Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1889 — JOHN BRIGHT. [ARTICLE]

JOHN BRIGHT.

His Advice as to Preparations for Speaking in Public. Someone recently wrote to Mr. Bright, asking advice as to preparation for speaking. “It seems to me,” replied the famous orator, “that every man would readily discover what suits him best To write speeches and then commit them to memory is a double slavery which I could riot bear. To speak .wiJkS -.t preparation, especially on great and solemn topics, is rashness, and can iWt- Jw recommended. When I intend to speak on anything that seems to-me important, ! consider what it is that I wish to impress upon my audience. Ido not write my facts or my arguments, but,make notes on two or three or four slips of note paper, giying the line of argument and the facts as they occur to my mind, and I leave the words to come at cull while 1 am speaking. There are occasionally short passages which for accuracy 1 may write down, AS sometimes also— ahnosf invariably—the concluding words of sentences—may be written. This is very nearly all I can Bay on tins question ) The advantage of this plan is, that wMI ■ it leaves a certain and satiicicnt freedom to the speaker, it keeps hinv within the main lines of the original ’plan u on which bis speech was framed, and w at he says therefore is more likely to l>e c<nnp:iet and not wandering and diffuse.” When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, When she had Children, she gave them Castoria, A Strong Hint. Agent (to Farmer Hayseed, who has a firm clutch on the dog)—My friend, I want to sell you a book on scientific farming. Mr. Hayseed—l’ve got all I want o’ them books. Agent—But this is something new, friend; just out, just published. Mr. Hayseed—Mister, 1 don't want to see you hurt, but I can hold on to this dog jest two minutes longer. The agent took the hint. • • Of Oonr>e Mot. “That cider is as sour as vinegar!” he said, as he stood back from the bar with deep disgust on his face. “Yes," replied the barkeeper. "Doesn't that sign read ‘Sweet Cider!’” “It does ” ‘‘Wei!, then?" “That sign was put up two years ago. You don’t suppose you can keep cider sweet for two years, do you?”