Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-01-21
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DOVER, n. j. JAN. Z. 1875.

DOVER, y. j. JAN. Z, 1919.
Ed. Wood County Reporter:-It
is well established fact that the ad-
vent of no other lecturer brings the
same delight to the majority of the
lecture going public, as does the an
nouncement that John 3. Cough is to
occupy the platform at some stated
period and place accessible to US
Holding these sentiments, what Won
der that cold and snow, the shrill whis-
ties mingling with the labored breath
ings Of the locomotives as they piled
backwards and forwards in their en-
deavors to rid the tracks Of their
heavy coverings, now, f'not o'er clear" !"
had no power to check our ardour
Half past two o clock p. NJ. found US
waiting at the station for the coming
Of the down train for Morristown, try
ing hard to analyze the various gasses
that penetrated the atmosphere of the
waiting room; faiIing in that. we be
took ourselves to the platform, where
we found much pleasanter occupa-
tion in watching the shovlcs of snow
being piled upon one side of the track,
BY able and we judge willing hands,
and admiring the graceful manner of
upsettipg INDUCED in by some Lord
Of Creation" AS an exhibition of coo
d9liberation on the part Of all-horse
driver and spoctator-iG certainly was
decided success.
After waiting about half an hour It
became evident to all, that the train
was behind time and the eentlemanly
ticket agent endeavored to ascertain
its whereabouts but failed and ju5c as
patience-that model virtue was fast
sinking below par, the welcomc s zee
and voice of our brother put in an ap-
pearance and announced the train one
hour and a half late at Washington.
With cold looks but udaunted pur-
pose, one by one, we took the narrow
path homeward where the open CRATE
warmley welcomed US. 1t is needless to
portray the grabbing Of satchels and es-
capade into the street, the whisking Of
dresses-or their occupants around
the corner, seeming only a otreak Of
mourning, with the almost desparing
exclamation eve shall be left, at the
sound Of the whistle, and the rolling
thunder accompanying the coming of a
train. And then the glowing faces,
caused by the undue ex9rtion and sail
through the polar air, over which dis
appointment and chagriu play, ''hide
and go seek" with modification at
the figure you have cut in your hurry
to catch the-let nae whisper 1.-THE
wrong train,-here my pen fails to
DO justice but the number who by ex-
periehce can tell you of the phenomena
in all its difFerant phases, is not small.
With feelings of exultation at our
final success, the right train at about
half past four P. II. bore US on our
way, and without any more soul-stir
ring adventures we found ourselves
within warm parlors amid the smil-
ing faces of our friends.
And now we have come to to the
Cough, who, Judging from the house
he draps is no less an artist than an
orator The subject Of his discourse.
"Man and His Master" is one that
has been and still is exciting a great
deal Of interest throughout this conhnen
and should throughout the entire world
and is said to be one Of his finest ef,
forts briet synopsis of which may
not be inopportune. His delineations
Of character and mimicry are inimita-
bic. From the strikingly pathetic to
the thrilling frenzy of despair or bold.
fierce spirit of determination, to the
ridiculous is but step for him.
The nonentity of man, compared
with the vastncss and wonders Of the
universe, and yet his superiority, as
the noblest work of God was most for
chilly Illustrated. Said he, in sub
stance, while standing on a cliff that
overhangs one Of the beautiful val
leys of Switzerland, or as Prentice, in
his Tell on the Alps" has it, "the
jutting cliff round which a track up