The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-03-13
Personal Recollections Of Distin.
guished Mon.

The last time met Socrates. he was
on his way to take tea-hemlock tea
/ think-with the sheriff of his county
He recognized me, gave me q little
hemlock tough, and passed on. We
boys felt very bad when We heard they
had soc'd it to old Socra tes, for we
liked him.
was with Julius Cesar when he
passed the Rubicon. He held Q good
hand. and told him hs had better order
it up. but he passed. The result is well
known; he lost the game.
Alexander the Great and myself were
schoolmetes. We were brought up
little girls together. He used to amuse
himself, remember. by smashing up
all tho glooes there were in the school,
aud then sit down and cry because
there were no more worlds to conquer.
| happened to be with him when he
cut the Gordian Knot. Many others
had tried in vain TO do it. II was "kno.
for Joe" Smart Aleck came along and
cut it the first time trying with q
patent corn-cutter
Nero. had one Of the most delicate
organizations l ever knew, and keenly
sympsthized with human woes. / have
seen him sit in the Amphitheatrs ct
Rome. and weep bitterly when ca ptives
were torn in pieces by wild beasts. II
10 base slander to say he fiddled while
Rome was burning. He belonged to q
fire engine company. aud / saw him
working at the break er down. and in
the excitment Of the moment, thought
he was fiddling, and so reported.
/ knew Shakspere, as long ago 90
when he tended store for the Merchant
of Venice. and sold the Prints Of Den
mark by the yard. He was an honest
lad with the yard-stick. giving Measure
for Measure. He always wanted to be
an actor and kept quoting Shakespeare
to customers. People used to leer at
him for it; have ssen the King Lear
Shskspere only laughed, and said they
were making Much Ado About Moth
ing, adding You can have it As You
Like It."
He was fond Of the ladies, and popu-
lar scandal associated his name with
certain Merry Wives of Windsor his
employer raised such Tempest about
bis ears that he ran away and joined a
variety troupe. He made his debut a.
first grave digger in Othello. He was
the Hrst grave digger / ever saw. and
Richard the Third
Shakespeare was q failure as an actor.
/ assisted him oil could, but be
couldn't speak the speech as / pro-
nounced it to him. trippingly upon the
tongue; although he tripped often
enough on his feet He saved the cir
with his hand (saw) thus; while in the
torrent. tempest. and I beg leave to add.
whirlwind Of his passion, he neglected
to form aud beget temperance that
would give it smoothness. No. Will
liam was not Temperance man. He
never signed the pledge and got .
medal with other peoples basiness.)
Failing as On actor. Shakspeare took
to adapting Boucicanlt's plays. trans
lating them from the original Choctaw.
and soon found the road to fame and
fortune. His plays have had . great
run. have seen them when they
have run everybody out Of the theatre.
The least meritorious Of Shakspear's
plays was his play upon words. He
often used TO tell me that he envied me
my talent in that particular.
Columbus was mild. sweet disposi-
toned. but exceedingly thoughtful
boy. as remember him at school.
When We boys were out playing, he
would sit and weep for hours over the
incomplstsness of the map Of the peri
Cd. lie felt - though something was
wanting. He vast satisfied with three
quarters OF globe. such IS was en-
ployed in the schools at thst time.
he pinned for the other quarter. ] re-
collect Of his borrowing . quarter of
me on two or three occasions.
He used to tell Us we were continent
out, somewhere. and that when hs got
bic enough be meant 10 run away from
home, 60 on the canal and discover il;
but We only laughed at him. little think
ing be would give his name to the State
Capital Of Ohio.
1 lost all traces OF Christophor until
years afterwards, when the telegraph
brought the announcement OF his hav.
ing discovered America. which, up to
that time, had successfully eluded the
most persistent efforts OF our bsst dis