Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-03-03
LArrERrY AThANTA.
a NewsDaper-WRu Describes Him
and His Lecture.

The lecture q Rev. John ). Laller'y' Ol
virginia, at Trisi,y church last night was
complete succe.s, saws the Atlanta Constltu'
ton Of Friday morning.
He spoke nelrly twO hours, end 81 per
'cctlv entertained wa- the very large au-
dience in the lcciure.room that be could
have held their delighted attention two hours
longer without any trouble. Mr.. LaheFiy
much mo.e than q mere lecturer lie i a
public benefsctor, Tor The steady Cow oil bis
wonderful humor not only msde hundreds
Of people forget their cares and troubles.
but certainly made them all happy Tor Al
least one night.
He wss introduced bv Roy. ). ". Lee.
lie Is ple,.antfaccd, medium sized man,
Of about fftv, with a slight grayish nous,
tacbe. aud tine head. closeiy-cut hair, tinged
win SILVER.
He makes no pretension 10 oratorical dis
Dlav, but tails. right on IN natural Wsy'
the charm Of which never fails, but cannot
be described.
III. subject was " The Old and the New"
His introduction wa. gem Of sentence
81 am one q those" said he. "Wh0 De-
leye that what i is better than what has
BEEN He proved thi, proposition IN an
hundred deli2 htful WAYS, and every humor,
Gus illustration was a pronounced Dit ana
was rewarded with hearty laughter.
"Somc people are against progress. when
some time ago they cut railroad through 4
swamp in Virginia even 1,OOD owls HeW OUT
and protested"
'sWho wants to 20 back 10 the time when
II took Lowe Pierce a month to 70 from
Georgia TO the Virginia c0nierence-to the
time when the law put LiGAttlor'e Harry
Lee in Jail TOT debt--to the time when George
Washington was dead month before they
/ knew It m North tar0llnt:
"There bad been a time when members OF
/ Congress fought on the floor with shovel anO
/ tongs and the Speaker went down 10 'ee TAR
/ p0av-whcn the postage on letters was
/ TWENTY-FIVE cents. and Jefferson and Naii'
/ son were CONNIE led 10 corEespond IN cyPuer,
hectu.e there Wt- DO law 10 prevent the car
ricrs from reading them; wnrn Liverpool
had ali the candy and 10 took General Wash
( iueton two month, by o slow snip TO get two
mounds ~ the sWect article 20 tnis country;
when q bili 10 admit Oregon 10 the sister
/ hood ~ states mad been tabled because i
member showed The session Of CONGRESS,
/ would be over before the member from hat
! distant region could reach Wa.nlngion.'
HIS contrast ~ trip which MS grand
/ father made 10 Georgia with the one winch
he had inst made was splendid. The de-
scelpuOn Of early railroads, the flat bars, snd
/ crasshopuer engine, wss rich. " W hen YOU
first saw The engine in the old days It looked
/ IKE highland terrspin wli0 ci,ar IN hls
/ mouth, and as 10 drew nearer u rt'elnDlrd 3
peanut-roaster Of The present d1Y. lou
never beard Of collisions IN those days
I sn9ils never burt.
The impr3ycmcut in the postal laws was
simply wonderful There trc $4,000 post
ONCE. to-day. les tlan one hundred years
ago il vas common FOR man TO ride MY
| miles 10 mail letter. and il took nine days
| for the mail to 20 from New York to Boston.
! Here re cave a most udicr0us account OF 4
/ letter which ne wrote BIS sweetheart when
/ be Was q college boy. eli q Young msu Of
/ t1e present day don't get three letters week
FROM his bcsl gin he dou'te enjoy biz yIctuslS,'
The country bad advanced In morals
/ Eieh. times az many people in proportion 10
/ population were members OF the church
now as IN the old days. The law dis
| coursging gambling and lotteries, which were
I once used to raise money for schools aud
/ churches bad been almost wiped ont.
I Hisdescripuon Of the old-held schools con-
/ vnl.cl the audience, aud bis vivid picture OF
/ the Old-feld sch00mlstcr WAS masterpiece
/ all bv itself.
lhe review OF the great advances in
medical science was learned ami eloquent
/ and the description in detail OF The methods
I formerly used in administering castor oli q
/ boz. wa. the best piece u humorous worb
m the lecture. Everybody who heard vii
make affidavit that there is nothing funUei
I'm Ceryantcs. Mark Twain. Bin Nye or ans
other humoI1-t living or dead. But Mr.. LAT
ferty must be heard 10 be appreciated. Tbr
rambling review gives about a. clear al
idea Of his great talk AZ the baud-wagon 10
the street does Of the performance IN the