Daily Colonist (1893-08-13) . ously into theiroveishiies at his jokes in tho part oftho ovoning, and nothing that ho saidsoomod to cheer them until at tho closeho struck a littlo chunk of pathos and(|uit. Iossiblj- we expected too much ofSocnUes, as his record, of course, wasnot madi! as a lecturer, and he thereforcannot expect to take rank along witlisome of our local elocutionists, buthad heard so much about ibis (irccianupstart that we think, after all, we voicethe sentiment af our best people whenwo say that Socrates is a grealy over-estimated and vulgar inaVi whose famewill fade ee
Daily Colonist (1893-08-13) . ously into theiroveishiies at his jokes in tho part oftho ovoning, and nothing that ho saidsoomod to cheer them until at tho closeho struck a littlo chunk of pathos and(|uit. Iossiblj- we expected too much ofSocnUes, as his record, of course, wasnot madi! as a lecturer, and he thereforcannot expect to take rank along witlisome of our local elocutionists, buthad heard so much about ibis (irccianupstart that we think, after all, we voicethe sentiment af our best people whenwo say that Socrates is a grealy over-estimated and vulgar inaVi whose famewill fade eer tho robins nest again. Bill Nye. 1,000 GASES The Largest Stock of Wines EverReceived in in OneShipment, Just Arrived, COMPKIBINO Pommery Champagne. : i : :Koch, Laueren & Rhine Wine. : Bouchard, Pere & Fils Burgundy , Johnston & Sons Boideaux, Claretsand Sauternes.; :?.!:: NOTE—Agents for Hiram Walkor & Sons,WalkervJUe; Maokio& Co.,Glasgow, forBritish Columbia and Washington State. TllltOtiOII . Uook and Ladder company and tho Cor-inthian Squirt company No. 8 are left totho tune of about tho rent of the annex of the -Acropolis and tho printing. Socrates is a greatly overestimatedman. He writes fairly well, but as anoiatir he gives us a violent pain. In the (irst place, he is an extremelyplain man. lie is pop eyed, stoopshouldered and baldheaded, with amouth like a stab in the dark. How itever accurrod to him to lecture wo do notimcbirBtand. i Jo might well bo utilizedto frighten intemperate men hack iniothe path of rectitude, but ho cannot jiro-nouiico a panegyric - at least he does notpronouiicu it as wo have boon accustomedto heari g it pronounced. On his arrival in town yesterdaySocrates became the !,uest of the Cor-inihian Sipurt com|)aiiy No. ,i and is saidto have visited the |)iililic school and ourbrewery during the afternoon. Ho wasasked to address tlie primary classes re-garding school work, which lie did inrather a clumsy man
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