The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-04

A VERY QUIET RUBBER.


or two not quite in accordance with its
general t,ae. III he had had {as in my
boyhaod haD the advantage of the ac-
uuiiutiMc ef Mr.. John Newton, vt Tat
bury. he would have obtained some new
maternal which, though not precisely
poetic, perhaps, might have been worked
up into some startling Stanzas. MIR.
Newton Was the great '>attctionecr and
up4o4dcf'' 'ot ihsse parts, but incidentally
IN undertaken also, and knew a great
deal more about church-yards than Mr..
Gray did. fIc knew, at all events, all
those within thirty miles of him, and
most of those who had been in the occu-
patf,n of them for fifty years. 1t eould
hpjIy have been said OF Berkshire
gentleman Of amy position, during that
period tbat he was "hapPy," unless Mr.
john Newton had conducted his obse-
qui,9 Ii wa- like having no burial" ut
aH.
When even the Marquis of Berks was
gathered 70 his lorefatlers, no London
firm was employed to place him in the
family vault ut Tatbury; Mr.. Newton
Wa- irt (by the executors) to be equal to
the emergency. in the Marquis will, it
wls ku0wn beforehand that he had en-
ples,cd o wish that his hcarsc should be
riWn by hie own carriage horses, and
ii. Newton had the foresight (when his
)ords!tip was given over by DR.. Fruml.
# iathury, whose word was law and
1h Vie in onc) to have them exercised cN-
r. day in pEuues, lest they should be
r.,.,Ne under them on the stately occa-
,;on for Which their services were re-
Guirrd.
f'j course there were people, even in
Falury, 20 lest to all SENSE of authority
q;eA -,,tonhity as to make light of Mr..
is!an Newton. At the Town Club,
iur example, which was held at
the berkshire Arms, and where he was
a"r0s omcd to play whist, on one occa-
tU it was under the Rcgency-when
he ha3 won three bumpers running, n
'u-,r bad sarcAstically observed to him,
Why, this is better, old Inll, than bury
ing tte Prince Regent" but the observa.
tol, had falpn HAT, asbeing profane when
r,Ite~sed 10 a man of his grave position,
is wctl as slightly tlppant with respect
~ It i-adinr member Of the Royal Fam
tiv. let, if Mr.. Newton could ever be
-ai 10 trnband himself at all, it was at
l4ur Whf~t; wien his manner Of slyint
"i'G,}. and We are PLAYING at whist,
ii .oU please was justly pronounced to
n, paItect in it, gentlcntmy bearing.
he way in which lie would set down his
rar Is with ttrir faces downwards, You
AAx lee certain, for there were sharp
fAaycra in the Town Club, and fold hi
.art4 tia conversation should cease, was
-,@acthm~ tiat the Lord Chancellor OF
i.taiund, 1r tire Speaker OF tN House o
,'oitntaie, nitallt harc copied with ad
ra'ltage, as y less IN in the dignity of re
uro,lch
II a lnan 81, web established and re.
pccscd as Mr. Newton, of Tatbury, could
ls, aid t1 have an ambition utsatistied,
il was that hi- scientific genius as a whist
ilaycr wa4 confined to the Town Club,
nd torbid,fen to exercise it-elf in private
.'ircIes Bat tr.ttle, evcn in its quietest
.,AA grayeA fefn, which surely can be
aid Of undertaking, was taboeed among
he gentry If Tatbury; their incomes
s,.rc microscopic, hut they made ap fdl
;'hal by heiAs exclusive and select. Ever
thc local banker was only admitted inbt
ohcir society ON sutlerance, and it was
tsmlsht a piece Of impr,tinence in hin
a. il was certainly one OF superfluity} tt
win at Wrist.
There was enc especial clique, consist
iag OF two ladies and two gentlemen
who played the ganIe with rigor ever,
lawful nigl.t ID their lives, to which Mr.
Newton particularly aspired, but in vain
Mr.. Ashton and Mr.. Groves, Miss LAX
and Miss Sutton, were the names of thi
little eotcrie, who had been partners ant
npponents for nearly one-quarter ct thei
natural lives. Their points were bu
three pennies. bnttheir science was great
if they laaee mistakes in play, the,
acknowledged them, and away from tn
rayd-ahle they made none. Their live
4sre bLiuge.ess; they were looked up h
l,y all their ncighbors; it was said the,
eacr all they wen to the poor, and cal
veil believe it. IA they did so, that lar
gr.e would not have been 50 great as t.
naNc deAeraliael Tatbury.
Mr.. John Newton had made variou
forts 10 enter this little paradise, but j.
remained outside. Like the Reri in tn
poem. he.eould have brought many a tea
Gathered in the course Of his professional
experience tlrom mourners, if not from
pcnitqntsl, but it would have .availe
rim nothing. They knew he was quie
IN HE manners, an excellent whir
;.layer, and would have given them firs
Htc'su,pers when histnrn to invite theI
came rpund-77for they played alternatel
ut each others hollses-but their dool
were elosed against him. They yrefuse
e.J he connected, however -ungtiicially
with a person who sold by retail, eve
.4haugh it was bat -eeilins TO the grea
On the,otheEband, they very esgerlyrwe
eoneh the information he had give
ahem concerning the dewise Of ,eminel
persons IN the neighberhood, and admi
led him to ii certain degree OF familiar
ny. giIeskaeY, ,,ffeAi each eBess .aeceni
of the others, all their different styles
play, and which was the favorite. partn