Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-18
pr. Collyer,s Lecture.

Incidents In His Early Life.
 A large and interested audience listened 10 Dr. Robert Collyer in High School hall last evening, the subject of his lecture being t.Frem the anvil to the pulpit" It was in fact biographical narrative, strong and simple story, illustrated with delicately drawn pictures of the humble home life in Yorkshire, told with grace and wit tale charmingly frank and yet never undignihed, and running through it all faith and earn estness that made it impressive. Dr. ColIyer has fine presence, large and ell-propor- tioned physique, an open genial face, prom inent nose and chin, and clear voice. His manner of speech is touched with enough of the Yorkshire dialect to please an audience, without ever puzzling them. He has per sonal magnetism that accounts for much of his great success in the pulpit and that, must have made him favorite among the boys and girls in the Yorkshire districts fifty years ago. He said in opening that he chanced to be called to address an audience of young men some time ago, and that, being at a loss for something to say, he hit upon the; original and de lectable idea of talking about himself. He had just returned from 8 visit to his old home in England and the scenes of his boy hood were fresh in his mind. He believed that four things are necessary to make men successful; good birth, good breeding, good individual endeavor and good fortune, OF the providence of God. pr. Collyer's idea of good birth is more American than English and shows how thoroughly Americanized he has become He says: 'What mean by be ing well born is that my father and mother were strong and healthy. They were free, and we children were free, from all levers and contagious of which there were many about our home. They didn't ruin their eyes and thus compel me to wear glasses when @ boy. My father didn't keep water on 8 side
 board and liquor in closet. My parents took good care of themselves. Their blood was sweet and clean. They also took good care of the children, and as result l have never lain in bed from sunrise to sunset in my life and am sixty years old. I don't know what digestion and constitution mean. " Dr. Collyer's anecdotes of his boyhood days, of the homely fare and straitened circum
 stances, the cottage with its two rooms and attic, t1ooking right up into the sun, , the pictures of Moses looking like King George, Aaron with pair of legs one couldn't walk on with crutches, and Peter with grey beard, the romantic and amusing stories his mother told him and many other circum- stances connected with his early life brought
 forth hearty laughter and applause and the i silent tears occasionally arose in the eyes of 1 many mothers present as scenes of their OWE | about going to an orthodox Sunday school
 and said it had great influence fer good | upon his life. He described with vividness 1 that brought the scene clearly before the minds of all in his hearing the
 blacksmith shop where he served ! I..z fad from drink and he soon after took de- 1 cided stand against the use of liquors. That was the first step in his journey to the pulpit. Then he got to thinking about his eternal I welfare, went to Methodist meeting and | finally used to go about preaching. He found | the woman he loved and married her, al l though his love for books and reading was so 1 strong that he used to sit and read while de- l ing his courting. They came to this country with only $20. He worked | in blacksmith shop in Pennsylvania, worked in the harvest field. la bored on the streets of New York, did any | thing he could As in Yorkshire he did some ' preaching when he could, for which he go; 1 10 pay, until finally he was wanted to preach
 in the West, where he Iabored twenty one l years.
 Dr. CoIlyer's anecdotes and sketches were accented with much good counsel for the | young. He said to the young men: ''When | yOu F0 SOG AOAN OA yOUA AAAO WOAA uOA l think of making fortune, but of making a home. Find the right woman, marry her ii | you love her, if she hasn't cent" To the 1 young ladies he said: s'Be careful of your se- ] lection. Find true man, one whom you
 can respect as well as love, and don't touch | him if he's 8 dude."
 Dr. CoIlyer was introduced by Dr. New
 man Smyth. Vice Principal J. D. Whitmore
 announced as the opening exercise of the evening piano duet by Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
 Parsons. This was finely rendered. The Madison Murder.
 | No now facts have come to light in the
 North Madison murder case. Coroner Boil.
 man did not go to Madison yesterday. and the
 mystery at present is as dark as ever. The
 detective from New York is still at work
 there, however.
 Yale News.
 Prof. Sophocles, the noted Harvard pro- lessor of Greek, died at his homo in Cam
 bridge yesterday.
 1 The gymnasium baths will be open here- after until eleven o'clock on Saturday nights.
 Gamma Nu has elected the following off cers: President, G. H. Vining; vice president, s. K. Hyde, secretary, H. c. Tracy; vice secretary, J. McCormick; treasurer, D. W. O. Huntington; censor, w. Brooks The society has started paper called the Oracle,
 which will be read at each meeting and will l contain jokes, light essays, etc.
 It is rumored that the present examinations
 will be final for the seniors. The innova- 1 ton would be popular, but will probably not be introduced.
 On December 27th large number of in- structors in modern languages will meet at | Columbia to form an association for the pro.
 motion of the study of those languages, and for the purpose of developing new methods l of teaching them. All the principal colleges will be represented.
 The Late Charles A. Danforth.
 Many friends in this city learned with sin cere sorrow yesterday of the death of Mr. Charles A. Danforth. Mir. Danforth had g large circle of acquaintances and friends here. He was for eleven years draughtsman for the Consolidated road for some time being engaged in that capacity in Hartford and for several years in this city at the offices of the company in the new depot. He was very active in the Y. M. c. A. work here, and in the interests of the railroad msn's reading room on Meadow street, and was valuable worker in the Davenport church. Subse- quently he received call to work for the New York Central road and worked for that road for some time upon it's improvements at Rochester. Later he was in the employ of the West Shore road. He died last Friday at Frankfort New York. He was a native of Hartford and son of the late Jonathan Danforth of New York. He leaves 8 wife and four children. His body arrived on the fore noensexpress at Hartford yesterday, and was taken from the depot at noon for intermeut in the North burying ground. There was a short service at the grave, the Rev. Dr. Bur ton officiating.
 Personal.
 Nelson F. Leete. of Guilford, died Sunday evening. He had been sick but few days. He had been merchant in the town for the last twenty years.
 Mrs. Julia Sheldon, of Guilford, died Sat- urday night, aged S3.
 The many friends of MT. William H. Law, who has been confined to the house by illness for several days past, will be glad to learn