The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-05-05
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saturday evening NJ tuo AoWu AA"h sAS
casual acquaintances and old admirers OF the
witticisms of the Burlington lHawkeye had
an opportunity Of seeing and hearing that
drollest of American parsgraphers, Robert ].
Burdctte He Was introduced by Senator
Horr, whose duties were very light, when
one considered tho relative size OF the
two men. The lecturer is slight, beardless,
unless the thin, summer mustache he wore
would pass fer beard, and the irst impression
given was Of an overworked and not healthy
young man. Black, or very dark hair and
ewes, black dress suit, with white vest and
tie, increased the appearance Of tenderness
and pallor.
He spoke rapidly, andl his subject was
.Home." The gravity with which he set
out was not long sustained, and he warmed
to his subject proportionately AZ he found
his audience responsive, and given to follow
with sympathetic appreciation the. sudden
departures with which his lecture abounded.
He did not proceed In any beaten track In
discussing his theme, and 1t was the house as
much 90 the soul that auimates 1t, or the do
mestic life 1t represents, that he talked
about. "The building of the house" was
keenly enjoyed, by those present who are
themselves builders, though the joke was
upon them. That household appendagc, "the
dog" was one Of the richest passages Of hu-
morous description. Mr.. Middlerib, the
rheumatic victim who tried humble-bee lin.
iment, was good, but not altogether new to
those who have read the lecturers published
writings. The recitation OF the Bells, with
the medley OF the auctioneer, was extremely
well done.
1t Is useless to try to give any idea Of Mr.
Burde.te a. Q lecturer. His talk Is full Of
unexpected turns. and whether his hearers
are disposed to laugh or otherwise they are
bound to surrender, sooner or later, and to
exercise every unused muscle that will help
them out Of the convulsion Of Irresistible
BILE merriment- The gloomy and the giddy,
the decorous and the trifing, alike laughed
until mirth became Q burden, and We know
of one youth to whom this Roaming Rob-
ertn gave too much fun for his money, and
out Of sheer exhaustion he was finally
obliged to rest his sides, sit soberly, and let
the laugh 60 by.
The plan Of THE humorists discourses
u such an original structure that the patent
IL safe from infringement, and the stcnog-
rapher would have to cut across lots half the
time to keep up with him. He has evidently
| along with his superior foollshness and ex-
travagance, enough sober business sense not
to make IL easy for the thousands of village
editors who hear him to be able to reproduce
all he says, and save every other village the
expense Of paying him to lecture. The com
passion one felt for the poor, sickly, home
less wanderer at the beginning of the lecture
proved entirely gratuitous, for after anxious
mothers began to think. OF tired watchers and
sleepy children, he appeared still fresh and
equal to any demands upon him, and his fur
sad drollery as perpetual - the singing
brook, which, though men may come and
men may 60. still goes on forever.
His own face looks best lighted with
| amused sympathy, when he has compelled
/ everybody else to smile 10 the extent Of dis
nguration and the "weary look about tn
lines Of the face" said to be ''the attribut
CT every humorist," is then entirely absent
and the face attractive.
Itis serious business to put out . medi
cine good for almost every ailment, but ON
could see, the other night, Just how one goo
dose of HAwk-eyctems operates on the aver
age patient; routing paleness and the blue
ike combined ansi.bilious cosmetic; Q live
invigorator, heart corrector, neutrallzinl
mixture and soothing syrup. all In one
tonic, stimulant, counter-irritant and dia
phoretic, for II puts every one in sweat
keep up with him; and taking 90 much ful
right along all in the same evening, one get
what the doctors call q cumulative effect, an
some of those boys are laughing yet, as "
|, 20 to press, with no probability OF Rettin
sober and steady during this century.