The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-05-20
THE DAILY GAZETTE
An obituary in Advance.


It is almost worth mans while TO die
once, to hear what people will say to him
An amusing illustration of fhis occurred re-
Gently in connection with Watts Sherman.
OF the well known banking house of Duncan
port Of his having died in Mobile obtained
circulation, and at some points was several
days in advance of the correction which SUBJ
sequently appeared. This was the case st
Milwaukee, and on receiving the news, the
Daily Wisconsin came out with an elaborate
obituary of the supposed deceased. The fol-
lowing stunning up OF Mr. Sherman's char.
acter was given towards the close Of the
notice: "Mr. Sherman was banker merely.
He was not generous man in the dispen-
saton of charities. He lived in prncsIy
style, adorned his house with rare paintings,
statuary, and furniture fit for royal palace;
but to the great and noble charities TO which
Phelps, Asp;nwall, and Sufern would give
thousands, he rarely gave anything. He
was naturally selfish man, liked to live like
prince himself, but cared not how the rest
of the world got along He only desired 10
know whether they paid their mites. With
his great influence, he might have lived .
more useful life. But he was content with
oeing successful banker, and this ambitioa
was gratified to the full " This estimate of
his character must have been particularly
gratifying to the subject of it; but IL wss
Just, Il certainly ough, to have hnalthful
effect uron him. II few years Of lctivs
life are granted him, it is to be hoped that
when the ssinevtable hour" does come, he
will deserve different obituary, and thus be
spared the terrible consciousness which -
often comes too late, that ones life has been
failure-adding nothing to the sum Of hu-
man happiness, and detracting nothing from
theload Of human sorrow.--Ctncisssfi co..
unbian e
A LESSON FOR MoTHERs.-The Birmin9-
ham eng. Journal prints the following ac-
count Of logging the Prince of Walss re.
ceiVed from poor boy:
'During her Majesty 5 residence, some years
ago, at Osborne, in the Isle Dwight, hse
children were accustomed to ramble along
the sea shore. Now, it SO happened on ono
occasion that the young Prince Of Wales
met boy who had been gathering ses
shells. The boy had got a basket full. The
young prince presuming upon his high posi-
ton, thought himself privileged to do what
ne pleased with impunity. So, without any
notice heupset the basket and shells. The
poor lad was very indignant, and observed:
You do that again, and I'll lick you.' Put
the shells into the basket said the Prince
and see if DON'T The shells were gath
cred up and put into the basket. Now, said
the lad, touch 'em again, old fellow, if yos
dare, whereupon the Prince again pitched
over the shells, and the lad pitched into him
and gave him such licking as few Princes
ever had. His lip was cut open, his nose
knocked considerably out of its perpendicu-
lar, and his eyes of a color which might well
become the champion of prize ring. His
disfgured face could not long be concealed
from his royal mother. She snquired The
cause Of bis disagreement. The Prince ives
silent, but at last confessed the truth. The
poor boy was ordered before the Queen. He
was asked to tell his story. He did 20 in .
very straightforward manner. Atits conclu.
sion, turning to her child the Queen said:
you have been rightly served, sir. Had you
not been punished sufficiently already, !
sho'd have punished you severely. When
you commit a like offence trust you will a.
ways receive similar punishment Turn
ing TO the poor boy, she commanded his par.
ents to her presence the following morning.
They came, and the result of the intefvieW
was that her Majesty told them she had
made arrangements for educating and pro-
vieing for their son, and she hoped he would
make good use of the advantages which
should be placed within hi reach