Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-10-29
an.1-s,oara for children.

.Lo,ches If travel, under the title of ttCountries
~ Wa Seen, >, We extract from this characteris-
Tic account of Shakespeare, which may be read with
advantage by the young people:
TIE STORY OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE,
On the 26th day of April, 1854, (only think
how long agoD one Mr.. John Shakspear, and his
wife Mary, presented themselves at the parish
church of Stratford-Upon Avon, with young ba
by whom they had chrStened .tEPILh1H.'s The
parents were probably dressed in their best, and
brought good number of friends with them. The
mother may have looked little pale, and trtm
bled, and wept somewhat with Joy and thankiul-
ness The father must have been proud and hap
Ply, for though he had two little daughters inns was
his first son. but he doubtless bore himself IKE
man on the occasion.
Mr.. John Shakespeare vas respectable WOOL
dealer and magistrate, but his wiie was OF
proud and wealthy family-one OF lhe AEuenS "
Wilmecote and some of her friends thought That
she might have looked hlghet tnu" d tluu ~.
But hope that she never felt SO, or treated her
husband any less kindly than II he had Oeen
lori. wa,
Years went by, and the little William or VIII
as he was called, grew inbeaut{ anu III kno%lsusS.
He was not as Iuddy and robust as most Eng ISn
bows but he was well formed, active anu Splrlleu:
He lad q broad high brow, great, Deep thouthuul
ewes, and mouth full of sweetness and pleaSsaH
ness. Yet he was strange, waywatu' wit!I9A
bOy, who never took heartily 10 work OF any Kind
nanceS and history. He loved TO wander OIL atone
in the fields and woods TO listen TO the WINGS
and birds iii the trees, and the ripple anu laughteE
OF, brooks down rocks and glens; ana ne solne
lime: might have been heard talking TO himself,
and singing snatcheS of wild songs. he wo9lu
Law for hours on the banks OF the AVoh' watcnl"s
the shadows and the clouds, or ldly PlucAlns up
grass and daisies and fIDging them on inc 4ittls
river while lie dreamed out beautiful plays ana
wonderful fairy tales. And IN stormy winter
niphts, he would sit in the great chimney c9lnol1
and tell strange, wild Stolies to his DroteLS Anu
sisters till he made them laugh and cry, ana Soie
times huddle together, and cling ABOUT lhelt
er with fright and horior. He was his moihers
DAZZLING child. She only understood him, anu knew
all there was noble aud beautiful under MS NUT
and strange ways; yet she was at ulheS' unnoSs
frightened 10 see how much VIII anu c'eSetnoo
and understanding the boy had. When sometimes
his father would scold because William Showeu
no inclination towards the wool business, OF any
business at all, and would say that the Iau "ou1
G'never come to any thing, his motntt "ou'u
always answer with good deal OF Splrt-Our
Willis sure to make some noise III Tue wollu yeti
now mind my words joint"
But the neighborS all shook their heads wisely
and said-"Mrs. Shakespeare is spoll!ng mat Ooy'
he'll never make the man his tather is'
am sorry to say that as he grew out OF Ooyhoou
the Young poet fell into rather wild ways he was
very witty and lively, and was much couttea Wy guy
company and exposed to many temptations. ne
showed, too that great genius can be very Iooa-
| lSh anu lInpTuuenI1 ny ludIIILuS OSASAS 80
Miss Anne Hathaway, doubtless worthy young
woman in her way, but not Suitedto w lillian Shak-
SpeHre, il seems, for he was not long happy WI"
her. He was Obliged TO leave his iamly anu ot'a'
| ford at last very suddenly and Ptooaoly III !ne
night tine, for having been engaged IN poachlng
and deer-killug, on the estate OF one Sir homaS
Lucy great man in thoSs parts, who became We
ny much enraged against him. lie went UP "
| London and became writer Of plays anu an ac-
tor in the Globe Theatre. This was IN me iHs.ei
,c. a;r of uAen EltZaUetN, h'IOOu
Queen Brss,' as she was called. She was gooa
sovereign on many accounts, but ha1u-neatIeuI
vain, and passionate women: She loNeu ~ pe
feared, honOred and obeyed, Dul DelleF sub sne
loved 10 be flaitrred. When she was young she
was rather fine looking, and used 10 Spenu many
hours at the mirror adjoining and admlrns hetSeil'
But, as she grew old, she grew excessively ugYI
till at last she took vow never 10 !ooK III gpss
again. After that some OF her malus' wEo l!uu GO
spite. against her, were mischievous enough 70 NIX
her hair in ridiculous ways, and put The paint On
her cheeks in sreakS and spots, SO that she was Oh
len hideouS object, when she believed hetSeI
looking chaTmlngly.
red William Shakspeare's plays. She sometimes
sen: him SubiecIS-he wrote one oil ms pest phys
| for her, and paid her several oeautllul colHPI
| ments After the Queen had smiled on nun, Ill
the noble ladies and gentlemen suddenly tounu out
that he was great wit and genius, and everybody
pad court to him. But the royal favor never came
TO ANYTHING more than words Her majesty never
gave him titles, castles, orestateS, ana doh tsuP
| il ever entered Ter head 10 make MN one Oh Het
councillors But it was as well for him, Tor that
was not altogether an agreeable ofice-the queen
eing in the habit OF sormng turiouSly at her min
listers, when they differed from her-SomeGmes
iumping up and Soundly boxing their ears.
II is not now known just what kinu OF u me
William Shakespeare led in London His rlend' Ben
Johnson, a writer, praises him very nuch' anu as
we can find no bad account OF him, we may SatelJ
conclude that he was not bad man. You know
there are always plenty OF people IN Inc worlu
who are more ready 10 speak their minds about
their neighbors' faults than to correct their own
SO, if the poet had been very immoral, IL woulu
surely have come down to us some way.
The great Elizabeth died miserable old woman
at last-leit thousand magnificent oil" dresses Ill
her wardrobe, anu not friend to weep over het
grave, COR she had never loved any one nall SO wen
as she loved herself. 1rEt'
Soon after King James, of Scotland, came to The
throne, William Shakespeare lett London ana the
theatre, and with little fortune that he had made
by his writings, went down 10 Stratford, where he
bought place not far from the old house, and lv-
ed very comfortably with his family.
The neighbors said he had turned out better than
they expected, hut that he was still lar from equal
TO his father honest john Shakespeare, the wool
dealer. He was never great man TO them
Neighbors are always the last people in thesworld
10 see mans greatness. They never made
magistrate of him in Stafford, and he died as he
had lived, simple Will Shakespeare.
But since that time, his fame has filled the world
until it is everywhere allowed that he was the
greatest poet that ever existed. There is no book
OF poetry that hes been written that contains
so many wise and beautiful and wonderful things
as the works OF ShakSpeare-aS you will lind when
you are old enough 10 read them tor yourselves
When that time comes, let me advise you TO be
sure TO get an edition without any notes. There
are some passages in Shakespeare of which it is diff
fcult 10 understand the meaning, and if you read
the notes YOU are sure never to get to the bottom
of it-they make the matter 50 much the worse.
PLAIN PEorLE.-Plain men-nay, even ugly lit
tie feIlows-have met with tolerable success n
mong the fair. Wilkes challenge to Lord Town
send is well known:-"Your Loplship is one of
the handsomest men in the kingdom, and 1 am one