Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-09-30

sor,' nor did it rest until it led me through
'Datchet-dune' TO the very spot upon the river
where the fat knight, smothered in buck
basket, with foul linen, was thrown by Ford 8
knaves,' like litter of blind kittens. into the
Thames! And in looking around, saw the
tree through the branches of which (according
to Spencer, in his most happy portal, of Sir
John Fastaff) boy stood laughing as Sir
John rose from his impure baptism with the
water dripping from his grey beard and scarlet
vestuents! Blu, though the tree was there---
the boy Ivas gone---and this broke my reverie.
We walked from Windsor TO Elton, for the
purpose of seeing School in which the flower
and chivalry of England have for so many
ages been prepared for Oxford and Cambridge.
This School is. believe, governed upon Re-
publican principles, the sons Of noblemen be-
ing required as strictly as the sons Of Com
moners, TO perform certain mental services for
their seniors. until they, in turn, become en,i-
tied TO the same services from their juniors.
The School numbers over 700 pupils now.
They were out ''crcketing" in great numbers,
upon the ample and beautiful green in The rear
ofthe School, game which they played with
great spirit
While waiting for the Omnibus, a boy some
IL or Is years old came to man standing near
me, who had cherries and strawberries 10 sell.
"Are your strawberries full of worms, Garvy!"
mo, my Lord" ''How much for this pot
tle," "Six cents, my Lord" "Are you GO
ing to the tr0t, Garvyl" "Yes, my Lord.
Will your Lonship be therel" "Yes: which
horse shall | bet on," "Neilher, my Lord,
from any thing say to your Lordship." This
running talk was kept up until the boy ate his
polite Of strawberries, adding handful of
cherries by way Of dessert, and walked off,
when the man informed me that this sprig of
nobility was lord Dungammon,' that title,
with large estate, having descended to him,
think, from deceased uncle. The School,
added my informant, is full of the sons of No
blemen, but they are not all as withdrawing
and nice young men as my Lord Dungammon.
SAoAcious BooKsELLERs.---Th Buffalo Ad-
ver,iser tells the following story Of celebra.
ted publishing house.
'.'The Harper Brothers Of New York are
proverbially sirewed bibeopoles, and well dc
they deserve their reputation, bot we never
heard any thing that better illustrates their sa-
gaciiy than what came to our knowledge yes.
,erday. Their long experience and close Oh
serva,ion has enabled them to Judge with such
accuracy Of the worth and saleability OF any
book they publish, and so great is the conf
dence of their numerous customers in their
judgment, that when they publish new work
they rarely wait for orders. but send on "a
their correspondents as many copies rs ihey
deem advisable, and still more rarely do they
fail to just about hit the market. Now to oul
illustration. They published a short lime
since poem entitled death, or Medorus'
Dream" by Robert Tyler, author of Abasu.
rus, which, according to their wont, they for.
warhed TO their customers, and with the nj
ces, appreciation Of the marke, here, in ma
king up an invoice for one Of our bookseling
establishments, pu, in one copy Of "Dea,h."
| The two other leading bookstores are doubt.
less similarly supplied. which will jus, for.
nish copy to our Postmaster, Collector and
u. S. Marshal, and that, we take il, is about
the extent of Tyierism, whether in politics o,
poetry, in this community.
SOMETHING NEw!-.-There was quite a ga
thering OF people in State street this morning
gazing upon the operation Of newly invented
machine for heating water. II is a patent By
Atwater. Rochester mechanic, we believe
and consists of vertical steam boiler, which
being partly filled with water, is heated by q
small furnace beneath. The steam is then
conveyed by tube into tub or pail OF watel
and the "boiling process" commences. A
pail. full of water taken direct from one of the
pumps. was heated to the boiling point in
three minutes, The simplicity Of the machine
is not its least recommendation, and it's ueeful-
ness cannot be questioned. One Of them
would be valuable acquisition TO a laundry
establishment. After satisfactorily expert.
menting for abon, an hoOr. the proprietor Out
city ''siruck" his establishment, and wended
bis way in pursuit Of customers.
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