Show I WEBSTER A GREAT ANIMAL Wonderful Orator Seemed Half Asleep When Trying a Case I heard him onco In Kanoull hall Boston Every man In the audience and tho hall was crowded gave ono shout of applause at what Everett said Tho subject I have entirely forgotten for-gotten but this fact I remember says a writer In the Critic I Inquired Inquir-ed If ho had over hoard Webster produce pro-duce such nn effect on an audience Ho said never but he had only heard Webster In court It was In defense of n celebrated criminal perhaps the Phoenix bank coso In Iioslon Mr Webster seemed In n Bomldrenm I thought him half asleep for ho had his eyes nlmost closed and was In n bonn state taking little notice of what went on In court William Do hon a brisk young man sat near him and furnished him with law books mid papers and acted as If ho were thereto there-to keep Webster awake There were three judges on tho bench probably Judge Shaw and two othersone on each side of aim They watched Webster Web-ster closely for It would not do to neglect what he might say lie on tho contrary appeared to take no account ac-count of other persons as If i his mind were anywhere but there I fancied he was thinking what his next political politi-cal move should be Ho was a remarkable re-markable farm to look ntfar other than the ordinary run of menI sup iPoso the most remarkable American In his aspect that ever was seen They thought so In England whero they stopped to look after him In the street But ho was heavy a great animal involved In-volved In his own dreams and paying little attention to what vent on around him |