Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-10-31
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Tnn oLD KsroksssookEe M4oAzISp comes 10.
US as fresh as ever, teeming with its usual yar.
ETY. OF good things. Among vast anounf of
readahte lnotter an anonymous writer publishes
some recullections of Douglas Jerrold.. wbicl,s
havc.neyer before been published:
The wit Of Dnnglas Jcrrold was like i soIaan,s
81 Q sunshine amid April showers slikea flash .orI
lightning amid the leaden cloudszof a summer
Storm Nv, and not unlike to.the loullcap or the
succeeding thunder was the peal of -heariy=
laughter that would burst forth :tronnf lIi,
SEetf WI had emitted the clerric shock FINN
MS well charged battery. Likt To sun shine
ana To llghtnlng5,manY scAtillation of Wit=paS
sea ava yslrom= the memory immediately ii Lad
e4one l0rth, or the recollection of it's bril-
fancy , was lost, its ulacc in the niemory,
nelng nShrped by brighter CLEAN or n mere
S1Std ti7en, followed b. still. louder peal Of
It=ugt,tcr, IN which none Joined more haariily
than disl Jerr"ld himself; for upon no ears did
.ttlc words seem to strike more unwttingly than
upon his, it seeming aSif his polver,nC Speech
"ntstripped his power Of .thonght; the reasoning
.aeniliGS only coming intnpay after the proluc-
tl"e II Is said that he used To look uDOn his
fePartgeS as tricks rs mere habit OF mind
which he could teach any dtll fellow in two
lessons
writer 10 "od Kniek" speot night afier#
night viii. Jerrold in the smoking room OF tie
Museum Club, andmanv of his brilliant savings
still linger in his memory:
The sparkle OF Jcrrold's conversation invalia.
yoccupied the entire attention of those, 1ronItl
tltn and was evidently more congenial to them
than the ttamc ofsthe blazing fire. But wit
@oa:,t=tlavc littcto say If, along with the score
oi,more of regular AI6iiVcg of the room, there
>houlds be one stranger preSent-thcZstIanr
presence seemed almost to Theoretically seal his
lips; bat let the intrusion be removed and with
an anzexclanlalion Of, Now we are alonc let's have
some fun, the game would begin, and bright
sun shine dispersc the gloom that had previous!
ly rcigncd around.
Those conscientious gentleman, the barristers,
are notcve spared:
Another night, member dropping in. stated
that he bad just come from that legal vicinace
LiEcons Inn Fields. lie remarked that the
ground was quite wet there, wfIilc intle neigh
horhooa OF the Club 1t was perfectly dry, and
wondered what could be the cause OF the differ
ence TerlapS the lawyers have something to
do with IL, clined ina second member; when
quickly exclaimed Jerroltl: Very likely, owing
TO the heavy dues
Nor tbs. poor devils of editors:
One evening Journalist of the ponderous
editorial kind, whose spirits were nj the ltDe
raised by alcoholic power, Dragged Of the mum,
Der 0i years lie had been member a literary
~ s I'su t,.'I az itNtfue ilau oecf cicct
ted TO the Office of president thereof That
Eemlnds me, said Jerrod, 'at a story I.oncc
an ol soldier who In battle got Sllotin
The cali of the leg and the bullet gotlSO embctls
ucs Z tat the doctors coald noteXtract it, We'll,
a.! tlfst ll!ezlellow ald "9t eoi comlort;be with
ms heavy g9npan!oo, aud bad to grin aud bear
il; but in illustration oft the principle thaIuseis
like The lead, -. !. s.'i'e "e Dss@" y
The amusement that mpst bov . rcsnI,c,, rror,
the following odd prorcelng>. can nwell lie imae-
ed by tbosc whoare blesse,lwitI, ~ acn sense.
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