Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-10-17
7, OCTOBER II, 1866,
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Ariemus Ward In EngIand--uAis
Visit 10 the Tomb of Shak-

Visit 10 the Tomb Of shal-
speRre. i9 t9...,... ... ,,...
| Mr.. PUNCH, MY DEAR SIR: I've been lin
gering by the tomb of the lamentid Shak-
| speare. H""- ...lg af r n.-r5gl
1t is a success. . n. tr..r .... a..
| do not hesitate to pronounce it as such.
You may make any use of this opinion
that YOU see fit. If you think its publica-
| tion will subswerve the cause of littera-
toor, you may publicate it. i I'D. nd. III.
| told my wife Betsy when ! left home
that / should 90 TO the birthplace of the
orthur of 0theILer and other plays. She
said that as long as kept out of NewPate
she didn't care where / went. Bat" !
said ''don't you know he was the greatest
| poit that ever lived? Not Que of these
common potts, like the young idyit who
writes verses to our daughter, about the
| roses that grOwses and the Dresses as
| blowses--but boss pot-also philoso-
pher, also man who knew a great deal
about everything" . ..s..... ..... Il
She was packing my things at the time.
and the only answer she made was to ask
me if | was goin' to carry both of my red
| flannel night caps.
| Yes. I've been to Stratford unto the
Avon, the birthplace of Shakespeare. Mr..
| S. is now no more. He's been dead over
three hundred 5000 years. The people of
his native town are justly proud of him.
| They cherish his mem'ry and them rs sells
picturs of his birthplace, Scq make it prof
| table cherishin' it. Almost everybody
buys pictur to put into their albion.
AS l stood gazing on the spot where
Shakespeare is s'posed to have fell down on
the ice and hurt himself when boy (this
spot cannot be bought-the town authori-
| ties say it shall never be taken from STRAIT
| fortD, / wondered if three hundred years
hence pictures of nw birthplace will be In
demand? Will the peple of my native
town be proud of me in three hundred
years? guess they Won't short OF that
time because they say the fat man weigh
in 1000 pounds which l exhibited there
was stuffed out with pillers and cushions,
which he said one very hot day in July,
"Oh, bother, can't stand this" and COM
menced pullin' the pillars out from under
his weskit and heavIn' 'em at the audience.
| | never saw man loose flesh so fast in my
| life. The audience said | was pretty man
to come chiselin' my own townsmenin that
way. | said, "Do not be angry, feller citi
zehs; exhibited him simply as work of
art. simply wished to show you that Il
man could grow fat without the aid of cod
liver oil" But they wouldn't listen to me.
They are a low aud grOvelin' set OF people,
who excite teelin'Of loathin' in every
breast where lOrfty emotions and original
ideas have a bidin' place.
stopped at bennington few minits on
my way to Stratford onto the Avon, and a
very beautiful town it is. | went into
shoe shop to make purchas, and rs en-
tered | saw over the door those dear famil-
lar words, "By appointment; II. Il. IL. !"
and said to the man, Esquire, excuse me,
but this is too much. | have seen in Lon
don four hundred boots and shoes by ap-
pontment, ii. X. H.; and now you're at it.
| 1t is simply impossible that the prince can
wear 400 pairs of boots. "Don't tell me-"
| said. in voice choked with emotion
."Oh, do not tell me that you also make
boots for him. Say slippers-say that you
mend a boot now and then for him; but do
not tell me that you make em reg lar for
| him." ..F - '.
The man smilt, and said didn't under
stand these things. lie said perhaps had
not noticed in London that dealers in all
sorts of articles was by appointment.
said, "Oh, hadn't 2" Then sudden
thought flashed over me. have it," |
said, "When the prince walks through a
street he no doubt looks at the shop win
dows." ... ....
The man said "No doubt"
| .' Anu LuC cllJtl prism COl-
| tinued, "tbe moment the prince gets out of
sight rushes frantcally and has a tin sign
painted, By Appointment, Ii. Il. H.! 1t is
beautiful, a great idee."
! / then bought pair of shoe strings, and,
wringing the shopman's honest hand,
started for the tomb of Shakespeare in a
hired fly. 1t looked, however, more like a
spider. .... -
"And this" said, as 7 stood in the old
chnrchyard at Stratfc d, beside tomb
stone, (" this marks tht spoi where lies viii
liam W. Shakspea' e. A ; and this is the
spot where
you've Itt tn wrong grave" said a
mana worry .tager. d" Shakespeare is
buried inside Jne church" srs-'. F.r.r .
"Oh," l said, "a boy told me this was it,"
| The boy larfed and put the shilling I'd
| given him into his left eye in an ingloriouS
manner, and commenced movin' backwards
towards the street.
pursood and captured him, and after
talkin' to him a spell in a sarcastic style,
| let him went. ID. ...., ......
The old church was damp and chill. 1t
was rainin'. The only person there when
| | entered was fine bluff old gentleman,
who was talkin' in a excited manner to q
fashnibly dressed young man. No,
Ernest Montresser," the old gentleman
said, sit is idle to pursee this subjeck no
| further. You can never marry my daugh-
ter. You were seen last Monday in PiCca-
dilly without umbrelleri said dothen,
as say now, any young man as venturs
out i'm uncertain climt like This without
umbrellar, lacks foresight, caution,
strength of mind and stability, and he is
not the proper person to intrust daush-
ter's happiness too." oreVa .'tuoI
Islapt the old gentleman on the shoul-
der, and / said, YOU'RE right! YOU'RE
one of those kind of men, you are"
| EIe wheeled suddenly round, and, in an
Indignant voice, said: Go 'way-gO way
This is privit intervoo." -,'. .'.... -. .
| didn'tstOp 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, ltr. Punch,
| but you must admit that it does rain raw
ther numero;;sly here. Whether this is
owing to monerkal form of gov'ment or
not, leave all candid and onpreiudiced
persons to say. t.agsa
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford
! in 1864. All the commentators, Shaksperiarii
! scholars etsetery, are agreed on this, which
| is about the only thing they are agreed on
| in regard to him, eXceptin' that his ,mantal
! HASN'T fallen onto any poet or dramatist
hard enoughrt to hurt said poet or dramatist
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