New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-13

| qDently of the science Of law H., So
hand familiarly upon his sbe,,ld 41s "nlts
blandly insists on his sitting stiiI y1 Sn0
! does he not remain The room = WY
| there is but one window, and that - 9Llialis
| In one corner is a large bar-rnnreo ea sssos
Behind this stove is wood how b e.oYes
with dry fire wood. Mr. Miller o orEasa
when the visitor enters, shivers a little
| says he is not well, feels ebiIIS3'
opens the door, and fills the stove NJ,
| wood. In few minutes the stove i III
| hot, and the visitor sits tanning himsoIe
with McCormick's Almanac until he can ~,
dure it no longer. when he rises and ooAs
out. The artist then closes the drau9hf
opens the window, and resumes his woTk'
THAT is the only way / can do" be wouIG
say to me; "they would sit and talk foT.
hours if | didn't make it too warm f for
them" give this for thu benefit of indus.
trious lawyers who are bored with visitors
But joaquin was as quick and acute in per
celvlng genius or originality in people as in
books, and as careful in culling gems from
conversation as from authors.
THE GHOST OF BYRON.
And so Mrs. Miller went onwith anecdoto
after anecdote of him whom she called .tba
distinguished poet" In his imitation of
Byron Mrs Miller thus took him off:
During the preparation of these poems.
through uICn OOoIiu1H sGADeCEbu To
tame III London, le was excessively By
ronic, and charge thegreat bard Indirectly
with many of his little foibles JOAQUIN had
an incorrect idea Of Byron, and being such
an impassioned admirer of him, it was NOT
strange that he did, almost imperceptibIy
to himself, fan into an imitation of many Of
his Whims. Lord Byron said that he did
not admire learned woman, ergo Joaquin
professed horror of literary women. He
kept his literary library IN his law office,
aud when | would ask him for any in
formation in literature, politics, scie- ce,
or current topics, he would tell
me not to seek to know anything; that |
was more attractive to him as / was Lord
Byron, for the sake of being witty, said that
he could not bear to see beauty at beef
steak" and, in consequence, my poet al
ways spoke of women who enjOyed a good
meal derisively -called them ''gormandiz-
ers' and the like. He never liked to see
me partake of much food. OF course was
interested in making myself agreeable
had desire to please my poetic liege, and
l went hungry until became quite pale
and interesting; but it was all in vain, for
my poet went down to the classic shades Of
Oregon and made love to bouncing Villa
mette girl who weighed 200 pounds avoir-
dupois, and who ate all she wanted.
PRINcELY PRESENT.
This little episode of the fathers tender
joaquin, as you all know, is very eccentric
in dress. He was always very singular in
his taste in making any little purchase for
myself or the babies. He always taught
me to disregard jewelry and ornaments.
but last winter he sent Maud little present
in jewelry-I suppose to encourage the
child in her studies. Maud was in anxious
anticipation of this present, for he had
written her fer months that he had locket
and chain for her, which he would send as
soon as be got his photograph ready for if.
and hoped she would be d good girl. just
before ! left Portland it came | received
package of papers in the mail, and upon
unrolllng them out it .adropped-a huge
chain, which looked lik6the tail of a MAJ
nifcent serpent, and quaint looking locEef.
picked it up tenderly; ! looked at it:
tested it; 1t was brass, and must have cost
him about twenty-five cents. But Won
know 1T isn't the value of gift which
makes it precious.
FEAsTING IN MISUNDERSTANDING IN PORT
LAND.
Mrs. Miller drew touching picture OF
her. desolate widoWh0od after JoaQnins de.
parture for London, and closed her lecture
with the following glowing satire: 1t must
not be imagined that what | have said TO-
night will wound the pride or iniurs the
feelings OF Joaquin Miller, should they
reach his ears. Pollock, i'll repFobating the
practice of dueling, says that wise men
could never tell what honor meant, or WHY
that should be called honor which makes
men murder men and break the laws Of
God IL my observations of the various
positions IN which men move in the world
think | have discovered what honor H.
The dishonest merchant who will allow him.
self to be sued by his washer woman. and
who will cheat his workmen out of their
wages, if he has note matured in the bank
will strain every nerve to meet it because
his honor is at stake.
The lecture was q complete success
and will stamp Mrs. Miller al
possessing as much genius as does her Gift
ed husband.