The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-11-04

held up their pretty lips to be kisse
by the King-a blunder no one Woul
more willingly excuse than the lover O
pretty Nelly Gwynn. A great poet
! the cuuntryman of Chaptier. had, tgt
cruturies later, the honor of being pub
licly kissed in the stage box by th'
young and lovely Countess de VIliars
but in Voitaire's case the lady gave the
oscularity salute, rot of her own free
will but in OBJ dience to the command
of the c7oqueurs in the pit, made with
enthusiasm for the poets Mrrope
Georgiana. Duchess of Devonshire
as our readers will remeanber, gave
Steel, the butcher, kiss for his vote,
hearty a century since and another
equally beautiful woman, Jane, Ouch
ess of Gordon, recruited her regiment
in similar manner. Ducan Macken
zie, veteran Of Waterloo, died in Ell
gin. Seotrerd, December 1866 He
delighted in relating boy be kissed the
Duchess, in taking the shilling irolu
between her teeth, to become one of
her regiment-the Gordon Higlanders,
better k-own as the Ninety second
The old Scottish veteran of eighty-sev
en- has not left one behind hiln to tell
the same tale about kissing the bldr-
eyed Duchess in the market place of
Du-h hill. The late Daniel o C"nnell
his upon g novel mode of securing
votes Tor the candidates he had named
at certain election. which test, con
sidering the constitutional temperament
of his coun,rymen, is said to have prov
ed effcctual He said, in reference to
the unfortunate elector who should vote
aaainst them. "Let no man speak to
him Let no woman salute him ]!
Gilbert Stuart, the portrait painter. is
said to have once met lady in the
streets of Boston, who accosted him
with: "Ah Mr. Stuart, I have jusr
seen your likeness, and kissed it, be
cause it was so much like you" "And
did it kiss you in return ?'' "Why.
no." "Then," said the gallant paint
er, at was not like me"
Chevalier Bunsen, who rose from an
humble position in life to great honor,
a man of vast sauior. but little erudi
ton As q theolcgian, the charact'r r
to which he most aspired. he was Sc
vereIy criticised by the celebrated DR.
Merle D'Aubigne. The two so0d"s
met in Berlin, at the Evangelical Ali
ance; he d several years ago. Bunseb
kissed Merle. Of course, the polite
Genevan could but return the compli
ment. Great was the ado about the
"kiss of reconciliation" as the Ger
mans called it, much to the annoyance
of Dr. Merle, who had no idea of com
promising solemn writer's Of theology
by kiss Besides he said, he prefer
red the English custom in kissing to
the German. A delicate intimation
that, but the Professor meant nothing
At Boulogne, during the reception
of Quern Victoria, June, 1856 mum
Der of English ladies. in their anxie'y
to see every thing, pressed with suci.
force against the soldiers, who were
keeping the liie, that the latter, il
snme instances, were obliged to give
way. and generally were-to use th'
of cur police-"Impeded il
the exrcuti N of their duty" The off
Ger III c c'mmand, observing the state OF
affairs, shouted out : "One roll of th,
drum-if they don't keep back kis,
them all :" Aftsr the first sound of the
drum the Engl,sh ladies took to fiji. ht
"If they had been French,':' said Par
isian journal, "they would have remain
ed to a woman"