnity as
sumcd a perpendicular to put the question.
'Fell0w-citizens." said he, lit has been
moved and duly seconded that this town
meeting proceed to give three cheers to the
Honorable Mr. Corwino Tor the able and
mastery address be has delivered in our
presence to-day. All who arc in favor of
that motion Will signify tic same by saying
ave" 4 dozen or more voted in the athrm
atiye Those OF a contrary mind will say
no. There was none. The motion l.
adopted Then hc sat down. and! silence
again relgned.
Presently 4 little. dried up. weazen-lacci
old man IN the back part Of the hall got up,
and in a cracked voice called out, Mr.,
Chairman. hoorly for Mr.. COrwine ~
And then took biz seat.
And then the dguifed party in the mid
die of the audience, at whom the jokes had
been directed. rose in his seat, cleared out
his throat, and, in dignifed tones, said
"Mr. Chairman, hooray for the great Mr.,
Corwine," =" and sat down again.
Finally, an old, gray-haired veteran. who
sat up iu the amen corner, got on has legs,
and. leaning on his cane, called out, in the
querulous voice Of age Mr.. Chairman.
hooray for Mr. Corwine ~
Three cheers having been thus given for
the speaker, the meeting adjourned with
due solemnity. and COrwin went to his
room at the hotel y0wIng that he'd never
make another speech in the Reserve. And
he didn't. SILL. - said he. 81 never blam-
ed them mnch That was their way Of
showing enthusiasm. They'd never had
any missionaries among them"
ARTIFICIAL BABIES 1t is well known that
in the compartment style of railway car
riaces used in England much comfort de-
pends upon selecting ones travelling com
panions. Various devices are resorted TO
prevent intruders, and, where a party of
tourists can secure a baby for company, they
are generally avoided, and have the COM
partment to themselves. Hence the curious
advertisement in a London paper OF "Arti-
fetal babies for travellers.
The tariff of prices is as follows
Common travelling infants, yielding inter
mitteut cries of fear, and capable OF being
put into the pocket, 10 shillings.
Second-class, crying not too Loudly, but
lamentably and insupportably, 20 shillings.
Third-class, full squallers, with very
piercing and aggravating voice of five octaves,
G2.
FOurth-class the same, arranged as prompt