American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-10-24

day in piecpdilly without an umbreller
l said then, as | say now, any young
man as vcntufs eat 10 uncertain climit |
Hike this witboutaa usnbreler, iaeks fore
sight, caution, strength Of mind, and sta /
bility, and he is not tho proper person to
intrust dapgIser's haFpinessto.'
slapt The old gentleman on the shout
der, and said, you're right You're
one of those kind of men-you are"
lie wheeled suddenly round, and in
indignant voice said, 'sGo way-ge way!
This is pririt intervoo."
| didn't stop to enrich the old gentle
fman's mind with my conversation. !
sort of inferred that he wasn't inclined
to listen to inc, and so | went on. But
he was right about the umbrciler I'm
really delighted with this grand old coun-
try, Mr. Purch, but you must admit that
it does rain rather numerously here. -
Whether this is owing to moneikal
form of government or not leave all
candid and onprejudiced persons to say.
William Shakespeare was born in Strat-
ford in 1864. All the connentaters,
Shaksperian scholars, etsetry, are agreed
on shis, which is about 'the only thing
thev are agreed on in regard 70 him, ex-
cent that his mantle hasn't fallen onto
} any poet or dramatist hard enough to
hurt said poet or dramatist much. And
there is no doubt If these commentators
, and persona continner investigator Shak-
speare's career, we shall not, in doc time,
know anything about it at all. Wien a
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 people
) to thinkin there might lie somethin in
: this lad. lie subsequently, wrote " Ham
5 let" and George Barnwell." When his
, kind teacher went to London to accept a
> position in the offices of the Metropoli-
ran railway, little william was ehcsen by
+ his fellow pupils to deliver farewell ad
: dress. Go on. sir, lie said, sin glo-
: rious career. BE like eagle, and soar
d andshe soarer you get the more We shall
/ all be gratifei! That's So"
d y young readers who wish to know
5 about Shakespeare, better get these vally'
n able remarks framed.
n l returned to the hotel Mcetia {
i young married couple, they asked me i
c could direct them to the hotel which
Z. Washington Irving used to keep.
;. give understood that he was onsuc
t. cessful as Ian lord, saId the lady.
n We've understood" said the young
II man, ss,hat he busted up"
= told Fem | was a stranger and hur-
= ried away. Incy we-a from my couutr,
= and undoubtedly represented thrifty
= lie we'll somewhere in Pennsylvany III
a common thing, by the way, for ole
$ farmer IN Pennsylvany to wake up som,
It mornin and find lie squirtin all arount
| his back yard. He sells out for a nor
l nous price, and his children put on eor
= gcous harness and start on tower TO as
. tonish peple They succeed in doin it
C Meantime the lie it squirts and squirts
n and time rolls on. Let it roll.
e A very nice town is Stratford, and
" capital inn is the Red Horse Ever,
1t admircr of the great S. must go thcr
$ once certainly and to say one isn't ad
a mirer of him is equivalent to sayin on,
o has just about brains enough to become
II efficient tinker.
a Some kind person has sent me Chaw
1t GERS poems. Mr. C. had talent, but h,
" couldn't rrel. No man has right to b,
lit'rary man onless he knows how t.
= spell. lisa play that Chaweer, who hac
:, gcneyus, was so uncdcatcd. Hes tn,
1t wuss speller l know Of
J. | guess I'm through, and so I lay tn,
: pen down, which is more mightier thar
). the sword, but which I'm 'fraid woulc
e stand rayther sliu chance beside Tho
5 needle gun.
Adoc! Adoo ARTEMus WARD.
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