The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-05-21
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| down the law in his talk, restrained and re-
nned by an old-world courtesy and Difference
towards his bright hostess, for which chioolry
| Is the only right word. There was never any
I's Ine iess ioi "a pretty man.; but his tale of
having gone from Bristol to Bath to find a
moss s'rose for girl who had desired one. II
suppose Tor some balD was all natural. and
sracelul, and charming enough.
rahche Is quite as entertaining in his
.."inlscences. Of David Morris, manager of
the Haymarket, a man who exaotod fill
' loni us employees, he tells the follow
hs ohe morning at rehearsal Morris OBJ
| served that one of the baad was ouiescent
Leaning over, he asked him, 'why are Won
not playing, sir%' 81 have twelve bars
rest answered the musician. Crest! don't
talk to me of rest. Don't you get your sala-
ry, SirS l pay you to play, and not to rest.
Rest when you've done your work, and not
in the middle Of it," A story is told of Poole,
who dining one day where the host became
exceedingly angry at not being able to find
any stuffng in roasted leg of pork, quickly
suggested Perhaps it is in the other leg."
He says that Lady Salisbury went one Sun
day morning to the Chapel Royal, and not be-
ing able to find seat, said in answer to the
question of ''Where shall we go mamma?'
Home again, to be surel If we can't get
in, its no fault Of ours. We've done the civil
| thing.''
Two good stories of Hood are given. In
his last illness, reduced as he was to a skele-
ton, he noticed a very large mustard poultice
which Mrs. Hood was making for him, and
exclaimed, SO Mary! Mary l-that will be
great deal OF mustard to very little meatr'
Shortly before his death, being visited by
clergyman, whose features as well as Ian
guage were more lugubrious than consoling,
Hood looked UP at him compassionately aud
said, my dear Sir! L am afraid your re-
ligion doesn't agree with you.''
The following sketch from Young describe,
two notable men: r...a.t.- ..t..r
began to conjecture what manner OF man
he was. His general appearance would have
led me to suppose him dissenting minister.
His hair was long, white and neglected; his
complexion was 1orid, his features were
| square, his eyes watery and hazy, his brow
| broad and massive, his build uncouth, his de-
| pertinent grave and distracted. He wore
| white starchless neckcoth tied in limp
bow, and was dressed in shabby suit of dus-
| ny Ills DftPcucS were unDuLIOne0 at
| the knee, his sturdy limbs were encased in
stockings of lavender-colored worsted, his
| feet were thrust into well-worn slippers,
much trodden down at heel In this ungain-
ly attire he paced up and down, and down
andup, and round and round saloon sixty
feet square, with head bent forward, and
shoulders STOPPING, absently musing, and NUT
tering to himsef,and occasionally clutchiug TO
| his side his Ponderous tome, as il he
feared it might be taken from him. I confess
my young spirit chafed under the wearing
quarterback monotony of his promenade,
| and, stung by the cool manner in which be
| ignoi ed my presence. l was about to leave
him in undisputed possession of the field,
when was diverted from my purpose by the
entrance of another gentleman, whose kindly
smile, and courteous recognition of my bow,
encouraged me to keep my ground, and prom
ised me some compensation for the slight put
upon me by his precursor. He was dressed
in brown Holland blouse; he held in his left
hand an apenstock Con the top OF which he
had placed the broad-brmmed "wide awake"
he had just taken cff), and in his right sprig
OF appleblossom overglown with lichen.
His cheeks were glowing with the ef-
fects of recent exercise. So noiseless had
been his entry, that the peripatetic
philosopher, whose back was turned TO him
at first, was unaware of his presence. But
no sooner did he discover it than he shufiied
up to him, grasped him by both hands, and
backed him boldly into a neighborng arm
chair. Having secured him safely there,
he ''made assurance doubly sure" by hang
over him, so as to bar his escape, while he
delivered his testimony on the fallacy of GER
tain of Bishop Berkeley's propositions, in de-
tectirg which, he said, he had opened up a
rich vein OF original reflection. Not content
with cursory criticism, he plunged profoundly
into metaphysical lecture, which, but for
the opportune intrusion of our fair hostess
and her young lady friend, might have lasted
until dinner time. 1t was then, for the first
time, learned who the party consisted of /;
and l was introduced to Samuel Taylor Col
eridge, William Wordsworth, and his daugh-
| ter Dora. f 1l ~ 1u eif0r