The Brookhaven leader., 1889-06-06
SAM JONES.
THE GREAT lsEVINALIST
APPLY DESCRIBED.
He Is Now i'm jackson, But Will
Lecture i'm BrOokhaycn Next
Saturday Evening.
Everybody should Hear Him.

Everybody SnOuiu near hitl'
Sam Jones, the great, the only Sam
Jones, is now carrying on meeting
at jackson with his big tent pitched
in the Capital yard. The following
from the Ledger of the 22nd
of last November, just after Mr..
Jones's first visit to jackson gives the
best description of the man that we
have ever seen in print, hut as the
Clarion Ledger says, "thosc who
have never heard him can have no
conception of his power" He will
remain in Jackson for a few days
longer, and on the 18th of June he
will come to Wesson and hold a
weeks meeting there. Let no one
miss hearing him who can. II will
be the opportunity of life time:
The great, the original, the only
Sam Jones, has come and gone, leav-
ing behind thoughts of his rich humor
and forcible illustrations that time
can never efface or age bedim.
After laughing and weeping with
him in turn, as he passed from the
sublime and pathetic scenes to the
natural and ridiculous side of every
day life, we conclude that there is but
one word in the English language
that correctly describes him-genius.
He is a man of extraordinary mental
power, whose invention is great, intel
lect grand, ingenuity wonderful.
As a humorist he stands above all
other lecturers of the day, for Bill
Arp, Artemus Ward, Josh Billings
and Mark Twain, rolled together and
interviewer would not make Sam
Jones. His humor is of the richest
kind, for it is always true to nature
and never exaggerated.
He is also an actor of the first rank
and by the slightest wink of the eye
or the smallest movement Of the lip
sets an audience ''in roar" AS a
comedian, Burton, Toole or SOuthron
never excelled him.
Much that he says is chatf, but the
kernels predominant, and are easily
separated. All original matter con-
tains some foreign substance.
Mr.. Jones knows every chord in the
human heart; every emotion that stirs
the soul; every thought that controls
the mind. Nature teaches him to APP
prOach and master each at will. He
plays upon an audience as Il skillful
master would a harpsichord, cOntroll-
ing it as completely as thimblerig-
ger does his mariOnette. In truth, to
Sam Jones an audience is a marion
cite, subservient to his pOwer-to
weep, to laugh, to sigh, to scream, as
pleases him. He is versatile, facile,
felicitOus. At times reverent, tender,
touching and pathetic; then jolly,
joking, humorous and ridiculous; Of
ten rough, rude, loud and slangy; but
whether tender or rough, always
pleasing and entertaining, ever the
inimitable, unspproachable Sam
Jones, who says what he pleascs, i'll
his own quaint way, without offend
ing anyone. No other man could do
as he does and live.
He is no orator, but often eloquent:
he has no voice, but is always heard;
he is never graceful, but ever grand.
His illustrations are common place,
but pointed as the bandits stilettO;
strong as the arm of Vulcan; clear as
the mondays sun.
Those who have never heard him
have no conception of his power. He
is a wonder!
Since the above was placed in type
Mr.. Jones has accepted an invitation
from President Fitzhugh to deliver a
lecture at Whitworth College Satur-
day evening at Z 80 o'clock. Do not
miss the opportunity of hearing him.