New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-21
4 CIIMrSE OF WORDSWORTH.


" 4 IN HQFyer.
4 little beyond this VIC went TO seek ont an an
cicut inn which bore the name d" The Mortal Man.
anu which WAS SAID 10 have curious old slgn rep
rrS,iiting two mch one fat and iollY the other
haggaTd. with an appropriate quaIraln Drnealii.
When we reached the little inn. however, II was
oniv 10 discover that the sign had long ago disap
prare1. We found better treasure IN mine host
of The Mortal Man. as solid. sensible, and honest
- specimen of Westmorciand yeoman as ONE
could imagine
Having enjoyed the fresh eggs homemade
lrvaI glasses of cream. puTe butter, which excel
Lent Mrs. Walker prepared Tor MS we sat down 10
..ther outside the door and while the Able was
quietly ablucting lsaacs portrait. listened to his
delightful talk about the neighboIhood. " IT'S AN
old rroutbeck middle for strangers that small ms
The village seems, il has three hundred bulls, con-
stables. and bridges The township is DIVIDED into
three pacts called hundreds. and each had con
stable. bull, and bridge. But Ole things 90
We haven't any ghosts observation-disclosures all
way stations TOO near / can remember when a
boy would run fit to bIeak his neck past AN old
limc-kn this because of ghost somebody
murdered there By being thrown into the kiln. But
there very few superstifions among ms now
and the fewer the better, just hGie Mrs.. Walker
egg that hen eger laid--a double egg, which
weighed nearly a pound. It's Becky's egg, said
she. whcrenpon Isaac laughed III MS SIDES shook
You see" he explained, i" there Was a deal ADO
about that chicken. The old hen got killed DOR
something happened-and ny wife took that half
Matched egg, and carried it about i'll her bosom,
and slept with it, and got to love it before il
born. Says she, II it's a cock; it's name shall be
Jacob; and If it's a hen. It shall be RebSkah' And
by laying tine eggs, until now she's laid this big
one"
Wordsworth thou shouldst have lived to see this
hour SO ] mentally exclaimed, then said 10 Isaac
Walker: " TIE poet Wordsworth would have made
poem about your wife carrylng about that egg SO
fendeIly."
All said he without the least anticipation
OF the effect his words would have on Ge. dare
Say Ie would he was great man Tor taking no
tice oi little things"
"Thrn YOU have read WordswortAs poems ~
Not so much that, but when was "a lad lived
with him.
Lived with him"
SAY, for some time. ana it is a very well reInem-
lered time for ne. / was nut out To service in
family at Amblrsite, and when my master ana
mistress wanted 20 travel away IN foreign conn
trIcs they asked Nr. Wordsworth TO take me lust
to loep me out OF mischief. So | stayed in his
srry ice at Rydal about YEAR"
| nssa not lnvc the questions that nos tell thick
aud last Oh old Isaac Waller. The examination
had the following results: Mr. Wordsworth was
"a plain looking ilan with thin face and large iea-
lures, especially pretty big nose. He lived very
plainly. He had not a bit Of pride. and would talk
Familiarity but gFT,vey with servants. He used
10 talk with we kindly and familiarly and had
"a warm affect OH tor him. He liked To be out-of-
doors whenever he could. Sometimes he Was pick
ing mp Things 20 look at them, and then lie was
talking 10 things very queer way. can see
hun now. following buTntle-beo all over the gar
den he puts his hands behind him this way, and
then bends over toward tho bee. and wherever IL
went he followed. making a noise like it Boom
oop-ocnr.oom.!" lsase initiated the action and the
eouna perfectly but sand he could never get the
bees sound SO well as Sir. Wordsworth had IL.
He would stick Il that bee long and long. until il
went away; YOU might 20 AWAY and come back,
and still you would him striing after that bee
with his mouth down toward it. and hear his
POOR; OOiii -ooia. But there WAS nothing lac di,nt
take notice OF. don remember ~ well lis friends
who used aud sec hiiD the one remember
7rost was Mr.. Hartley Coeridge. who little
fellow carried his head OH one side. ! remember