Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-06-24
hna,do+ns of Tom CorWiu.

Memories If 1870 are TO day like the
history OK M aim ST unknown or for !
gotten time. That was practically |
bef K the. d4v of the ne"spape- squlb |
and paragraph, and before the day OF
r1,,d :i.ns,t, and Tom Corwin. the |
kii.t OF stunt eTs, was the first man TO
introduce rilirule AM sarcasm on the
stump AMI make them a success. Tie
tn-d Of stories which tae older class Of
politieiaus costume to tell Of Cor9in
will never bn exhausted. l struck one
d, ,hese men OF 1910 recently. and the
relations which he gave me are worth
repeating.
C1rwln hal delivered one Of his Lest
speeches IL Salem, Colnmbiana county,
Ono. and the large outdoor audience
vs. convuised with laughter through
out |, was nee. seary for him to take
Inc Stage for Ike Oaio river, and In the
coach were three young men, one OF
them ,av informant. All were teachers
md h.d tee; ii 10 hear the great orator,
M !eit greatly hnn0rel that he WIS TO
re arm III the Same coach with them
fncy expected he would be crackitg
lukes ali the way ami be "a Jolly as he
appe..re,l ca the stump. Ga the other
lIud he wis peculiarly moody and Sal,
..n.l seemed disposed to keep entirely
quiet. At length bo said: e." The world
I'LL always honor the teacher and Go
spise the clown. Would to God TINT
hud lever cracked joke, hut now
every body expects me TO be funny and
am obliged 10 DO SO" He then re-
l.psed into silence, and the young men,
appicciatlng his feelings, were silent to
he end Of the journey.
Qaite the reverse OF this is the story
winch tie sentietean told of a mass
meeting in the central part of the State
addressed by Corwin ard the elder Tom
E+lug. Ewing spoke in the forenoon
and Curwin was t. follow in the after
uoun. Ewing delivered carefully
prepared speech on the issues of the
camDuign. There was not a single
stroke OF fancy or wit in the whole talk
from beginning to end; the people
seemed to tie FESTIVE under 1t, and do
srous for Corwin to appear. At dinner
Mr.. Corwiu said: "You made great
mistake, Ewing, in your speech this
morning" Mr.. + Sing looked exceed.
IN sly surprised and annoyed and sagely
4skrd: What could it have been. Mr.
Corwin?" "Why. you talked to those
peoples brai +; they haven't got any
Drains. Lord, wait till get up this
afternoon and talk at the pit of their
stomachs; then you'll see them give
attention. They'll appreciate that"
When Mr. Corwin's SOD. the late DR..
W. Ii. Corwin, was attending DennisoD
University, his teachers became alarmed
at his sitting up too late nights, and
thought he WAS oyerstudying. They
wrote to his father in regard to the
matter Mr.. CJrwin addressed his SOD
AS follows on the subject: My son. ]
understand that there lis danger of your
IpJariug yourself by over mental exer-
ton. There are 40 few young men
these days who go that way that 1 de
desire 10 say that should You kill
yourself from too much study it would
give me much pleasure to attend your
funeral"
Corwin spoke less on the Reserve,
perhaps, than in any other portion OF
the State. He was fond of relating
anecdotes in regard to the peouliarities
If the people in this portion of the
State. One of these ran something as
follows:
Il vas unfortunate enough on a
certain occasion to speak in the little
town Of D. on the Western Reserve
You have all heard of the Western Re-
serve and her Yankees, l presume. and
80 / neel not particularly describe
iEen. Well, the meeting was to be
ED in the Presbyterian Church. /
was escorted to the house by one OF tho
very respectable citizens. and took my
STA. in front OF the big, high pulpit.
which was boxed up on the side of the
wall half way up to the CEILING. FL
nally after u prolonged, death like
Stiffness, a man rose back in the center
of the room and said: nominate NJ.
Jonathan Edwards for Chairman Of this
meetiEg.' Another man got up in an
other part of the room and said: Il
second the motion After awhile an
other man got us and said: You hev
ali heerd the motion and the second.
You that favor it say aye, contrary, go
Jonathan Edwards Is elected President,
of this meeting Mr.. Edwards came
solemnly forward, AM after being
seated few moments arose and said:
Ladies' and gentlemen: You hev come
together tonight to listen to the Hon.
Mr.. Thomas CorWine on the political
issues Of the day. IL Mr.. CorUine will
come forward I will introduce him to
the audience | went forward. The
Chairman said further: This is the
Hon. Mr.. Thomas Cerwine. who will
address your l thought l would
break that dronishness or kill myself;
my best jokes; in profusion lsvished
remarks that would lay Southern
Ohio audience up with the pleurisy.
But all were as solemn as though |
Was pronouncing the funeral Grafton
over Cock Robin. Occasionally
would see fellow put his hands to his
face and bend down as though in devo-
ton. but when his face came up it was
again solemn. At length l gave up in
despair. After We were all out of the
church one Of them came up to me, and
doubling himself up with laughter, lie
said: Mr.. Oorgine, you said 30 g of
the (te-he-he) funniest (te- he-he) things
ever heerd (te-hehehe). 1 du do
clare you come pretty near making me
laugh right out in meetln'.' What
terrible calamity that would have beenl
But to the Western Reserve Yankee u
laugh in the house of worship, or
meetin'-house.' as he calls it would
I've an objectionable SIM Cleve aad,
Ohio, Herald.
A Mystery About Artemus Ward.