The Portland daily press., 1878-12-28
Ysrlck's Drawer.

Elizabeth Hastings. The correspondent will
recall the familiar quotation: 'ThOugh her
mein carries much more invitation than COM
mand, to behold her is An immediate check
to loose behavior: TO love her was liberal
education" He may remember that these
words were written by Steele of the Lady
Elizabeth Hsstings.
-"J. n. T." writes from Bath: IT can.
not forbear to express my Endorsement Of
Yorick's views on the edacation Of children.
In my humble estimation no better method
can be adopted as foundation in the child
for the broadest culture Of the future man.
he stYorickl is not the only enc who h4s been
anxious to read the complete works of
'Ibld."
Another word in regard to which Yorick
was confused in his childhood was "misled."
For long time he thought it was pronounced
"mizzied"-one syllable-and not until he
ehanced one day to speak Of some person as
being "mizzled" did he learn that he had
! been 'misled." He knows one who has con-
fessed to the same error. Is it common
mistake with ehildrens
! A correspondent sends "The Fable of
eFhA Rader's- Man and -ths Traesn in these
/ words: Two Elderly Men who were vastly
fond Of good Dinner and who showed The
Elects Of The rich Wines(th One by Reason
of The YellowAess Of his skln-The Other
because Of the Redness of his Countenance)
were once walking, IN Autumn, Through
Forest; and were thus remarked upon by
the Trees. ''Surely" said The Beech Tree.
"This, whom Time turns Yellow, is Of our
Family" "And He who is of the rubicund
Visage Is Is plainly Of our Kind" rejoined
The Maple" Meanwhile the two Elderly
Men, noting The Colsrs of These same Trees
said to each Other that "High Living would
In The Course Of Time destroy The freshness
OF The finest Foliage"
This Fable teaches The Dangers of jadg-
Ing Others by ones own Experience.
-Yorick hears the following true story
way from Massachusetts,. He here and now
anticipates any mention of the length of his
ears.l Not many miles from Boston dwells
one Of the wise men Of the East, who is
known In two hemispherss as poet and phil
osophsr. The name of the quiet village that
Is honorsd by his citizenship shall not be men
toned, but from his study be can almost see
the spot where 'once the embattled farmers
stood, and fred the shot heard round the
world" It happens that still nearer the
Hub nvss gentleman well known in busi-
ness and social circles, whose initials exactly
correspond with those of the distinguished
parsonage before mentioned; and this has
led to many embarrassing and ludicrous mis-
takes. He land here comes in the dash of
local color) took to wife some time ago
daughter Of Maine. Some years since,
he had occasion to make business trip
to Chicago, and one evening while oc-
cupying room at the Palmer House
and enjoying the society of a fra
grant cigar messenger appeared with two
cards and announced that two gentlemen were
in the reception room below. ''Show them up
ct once said the gentleman to the messen-
ger. In few minutes entered long-haired
decidedly literary-looking "feller," accom-
panied BY another, apparently a trife younger
but with just enough dandruff on his coat
collar to suggest to any observing person
that he too, belonged to that laborious, but
mneh nArsaentad elaaa shiah Simon CamA-~..
has so grossly maligned. There was hearty.
Informal hard-shaking, and the two visitors
expressed themselves as more than delighted
to greet the distinguished philosopher in the
"City Of Diamonds" while the host extended
hearty welcome, offered his guests seats by
cheerful open crate, and the company en-
tered into lively conversation upon matters
literary and otherwise. After very pleasant
hour of chitchat, an enjoyable smoke, and
sip OF ChdteQu Lafittc to counteract the chill
ing atmosphere without, the two visitors, who
by the way, were College professors, prepared
to leave. As the final leave-taking was
about to take place, our host said: ''My dear
sirs, hope have not nisled you this even
Ing, yet for that have. The gentleman you
have honored by this friendly call and by
your hearty good wishes is not
the honored poet, but "a Boston
shoe manufacturer who visits your beautiful
city to look after the interests of his house."
There was first look of astonishment plainly
discernible upon the faces of the two Pro-
fcssors, then hearty laugh all around, a final
| goodnight, and as the Professors passed out
of the hotel, the night clerk AYERS that they
looked more like couple Of large exclama-
ton points than the learned men they really
were.
Why is 1t people will buy 50 many ordl-
nary, commonplace things when they can
get things quite as useful and cheap that
have character to them,-some possessed Of q
nice propriety, some of fanciful suggestion,
some Of oddity in grotesqueness; all anything
but trivial in design. Take fer example an
inkstand. Yorlck saw one the other day, a
crouching sphinx. 1t was cheap iron
affair masquerading as bronze and therefore
would provoke the Ire of the Eastlakey peo-
pie; common affair Of glass on metal FASH
isned into meaningless shape would hold ink
As well and possess the advantage, in some
eyes Of costing ten times a. much. But one
could dip his pen in that cup and as he
wrote dream Of Egypt and the pyramids,
Emerson might have had 1t on the study
table when he told US that.
l. The Sphinx 10 drowsy
| Her wings arc furlsd.
Another inkstand, the helmeted head Of a
knight, the visor when raised disclosing the
porcelain pot that holds the ink, might have
done for Walter Scott. Yorick remembers a
tobacco-pipe Of similar design, brought from
Germany where people are supposed to make
smoking : serious part OF life. The meer-
schaun bowl was . carved head with long
beard, that once white had renewed Its youth
and paradoxically enough become brown with
age and fire. So you see the pipe was quite
q Medea's chaldron. The bowl was encased
in brier.wood fashioned like helmet, and
when the visor was lifted the brown face and
beard Of the old knight were seen. 1t was
anachronistic, but 1t was pipe worth hav.
ing. As one puffed at 1t, cloudland was filled
with professions Of belted knights on theil
steeds, and stately damosels on their palfreys
riding out from under the arched gateway
Of frowning castles. Indulgence in it would