The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-09-24

imposing increased duties when the
principle was resisted or eyaded, as il
WAS in the case of Il0lland-M. Falck,
the Dutch Minister, having made a one
sided proposition, much TO the adyan-
uge of his own country. a tedious neg
od.,ion dragging on from month TO
month onsued, without arriving one step
nearer consumGton; 10 lust Cummings
mteuce was exhausted. Sir Charles
| Bagot. our ambassador az the Hague, was
one day (as We are toldl attending at
Court when q despatch in cipher was
| hastily put in bis hand; It was very short
and evidently very urgent but unlortl-
nately Sir Charles not expecting such a
communication had not the key of the
cipher with him. An interval ofintense
anxiety followed until he could obtain
the key, when, to his infinite astonish-
ment, he deciphered the following des-
patch from the Secretary Of State for
Foreign Affairs
"In matters OF commerce, the fault of the Dutch
Is giving too little and asking too much;
With equal advantage the French are content,
so we'll clap on Dutch bottoms a twenty per cent.
Twenty per cent
| Twenty per cent
Nous fHpperons Falek with twenty per cent
GEORGE CASRING.
Tom Moore has recourse to the episto-
larry Muse under modification though
there may be many tingling sensations
after givinga bad dinner near akin to the
discovery Of being even party to false
quantity. The man in both cases feels
lowered, and has to give himself FLIP
to reinstate himself in his own good
opinion The dinner in question seems
to have been an utter breakdown; and
where Luttrell and brother epicureans
were the guests, all can sympathize in
the mishap; while il is only given to
poets to express in becoming terms a
consciousness Of disaster. Prose apollo
gies in such cases are heavy aggrayations
of the original ill-usage. Moore sitting
down after seeing his guests of, aided by
his lantern, and soothing his spirits by
an imitation Of Horace, might be glad he
WAS poet; for what trouble does not in
degree dissipate itself under neat def
milton?
"Thatbsrd had brow OF bFals, own;
Who ant presumed, the hardened sinner,
To ask fine gentlemen from town
To come and eat wretched dinner;
Who feared not leYeret, black as SCOT,
Like roasted Afric at the head set.
And making towards the duck at foot,
The veteran duck, a sort Of deadset;
Whose nose could stand such ancient fsh
As that We NJ Devices purvey-
Than which, know no likelier dish
To turn ones stomach topsy.turyy."
&c, &c.
Luttrell himself could turn verse and
was no doubt recompensed in some de-
gree by the opportunity afforded for air
ing his talent, owing indeed that your
cook was no dab at her duty" but max
ing the answering line "end with poetry,
friendship and beauty"
"And then 70 increase our delight
To fullness all boundaries scoming,
We were cheered by your lantern at night
And RECALLED with your rhymes the next NOR.
ming"
We must 60 back 10 an earlier date to
find dinners cheerful subject for the
poets muse. When a couple of dishes
furnished a table to which it was not un-
becoming to invite lord, Matthew Prior
could gaily extemporize an invitation to
Harley; with no fears Of q contraemps
when Joint of mutton and ham sup
piled the board
"AN EXTEAPoRH INVITATION TO THE. EARL
or OXFORD, HIGH TREASURER, l7l2.
my lord
Our weekly friends tomorrow meet
At Matthew'S palace In Duke Street,
Totry, for once, lfthey can dine
On bacOn.ham and muttonchne.
Ifwearied with the great affairs
Which Britain trusts to Harley's cares,
Thou, humble statesman, may'st descend
Thy mind one moment 10 unbend,
To see thy servant from his soul
Crown with thy health the sprightly BOWL
Among the guests which e'er my house
Received 1t neyercsn produce
ofhonor a more glorious proof
Though Dorset used to bless the roof"
'DR. SWIFT TO Mrs. PoPE,
lFhiche uds Writing the Dimciad
Pope has the talent well To spead,
But not to reach the ear;
Ills loudest voice Is low and weak.
The Dean too deaf to hear.
while they on each other look,
Then different studies chuse;
The Dean lis plOdding on a book
Pope walks and courts the muse.
Now backs Of letters, though design'd
For those who more will need 'em.
Are filed with hints, and lnterllncd.
Hlmselfcan hardly read 'em.
Zach atom by some other struck,
All turns and motions tries
TIL in lump together struck,
Behold pom risel
Yet 10 the Dean his share allo.
He claims it by canon;
ThGi wisOnt iVhtch a thing is no.
IS eduso sine qua non.
Thus, rope, IN vain you OOasI your VII,
For, had our deaf divine
Been for your conversation ct.
You had not writ q line.
ofprelate thus for preaching fam'd
The sexton reason'd WE'LL
And justly half the merit claim'd
Because he rang the bell"
Editors have been often proyocatives
of verse. Tom Moore has his thoughts
on editors, though on different grounds,
but mingled in his case also with good
cheer. The following vuerulous effusion
fails to distinguish between the private,
the social, and the public duties of the
critic. 81 see my Lord Edward" he
writes, announced as one of the articles
in the Quarterly to be abused Of course,
and this so Immediately after my din
ings and junketings with both editor and
nublishprn HAVING occasion tn write