Rochester, Monroe, NY
Union & Advertiser
Fri Dec 22, 1871
MILBURN's LECTURE -- "What a Blind Man Saw In Paris" was the
characteristic title of the Athenseum lecture by Rev. W. H. MILBURN last
night, and the discourse was in the customary style of that favorite lyceum
orator, earnest and entertaining, conversational and not too profound. While
it added nothing to the actual information of the reading portion of his
audience, which of course constituted the larger part of it, it was generally
pleasant and later cuting, if not instructive. The speaker devoted himself
almost entirely to a description of the streets and street life in Paris,
giving us lively little sketches of every day scenes in the boulevards,
dwelling upon the manners and dress of the premeaders and giving the
preference in both respects to American men and women abroad, over the native
born French or the travelers of any other country. As the lecture was prepared
just after Mr. MILBURN's visit to Paris two years ago, his descriptions were
not entirely applicable to the present day, and, in the conclusion of the
address he contrasted eloquently the former splendor of the great city with
the terrible rain that has lately fallen upon it.
It seems superfiuous to make the usual remark that
Corinthian Hall was packed full, for everybody knows that the coldest weather
of the Artic seas couldn't keep people away from the Athenseum course.
"The Social Undertow" is the title of the next lecture, which will
be delivered by Dr. HOLLAND on January 4th.
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MARRIED
December 19th, at the house of the bride's mother, by the Rev. H. M. MOREY,
Mr. Geo. P. BORTLE and Miss Ella M. SIMPSON, both of Rochester.
In Rochester, on the 19th of December, 1871, Mr. L. O. HOPKINS, of
Dansville, and Miss Lizzie KERR, of Rochester.
In Miller's Corners, N. Y., on the 21st inst., by Rev. J. E. TIFFANY, Mr.
Samuel S. MILLER, of Miller's Corners, to Miss Elizabeth CLAFLIN, of the
same place.
At the home of the bride, Tuesday, Dec. 19th, 1871 by the Rev. C. A.
STAPLES, of Chicago, Ansel F. TEMPLE and Mary, only daughter of A. J.
LANGWORTHY, all of Milwaukee.
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