, 1861-03-19

| Tricks Of Sll~rfdan--Hoxy he got q
Pair of Eoot.---syfne for DInner...
s..! sis J"nah % ssatrlnGten,s Espto.t--
shrrldan,s Persuasive PoWers-.Hu-
1noToAn Inc dents. -:,.-.
| Iron the Philadelphia Preas.1,
That amusing and gossplng volume, :::.The,
| Wits aud Beaux of Society," gives uumHrotls
instances Of 6aeriaan'st naturRli talent for
sWindllDg- In fact, he had such n born genius
that way, ulat bus for thehiyh station In which
he moved, he 1Eonld probably have been exalt-
| ed-on TIE gallows, Or tranaported-to Botany
/ Bay While yet'in bis teens, Just after leaving
Harrow achool, Sheridan, NE are, told I; was
spending q few days ct Br;e:oI, and. wanted
pair Of new boots, bnt could not afford to pay
for them. Shortly before he left, he called Oh
two hootmakcrs, and ordered Of each pair.
promising payment on delivery. He fixed the
morning OF his departure for the trndesmen to
send IN tier goods. When The first: rived
he tried on the boots, coinplaiued 'thattbat Tor
the 7;5ht foot piached q little, aud ordered
CrisplIi to take. it. back, stretch 1t, and bring
it 9gain at nine the next mi norniag. The second
arrived soon after, and this time it wis the
boot for the left foot which pinchcd, Same
complaint; same order given each had taken
away only the pinching boot, and left the 9TH
et beMnd- The same afternoon Sheridan left
ir his neW boots for town. and when the two
shoen. takers called ut nine the next day, each
with boot In his hand, we can imagine their
dsgsit dussS e dn9log how nealy tt4ey had bean
Hare is companion aneclote. extremely
ca7raeterlsttc, Which il generally ACCEPTED as
taEing Sheridan for its Teritable hero: Chg
.!ler, the wine merchant, was his creditor to q
iar5,: Enao cunt, and had stopped supplies. Sher-
.dan vas to give grand dinner to the leaders
OF tue Opposition, aid had no port or; sherry
to oIsr them. On the morning Of the day
ilyed he sent for Ghatier; md told him he
Wante1 to settle his account. Tie Importer
tnuth Pleased, said he would go hume and
brng it ut once. Stay, cried the debtor,
VII you dine with me- to-day.2 Lord
sdf - -, and ;so-and-so :are coming
Cha1ier vas dstterFd, aud. readily acrepted,
returning lis ofllee, he told his clerk that.
he should dine with AIr. Sheridan, aud there
fore leave early. At the proper hour he ar.
rived in full lrcss, and R;as no sooneriu the
hauEe:thaa his host dispatched message to
tue clerk at the c1llce, saying that Mr.. C6alier
wished him to send up ut once three dozen Of
burgundy, two OF c1aret, two of port, etc,
Nothing seemed more natural, and the vine
was Forwarded, just IN time for the dinner It
gas highly praised By the guests, who asked /
Sheridan nho was his wine merchant. The
host bowed toward Chalicr, aaye hin hiaf~ or
RECOMMENDATION, and impressed him with tie
beltet That he was telling polite faIsehood,
n ordor to sscnre him other cEstomers.l Little
did he think that he was drinking his own !
s'n., aud th1t It was not. and probably never
w'ula be, paid forfn =; -
A11pny 11s traditional anecdotes floating
bout Dublin respecting Sir Jonah Darlington, i
author Of clrta,n Irish sketches, nDse aims. |
tug than true, is one which appeara to show |
pr!ciical Improvement upon Sherldan's |
s"1nd lag tho wine meEchant Sir Jonah, who |
AIS Judge OF the Irish Admiralty Court, lu-
1ulged N such extremely costly living that.
1T least, he fonpd it Impossible to continue on
iFkh 6oI-so long rs Imprisonment for debt
Tas ia operation: He made quiet preparations |:
, ,or aleht to Paris, where he resided for the
!!ist twenty year5 o1 bis life. lie had sufficient
interest With the British Government to ob,s.n
their sanction to his judicial duties being per-
Iaruaed by deputy, and the arrangement was
so secretly made that no Dublin friend hut the |
t1snre deputy was in Barrngton3s, confidence,
This vas iu 1915, during the Ficeroyalty Of
Earl Nhitewnrih, With whom as well as with: T.
he Irish Secretary, {the late Sir Robe1ts Pcel,l |
>ir Jonah wls Oh very intimate terms, il ]
'lPpaned that Bay1ia.tan's i've servl1e of
silver plate, worth abu11' Twelve thousand dol.
!ars, was in pawn with Mr.. Grace, 4 wellknowu
Iewclltr in Dame Str ct, Duhiia, who often ad- T.
distressed iuoi,idL ais who could deposit with
i'm the safe security of valuable property.
Burlington, who determined that Ills last
timer iu Dublin should be long remembered L
'''r its msgnlteence. and wh1se credit with
sire merchant, butcher, poulterer, fish
n''pger, fEutereF, aud grocer was very good;
determined tha. his guests should cat otisilycr'
sie Knew that Gracs would not part with tic
silver dfnutr.strTice without full payment Of /
IL the ADVANCES made upnn II. H. l,Iclitu
;: .uaat Gracc at his door. Ind AT Ar sS.na s c,n
1trsation On general toncs said aR5,t5a.
way Grace, yon have n Yer dined with ne
| stall have n little dinner nayt yzes1S ~.
Lord Lieutenant and Mr. Peel will be Of tho /
,':rty, aad if you will join il, 4 shall tpke !,
7ultaels, opportunity of Recommending you
. both Of them, and can tell you, my boy,
ave Gcavv arders i1o,, t,t3, u, tqIs ~ nM>
az. a f.,y f,ys aro 1iat ha '+h,,,.it = 4 20
;usro q! Tifsi o1icais Is s6eS1 tSa;5 ;.ao y 10
n Ireland vl,rre tl,ev recaivod - H..
pretty Miss Floyd vo,1 knozvI r. sn9 )
The 1naTriare 1nttt win he :n1er+it.f u, MI
;;raca VA, literally -nstongsbrd M ,rd1i ~. -.
harn1rd. with tho ,1rnsncct nr d,,i1o- ~ ha. ~
,aoy. At fhns fahie nf ihe a1n,ir'it, ~
with the Viceroy nrd Chief gecreto,, ~ Iss' :
Ilnd-To s,v nnibirr ~ +Ia nra,na3St;rl II -. -
;,n,.res 1Te .9r.1ei!,,,r cnnon,ag ~
urts5inn G1r ,7,at Sn1 ;.,ai % oit s9faa
lesrerd;uulr tn bs Ta;.,hl,n-s a1 ah,,'t ~; eon
nj, honnr i;utiI Ia. tarsnnor ". f.+s,a; n 4o
ID (eaat-day .B,rr1noton nnvnr 4ar;s1taaTa :
;r,ce 1n fhs fnrSEnon hnro'o, rs @ -ms' !.
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.o,ne seross tEe r1fnna ;a,ra1or r>l ~ ~
ender. who. "a before ,y.s airline, h,r,.otf!t
,is ,l,o,l,or tsnnn,t tnrIat j. ~, eaiI .S ~
r. aint nj sh,-n seTen R1 aaarvs- ~ 1.slu' tnns
,ave tl,ause rTa 1;tt1o cl;;.,. ~ -.; Msa 10y
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