New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-17

hours; the child grew worse and worse; the
medical man in attendance then said: Il dare
give no more; can do no more; the child must
die, but at this age would not venture to give
more TO 10Y own child YOU said my father,
'csn do no more; Hamilton says, Perseverei l
will take the responsibility; will give it to her
myself He gave ii, and the child was saved"
Medicine and anatomy had always been Ia
vorite pursuits with Sydney, even when at OK
ford, where be bestowed 80 much attention on
the study of the former under Sir Christopher
Pegge that the professor m1ch wished him 70
become q physician. Feeling now that such
knowledge might be of the greatest use in bis
future destination, the Church, he pursued II
with the more ardor and attended the clinical
lectures in the hospitals in Edinburgh given By
DIR. Gregory. He thus obtained degree OF
knowledge that enabled him afterwsrd to be OF
the greatest service to the poor of his parish,
VITO entirely depended on him for assistance,
and TO become the favorte doctor of his own
family, who rarely summoned any other medical
man to their aid.
After much deliberation be yielded to tue
wishes Of bis wife, who was ambitions OF
more conspicuous sphere for the "idol OF
her heart" and decided to leave Edil-
bureh and seek bis fortune ia London. Here
thsugh in limited pecuniary circumstances he
coDtrived to surround himself with the means
Of great social enjoyment. "All was con-
sstent about him; the comfort and happiness
of home he considered the grammar Of
| life;' and his house, though plain, often in
every sense of the word, was all his life the
perfection of comfort. Considering domestic
comfort so important he thought no trouble too
great, no detail too small, to merit his atten-
ion; and though brought up in wealth and
luxury affection soon taught bis wife 70 secoad
| him. lie never affected to be what be was not;
LIE never concealed the thought, labor, ard
struggle it often was to him to obtain the simple
comforts Of life for those he loved to It's
luxuries, he exe'cised the most rigid selfdeuial.
His favorite motto which through life he incul-
Gated on his family on such matters was, Avoid
| shame, but do not seek gory-nOthisg so eK-
pensiye as glory;' and this he applied to every
detail of bis establishment. Nothing could be
palmer than his table, yet his society often at
tracted the wealthy TO share his single dish.
Bus the pleasaDtest society at his house was to
be found in the little suppers which he estab-
lisbed once week. giving sgeneral invitation to
about twenty or thirty persons, who used to come
as they pleased; and occasionally adding to and
VARYING them by accidental and invited guests.
To these suppers occasionally came coun-
try cousin-a simple warm-hearted rustic; and
she used to come up to him and whisper, Now,
| Sydney, know these are all very remarkable
men: do tell me who they are. 'Oh, yes, said
Sydney, laughing; that is Hannibal, pointing
| to Mr.. Whishaw; he lost his leg in the Cartha-
genan war; and that is Socrates, pointing to
Luttrell; and that is Scion, pointing TO Hor-
ner-'you have heard Of Solonl The girl
opened her ears, eyes, and mouth with aimirs-
ton, half doubling, half believing that Sydney
was aking fun of her; but perfectly convinced
that if they were not the individuals in question,
they were something quite as great"
In the year 1906, the Wings unexpectedly
came into power, and Sydney Smith was re-
warded with the unenviable gift of the living of
Foston- III Clay in the wilds of Yorkshire. He
did not take possession of the parish until the
passing Of the Residence bill two years after,
when he was summoned to assume tae duties of
the Office in person. On making his fret visit
to recOnnOiter the premises, the prospect was
not cheering, either morally or ply sically for
the country was as unpromising as the house.
L" The clerk the most important man in the vii
lage, was summoned; man who had numbered
eighty years, looking, with his long gray hair,
his threadbare coat deep wrinkles, STOPPING
gait, and crutch.stick, more ancient than the
parsonage house. He looked at the new conner
for some time from under his gray shaggy eye
brows, and held long conversation with him,
in which the old clerk showed that age had not
quenched the natural shrewdness of the York
SHERMAN. At last, after pause, he said
striking his crutch. stick on the ground, Mus
ter Smith, it often strokes moy moind that
people as comes frae London is such fools But
YOU be said (giving him nudge with his
stick, Il see you are no fool
Some idea of his mode of life in Yorkshire
may be gathered from the following descrip-
ton:
Nv father employed himself much in acquiring a
knowledge Of all rural arts and details OF farming,
such as baking brewing fattening poultry, churnlng
| etc; talking much 10 the working people, whose
| shrewdness and blunt sense delighted him. lie al
WAYS acquired some Information from theIn often
kindly taking up some old woman returning from mar
ket into his gig and learning her history tie said he
never found any thing well done in small household
if the master and mistress ignorant OF the mode
| in which il ought 10 be done -,
He began too on small scale to exercise his skill IN
medicine doing much good among his poor neighbors
though there were often ludcrous circumstances con-
pected with his early medical career. On one occa-