Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1896 — Burke as an Orator. [ARTICLE]

Burke as an Orator.

Burke spoke in monotone, and the splendid orations that are cited ns models Of English composition were listened to by few auditors. So dull was his delivery that he was called the "Dinner Bell of the House," because when he arose to speak the greater port of the members at once weut but.