The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-15
THE AMERICAN SNOWMAN IN ENGLAND

oy the tomb of the lamented Shakespeare.
It is success
do not hesitate to pronounce IL as such
1ou may make any use of this opinion that
YOU see ht. If you think its publication will
suqswerye the cause of litteratoor you may
told my wife Betsy when left home that
should go to the birthplace of ''Otheller'' and
otner Rays. She said that as long as kept out
VI NeWgate she didn't care where went "Butr
said, don't you know he was the greatest Poit
tnat ever liyedg Not one of these common potts
IKE mat young idYit who writes verses to our
daughter, about the Roses as growses and the
DIeezes as Blowses but Boss Polt-also phi
about every thng.r
:, She was packing my things at the time, aud
the only answer she made was to ask me if
caps. s"'
Yes. I've been to stratford- d-onto.the.Avon.
the birthplace of Shakespeare. Mr. Shake
speare is now no more. He's been dead over
three hundred (300) years. The peple of his
native town are justly proud of him. They
his birthplace, etc, make 1t prof'tbe cherishin
their Albion.
AS stood gazing on the spot where Shake
speare Is s5'posed to have fell down on the ice
and.hurt hisself when boy (this spot cannot
be bought-the town authorities say il shall
never be taken from Stratford), wondered if
three hundred years hence picturs OF my birth.
place will be in demand? Will the people of
my native town be proud of me in three hun
ared years guess they, won't short of that
1000 pounds which 1 exhibited there was
stuffed out with pillers and cushions, which he
saio, one very hot day in July, ooh bother,
pillers out from under his weskit and heavin
,em at the audience. I never saw man lose
hesh SO fast in my life. The audience said l
was pretty man to come chiselin my own
townsmen in that way. I said:-"Do not be
angry, feller-citizens. 1 exhibited him simpIy
as as work of art l simply wished to show you
That man could grow tat without the aid of
cod.liver OIL" But they wouldn't listen TO me.
They ale ow and grovelin set of peple, who
excite teelin OF loathin IN every brest where
lority emotions and original ideas have bidin
place.
stopped at bennington few minits on nv
way to Stratiord- rd-onto-the-Avon, and a very
beautiful town it is. l went into a sho-shop
10 make a puTchis, and as | entered / saw
over the door those dear, familiar Words-s'By
appointment; II. r. H. :" and said to the man
'Squlre, excuse me, but this Is too much i
have seen in London four hundred boot and
shoe shops by appointment: II. r. and now
you're at 1t. 1t is simply impossible that the
Prince can can wear 400 pairs of boots. Don't tell
on, 90 not tell me that you also make boots
tor him Say slippers-say that you mend boots
now now and then for him; but do not tell me
that you make 'em reg'lar for him.
The man smilt, and said l didn't understand
these things. He said perhaps had not noticed
IN London that dealers in all sorts of articles
Then suoden thought fasht over me. ~ have
it!n 1 said, when the Prince walks through
street, he no doubt looks at the shop win
The man said, ''No doubt.n
:. "And the entefprisin' tradesman" I con-
tlnued, "the moment the Prince gets out of
sight, rushes frantically, and has a tin sign
painted, BY Appintmint, Fl. r. H.! It is a beau
tifui, great ideel"
/ then bought pair of shoe strings and
Wringlng the shopmans honest hand started |
for the Tomb of Shakespeare in a hired hy. IL
lookt, however, more like spider.
''And this" said, as stood in the old church |
yard at Stratiord, beside q tombstone, "this |
marks the spot where lies William w. Shake |
speare. Alars and this is the spot where --n |
You've got the wrong grave" said mana |
worthy villager: Shakespeare is buried inside
"Ohn 1 said, "a boy told me this was it," The
boy larfed, and put the shIllln I'd given him into
his left eye in a inglorious manner and COM
menced movln back wards towards the street.
Ipursood and captered him, and after talkin
to him spell in skarcastic stle, let him went
The old r church was damp and chill. twas
rainin. The only persons there when / en-
tered was fine bluff old gentleman, who was
talkin in excited manner to fashnibly dressed
young man. mo, Ernest Montresser," the old
gentleman said, lit is idle to pursoo this sub
jeck no further. You can never marry my
daughter. You were seen last Monday in Picca-
dilly without a umbreller! l said then, as l
say now, any young man as venturs out in a
uncertain climit like this without umbreller,
lacks foresight, caution, strength of mind, and
stability, and he IS not the proper person to
slapt the old gentleman on the shoulder,
and said, YOU'RE rightl You're one OF those
kind OF men-you are -.n
He wheeled suddenly round, and in indig-
nant voice said, Go way-go way This is a
private intervoo.n
I didn't stop to enrich the old gentleman's
mind with my conversation. / sort of inferred
that he wasn't inclined to listen to me, and so
went on. But he was right about the umbreller.
I'm really delighted with this grand old country,
Mr.. Punch but you must admit that it does rain
rayther numerously here. Whether this is
owing to monerkal form of gov'ment or not,
leave all candid and onpreudced persons to say.
William Shakes peare was born in Stratford in
1864. All the commentators, Shakespearian
scholars etsetry, are agreed on this, which is
about the only thing they are agreed on in re-
gard 10 him, except that'his mantle hasn't fallen
onto any poet or dramatist hard enough to hurt
said poet or dramatist nl4ch. And there is no
doubt II these commentators and persons con.
timer investigatin Shakespeare's career, we
shall not In doc time, know anything about it
at all. When mere lad little William attended
the Grammer School, because, as he said, the
Grammer School wouldn't attend him. This
remarkable remark, comm from one so young
and inexperienced set peple to thnkin there
might be somethin in this lad. He subsequently
wrote Hamlet" and George Barnwell.n When
his kind teacher went to London to accept a
position in the Offices of the Metropolitan Rail.
way, little william was chosen by his fellow
pupils to deliver farewell address. "Go on
sir" he Said ''in glorus career. Be like
eagle, and soar, and the soarer you get the more
we shall all be grati6ed That's sou
My young readers, who wish to know about
shakespeare better get these vallyabe remarks
framed.
returned to the hotel. Meetin young mar
ried couple, they asked me if could direct them
to the hotel which Washington Irving used To
keep: