The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-14

merely because he put him in passion
The case was not even enqured into. II
sent half Il dollar to the widow Of the defunct
(Which, by the way, he borrowed from me
and never repaid,) and there the matter end
ed. Lord Nelson once suggested to Ferdi
nan w., Of Naples, TO try and check th,
daily increase Of assassination, by few sal
utary executions. "No, no." replied ole
Nasone, who was far from being as grea
a fool as he looked, ''that is impossible. /
| once began that system, my kingdom wouL
soon be depopulated. One half my subject.
would be continually employed in hanging
the remainder"
Among other peculiarities, Paganin wa.
an incarnation Of avaricc and parsimony
with a most contradictory passion for gam.
bling. He would haggIe with you for sin
pence, and stake a rouleau on n single turn
at rouge ei noir. lie screwed you down in
bargain as tightly as il yon were compress
ed in a vice yet he had intervals of liber-
In this he bore some resemblance to :he
celebrated John Elves. Of miserly notorety.
who deprived himself Of the common neces-
saries Of life. and lived on potato s,in, hut
sometimes gave check of 500 to public
charity, and contributed largely to private
subscriptions. ! never heard that Paeanini
actually did this, but once or twice he played
Tor nothing, and sent donation TO The Men.
dici,y, when he was in Dublin
When he made his engagement with me,
we mutually agreed to write no orders, ex-
pecting the house to- be quite full every
night, and both being aware that the = sons
of freedom" while they add nothing to the
exchequcr, seldom assist the effect of the
performance. They are not given toapplaud
vehemently or, as Richelieu observes, '' in
the right places" What we can get for
nothing We are inclined TO think much less
of than that which we must purchase. The
man who pays is the real enthusiast ; he
comes with a pre-determina!ion to be anus
Paganini's valet surprised me one morning,
by walking into my room, and with many
" ecceliensdS and &C. ticulations of respect,
asking me TO give him an order said,
" Why do you come TO me? Apply to your
master--wont he give you one ?" 20, YES,
but don't like TO ask him Why not 7"
" Because he'll stop the amount out of my
wages" My heart rclented; gave him
the order, and paid Paganini the dividend.
told him what it was, thinking, as matter
of course, he would return it. lie seemed
uncertain for d moment, paused, smiled sar-
doncaly. looked at the three and sixpence,
and, with Il spasmodic twitch, deposited it in
his own wastcoat pocket instead of mine.
Noliaire says, "no man is hero to his valet |
de chambre," meaning thereby, as | sup
pose, that being behind the scenes of.'every-
lay life, he finds out that Marshal SAKE, or
Frederick the Great, is as subject TO the
common inlirmilies of our nature. as John
Nokes or Peter Styles. Whether Paganini's
squire Of the body looked on his master as
hero in the vulgar acceptance of the word,
cannot say. but in spite of his s;ingness,
which he wrilhed under, he regarded him
with minglc reverence and terror. "A
strange person, your MASTER" obsrved !.
Signor.' replied the faithful Sancho Panza,
e uerdmente grand uomo, M dd nan potersi
,omprendere." lie Is truly a great man.
Iut quite incomprehensibe"
1t was edifying 10 observe the awful i'm
,ortance with which Antonio bore the in
trument nightly intrusted 10 his charge TO
AIRY to and from the theatre. lie consid-
red it an animated something, whether de-
non or angel he was unable to determine,
'ut this he firmly believed, that it could
peak in actual dialogue when his master
pleased, or became dumb familiar by the
anne controlling volition. This especial
'iolin was Paganinis inseparablo COM
'anion. 1t lay on his table before hm,as he
at medllaing in his solitary chamber it was
'laced by his side at dinner, and on chair
within his reach when in bed. If he awoke,
IS he constantly did, in the dead OF night,
nd the sudden eStTO oil inspiration seized
i'm, he grasped his instrument, started up,
nd on the instant perpetuated the concep-
ion which Otherwise he would have lost for
yer. This marvellous Cremona, valued at
our hundred guineas. Paganni, on his death
\
ed, gave TO De Kontski, his nephew and
My pupil, himself an eminent performer,
nd in his possession it now remains.
When Paganini was in Dublin at the mu-
cal festival of 1880, the Marquis of Angle
ca, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, came
very night to the concerts at the theatre, and
'as greatly pleased with his perfoI nance |
)n the first evening" between the acts, his
xeellency desired that he mi .ht be brought
ound to his box to be introduced, and paid !
i'm many compliments. Lord Anglesea
'rs at that time residing in perfect privacy /
18th his family at Sir Harcourt Lees coun- ,
y house, near Blackrock, and expressed
'ish to get an evening from the great viol- ,
list. TO CRAFTY his domestic circle. The /;
egoliatioii was rather difficult one, as ;
aganini was, of all others, the man who :
id nothing in the way of business without ,
n explicit understanding, and a clearly de-
ned n-s.de-ra-tio-n. He was alive 10 the /
dvantage Of honor, but he loved money ,
18th paramount affection, knew that q
G had received enormous terms, such as
$50 and 5000, for fddling at private par :
es in Tondon and I tran,IIod r.. H. ,,;oa |