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assured large audience on the occasion the
satisfactory character Of thu course OF lectures
last winter, the beauty Of the evening. AMI
not less, perhaps ,;he general curiosity TO know
something Of what Catchee meant Besides,
Mr.. Charles Davies always lr,ws large au-
dienee.
Aher music by the Brass Band Mr.. Davies
who was introduced by Mr. David Howell,
and who was received with applause, COM
MERGED Dis allIess by complaining, with
very well assumed appearance Of indignation,
Of the maoner in which tie Press had spoken
Of bis subject, Caichee" aud. especially. of
It's being supposed TINT peoples aocies were
to he ticklcj Referring to statement in The
FGrE Press that the Eltor expected 10 lose
two buttons from his vest, be said if the adlge
is true. that laughing makes a man grow fat, "
be had uo doubt the wish Of the Eiitor was
father TO the thought. Bat perhaps, be con-
tiuued, suGicieu, answer all this is, that one
SHOULD pay 40 attention TO what they see 10
newspapers nowadays Nowadays we read
an article in a newspaper-it is historic, liter
ary, phi.csepiic, perhaps on foreign affairs or
home politics. and just as We become deeply
interested, We are abruptly told to buy bot
he of Hos,c,,cr's Bit,ers. daughter large
bottles one dollar; small. twenty-five cents
daughter
The lecturer having been Informed tha, some
one had expressed doubt as TO the propriety
Of bringing a lady 10 hear about "Cu,chce, p
asked the geatlemau--iGbe was 10 the audience
what brought him there? And the question
was discussed as 20 whether there are two
systems Of morality --one for gentlemen, and
one for ladies' \ story was here told Of a
lady who determined to cure her husband of
cuisiug by following his example and cursing
Whenever he did, the telling of which brought
down ,he house
We are unable TO give connected report OF
the lecture that followed, oreyeo a synopsis of
il. We only know that we were deeply inter-
es.ed throughout, and that. like the rvst of the
audience, wept some tears aud were repeat
eddy couvu'scd with laughter The subject
.' Cutches" was repeatedly referred to with a
sort OF an iutimatou that an explanation
would now be given But, somehow, the
speaker always started oa on some other
theme. aud thus the curiosity OF the audience
was Sept up to the close Amongst the sub
iects discussed was Worls-thsir derivation
aud history. aud the changes that take place
10 their meaning, aud SO forth, Of which many
interesting illustrations were given BY an
easy transition, this led to the matter Of Read
ing. and home enj ,ymeuts, 90 which theme
many good things were said
Ga tie subject Of Education, Pa'ey's defui.
tion, ta, it is preparation in youth for after
Hfe was objected to as incomplete The uu-
educated man. Mr.. Davies said, was like an
uncooked vegetable in niuety-uiue cases out
Of a hundred he was utterly useless. To a
cooked vegetable he was not 60 be compared
Uueducated-his faculties aud feelings uu-
deyeloped-he is but a shadow of what he
mish, be. lie was Ike man whose hand,
were tied tie was Ike a man whose eyes
were blind Riches were everywhere bu,
no, lor BIN; Water everywhere, but not to
Stake bis thirst Glory, too, out no garland
doo5ed his brow; Oh how fearful, sad, awful
is ,hc situation Of ,he uucduca,ed man His
tory unrcls It's record Of tle mighty past-but
not o1 him; Science reveals the secrets and
powers Of aa,ure-but not TO him Pniloso-
phr. sweeping past planets aud stars, returns
laden w.,d >pecnAiious that are colorsd 10y
the du,s o { Heavens own wisdom,-but not
Cor lim The very revelation Of God TO man.
he has o. take a, second baud Literally he
Is c.5i-irom dust be comes, aud unto dust
+ he must retsm. To show one Of the many
Inconvenience Of ignorance, Ka,y's love letter
90 Der lover, who could not read, was here
+ given mos, amusiuely.
ON the subject OF Grief, and the uses oil
Grief and Of our duty to eudeavor to extract
from Grcli,s uses aad constitutions, ca which
subject thcspeaker got by an apparently na-
tural rou,e-many good things were SAID, aud
Che very beautiful saying % Bllwer quoted.
that where the burrows are cut deepest. there
The seed is sowu. aud there the harvest viii be
reapcd, not to-day, perhaps, or;o MORROW. bui
some DAY. Summing up this theme SvNir1p s
superb song The Lost Chord, was utilized
with effect, and the assurance given that the
lost chord would be found 1.-The melody--ioter-
rup,el bere-would be resumed. me day
even though it be beyond tle stars
During me lecture many other themes were
discussed, many reading, given, irom BECKER
stc,h. Archbishop French, Washington Irving,
Burlington Hawkcyc, including a couple Of
Irish Idyls-Ridiug Double aud Riding
Treb.e-wbich created great merriment. aud
many good stories were told
" And now, in conclusion, slid Mr. Davies,
"now for Cu,ehee Mos, Of you know Fiidler
jack of Harpers Ferry Many Of you have
danced 10 bis music You know that 10 the
Laacsrs. at a particular figure he gives an en-
rha;ic scrlpe at his violin aud shouts on, an
ola word What that word is IL is hard TO
understand, but the result is more satisfactory
FOR it IS a variety Of graceful movements aud
general On i,vnent Of the dancers N,w 1T