Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-06

The Hon. George Cotton, the we'll
known editor of the Maryland Re-
publican" " and President of the Board
of Police Commissioners Of Baltimore
city, gave an interesting lecture last
night at Wesley Chapel M. E..
Church, to large and intelligent au-
dience. The subject of his lecture
was "A Medley" which included
many interesting and amusing Incl
dents. In the beginning he related
some facetious incidents in every day
life and gave some amusing pictures
of human nature. His advice to
young men to shun the club-rooms,
and all places of vice and dissipation,
if they wished to be successful in life,
was exceedingly timely. He said if
young man desired to be happy
and prosperous in life he must get
married-notwithstanding that st.
Paul had said, che that marrieth pros.
pereth but he that marrieth not
prospereth much," which had caused
more old maids in the State of Massa-
chusetts to the square mile than any
State in the Union and the old maids
of that State were blaming Paul to
this day for their single blessedness.
Paul no doubt was very good man,
but he didn't know any thing about
married life. Mr.. Cotton said he
spoke from experience for he had
tried both-single and married life
and was not like the fox who had lost
his tail and wanted all the others
foxes to have theirs cut off. He spoke
of the many mistakes men made in
life by not consulting their wives in
their business affairs, and how fre-
quently the happiness of homes was
broken up by concealing from them
the most important business transac-
tions of their lives. A mans wife
sometimes was more farsighted than
he was he had never made mistake
when he had consulted his wife. The
pictures he drew of liberty and freedom,
the great bulwarks of American
institutions, was both poetic and
eloquent, and elected the greatest at
tention from his audience. His ar
raingment of the old fepdal system of
the radical forms of 1overnment of
Europe, was quite historic, and he
thought it was only matter of time
when it would be entirely superseded
that of our republican form of gov
ernment. Mr. Cotton gave some vivid
and interesting "reminiscences of his
travels through Europe; his visit to
Ireland, and the many places of inter-
est in the Emerald Isle; from thence
TO Edinburg, Scotland, where the le-
gend Of coming thro' the ryev occur
red, was related. It was not field OF
rye as many supposed, but was mar
row rivulet which the girls would
have to ford, holding up at the same
time their petticoats, and the boys
would run into the stream and kiss
them. He also spoke of his visit to
Joppa and Jerusalem, and the happy
scenes in the streets Of those great cit.
les, the habits and customs ofthe people
his ridiculous appearance on a donkey
and the molly crowd that followed,
and many interesting scenes and in
cidents in his travel all of which riVet-
ed the attention of his audience.
Mr.. Cotton is an easy and fluent
speaker-his remarks throughout
being clothed in the most beautiful
and eloquent language. The lecture
occupied about an hour in its delivery,
and at its close the lecturer was con-
graduated by q number of prominent
citizens present. Several attempts
have been made here Of late years to
get up lectures BY prominent lecturers
but they have never proved success
ful, and this is the only occasion that
we remember, where there has been
anything like an audience-and for
this reason Mr.. Cotton should feel
himself highly honored. We are
glad to learn that the Sunday School
IN whose behalf the lecture was given,
realized q handsome sum.