Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-22


Oh, narrow mound. keep till the Judgment
The mournful secrets of these hearts of
Then i'm Gods light let Joy and sorrow fade,
For near His brightness both alike are shade.
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ANECDOTES OF AUTHORS.
Cottle, in his ..sLife OF, Coleridge,'' re-
Iates the following amusing incident:
"Iled the horse to the stable, when a
fresh perplexity arose. l removed the
harness without difficulty; but after
many strenuous efforts / could not re-
move the collar. In despair called for
assistance. when aid soon drew near.
Mr.. Wordsworth brought his ingenuity
into exercise, but after several unsuc-
cessful attempts he relinquished the
achievement as thing altogether i'm
practicable. Mr.. Coleridge now tried
his hand, but showed no more grooming
skill than his predecessors: for, after
twisting the poor horses neck almost to
strangulatior and the great danger of
his eyes, he gave up the task, pronounc-
ing that the horses head must have
grown (gout or dropsyD since the collar
was put on; for, he said, it was ga
downright impossibility for such huge
0s fronts to pass through 50 narrow a
collar just at this instant a servant
girl came near, and, understanding the
cause Of our CONSERVATION, La, master, ,
said she, syo' don't 60 about the work
in the right way yo' should go like this, >
when, turning the collar completely up
side down, she slipped it off in a mo-
ment, to our; great humiliation and
wonderment, each satisfied afresh that
there were heights of knowledge in
the world to which we had not yet at
tanned .''gfts t....4...r
We are told of .Fielding's " Tom
Jones, !" that when the work was COM
pleted, the author $ being at the time
second-rate publisher with the view of
selling it for what it would fetch at the
moment. He. left it with the bookseller,
and called upon him next day for his
decision. The publisher hesitated, and
requested another day for consideration !;
and, at parting, Fielding offered him
manuscript for ELS On his way
kiapg me Thomson, the poet,
80 a. tie Ranussar ipt; when Thomson,
howing the high We IL u La o IN, -;
/onjured him to be on .nu Iang an, NM anu
Offered to find better pulc d sa -; Nea'
morning, Fielding hass teheu " ms ap-
pointment with as muSn apprehension ~:
lest the bookseller shs' ~ HSSp ~ n,s
bargain, as he had felt I1e uay peiO me
lest he should altogetheai ueSilne II. 10
the authors great joy, Inc lg.lo 1 al
trfficker in literature decnne9, anu r. IT.,
"a q
next act off with l;dht heart to his
friend Thomson. and Che novelist and
moot thor wanf to ,Andrew Millar,
the great .n,hi;sber of the ! day.
Millar' "a was h;sl practice with
works of lipht rAading, handed
the manuscript to his 1wife, who, having
read, 81. advised him by no means to let
# slin through his fingers. Millar now
invited the two friends to meet him at
a coffee-house in Il Strand, where,
after dinner, the bookseller, with great
caution, offered Fielding t2OO for the
manuscript. The novelist was amazed
at the largeness of the offer. Then,
nv good SIR said lac, recovering HIM
self from this unexpected stroke of good
fortune,E s-giye me your hand-the book
is yours |; and waiter continued he,
bring a couple of bottles Of your best
mort. Before Millar died, he had
cleared f18,OOO by Tom Jones, out of
which he generously made Fielding va,
rious presents, to the amount of f2 900;
and when be died he beaueathed hand
some legacy to each Of Fielding's sons. y
There are some amusing stories told
of the two Sheridans, father and son.
Sheridan-probably with a view to I'M
proving the financial condition of the
fainily-was very DESTROYS, that his son
Tom should marry young lady of
fortune; but he knew that a Miss Cal
lander had already won his heart. The
father, expatiating on the folly of his
son, at length broke out: - Tom, if you
marry Caroline Callander, I'll cut you
off with shilling!'' s4
Tom, looking maliciously at his
father, said, Then, sir, you must bor-
row it!'' 'js3 e4 f< ,ts}
In large party one evening, the con-
versation turned upon young mems al
lowances at college. Tom deplored the;
respect.
III am sure, Tom,'' said his father,
ssyou have no reason to complain; / al.
ways allowed you f8O0 year.
Sc Yes, father, I confess you allowed
it; but, then, it was never paid"
Hannah More and her sister visited
London in 1878 or 1774 and were the
guests of Garrick. They were received
with favor by johnson, Reynolds and
Burke. Hannah More's sister has thus
described their first interview with
johnson; 1--WE. have paid another visit
to Miss Reynolds; she had sent to en-
gage DR.. Percy Percy's Collection
now you know him quite a sprightly
modern, instead of rusty antique, as I
expected. He was no sooner gone than
the most amiable and obliging Of women,
Miss Reynolds, ordered the coach to take
us to DIR. Johnson's very own house.
Yes, A6yssinsan johnson! Dscsoiadry
Johnson! Handlers. sIdlers and Irene
Johnson! Can you picture to yourselves