Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-03-10
Rsv.Phflip Crafts Lecture,
One.

Regardless of the fierce cold wind that
prevailed on the evening of the 2nd inst,
large audience assembled in the Court
House to listen to Rev. Philip Crafts lec-
ture, 'Ocean Trip and Paris" An accom-
piished orchestra, Of amateur musicisns, of
Mifiiintown talent, treated the audience to
number of pleasant pieces of music as a
prelude to the lecture.
Few people in the audience had seen the
ocean, fewer had sailed upon it, and fewer
still, had seen Paris. To such an audienc e
the lecture must needs have been a treat.
The lecturer led the audience from Balti-
more across the Atlantic by one of the fine
steamers that ply between the Old and New
worlds. His description Of life on board of
the steamer, ranged from the meals, to the
log book and the captain, to the Irritation
and wooings of lovers, bachelors and mai
dens, through the watches of the night,
and phosphorescent flashes of the sea, to
p hantom figures in the rigging, and did not
ever miss the contributions of the sea- sick
to old ocean. England only received h1r-
ried salutation, as the lecturer stepped
ashore and whirled across the Island TO
the English channel on his way to the home
of the Frenchman. Graft was not the only
one on board, that was on the lookout tor
the first sight of the coast line of France
and his delineation of the manifestation of
the little lady, who was so wrought upon
by the first sight OF land that she energeti-
caily shouted, La Belle, France, was so ar
that swelling murmur OF applause escap-
ed from the cold, but appreciative au-
dience.
From the grand depot in Paris, he lead
his audience through The hotel in which he
stopp ed, and introduced them to the land
lord, who was woman, that employed men
for chambermaids, and thence to the boule-
wards by day and by night giving gimpses
OF Partisan life as whole, and delineating
characters from the singing wash women by
the side of the river, To men and women
eh1t NhiitCN III ltldt utu Idlll-
ly coat of arms emblazoned on their pan
nels. Many OF his audience almost wished
that that they could have ridden with him
on the "galloping omnibuses," and heard
the whir and rumble of thousands of wheels,
and could have seen the rePresen tatiyes of
all nations pass along the boulevards They
almost with in NJ. lx.l
Notre Dame, and admired his representation
of the Home OF the Invalide, into which Gen
eral Grant would not go, though it contains
the dust OF Napoleon the first The great pic
ture galleries and galleries of statuary were
spoken OF as places in which to read char
sisters from the kind of pictures and statuary
that people stop to admire and study, the
great want OF some OF the pictures and stat
uary was Zig leaf drapery. The politeness of
the people, and their exclusion from the pub
lie gaze of the immoralities Of the city and
the deformities of the unfortunate was feat
ure Of the lecture that found Judgement in
the minds of many. The inhumanity of the
mob, and the murderous work of the guillo-
tine was a shivering word picture that was
nicely covered by description OF the sill
very sparkling fountain that plays its waters
on the spot where thousands of the best p.o-
PIE of France were behesded TO CRAFTY the
fury OF bloody minded men that for a time
rode into power upon the storm Of reyolu-
tionary times, and used the power of the
state TO abolish the Christian re!igiOa and
set up dancing scarlet woman as the god
dess of reason. The lecture was highly APP
l.2recisted.
' ON tisu vsruisS OF MO Ietl, iust., Ut
Grail viii deliver lecture, three; subject
'Rome," as ..dI roads leaf TO Rome,' il
may not be expecting too much TO look for
the best lecture on Rome.