The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-01-09


tell you, Mr.. Houck, that mans deaf and
dumb" Everything is changed: even court
ing isn't lone as it used to BE-.
In the good old times there were four
branches, reading, writing. arithmetic and
the branch from the orchard. | wouldn't
take the authority to punish away from the
teacher, let him have il, but Jet him use it a.
little as possible. Look after the duh boys
and the bad boys. Nobody that knows the
puaishments Of the good old times would
seek to recall those times. BE kind to the
unfortunate. / believe we do more for our
girls than we do for our boys. The parlor is
NOT too good for our own girls and boys.
There isn't a room in the house too good for
yoar children
Adjourned.
THURSDAY EVENING sEssIoS.
Chorus. conducted by Prof. Case Blow.
Horn, Blow Airs. Cromwell, pianist,
solo by Ms. Harrison Happy Bird"
Miss Ella Mussslman, pianist. Encore.
solo, By Prof Case Mrs. Cromwell, plan
ist
Prof Berkey introduced the lecturero of the
evening, Hon Il. g. Horr, in his lecture
The Genuine vs.. slams He said
Some cynical sort OF a person has said, the
American people have.one characteristic he
says they talk the most about what they
don't know. ANY one can get a prescription
from any one TO cure him Of any silment-
from amy one but a physician, who will find
difficulty I can get a legal opinion from
any one not a lawyer, that a Greenleaf or a
Story would have studied over for three
weeks, and then given with much difidence.
People will blame preachers for their preach
ing, and these same people can't tell the diff
ference between orthodox and burdocks ]
have an impression that knowledge is better
than ignorance. Clerical work is good
enough for young men il gives system,
method but clerical work should be out
grown as soon as possible, because It degen-
crates into routine work. / have thought I
could take an old-faslioned rat trap and put
an extra spring in ii. and it can run one of
the desks in any Departmental Washington.
Why is it that the legal profession has fur
ni-ied the bulk OF the orators Of
the country 1t has, and the rea-
son is that in Tie legal profession
Greek meets Greek every day-every week.
at least. Nobody ever heard physicians Of
different schools discuss anything. The
preachers talk without fear of criticism if
preacher thought be was to be followed by
some one d~isputing every point he laid
down. he'd be more careful preachers should
have more individuality we hear ladies say
sometimes. our preacher can't preach much
but he's awful good" Well, 50 is a sweet
potato good. When a man claims TO know
everything, that's the man you want to
watch a Louisville man spent some time in
Palestine looking up the records he gave a
lecture on the state Of the Jews between the
closing ofthe Old Testament and the open
ing of the new lie gave a lecture and said
he'd been given another hour, and he'd an
swer any question that might be asked him
ON the matter. For an hour they gave him
question after question, and he'd often say
be didn't know when a man says be don't
know he's al the end Of his string argu-
ment is ended On that point. I'd like to sec
some 81 the old-lashiuned things I'd like
20 hear more Of the Old fashioned music /
hate the modern music, where they groan
and % down, and then squeal and 60 up J
proieSi against the introduction Of this new
kind ofmusic on any and al ocrasiohs. let
me illustrate AZ tbe funeral ofGen. Grant,
I remarked on the way to my wife ! hope
the music Nil be IN charge Of some n that
has some knowledge Of the proprieties, but
such was not the ease. The innOvalors have
not only taken possession of our music, but
Of our ~yiciuals, too. In Washington they
actually got me into a swallow-tail coat, and
pni me through a four-hours' dinner, and ]
was as hungry when / quit as when began.
Ifthere's a Nation that prides itself on cor
rect public Speaking, its the American Ma
ton / have a feeling that were're to-day
OVERRIDING the artificial part Of public speak
ing | heard en- elocutionist, at one of your
own institutes, | daren't give the place, read
that simple little poem of Whittiers, enti-
tied, John Brown. of Ossawattomie, and
il came nearer killing me than the music at
Grants funeral she read it in an unnatural
tone and trlled her RS al the way through /;
did You ever hear ANYBODY triil an T in ma
ture ? Never in the world, in any circumstan-
ces. Don't use manuscript what would
you think Of q lawyer defending q man for
! his life that would pull out a manuscript and
commence reading sentences to the jaryg
Why, the inry'd hang the lawyer, and serve
him right, too.
Write all you want to-you can't write too
much You can't write too carefully then
study what you've written anl when you'y We
made tia part and parcel Of yourself burn
your manuscript-put it beyond your reach
forever. Nobody remembers the elegant adj
dress delivered by Edward everett al Ge.iys
burg, occupying an hour and half. and
who doesn't rembenbsr the eight minutes
talk ofthe rail splitter, Abraham Lincoln ,
/ don't mean to call Edward Everett Il sham;
far from Il bat I mention him by way Of
illustration.
Tn often asked. What box shall a body
readgr l can't tel you ina Iist. for thebooks
! might want 10 read wouldn't suit you, and
sies rcfsa. Bat I can say ihis-read always
by topics. !, eight years ago wanted To learn
something about Russia l went 10 work,
aad for six months reId nothing bat Rus
sian HISTORY I assimilated The subject, and
can say mastered Il. While / can't tell you
what books to read the first time, | caa tell
you what to read the second time here's
the rule When yOn fad a book that makes
You stronger for the battle of life, read that
book again. but when you find q book thai
leaves you thinking that it wouldn't hare
made much difference whether the writer
had had The smallpox or not. that book
don't read again. While We want to avoid
shams, We wans 10 be very careful not to
miss the genuine.
There isn't such 4 difference between the
people ofthe United States IS we Imagine
there is. Haven't you ever heard of a man
and supposed him a very big man, aud when
you got acquainted with him you found him
a very little man. senator Nesmith. OF Or
egon. tells that when he went to the Senate
the lrst time ic usedto wonder how lie ever
got among ali those statesmen but after he d
been there six weeks and sized up those fel-
lows, he used to wonder bow in thunder the
other fellows ever got there.
Ga. the number OF people who DO work
that makes Others immortal, and yet We