The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-12-06

mo use Of gesture, nor does lie seek to
.rendss striking passages more impressive
by.declamatibn.o, Heis a straight htforward
speaker but, whateyeF, his manner nay
De in: the excitement Of 3 political dis
Icnssioa, lie Slowed last evening little Of
'thesenthusiasm' Of an orator. .#7sh94 1
If isbe true; said Mr. Watterson, that
q man, is the only animal that laughs. It
is also true that he Is the only animal
having The capacity to make himself
laughable.i The" foibles, weaknessI and
.misfortunea ofihisisneighbors are what
men laugh ,at;the finds no amusement in
his own. We find the best instances OF
endowment wheG Some one else pays the
piper eHumoF is; lthe, record Of passing
events. ~ For,t ,thisireason each. nation pro-.
duces Z; hnmorr peenliati to ITSELF. The
average American does not read the
'Pickwick Papers.n The an1isbls Texan
who wears snake for q hat-hand would
stare with 'bfank anazement at stories
which conyulse all cockneydom. There
Is d humor Which Il Is Universal and pro.
verbal, and eyetyi IL may, bs said of every
people, .aaBy, theirejek ekeaaye; shall know
them.p'a ,Thackeray has said that 1.-The wit
Of Fielding lights up rogue like Po-
licemiar's iantsrii.9 With. Us i6 is not the
husband. .orthe snob is satirized.; ItF
isbthet; widow; the isrnaA boy, end the
mothesrin-law. iYop remember the tray
eTer who asked tie Mississippian if it
wssss Wsoftht while for him to carry pistol:
The {feply 3 aWell; sstfaRgery.yo
mout. behesesix monthsiandn notwantit,
but if yor did want it you'd want #, aw--;.
fully Such wit could have its origin
only III ii America, and and it Is perhaps here
p6lY that il. can bs appreciated. 70. :. l,, H.
.fnF .In ths old, boatS1g TIMES the, Ken, =
tnSkisai,,i q Of legend and romance was d
rambling, rosfhg ts fellow, who ended every
ssitance iaiitR WaiiitR 81 a. ioath.. th. Q It vas he Who
made bis morning meal Of three cock ktsiIs
and s. "chaww Of; tobacco. His amuse2
meSi1ts were " i r. of 'mtch the sams simple
oir;dsr.i i'i'H He Gould clip the. wing from d
Mosqnit6 AT teh. pgsses s he would stop a
life.boat to tell .his scared fellow-passen-
gels Joke. Hs affected blooded' stock.
fhe noble and arist5 t5cratic gam ecock was
his delight. The ediigree Of s rsce-horse.
!was ias to him. q sacred thing, He was al,
WAYS ready to lose his own money, and
that of everybody else.p He would fight
anything, rather preferrihg, indeed the.
tiger { The ,inyehtion of what has s,t been
politely termed oh the other side tAhaers
icann whist " nameiy, = 'draw.pok oker, vas in
his case the discovery Of another world.
he struck him all in q heap, beginning
wifi the name ITSELF. Draw :pokerr He
WIS In the habit Of drawing on his bank
lei, Ills pistol, and his Imagination. In;
tbEiiss, I9aine he could draw all three at one
and The 9ssas1liie tinie. This person I have:
describe i vas mists ken BY the Northern,
traveller for the Southern gentleman, and
THE Iightningafod agent who appeared
larn1tot,,e arn1tot,,,e Us was mo. often looked upon as
lspgccifneh of Northern character. l'e ~
IN the old day,isf W. OILY the worst side Of
each came 10 to Tie Others knowledge.
|But behind this the go0d people Of the,
North and South lived. moved, and had
Their .beiip: I'm tfhne ode section relying
upon personal thrift apd industry to build
Iup their fortunes; Id the other section,
victims to, circumstances rather than from
DESIGN murtiDfyinpY thair! debts as they
lnulfiplfed their slaves. N am sure I am
notlmistaken'in this and; indeed, events
haye already verified sit.2 After years Of
co. tention and war, the obstructive forces
have passed away. And what do we see Z
Why, in the South looking Northward,
we see race kindred to ourselves, a little
less effusiye, perhaps but, not less genlal;l
already armed and equipped to 40 battlet
against the winds and the waves. In the
North, looking uthwsrd, the philosoph:'
ical observer sees not aihuddled2masS of
lazy barbarians, composed iof q large part
of murdesers- and gamblers, but great.
body Of Christian men and women, who
have hard struggle with fate and for
tune. Hssees the master OF yesterday
the toilerof to-day He sees the mistress
Of, the mansion, still 9 gentlewoman ~
the truest sense, sayingn surviving, Patc9-
ing and pinch1n2, to make both ENDS
meet: y He sees 'ai people, born to rlch
soil and.iwarm climate, and Injured TO
nothing except the .pflyatlons ana dlsas-i
ters Of war and poverty, throw them
selves bravely into the ;realltles OF lile,
no way 'despairing or eullen, but every
where prudent, discreet and active. ~ ,.
But T ann not toI speak this evening Of
such as these, / am to introduce lower
order "a explain the whimsicalities Of
SoiitRer life 7 am to talk this evening
ssthe Inonthniece To- speak, of that
c1srs of, ,neonfe represented by the man
who saidt "l, am q wolf, and this is my