The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-18
Melancholy Of Protested wits.

Melancholy Of Pr0fessed wits.
One day Phillip III, King of Spain. was
standing in one of the balconies OF his
palace, observing young Spanish stu.
dent, who was sitting in the sun and
reading book, while he was bursting
out into loud fits of laughter. The FUR
ther the student read, the more his
gayety increased, until at last he was SO
Violently excited that he let the book
fall from his hands, and rolled on the
ground in a state of intense hllarlty. Inc
kim turned to his courtiers and SAID
s.That Young man is either mad, or he Is
reading Don Quixote.' One OF the
guards of the palace went to pick up the
book. and found that his majesty had
guessed rightly. Yet Miguel Cerventes'
the author of this book which IS SO anus,
ing, had dragged on the most wretched
and melancholy existence. tie was
grooming and weeping, while all SPAN
was laughing at the humorous adven-
lures Of the night of La Mancha and the
wise savings of Sancho Panza.
It is we'll known that Moliere, the first
comic author in France, the man who
wrote the ludicrous scenes OF the Doctor
in Srite Of Himself, The Country Gentle
man. and the Hopochondriac, was prey
to invincible melancholy. Mollere was
seldom cheerful, and never without great
effort. After having diverted Louis
XIV, the court, and the whole city, NJ
carried into his domestic circle, and ever
!, into his intercourse with men of letters
a sadness, which the greatest world.
prosperity could never entirely dlsPet.
Sterne, that wit SO full OF ralllery, pos
sessed an exterior the least humorous ina
| could be imagined. On first seeing TN
e little man in black coat, white WIS
l and a sallow countenance, no one woui
e have supposed that he was Jester III
T of levity.
It There is well-known anecdote OF Bal
" co,ell;. the celebrated harlequin, who's
/. oambols and drolleries have been II
d amusement of all Paais, at the theatre
'e the fair of St. German. One DAY pm
n stefan of great eminence in this city, D
d held a man entering his study, who cam
y as he said. to seek the assistance OIL q
S, skill against disease Which nothing cou
~ cure. Having made some inquiries in
v the cause of his sutferings. the unkno1
" nat;ent replied that he was afflicted WI
n: a deep melancholy, which rendered lille
al insupportab,c burden.
ne You must excite the nervous system
'e- said the physician to his patient.
in Il do, every day of my life, but 1t d
ice not make me forget my sadness, repl
III, the patient. >,
cal ..You must travel. then
cir II have made the tour OF Europe,
es. still nv wretchedness has Travelled "
~ me.
in .Oh the case is sad indeed. but
rue there is remedy: 60 every evening
the Italian comedy: you will see the
ebrated HARLEQUIN Biancolell; his gay
;. s catching: that will make you Oh
red full
on ..Alas. sir said the poor patien,
see my malady IS ncuraoie' am .
II coleill.
,use Dickens. in his Life OF Urlmai
d In speaks of the deyourlng meiahcn
and which pursued this celebrated actor W
apid ever he was off the stage, or lett 70
for own resources. and it is well known
the Iiston. whose face was sufficient to g
ecu audience in good humor, was conhI
lice. bvnocbonariac. Who are the men
y to ili.tempered in their own houses M
not The most morose and captions disposit
mark who quarrel with their wives anu
have d-en and servants. who know not
sliti- 10 do with themselves. or how to &c
mo- Of their WEAKNESS They are comm
/. my such as exhibit in society the most
character, the utterers Of witty eS
rican SONS. the droils, who are saluted on
st of entry int a place with bursts Of laue
,onsi- and whose inventive powers IN bu
nrlex ery are inexhaustiblc.