Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-10-24
RocHEsTER,s WATERFALL.
now Brilliant American Orator Lost
His Grin.

His Grip.
Hon. Thomas L. Marshal, who once
fought duel with Gen. James Watson
Webb, of New York CITY, was one Of
The most brilliant men America ever
produced-a sort of Chauncey NJ De-
pew of half a century ago-and he was
the pride of Kentucky. His wit and
eloquence were matchless and he had
an education almost as perfect as q
mans mind could accept. Thus he was
frequently invited to deliver addresses
on great public occasions, valelictoriel
ut commencement exercises OF colleges.
speeches upon the dedication of great
buildings, the unwilling of monuments,
etc. Once he was invited to make a
speech at Rochester on the dedication
Of building which had been erected
for eelemosynary purposes by coterie
of benevolent ladies there. Mr. Mar
shall arrived at noon of that day and
was to make his speech at p m. A
committee of gentlemen took him in
carriage and drove him about the city,
its suburbs and its environs, and on the
way the party absorbed large quantities
- N1tC NADtuRto VI euNe
The result was that when they reached
Falls View Park Mr. Marshal conceived
the idea that Genesee Falls, really forty
feet high, were l40 feet high. When
he went to the hall to deliver his adj
dress he was somewhat "obfusticated.
But it was said of him, and doubtless
with considerable truth, that if he could
get position with his right hand grasp
ing his left wrist behind him he could
go on eloquently and impressively with
q speech which would be interrupted
and become maudlin if he lost his grip.
Obtaining the necessary position, he
began his address:
Ladies and Gentlemen Of the CITY
of Rochester Since my arrival in
your thriving metropolis l have had the
pleasure of drive about tine suburbs
and enyirons, and among the places we
visited was the splendid park of groves
where | saw a superb waterfall hun
dred and forty feet high. On my pere.
CARNATIONS through this vale of tears |
have had tho pleasure Of visit to La
Belle France, land of vine clad hills
and the home Of . happy peasantry. 1
have seen Paris, the magnificent queen
city Of the world. | have driven about
her Bots dc Boulogne and Champs
Elysees and have rambled through the
galleries Of the Tuileries.
Here Mr.. Marshal lost his grip and
winking and hiccoughing he went on to
say; But Paris and France and all
that amt got no waterfall hundred
and forty feet highly darn sight"
Then seeing his lett hand waving
almlessly through the air he managed
with some presence of mind to get a
grip on his left wrist again, and pro-
ceeded calmly aud eloquently to say
" l have sailed up the beautiful Rhine
to its confluence with the silvery main.
I've seen the grand old iyory-covered
castles that stand upon her historic
banks, around which cling legend and
tradition and story. | have met Ger
many's warm and generous-hearted peo-
ple-the patrons of the arts and the
sciences. / have grasped in strong and
cordial friendship the rugged hand OF
her great monarch, King William"
Here Tom lost his grip again and
proceeded to declare that Germany had
no waterfall hundred and forty feet
high. But quickly he regained the
grasp of his wrist and proceeded:
Il have stood on the prov of ma
jestic ship and sailed d ,a,g,.Hs.s><ss ''ss>
white chalk cliffs of Albion proud old
Britain, the mystress of the seas. l
have rambled through her shady lanes
and among her pleasant fields. l have
had the distinguished honor to meet,
almost in her youth, the peerless Queen
Victoria-a kind and gentle mother, a
true and faithful vile, royal and regal
monarch"
Here Marshal lost his grip again and
said: But femme tell you, Vic Great
Britain amt got no (hic) waterfall a
hundred and forty feet high"
The remainder Of the address was
deferred. Kentucku State Journal.