The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-30

peIOle reaching his twelfth birthday, and
soon afterward was engaged both at Co
vent Garden and Drury Lane at Atty
guineas night. This was at time when
the great John Philip X, mble only received
a salary Of thirty-six guineas per week He
played Hamlet with great power, aud such
was his fame that even George Ill, desir,d
TO have him presented at court. His ror-
tiait wa at the time (ls05) the most popu
lar in London, aud the fitr0re increased
until he d ew such houses that the mana
gers in fifty-six nights received G34 000
He was then fourteen, and his relatives had
the good sense to invest in his behalf sum
whcn was a lifelong competency. The
next year lie was placed at school, and it
was expected that when he should reach |
manhood he would renew his trumphs. |
This expe ectatiOn, however, was dissppuint- |
ed. AT the Sge of twenty -one he resumed |
the stage, aud api cared at COvtnt Garden, |
but 1t was q complete failure. b. ron, who |
had bte1 one of his former admirers. said, |
after witnessing the Temperance of the |
young RO, cius," that ii was like seeing |
an elepnant walk the tight rope" The |
"Rcscius" did uut renew ihe attempt, bui
retired TO piivs life. For reasons such
ss these, tLink lha' were Willis alive hr
would send his p!ecoclous grandchild to her
playthings.
PULPIT NOTES.
1t is surpr,s 10 Lotice by what appar-
ent tril 4s our clergy nay uatt attention.
B van, for iusialc', vas hardly noticed
uLtil he C, insured a won an for coughing
daring sr,ice This got inlo The p ,pe S,
AMI d z-n paragraphs have api G., ed
VII ch will al ract many of the urluLs 10 TIE
B ick chuIcn, n'pi le haps 10 wlthess
Itpe tiun 0f The scer. 1he city cl-fgy
are ,vpred BY the press in the puDlicsi lou
OF brief sermon rrpnrrs, IN I u ell farther
Fl ,rt Ui tul> eu d H. fired in - pei dlcal
CALI d the Metropolitan ulpt | would
sly cand,dy t. ,ue CT clei.y tnat bef' re
they uhl 81 heir sCImo IL II would b. well
To lave The la ter revised by some pei son
of correct literary taste 1. ia pitiab To
notice tue inierioIity Of M 81 of The nero
poit ,n PIE .chers IN this point. There is
hadl, Bohemian that hangs arouId the
press who canno put wod III better slspe
hal many Of the brst paid preact ers
HE isr Instance, Is Mr Dury et Of Book
lyp, whose sersI ms appear In The Metropo.-
itan Pulpit Its TILE, Outlines Of Dis
urse, may excuse crudIues of style, oul
worse than this me the range notions
which ou n careful review would probNbl
ave been omitted. Mr Duryes te Is us
N This dr. course II al "Christ opened tie
,rk lantern Of the old testament" Many
OF his former hearers IN Your ely will be
surpris, tn hear such an expr, s-ion from
one who maintains tie Inspiration If the
scriptures. Tue discourse informs US In
another place that paul will take bs
crown in the presence ot the Lord. God
will recognize him as factor. Christ will
not be JEALOUS" II may be suggested that
such al idea as that the Savior could ever
b. jealous of man i5 entirely original VIII
Mr.. Duryea. A lit le farther on he gives
US the following CELESTIAL picture:
T2lHk Of Pqr translation to that other wo, Id;
leaplng for Joy, harp In hand, singing praisss,
ETC., etc
Ga this make no comment, though no
doubt there are those who will admire the
skill with which heavenly scenes are
sketched by Brooklyn artist. If such
lauguage had been heard in an illitera,e
community it would have excited pity. 1t
may be SAID, however, that there is upon
the whole much better preaching in rural
parishes than the average Of this city or
Brooklyn. Hence, the Metropolitan Put
pit will do we'll to exercise editorial revis-
ion on its subsequent issuee.
MORE OLD BOOKS.
The Haste collection has been offered at
auction, snd the low prices oltsined show
that the mana for old books is abated. The
most striking feature in the sale was a copy
of the frst edition of paradise Lost
which John w. Drexel bought for $35
For such book, this price was very l"w,
Milton sold this grand poem April 27 1867
/, samuel Simn ons, a London bookseller.
for GO IN hand, and the same sum on the
sale OF 300 cot irs. For each following
edition of 1900 a similar sum was to be
paid. Two yeas elapsed tefore the second
payment was made. Two subsequent ei-
ltions were Issued during the space of ten
years, and three years afierward the poets
widow sold her intere-t in the poem for
fS The entire emoluments arising tD Mil |
'nn and his family from this WORK were
f2S, be NJ 1T the rate of G2 per year from
the date of the first contract.
THE COLLECTOR.
Peter Hastie whose nam is thus brought
forward, perhaps for the la't time, was one
of those peculiar characters who are o'ten
found in large city. he was by birth
Scotchman and by profession civil en-
gineer, in which he he d high renk lie
Was division ,niue-r under John B Jer- |
Wis H. the conslru, l." Of the crntun va tr |
auutduct, and vic nat flished h |
served an he railway cont nc irn-hold- |
ing his flee in t1is city. He WIS b-ch- |
.lnr, and gradually became u clue, d d. |
ing his sole delight IN 'cumualing raIt |
books L. thi, he inve d his surplus |
aarI ings a d before his death he hsd huT- |
lie $50 coo IN What many would call littl- |
~ lu,nber AT one time he had room
in n fre.prouf ~a"hIuse crsmmei viii |
old ho'k ks. ar d vs. a personal favor he ouc,
all ~ ed II C adm 1t ace. His national al
vas shnS N nv II c .buu 'ancr If Scn'ch po.
{ in his cull-c'iun, when cnIt, fity-
ak different ID ns of Burns. Never h.
fore was there sucn an accumulation of III,
au hor's prnduc IONS
SCOTCH COLLECTORS
T Scotch havc ulitr taste Ia this
direction. T 10 lus rat d by such ex-
ampl as james L u,x, w i m G wan
and others. Gowan was an enthusiast and
while pursuing his trade as a book auction
eer made q fine collection Aiteiward he
became dealer in rare volumts. Olon
occasion. when he WAS tellng a large H. |
bray, Hsstie bnught with much avidity, |
and the auetioneer plsyfnly remarked, |
"Ah, MI. Hastie, one OF these dNs you |
viii have collection for me tn St H." Such |
however, was not the Gaze, for GoWaa went |
10 the grave, and his b oks To ihr htmm'r |
some years ago. Il wss Mr.. Halte's de |
light la attend book auctions, and | have |
noticed the enthusi ,sm which kiudled with |
in him as favorie volume was brought to |
the hammer, and particularly when his |
name was called off as the buyer. Hastie's |
collection has at last reached GOwan's pre- |
dction, the auction room The result of |
the sale Is pot one quarter the sum thus |
wasted by the enthusiast, but IL the pursuit |
of happiness be considered. the nancy was
well laid out. II was The highest comfort
the eccentlic old bachelor attained, snd his |
serene delight over fresh acquisition al. |
ways amused