The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-02

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Ny gfA00Mtoef Wa appointed rector OF q
little village Of Nottinga1shire, in the year
l75a laa nysalfan old nan, having memo
:. 1iss ofnoss or less importauos attached to
Wrssts, play crisksA and have even made
speeches against the Jacobina before eight
cen hundred Was born or Thought Of.
= A clesgymans life was mot qaits 90 strict
Q matter hundred years ago a. it 10 to-day.
The priests neither cared to rule themselves
BY 90 high standard as modern clergy do
NOR was it expected Of them BY their focks
Mr.. Hume's Essays had great influence
among the younger clergy who thought, and
the laws and customs Of 1.-THE town among
those who did not think Though this was
IN evil OF tremendous kind, there was one
benefit in it which we are apt to overlook
the clergy had more sympathy with those
persons who would not come immediately
under their influence, than they have under
the present system. 1t is thought very
shocking now for priest to be seen in the
theatre, and scarcely less so at the opera
house; while, if he we're to visit Cremorne
or Rosheryille Gardens or Highbury Barn,
1t is most likely his congregation would take
such offence that they would move away in
flock as multitudinous and final as mi
grafton Of swallows But in my grandfath-
ers time priests and actors were found in
daily communion indeed, such men rs Bish-
op Warburton and David Garrick were
friends: even Mr.. Whitefeld desired his
people to so TO the comical Ned Shutter 5
benefit, as that celebrated actor was "gra-
cious soul; )" and the sons Of other clergy
men than Dr.. Psnrose, went upon the stage
- means of livelihood; while every coun-
try rector who came up to town, made
point Of seeing Mr.. ssop and Mr.. Garrick,
in Shakespeare sssplays, and Of visiting Vanx-
hall and Ranslsigh.
just such time Of visiting London had
come to my grandfather in the spring OF
1888. He was then in the twenty fifth year
Of his age, and resolved to enjoy himself for
time on the strength of his recent present,
alton He had never been in town before,
the nearest approach he had made to me-
tropolitan pleasures, were such as his re-
his studentship at Cambridge Hence it
was that he resolved not merely to have
dip, but thorough plunge, into the myster-
les Of London.
Accordingly, he went to Drury Lane and
saw Mr. Mossop in Hamlet, and Mr.. Gar
rick in whole series of characters. He |
saw Mr.. Barry in Richard Ill, at Coyent |
Garden lie was present when Mr.. Gar.
rick and Mrs. Olive appeared in the new
play of The Upholster, or What News
aud saw the quidnunc of the day running
himself by tumbling from the ruin of the ma
ton. He was at Mr. Shutter benefit in the
Bold Stroke for Wife, which had not been
acted for SO long He went to the enter
tainment at Marybone Gardens. and the
wire rope dancing and concerts on the Jews
harp at sadler's Wells. lie drank the wa
tiers with the genteel company at Islington
Spa. lie heard Handels 'Acis and Galatea
at Raueleigh, visited the Camel and Drome-
dairy, saw the moving figure of the great
hlnS OF Prussia, and every other rarity with
which the town was amusing itself
There was one thing which was matter
OF perpetual unrest to my grandfather Nance
~ that he was unmarried. He had those
manners which are pleasant to ladies', or, us
1t would have expressed in his DAYS, to the
sex; he was well made in limb, and some
what handsome in feature; of very afab!e
disposition; not given to drinking, gaming,
or attending the cockpit; only little par
tial To the races; ready always for the cards
or dancing; indeed, the sort of yousg gentle
man ladies are supposed to like. Yet he
could lind no lady answering to that stand.
ard his eyes and his heart set up He wish
ed Tor one Of gay and pleasant dispositions,
yet Tree from those vices which the ladies of
the plays, novels essays, and memories OF
the age possess and exhibit SO sadly-one,
IN TACT, that would not make the town Ter
rule OF life, who would find more delight in !,
the society OF a loving husband than in the
meeting places OF the beaux; who yet would
pay some attention to fashion and to person
al graces; who would be agreeable, If not n Y
beauty; last, and fancy far from least he
wished her to have some nice sum at her own y
A ic hara IL, |
vate records which the old gentleman left I;
US. Indeed my mother has told me, that he u
once worked up these acquisitions in an adj II
vertisement, and inserted them in the Pub
lic Advertiser. Ii SO, it brought him no 7
vile, although, through the medium OF an
other advertisement, he became acquainted u
with that estimable lady, to whom in the .
second degree owe my existence. Adver-
Using tor wives, and even tor husbands, was
not unusual century ago, as every one whu
has mad occasion to search newspapers of
that date well knows. A very odd and pleas :,
ant collection might he formed from their q
columns. c
Lake many other young gentlemen of the i
period who came up from the provinces to |,
spend little time and money in London. i
my grandfather the rector thought it not :,
improbable that, in some plentifully stocked y
society. he might perchance run across a !,
wife. The wish was entered in his diary
before he started. Now the custom is re- :,
versed. Our city clerk with the aid and :,
talk OF a capitalist, and the costume beau, !,
rushes into the country of Easter, Whitsun- +
tide or Christmas; finds his way into the n,
SIMPLE susceptible heart of Country mai :,
den, woos her; adds visit to visit, and conde ~
,cends to wed her; for she believes it a con- -
iescensicu, until the process of marriage ~
troubles reveals to her the painful sight aud IF
sense OF her own superiority Gentlemen H.
we're holder in my grandfather's days than ri
hey are IN mine; and ladies ALSO, If either -,
Jaw aperson OF opposite sex at church, at +,
he theatre, Rancle1gh or elsw here thew very i,
'iten made signals Of admiration or invita- ~
ion too plainly to be doubted. This was r.
indeed one of the things which aided youn.
men ofpropcrty and title in their irighttul -
affairs OF gallantry,' and is tho pivot and !.
urning point in all the memoirs, comedies, -
novels and magazine stories Of that time =
One evening, in the summer o { l72S my =.
,randiat!ler betook himself to Vauxhall.- a."
lie had seen very many young demoiseiles Az
lurng his stay in town; but lie had not al,
$ yet received wound which the earof -,
'eleI aus alone could heal He had been ~ ~
lso Nanxhall two or three evenings pre-
leu y, and had glanced and ogled with all e.,
&c farncstness and pertinacity Of an unen- a.
aged man; bnt this fatal evening but an
nd toali these wanderings and uncertain ~
les. -
While he was looking backwards and for N,
ards with has customary inquisityeness, u DIR,
Dung lady entered between two gentlemen, By
tho suddenly drew his rowing eyes to her wi
elf and nnwttinsly kept them fixed there ne
uring the whole performance. Before he hi,
'oked for it, my poor grandfather was over ma
ONE. II
As soon as the songs were over, he follow leg
d her from the orchestra to the banquetting tai
,om, and through the long, lealy collonades the
18th their myrads of little lamps. lie stop. fes
ed when she stopped. When the company the
ere rushing to the water-works, he VIII
ept close to her; and every time she looked rca
him-and she did SO frequently, by choice DIRE
chance-he assumed most serious. nes