New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-01


eespy cassts, a. these services OF the b'cta'en'
Church
Such scenes could not f.l I, touch the heart and
lipdle the iuasnstion Of the susceptible child
His ir chnation to poetry wa devetp'i st m early
age. Although general reading WAS not the fsshioD
At Fulpech, the Muses. were not entirely bsnished
from the place. One warm Summer dsy, the ms"
ter omitted the regular reit,tion', and, taking bis
cla,, with him into the 6elds entes taoed them with
reading from Blair's Grave" Most Of th. boys
fll asleep. Little James however, vas alive to
the charms Of the hour. sDd experienced such de-
ebt from the poetic numbers 50 to sn'icp,se in his
ovn mind the time when be too shoUd become
master Of ,ops. Almost q, once, be bsgan to
rAyme. and before b. had c,wplrtei bis tenth yer,
had filed consid. rabe volume with bis prccOcious
attempt,. He wsuld 90 to bed with his mind sg'ow
With some fayor.e theme, which be would snspe
into verse before he went to sleep His ideal Ten
dences caused SOME anxiety TO bis grave aaa rev.
ereDd teachsr at Fulnect. HIS French aud Ger
man seemed stupid in comparison with the ivy. .lsd
ruins Of Kukstal Abbey and it was far more p'e,s-
ant for the boy poet to people the fields on the
fantastic bill side opposite the school With the
tee mipgs Of bis mind than TO drill il in the changes
of Latin verbs or torture il with Greek TRANSACTIONS
When be was twelve year, Old bis parents LETT
EDsland for missionary life in the West lnie'
Meantime, the school becomes more sn1 more irk'
ZONE, and after the lapse ofa year he exchanges it
for situation as apprentice to worthy M1ravian
who Kept small retail shop in neishborins VII
loge But he did not take kirdly to bic new o'cu
patton. He gave bis heart tO writing poetry aud
PLAYING on hautboy, rather than TO selling bacon
and bread. He at length became so dissatisfied
that be ts Ok sudden leave Of his master with moth
ing but "the clothes on his back, single change
of linen, and three and siIpepce in has pocket"
and at the age of sixteen set ou. to see the worli
for bimslf. H. trudged on over the du.ty road
and BY the side of hedgerows, till he reached
email inn at Wentworth where he met a young
traveller like himself with whom he soon strikes up
bargain to enter into the service OF his father,
sbopkesper in neighboriog village. While wait
ing 10 com pete the arrangements, young James IL
seized with fit Of enthusiasm aud resolves TO seek
tie patronage Of the Earl fltz william, whose eroid
domain Of Wentworth House was the ornament OF
the hamlet. Transcrbug copy of his verses, he
enters Ine puIk, Wlsu suC 'iO" "i PiOSN'OS 'HN.s
tc the Earl It was not long before they met, gu !
,be Earl, having read the poem which was placed in
bis hand, rewarded the blushing author with
golden guinea, and what was more to the purpose
with words of enc couraeement. With the happ,
termir alton of this adventure, he takes his place
behind the counter of his new master respect
able grocer of Wath, selling -four, shoes, cslicoe',
apd all sorts Of wares to the adjoining ghborhOod
Al this time Wsth was one Of the green and quiet
VILLAGES which dotted the surface of England, with
many weird legends of the past nesting in its nooks
snd crannies. msypole rose on the village green,
the castings Of bell foundery rip 'led the smooth
flow of ordinary life, and monthly magazine gave
it claim to Iare literary enterprise.
According to the chronology Of little poe n,
Wa,h is identified 80 the Of an early and only
love All that has transpred in regard {, tae
heroine is that the lover calls her Hannah" and
that .he proved false to her devoted swain He
never afterwsrd, it seems, INDUCED in Similar
ve1 ture, and for the rest Of HE days forswore the
social sweetness Of married life." He hsd re-
manned in Wath about year, when he formed the
acquaintance Of book seller in an adjoining village
who persuaded the youthful asprant TO try his tuck
with volume Of poems from the London press.
Fortified with a letter Of Introduction from nls
bo, keeling friend the embryo poet presents him
self to Mr. Harrison, then one Of the msguases OF
Paternoster Row, anticipating an eager scc"paac
Of the manuscript in bis hand. Like hundreds Of
others in .imilar circumstances, he was d0)m.d TO
meet with decided rebuff. but tho edge OF refdsA
was bluptxd by the offer Of clerkshiP 10 the pub
Nsbipp house Soon after be tried bis skill 90 q
novel, which was submitted 10 another publisher,
but was declined Oh grounds little startling TO
those whose only association with Mon gomsry is
that Of the meek evangelical poet. - You swear
90 shocbipgly" was the brief return, I" that dare
lot publish the work as it ia Astonisameot
smothe,ed hs disappointment This, be after
ward tells Us, "wss like dagger to my heart, Tor
Dever swore al oath in ny Life, nor DID ], til that
moment, ever pero,ive, as I ought to have dooe,
the inpropriety of mailing fictitious c'srac'rs
su ar in print a. they do in FIeeiDg sad n"iie:t
who bad been my models in this novel; but swear
irp was more the fashion Of that age than tho
present."
In less than year from his frst plunge into
London life, Montgomery retraced bis steps ~
Watb 90 sad1er aud wiser m:n aud resumed
b;s old po.t at the desk waiting for tho happy tide
in bis affairs which should bear him On - 'or'une'
The hour soop came. Seeing an advertisement t'f
a clerk in Sheffield, he at once answered the sd'
vertiser and succeeded in obtaining the STU s'i'n'
Bis Few employer was Joseph Gales pna,er'
h.k,eIIer. AID auctioneer aud editor Of The
| Sh NJ. Id Register, into the bargaia. Ho was soon
,;..,o1 in .hs family Of Mr Gaes which