New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-02-24

any newspaper might furnish examples. We s;o told
OF grass in Colorado that short that you have got
10 athey Il before You can NEW IT. heard OF man
who moved about eisuroy that when he works In the
garden the shade Of his hat kills tho plants Another
man wakes up in the morning after day spent IN hunt
ing strawberries He finds he can use only one eye the
other being engaged in holding his cheek which had
marched 1t. 1t a case OF dogwood There was
a man once who stood his head to have pair OF tight
boots driven on his feet found himself shortly after
In China, perfectly Naked and without cent IN MS
pockets There was Capt Jones. Capt jones'
on board OF his schooner one summer aiVoi-
noon, observed heavy cloud nsihg hon,
the land. Before Ne could take in SAIL millions Oh
usketoes broke upon his vessel and part OF the noeA
went through the SAIL leaving nothing but the ropes
Another skipper who heard the story compared dates
with Cant Jones. The skipper declared that Ho
was boarledEby the same flock two days at'ef-
ward and they all wore canvas breeehes. AprOpoS "
this recall pair of.pantaoons which was ds'riou'eu
10 one of the sufferers by the forest IRE u was Iouo
mon trial TO be ridiculously small. The mans WIG
wanted to know IL there lived or breathed ln"n "o
had legs no bigger III there did he ought 10 DC taken
mn for yagrancy as having visible means OF support
II WAS discussed in the family whether or not 10 uso
them for gun cases. FalstaR says you might nave
thrust Shallow into eel skin 1t Is the same Sh"heS
pearean tone aud style which we have all nheIlteu'
Sometimes this breadth OF imagination produces the
effect of wit by bringing incongruous ideas under
one statement. During political procession remark
ably dirty man stepped in front OF small boy sitting On
fence expecting to have some fun by chaing hin TIC
said, How much do you weighp The answer was
"Wen, about as much as you would do, II you were
washed" The boys wit recalls to you Charles l@mos
remarks to another person Martin, IL art was Uunps'
what hands you would hold"
Ibaye always noticed that the American Imagination
would be quite capable Of composing fables IN the Sp'
OF the East. Like for instance, handbook Weh az
tbuted 10 animals the possession OF the motives OF men,
Just as traveller writing his name on the register
OF Leavenworh hotel certain insect TOOK us way
across the page Laying down the pen, the man re-
marked I" have been bed by Kansas City spiders,
and interviewed by Fort Scott gTaybacks, but d ne
If was ever in hotel, where these insects look over
| the register TO take the number Of your ROOM
Now have spoken OF the comedy and the imaginative
exaggerations Of Falstafs character. IL remains 10
gather up from thescihis humor In anybody else his
vices would not be borne, but such Noachan deuse
would carry away man bulkier than he When he is
mOrazng upon his Of life nc says mat the llhoe
has been ruined byhm This mcrazng always stopped
by the Princes saying, Where shall we take purse
tomorrow 2" He is quite conscious OF Inc lnercuil"
dsposion and leaves the door aar to every temptation
There are intervals Of sefupbradng; intervals when
he wishes that the Prince were not such ras-
caIy fascinating companion His love OF hlrlh
| Is a better ally than the Prince; lar
more capable, for IT leads us 10 commune
his faults There must be many GOOD native
qualities lingering in vicious haunts and corners we
may see it under the hand of philanthropy begulng II
with wreathed smiles toward Its rugged purpose There
are places where we can visit Shakespeare company
We have been too wobred to seek our vices III snch
quarters We have been too webred as to accommo
| date no vices We cannot our faults; but the
searcher Of hearts Perhaps we are grateful for
that gift OF Shakespeare which comes TO Us Ourrespec
for man and womankind increases. You Will learn 10
eofh
/ hold dlsinfectants TO your nose.
! We do not quite relish the rebuff which Prince Hai
after his accession administers TO Sir John Our good
nature is wrenchcd by the abrupt transition. We ac
| knowledge that the king cannot 60 on IN that way
couutenapcinc the course which he had found so anu
SIM But we think nc should have let down the teacher
of rOv sterng softly. There IS some IecOupehse
Tor ms money and the inlOmtable wit turns that away
The king has the cord of their mutual reVeihg WIN
one stroke. Down tum1les fdlst.I, anu ~ i'd
his heart. As Dame quickly says, me hLuF M ~
| his There human heart then lnNOiNcu III
cile MS to tue sudden tate when JeIe ms ~ ~
folly. Shakespeare himself Iannou W. % The
heart OF any less bulky c0miaHe nuen hih 6rsct
ineligible for Office. Inc kinSsh,p N's az
Bu / would like TO have you notice the art OF shahe.
spcare in th that If the King had broken win MS V
NOT have been so well prepared TO syInpathZc Win Ms
death. that hour feel the full effect OF h1nor ~
tie uu IllsneS9 70 ioI % Tt,n"r Dame UuickIy
the legacy OF MS Au!llOl Dt.l,u so,,"os
and the others cannot prevent "reminiscences i
OF his wit seasoning their tears Her story OF ms
end with its delicious INCONSISTENCIES, te'S 10" ~
PLAYED with flowers and babDcd OF green Iclus, we
he climbed tees Ia summer ana cAoIcl
the BIRDS nests that he had once c%P'hdc1 9oy Eaa
longing on the hill sides and lad shared tie landscape
shift elsewhere the responsibility OF doing mat though
We prepared TO go as Tar as Bardoph VINO say
heaven he'll, Bardolph may some day md himself
IN company when at once bad and ermnaly stupid