The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-11-17
NUMBER l6
Personal Gossip,

We have al heard Of Sir Boyle Roche's
biandcrs dickens gives US an accouns
{ oi those which are happily preserved. IN
one OF his speeches lie said, Sir, L would
give up hali-naY, the whole OF the con-
s,tution to preserve the remainder. This
however was parliamentary. Hearing
tlat Admiral Howe wa Ia q0est of the
/ French he remarked, somewhat pleasant
+ IL. that the admiral wor!i sweep the
Ere lch feet off the face Of the eSrth -
BY ard ~ caa.e dangerous times of die;.f-
lection, and honest mems lives were inse-
cure Sir BOYLE writes from the country
to = friend ia the capital thi, discouraging
view of his position: .:You may judge Z"
lie says. ''cf our state, when tell YOU that
write this with a sword IN enc hand and
a pistol ia the Q her Or ano, her occa-
sion. when tie ianous letters to the Public
Advertiser were attracting universal at
tention, Sir BOYLE was heard to complain
bitterly of the attacks of a certain anony-
NOUS writer called Jlnius.' lie it was
who recountcd that marvellous performance
in gymnastics when in tumult q loyalty
BE "s:o3d ptostrate at the feet Of his soy
crcign lIe it was who denounced in
witherinr lan@uaee The apostate politician
who -,urncd l,i~ back upon himself" lie
Il was who introduced to public notice the
ingenious yet PARTIAL. confused metaphor
Il the rat Sir" he said addressing the
speaker % the Irish House, Il nell a rat
see him fcatiog in the air; but mark me,
/ shall vet nip him in the bad" There
was famous speech which con'ouuded
generations. Il don't see. Mr.. Speaker,
Why we should PIT ourselves out of the
way to serve pos;eritv What has poster
ity ever done fer u.s. lie VAS little
disconnected by burst Of laughter that
iollowed. and proceeded TO explain his
meaning "By posteri;y. sir, 1 do not
mean our ancestors but those who are to
cone Immediately after them His in
Vltation to the gentleman on his travels
was hospitable and wcll-meant-but equiv
ocal. Il horc, my lord, il you ever come
within = mile ef my house, gou'il stay
there all night" lie it was who stood
for the proper dimensions Of the wiuc lot
tie, and proposed to the Parliament that
it should be compulsory that every pint
bottle should contain quart
Very pleasant and yet perfectly intclligi-
BE. was his meanng--though unhappily it
took the fatal bovine shape-in his rebuke
to tn shoe maker when gct,ing shoes for
his gouty limbs: II told YOU - make one
larger ttan the other. and instead Of that
you made one smaller than the othcr-thc
opposite
WILLIAM Temple FRANKLIN has some.
thing surprising to tell u of his grand
fathers chess playing. DIR. Franklin"
lie SAYS, was - inmodcrately fond Of
chess that one evening at Passy. he sat
at the amusement from six in the after
noon till sunrise. On tie point Of losing
one Of his gan es. his king being attacked
by what Is called u check but an opportu-
nifty offering at he same time Of giving a
might neylcct the defense of his king he
chose to do 50. though contrary to the
rules and made his move Sir said the
French gentleman, his antagonist, YOU
cannot do .lat, ard leave your king an
check 4 see he is in check. said the
Doctor, but shall not defend him. If
he was I good kirf like yours. he would
deserve the protection of his subjects; but
he is a tyrant, :nd has cost them already
more than he is worth Take him. if YOU
please, | can DO without him. and will fight
ouc the rest cf the battle en- Pepublicains.
There is vet another version of this
chess story, which some future inquirer
into the natural history OF anecdotes NAV
value I find it in Jeremy Bentham, who
heard il related L. Fanny Wright as from
Gen. Lafayette When Franklin was
negotiating in Paris, he sometimes went
into a cafe to pE.y chess \ crowd usu-
az assembled, OF course to see the man
rather than the play l'non one occasion
lost in the middle Of the game;
whom coHposcdly taking the king from
The board, he rut him into hIs pocket and
continued to move The antagonist look
"a up. The i:ice Of Franklin was 50 grave
snd his gesture 50 much in earnest that he
began with an expnstuiatory. Sir, Yes
IT; continue. said Franklin. and we shall
&c that the party without L king will win
he game"