Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-11-02
David Crockett and Ole Ball.
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81 JOHN - -Hkh i1ts @dtS*@M e
Maryland Journal.
/ cherish the memory, Of Colonel
David Crockett. He was b ! men of
ten-thousand; honest, brave. chival-
rops, conscientious aud whole souled.
There is At the present time perform:
edfon thesstage ofmany Of our thea
tres sensational dramas bearing the
name Of the subject of this sketch,
and the hero is represented as q reck-
less adventnrer honest and brave,
but lacking education and refinement.
This is alibel upon the character of
Crockett, and there is but little doubt
that,aif he were alive, be would re-
sent tho insult. Colonel Crockett
scasua man Of education, eloquent 10.
the simplicity of bis language. ali Had,
be been ignorant of either reading or
writing, he would have found bis
seat in the House of Representatives
full 7of spikes, and, consequently, q
very uncomfortable one His oratory;.
to be sure, was crude-but it was
rich in good common sense. There
was nothing of the "highferlootin y
or 'sspread-eagle'' aboutgit. He al
ways took the shortest cut to reach
the goal of his argument Hyper-
boles trope. metaphor. and. IN fact,
all the figures of speech were pnr
known to him, and, therefore, his
leclamation5 like the ore embedded
In the bosom of the earth, was natur4
al, thought lacked Retirement, and
polish. | believe he made only one
set speech whileshe retained his seat
in Congress-; it was we'll received by
the members of the House as well as
the brilliant throng that filed the gal
laries; everybody was pleased be-
cause no one expected sospeataf piece.
of mental work from denizen Of the
southwestern wilds, q trappen bunal04
hunter and Indian slayer 4 His best
speeches were made amid the jingle
of iwine-glasses and, the popping of
champaign eorks, where the electric
sparkling wit flashed from the rosy.
cbeekssofthe wipe-gobletva settled
on the,nose of the. son Of Bacchnss !
Here he united his budget ofanecdotes
and humor--here be threw off the
tight-ftting garb of formality and dis
played the child of nature aud aisd
cipie Of Momus. onU narnga.sr
Iibecame acquainted with Colonel
Crockett while he was on visit to
Baltimore; he was then a member Of
Congress | happened to be on a
committee of citizens who had ten
dered him apablic dinnera frpmam-
Der be was dressed IN a neat ana
rather close-ftting suit of black
French cloth He looked : genteal..
but seeh6d uneasy 10 his siashionable..
the high silk and bristle
stock then in Z nvogue) paftiealarly
seemed to annoy him as well as the
French calfskin boots when asked
if be was troubled with corls, he re-
piled = gl|IINIIf
Nary corhIplantation sir. A big
part of my life has been passed in the
woods and sWamps Of the far Vest
The hunters and trappers ofour See
tion don 'tknow what a corn. or ban-
ion is I'VE always wore moccasins,
they don't raise, corns as e. general
thing, nordo the looseA boots we are
compelled 10 sencaee our legs. ID dur
ing. the winter but these blasted
leiMon squeezers | aAlI Iae cot TO
say is-well, 1 won't swear pi'esuse,
the good people Irepresentin Con-.
gress never use cnss-words, you
know. ssN .sERlSaNHff 3f-
Ole Bull happened to berunning a.
series of concerts at Hollidav. Street
Theatre; one Of them was 10 take place
on the evening Of that day. lie ex-s
pressed desire to hear the 'renown-
ed 6ddlerv = I procured tickets for the
occasion, aud the wide-aWake mana
ger, Tom Walton, ia less than an
hour hadput extra posters apnounc-
Ing that the Hon. David Crockett
would visit the theatre that night
He was escorted hy several gentle
man. When Ole Bull appeared there
was much applause, and when be-
placed bic bow upon the strings there
was dead silence Itwas a-cpnceFts
with full orchestra accompanimept.r-.
The great virtuoso beganAwith q laBg
cadenza, into which be seemed 10
throw bis whole soul, aud which was
improvised, probably, to show OF the
excellent qualities Of his faFprite
cresn0nn, IS we'll IS his wonderful conrl
troll over the instrument He gradu-
ally brought the adLibst0ns perfoAmEl
anee to al end by graceful j mo oduIaf-
ing into plaintive melody All tkis.
while I watched the rough but nnansy
features Of the Colonel. and, to my
surprise, could trace 40 ekPres ssioRg
of pleasue; ID faet. 1t on6 tine he
~aned. At length he cot to Be