The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-21
JENRYW WATTERS0N'SlIUM NOR.
ruE vEw SOt III iND 7HE ON DAYS
TutT HIgE cDNH fOREI ER.


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Th' Hon. Henry N"'l'i-'h' Vli'"r ol the
Ioui-fill' ''"N'f-'io sr"".' i' 'NttH hs' 'N'h-
Ing in th'kerinS nan on lh' eoihlcalurs'
whims al'iirs. ana f'ai'li's ol southern me-
HIS audience was uppreri"iNe' showing feady
sympathy rot only WIN th' irc-h ana halVc
humor u the lecturer. but with his pa,hos
and tl' bits Of real clouu'ncc with which he in
ierspcr-od his somewhat rrotrocted monologue.
Hrl"san his lecture hy rchathinE upon IN"
wide ,arlaiions in huinor ana the uhd'rstand-
ing of lt duo to lo'al color anu training oi
Thought and iocl'ne bat always with the one
great principle underlying all fun. that I'm
everything. from fr"o pass over railroad to
the ul-adycnturcs oi our best friends humani-
,v,- n,,..t freouont instances of cxnltation are
~ ,t -, -. -. H., .,.,., g., ,,,, ,h,
tho7' lh WHICH s"Ih' Vh' ''so "-ioVs =" p"' "'o
piper. and our pleasure IL IN proportion TO our
yirorious expenditure for IT, The people Of
one nation na'uraliy "li 10 hpprecla'e ule
humur OF those OF another. not because
they are lacking in sense OF humor.
nut Tor tho reason thhl ucS nave hot poch
trained TO see things in the same way. For in
,,,nre tho aminhle Texnn who wears n snake
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ior nj" oahu' anu '"is his slA-s"oo'er p''
names, IA by no means n uull person. YET he
vouid IAN tn prosn tho suirit Of English humor
"Vu'' ,' =" - '"'l ~ ~, - 20 -.
genetHily' IL may ue s"lu ol o'pry poop'o 'iia'
No ,is,,lin, ,hc or;,,in of ina, story of tho
~ l"'s''Nins VIZ VI 'n v, ''a' s'oi -. w.
mlssissippian VINO. being asked ny new conner
In tho country IL he should carry pistol. re-
nliad. Well stranger Won mout move about
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hyer more n year ana never necu pistol. put
II you should happen 10 need IL. you'd need II
poverful" Or that one Of tho Keptuckian who
being witness Tor the Vommohweai'h' WIS
very closely questioned. and told how he was
~o,, for n frcsb nact ~ ear,s and co, then, and
,a,,r,,in,, s,o,,,,o1 f,r a ,non,on, o,,,.id, ,ho
re'urnhg' stopped LOT moment oulsiue ule
door. There he banked. and not all the ques-
uoninr and urging could get him n step further
AVs ,, ~ So" ."'N ~ ~ !. ~ ~ -,
until th- Judge threatened 10 hhe MN anu Sehu
him to Jail IL he did not answer and then he
mid; Wen Judge, II mus, ten WY stopped
put thar ! suppose must. II was because old
Ben Hardin tod me 10 look .keerfully over the
kyhrus anu marx inc lowers,
one oi the happiest mt OF the evening was
ne lecturers bright anu raey description OF the
thhrHrterlstlcs pl Tue luchl SvutncIh Erhuctnun
peiore the war the panhnh-wearln lns, ng
horse-racing. k-nghting, pokcr-playlnG per-
SON, 70 Whom urAw-poker came us new
revelation OF pericct 10Y; as new World
Tor him to conduer' with llllmlhbe possibilities
OF excitements and consequent happiness; Its
very name was seductive u MIN Draw! lie
ad pe.n useq slnEiy 20 nrawng on nis nanKer ,
MS pistol: ana ms iinhsinatlYn, anu mere was
an opportunity lor MN 10 draw on All thrre
az ono ana tue sum- tune. ,in"h uie
names ot me nands charmed MN, t!ushes .,
and fulls.' line had not always been tluSh, .
there was ut least a pretty to.rahle certainty ot
MS peinS generally iuH Inc thlng seemed
FAMILIAR, yet invested win new charm. But
that swaggerlng southern swashbuckler was
not IN truth the tyll'al southern gentleman.
any more than the colport urs and ieidlers
and lightning rod agents who went down South
were types OF Northern gentlemen
=, After tribute 10 the worth Of the people ot
the south. thelf newly developed industry. ana
ue resignation win whlch they nave sought 10
adapt themselves TO their altered fortunes. the
lecturer returned TO the humorous SIDE OF
southern life ns II existed before the war, when
tho exploits OF the Howling Raecoon OF the
Mountains were sung; when man pranced
Iorth VINO proclhlmed: am q nshter from
Dltter creek m awolf. anu ms Is my night 10
howl; Eye three rows OF teeth. and nary TWO
neth allke. me people ol Bitter creek ARE Hl
nghters and the higher up the creek you go,
the worse they are anu IN from the mead
waters
Our literature. he said, IL oiton initiative. but
our outspokeh language ls our own nature. hni.
rs rs poopic' We hre luhnS IN spile OF ourselves.
We are uho2h-c!ouSIy luhhy very often ~ was
thht htntu' KAN VINO, rvF'NlhE certain W'll-
undeFstppd slEhs rom ms partner ~ EtInc oi
whist, brOks 9ui lltruu@yi l"M yhh llhy th"
pee whrn nam ~ III tue hted states
Auln9r turns on 'htiHtrI "h,i h,,u'hl, mol
on pays OF hguEht or W'rds. II was IN
t..s uiV tiioh t..t w - !, pr IhMti,,N M ~
nuulot 81 lu' Snutli nh'i lNkfu lNIul anu l'uhi