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

vate." Caro- amico," rejoined he, wit
pctrifying composure, Pdganini con vio
ino Pdgdnini senzd riolino- ecco due an
mall distind." "Paganipi with his fddl
and Paganini without it are two very diilei
ent persons" / knew perfectly what h
meant, and said, " The Lord Lieutenant is
nobleman OF exalted rank and character
liberal in the extreme, but he is not CrGsus
nor do think you could with any consister
cy receive such an honor as dining at his IA
BILE, and afterwards send in bill for PLAY
ing two or three tunes in the evening" II
was staggered, and asked, What do yo
advise 2" said. " Don't you think pre-:
cnt in the shape Of ring, or a snuff box, o
something of that sort, with short inscrip
ton, would be a more agreeable mode O
settlement ?" lie seemed tickled with thi
suggestion, and closed with it at once.
despatched the intelligence through th
proper channel, that the violin and the gro,
maestro would both be in attendance. II,
self extremely agreeable, played away, un
solicited, throughout the evening, to the de-
light of the whole party and on the follow
ing morning, gold snullbox was dul,
presented 10 him, with a few complimentary
words engraved on the lid.
A year or two after this, when Paganin
was again in England, | thought another en-
gagenent might be productive, as his extra
ordinary attraction appeared still TO increase
| wrote TO him on the subject and soon re-
ceived a very courteous communication, tc
The effect that although he had not contem.
plated including Ireland in his tour, yet he
had been so impressed with the uibaniiy oi
the Dublin public, and had moreover con-
ceived such personal esteem for my ind-
vdual character, that he might be induced
to alter his plans, at some Inconvenience
provided always | could make him d more
cnticing proposal than the former one. |
was here completely puzzled, as on that 'oc-
casion ] gave him clear two tlirds of each
receipt, with bonus of s25 per night in ad-
dition, Cor two useless coadjutors. Ireplied,
that having duly deliberated on his sugges>
,ion, and considering the terms of our last
compact, | saw no possible means of placing
the new one in moro alluring shape, ex-
ccpt by offering him the entire produce of
the engagement. After l had despatched
my letter, repented bitterly, and was terri
fed lest he should think me serious, and hold
me 10 the bargain; but he deigned no an
swer, and this time J escaped for The fright
had given myself When in London, cal
led to see him, and met with a cordial re-
ception but he soon alluded 10 the late cor
respondence, and half seriously said, " That
was curious letter you wrote TO me, and
the joke with which you concluded ii by no
means good one" " Oh" said laughing,
= il would have been much worse il yon had
taken me at my word.' lie then laughed
too, and we parted excellent friends.
never saw him again. lie returned to the
Continent, and died, having purchased the
lille of baron, with patent of nobility, from
some foreign potentate, which, with his ac.
rumulaied earnings. somewhat lilapidated
by gambling, he bequeathcd 10 his only son.
Paganini was the founder of his school. and
he original inventor of those extraordinary
ours de force with which all his successors
md imitators are accustomed TO astonish the
But he still stands at the head
If the list, although eminent names are in
''udcd in it, and is not likely 10 be pushed
rom his pedestal