Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-31
Lasr EVENING" GEcruRx.

LAST EVENING" kEcfURK.
sIr. Edward murphy ores,ed by . Large
and Enthusiastic Audience.
Nos less than seven hundred people as
sembled at the Fint Baptist Charch, last
evening, to listen to Mr.. Edward Murphy's
lecture 9ohn Bull and Brother Jonathan"
delivered for the benefit Of the church. The
audience was . cultured one, containiag q
very large proportion Of the best people Oh
the city, and the speaker was often loudly
spplsuded. Mr.. Murphy was introduced
BY Rev. Shot, pastor Of the church, in a
happy manner, and the former at once en.
tered upon his address.
ITO an American" he said, England is
classic ground. and as he steams up the
great artery of the Mersey, on whose banks
sits proudly the city Of Liverpool, he IS
struck with the differences in the surround.
ings from those of his own country. The
boats are different, the landmarks are diff.
ferent, and the people who surge through
the ~thorougfares of the great maritime CEN
ire are different, and their varied PECULIAR
ties OF character are stFikingly apparent.
John Bull has something Of the stole in
his composition, and prides himself uponit.
He is an ardent worshipper of anything
ancient-reYels in the literature of the Old
World, and would far rather accept
a rule Of life from the pen OF
an Athenian Sage than from
the most gifted genius OF his own literature.
Perhaps his character has been somewhat
moulded BY this circumstance, for a man
cannot rub shoulders with the old philoSo.
, piers without feeling a touch Of loyalty. II
is said q Frenchman would feel uneasy if he
were in your company for FIVE minutes with
out knowing your name, destination and
business, but you need never tear those In
~terogations from John Bull. He interteres
with no one, rarely engages ia conversation
with people 10 whom he has not been formally
introduced, and if he happens to be out
travelling he will take his seat in a corner OF
a railway carriage and not emerge until he
has reached his haven"
The speaker went on to illustrate this eX-
clusiven ness with instances coming under his
observation, and then said: Bat to Brother
Jonathan. who enjoys sunshine and ap-
preciates a little sociabilityr such silence
is more freezing than the atmosphere OF
Lapland, and is well calculated to make
| him long for Home, Sweet Home Agood
story is told Of an ~Englishman who was so
precise about the rules Of proprety that no
matter what the circumstances were he
never spoke TO anyone without going
through the formslity Of an Introduction
Ii is said upOn one occasion be was viewing
the Lord Mayors procession, and while
standing on the corner another sight
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foot on his favorite corn His frs
thought was TO ask him TO move on
but that, 10 a man of his refined sense,
seemed rude and vulgar, so his aesthetic
natule got the better OF him, and he resolved
| 10 endure. Soon a gentleman came along
who recognized he stranger-and he hap
pened TO be an acquaintance OF this model
of politeness, aud looking up with an ex-
! prt ss:on OF relief on his face he said: 1t
/ gives me pleasure TO see yO&. | see yon
| know the gentleman on my lett, aud ]
| would be grateful for an introduction, as
wish 10 ask him to stand elsewhere THAI
upon nv feet But as a rule, John Bull. 10
his house, is q kOspiiabls, CHEEKY being,
and in order to see him at his best
YOU must visit his home, where h
g monarch eli all the surveys, aud wher
the Shirt of good will reigns. 1t is a FL
vorite expression in English circles that
John Bulls house IS his castle, and GER
tainly there is far more truth than error in
the description. Those OF you who have
read Robert Burns 'Cotter's Saturday
Night will remember the sweet picture OF
rural CONTEXT and chaste, delight Of the
Scotch home, and though there is no Eng,
fish poet whose Tyre has been strung so
devotedly as his to the expression Of all that
is lovely and pure in domestic happiness,
vet some Of the sublimeSt strains of Cowper
bear on this theme and are full of truth and
beauty"
Passing, with a description Of the ideal
rural English home to the great city Of
London, the speaker said that there one
often found the Prince treding upon the
heels OF the pauper. The gorgeous palace,
in which the I~evelries of tilted heads are
running far into the dawn, overlooks the
wretched tenement of the chimney sweep and
huckster. When daylight puts the blush of
shame to the dazzling lights that glow in the
corridors of wealth aud power; when broug
hams and hanson cabs are conveying their
Iordly freights to their downy beds when fash,
ION and w~ickedness in high places are
disrobing after the long nights de-
bsuch-at that moment the crossing
cleaner and the shoe black, hid away from
the world of gaiety amid the recesses of an
old barrel or ensconced in the corner OF
some wagon, rub their childish eyes and
dream of the approaching footsteps of the
police officer. Oh! what a sad, dreary life
these little fellows led! No home, no fire,
no well spread table, 10 gentle admonitions
from father, no loving words from mother
nought but kicks and cuffs is their portion,
and yet, as they rush about with their little
stock OF tools in quest OF trade, trying To
earn an honest living, they are, to my mind
nobler beings than those who disdAin I
labor for their daily bread
After relating q number OF incidents
of life in the great metropolis, replete with
incidents, Imaginable and the rey,rse-h"
said:
The rich in London are very rich. Their
incomes range from 5000 @ to s., O00, O0D
annually, and, as you may imagine, they In
dulge in all the ex~trayagancies such a hap
py state affords. The Queen. OF course, Is
the leader Of society, and is regarded BY
the average Englishman as a being little
|, short of divine. had few opportunities OIL
cultira,iDg the acquaintance OF her Royal
Higbneas, but the devotion of her subjects
while it seems almost absurd to Democratic
Brother Jonathan, yet has something deep
and touching to the thoughtful mind
There is one thing" said the speaker,
which | think especially commsudable III
John Bulls young ladies, and that is the
amount of outdoor exercise they take. But
| am free to say l appreciate it more
; from this side Of the Atlantic, be
: cause l am not in perpetus'
fear OF being walked five or ten miles to ge
up an appetite for dinner every day. Why
4 Young miss in Devonshire or Lancashir,
. counts it simply a lark to take a ram5le o
ten or fifteen miles, or step out on the TED
-. -ro,nJ and Dlav 6ity Or O hundred act