The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-04
Sc0tt's Literary Courage.

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The literary courage of Scott. and his con-
ceded Indifference to fame for its own sake, is
well illustrated in his reply to dear friend,
who after the success of s'Marmion,' = cau-
toned him against attempting the Lady of
the Lake.
sDo not be rash," she said, s.you are al
ready popular, more SO perhaps than you
yourself will believe, or than even or any
other friends can fairly allow to your merit.
You stand high, do not rashly attempt to
TO stand higher, and incur the risk of fall !;
for, depend upon it, a favorite will not be
permitted to stumble with impunfty."
10 which Scott replied in the words of
Montrose:
He either fears his fate tco much,
Or his deserts small,
's Who fears to pit it to the touch
o. r. TO win or lose it all. ss5
IF tail, lie continued" it is sign that
ought never to have succeeded, and will
write prose for lite; you shall see no change
in my temper, nor will eat single meal the
worse
Yet he felt the excellent, Judgment of the
true and friendly warning. as
He was glad of his fame, enjoyed it simply
and naturally, was healthily, not inordinate-
ly, proud of it. He made use of it. 1t
brought him acquaintanees, associations,
and facilities that he greatly desired. He
made much money with it, and generous use
Of his money; but withal depended not up
on his fame tor any deep comfort or lasting
Inv and $fnrrats ffitu &c x.yoxy ,f
forsaking merit for ill-desert. OF passing from
any possessor at any time, asking no leave
for its erranteless.-[ Harper's Magazine for
September.
Change in the Gulf Stream.
4 From the New York Herald ] 5sfe.H
That delicious fish, the pompeneau which
the gourmands of New Orleans and the guilt
coast delight in and feast upon, has appeared
on our coast and in our markets. This is the
first season we believe, this fish has been
caught on our coast, at least in such numbers
as to be marketable, common as it is along
the Gulf Of Mexico, The same remark would
have applied to the Spanish mackerel a few
years ago, This last named fish was q
stranger, like the pompenean, except = stray
one occasionally on the shores of the North
ern States, up to q recent period, though
abundant now. The question is, what brings
these fish of the warm latitude SO near to lis?
Intelligent old fishermen say it is the unusual
promixity of the guilt stream to the coast;
and to fortify their opinion, they call atten-
.tion to the fact of the peculiar gulf stream
weather, with southeasterly winds, which
we have had for some time past. Then,
again. sea captains who have sailed along
the Southern coast for a long time, remark
that the gulf stream is coming much nearer
the coast than formerly in fact it al
most infadns. the Land at Cape Hatteras.
Here Is an exceedingly interesting subject,
and one that may prove useful for both the
weather bureau and naturlists to investigate.
The recent appearance Of the Spanish mack
eraI and the coming now of the pompeneau
may promote scientific knowledge. Who
will enter upon the investigation of this pis-
catory immigration to Four coast and the
cause Of it.
In 1850 the citizens of st. Anthony appoint
ed COMMITTEES to meet Mr.. Seward and
others who were proposing to visit the town.
By some chance the commiite did moi meet