The Arkansas advocate., 1835-03-20
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 noMER, il is said, had such an aversion 10 natural music, that he could never be prevailed on 10 walk along the banks of q murmlrlng brook, nevertheless, he sang his own ballads, though not in the charac- ter of mendicanf, as recorded by the in- famous Zoilus.
 YIRGIE was so fond of salt that he seI- dom went without box-full in his pocket, which he made use of from time to time, as men of the present day =uso fohaceo.
 IoRoAsTER. it IS said, though the most profound philosopher ot his tine, ghsoseti- caliy, was very easily put out of temper. lie once carried his irritabiity so far as to break marble table to pieces with a ham. neT, because he chanced to stumble over i ] in the dark.
 SHAKESPEARE, though one of the most generous of men, was great higgisf-- He was often known to dispute with storekeeper for half an hour on the matter of penny. He gives Hotspur credit for portion of his own disposition when he makes hlm say, Il would cavil on the ninth l pari of hair.2'
 PETER CoaNEILLE, the greatest wit of his time, so far as concerns his works, was remarkably stupid III conversation, as was also Addison, who Is acknowledged to have been one of the most elegant writers that ever lived.
 HANDEL was such niser, that al the same time that he was in the receipt of fif- ty pounds night from the Opera, he was frequently known to wear shirt for q month, to save the expense of washing.
 BURNS never remained sober 90 long as he could get drunk. It was in the fits oc- casioned by thls peculiarly. that he wrote so many ot those simple doggerels for ser want girls, that we frequently find attached to beautiful airs, under the title of poetry, such as Wandering Willie, &c.N
 BYRON was also sadly addicted 10 the 'mault stoup. Some of the nobIest of' his stanzas, however, were produced nader the #infineuoe ef the jolly god. According to hls servant, Peter CoronY. lat. y deesased Tn thls city. plnt of brandy WAS hls night ly allowance.
 ss, Aa41Ha.!s M EEs ,sss.sq s qy' l pose hun to be the sfavest man Fl ,1hrlsfen- dom. He has one peculiarly that distia- guishes hln from all poets, past, present, and 10 come, |. e., three handrsd thoasaad pounds.
 TnoMts CAMPBELL. though an ugly man, 1t is said, IS very vain of hs personal appearance he once discharged servant for binting 10 him inc propriety oi germg wig, as bis hair was turning grey.
 SIR WALTER scoTr was said to have taken no pride in the wonderful creaioos of his genus, at the sane time that he was extremely vain of his title of sheriff of the couaty.
 HoGG, however, is the victim of n sill more unpardonable vanity. Whenever he is asked out to dinner, he invariably says. "I shall de ye the pleasure, and then ye will ha' the honor to sit i'll company with the Ettrck Shepherd, allowed on all hand's to be the greatest song writer in the wofld.' EARL GREY, the late premler, who IS in- disputably a man of genus, is so very tmld that he will never sit in room after night fall by himself, for fear of seeing q ghost; and though he acknowledges to this; he ei- fects to be sceptical of ther existence.
 Parlou, Journal. l aAnlong the thousand islanders written against Burns, this is the only one which l has survived. Burns was not a drunkard. In conviyial party, he was often "owre 1 fand of his drap toddy''--but he did not drink because he loved liquor or was q sot.
 ED. ADv. SpoRrs OF THE RING.--What an unac- countabIe propensity we simple republicans have to initiate the manners and customs of England and the old continent. We dress our minds and our persons pretty much after the fashions of London and Paris, and, like most imtalors, we copy the foibles and vices Instead of the virtues of our originals. q No matter how unbecoming or indecorous the, fashion, of how brutal the custom, let 1t be dignified with the name ot an ssEnollsh or French importation and 1t is certain to meet with some encouragement or success among us. And, what IS worse, We pick up these fashions and customs. and follow them, just as they have been discarded in the countries in which they originated, so } that we may, in some respects, be sad to l wear the cast off garments ot our trans At lantic brethren.
 We have been led to make these reiiec- 7 ions. by noticing in the New York papers, accounts of two or three pugilistic combats, 3 which have recently taken place Tn the t neighborhood of that city, in the presence of !, many hundred men, lconaef, boys, ana qafia. We have always considered these slngie e co,nhats-where the champions, alterha d ;no cone through a ..regnlar tralnlng,' by