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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-04
THE DUKE or WELLINGTON on HIMSELF.

From a Letter 10 tie Bishop Of Ereterth 1892
am very grateful 10 you 10r your letter. IL is
highly creditable to your Lordship and most suta-
BILE for you to write IN these times TO any indvd-
ual particularly to me, afflicted with sickness
But that which am most particularly anxious to
remove from your mind is the notion that am
person without any sense of religion. If am so, |
am objectionable, as have had opportunities to ac
GuIre aud have acquired, a good deal OF knowledge
don't make much show or boast upon any sub
iect. never have done so. The consequence is,
that in these days of Boosting have been set down
from time to time as the most ignorant and least
qualified public man OF my time. and this even upon
professional matters, upon which 1t might be i'm
agined that from the commencement OF my career
had been sufficiently tried
Then, in private life have been accused of every
vice and enoImIty; and when those who live with
me, and know every acton OF my lie and every
thought, testify that such charges are groundless,
the charge is then brought, " Oh, he is man with
out religion J" As have SAID before, am not Os-
tentatiOus about anything. an not a " Bible So
ciety man upon principle, and make no ostenta-
tiOus display either of charity of other Christian
virtues though ] believe that besides enormous
sums given to hundreds and thousands who have
positive claims upon me, there Is not a charity
within my reach to which am not q contributor,
although am convinced, and indeed know, that
many of them are gross Jobs
The next objection is" He does not go to
church !" Whenever or wherever my presence at
church can operate as an example, do go; never
am absent from divine service at Wamer, or when
am III Hampshire, or IN any place In the country,
where nv presence absence could be observed.
But il must be recolleced that some ten years ago
met with al accident which affected my hearing,
and, in point OF fact. never hear moro than what
| know by heart OF the church service, never one
word of the sermon.
Then observe that during at least eight months of
the year should have to sit for two hours every
week uncovered in cold church. This would GER
tainly have the effect OF deprying me of the sense
of hearing altogether. For some time did attend
divine service early IN the morning at ST. James's,
which lasted only AN hour but found 1t roo cold
Tor and 1T Is true that do not attend divine
service III any parish III London. But excepting
that duty. which never fail to attend In the coun-
try. don't know of any that / leave unperformed.
There is room for amendment in every man. in me
as well as in others and there is nothing better
calculated to inspire the desire to attain such
amendment than such a letter us that from your
LOrdship
In answering il as | have done. hope yOu will
believe that don't reject the advice. On the con-
trary. / thank you for t and assure you that 1t
will not be thrown away upon Inc. But If you have
believed what you have read and heard of me.
must tell you that those reports do not do me JUS
tce.
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MIR. ". II. ENGLISH As 4 BANKER.
From The Cincinnati ENQUIRER.

From The Cincinnati Enquirer.
His idea Of banking simple. Lend no man
dollar without ample security, and return to every
man his deposits when he wants them" Bank rob-
berries became quite frequent after the panic. and
one of their avorIte methods was to visit the resi-
dences OF the officers and compel them to open the
vaults. Mr.. English, though % man of superior
physical courage, well knew that when burglar
went that far he had very little conjunction about
going to greater extremes and he prepared for the
boys. An iron-clad bedroom struck him as about
the safest OF defence against the intrusion of
BURGLARS, and he had bis sleeping apartment worked
over until it afforded him just the protection he
such articles of plate aud ewelry he mi ght have,
and no part of that kept IN his lron-clad room.
His residence fronts to the east the circle, and
his bedroom Is upstairs 'front.' and would not attract
especial attention 10 not for the lattice work OF
steel bars which plainly visible from the street.
Since his retirement from the bank the bedroom Las
never been locked happened to be at his residence
he locked himself int but the key was lost and the
bolts had rusted that they could not be worked,
Watching for burglars was one OF his favorite
amusements on extremely stormy nights, especially
In Winter, The writer reached Indianapolis one
cold morning In the Winter of 1872 alta o'clock and
in going from the depot home had to pass the First
National Bank. The snow wac driven with rperci-
less fury by as cold q wind ever blew, whirling
into halls and around corners making t almost tp-
possible for anything to live long exposed TO K.
and yet in the bleakest post exposed place N the
hand In answer to an inquiry as 70 what he wPs
doing there. he said, This Is the kind Of night
that burglars get IN. their work, and % we
are the custOdians Of the property Of other people.
want 10 see that il Is all right" looked inside
the bank and saw the old Waterman noddins be-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-04
CHARLES LAMBS VELVET COLLAR

From The Pen.
delightful piece of fantastic freakishness, the
following note from the pen of Charles Lamb. was
addressed to SOuthey In 1898:
a. My tailor has brought me home a new coat. Ia
PEELED. with velvet collar. He assures me every
body wears velvet collars now. Some are born
fashionable some achieve fashion, and others. like
your humble servant. have fashion thrust upon
them. The rogue has been making Inroads by mod
est degrees, fOistng upon me additional button,
recommending CATERS, but TO come upon me thus,
in full tide of luxury, neither becomes him as
tailor or as the ninth of a man. My meek gentle
man was robbed the other day, coming With his
wife and family IN a One-hOTse shay from Hamp-
stead the villains ri1ed him of four gulneas, some
shiilings and haf-pence. and bundle Of customers
measures, which they sworc were bank-notes. They
did not shoot him. and when they rode off he adj
dressed them with profound gratitude. making
congee: Gentlemen, L wish you good night. and
we are very much obliged to You that you have not
used us i'll And tins is the cuckoo that has had
the audacity to foist upon ten buttons on side
and black velvet collar cursed ninth of
spoundreI ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-04
MRS. SCHLIENANNS JOKE.
From The London GLOBE.


A Leipzig correspondent of the Berlin D,Etsohes
MORtdgs- BtGH relates an amusing anecdOtc Of the
" HelleBizatiOn of Dr. Scnliemann, the ro-dlscOy-
erer of Troy. The Jealous scholar is at present re-
siding in Leipzig where he Is engaged upon his new
volume which is TO be issued shortly by the famous
publishing firm of Brockbaus. Fran Schliemann,
who always assists her husband whether he is
unearthng Trojan treasure or compiling the story
of bis excaya tiOns is as devoted to him The
Trojan Andromache was to the Trojan Hector aud
knows how to humOr his VIGOROUSLY imprisoned
" Hellenenthum 20 the fullest extent. Partly 20
give an agreeable surprise to her husband and partly
out of mischief as we should imagine, she told the
chambermad who attended to their rooms in the
Hotel de Prusse at Leipzig that If the Doctor
should ask her name she was to reply "Andro-
mache.D
short exercise IN pronunciation and little
piece OF silver quickly made the girl pefect in the
lesson. The kindly excavation of the Trojan treas
ures at the next appearance of Marie in the room,
asked her what her name was, and from what
part of Germany she came. To his no
small surprise she replied at once,
Andromache Pernitzsch from Liebertwolk."
DR.. Schliemann was enchanted at discovering an
Andromache in the land of the barbaraBs. and
never omts to call her by her imaginary name, to
her own establishment, aud To the amusement OF hs
roguish wife.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-04
AMBASSADORS.
From The Pal Nall Gazette.


DR.. Johnson paradOxicaily defined an Ambassador
as person who was sent abroad 10 lie for the good
of his country. He is certainly bound TO observe
the nice distinction between telling the truth and
the whole truth though Bunsen, VINO had spent
his life III diplomacy, declared that the golden rule
was to treat nation you would an individual,
that is according to the strictest code Of honor.
This IL the theory, but hardly the practice. The
Hon Hugh Elliot our Minister at the Court of
Frederick the Great thought it necessary to
steal for his country's benefit TO say nothing OF
bribing-managing to have Government office at
Berlin broken into and documents distracted there
from in order to prove completely between the
American insurgents and the Prussian Government.
The King rather admired Elliot for his audacity,
and declared that through the whole transaction he
had behaved like perfect gentleman. This rather
reminds one Of Pitts ordering the agents who were
TO brbe Pichegru to treat that officer with the ut
most Difference and consideration. Frederick,
however had some reason to think highly Of Elliot,
for he had three spared with bin and thrice been
beaten. Al q review of 10000 Prussipn troops ne
asked Elliot II any 10000 English could beat such
men % don't know, Sire" replied the Ambassa.
dor but Pm sure half the number would try
On another occasion the King asked bimi Who was
this Hydor ALI yhS Yas giving us such n trouble Tn.
oa cSmm aasSoSe fadoter FredseF was then very
Old. He dropped the subject. An English dispatch
ascribed victory gained By our men to ffoydence,
" Dear me, Quoth Frederick to ELLIOT NAG nc
idea Providence was one of our allies" On. yes,
said the latter, and the only ono we don't nave 10
subrdisep When 1t became clear that the War OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-04
THOMAS EWINGS "REMINISCENCES.


From The CIereiGHd Leader.
The following letter OF Thomas Ewing was the
last he wrote to any ASSOCIATION during
his life 1t has never been published.
1t was sent TO the Athens Pioneer Association
when he was eighty-two years of age. Three
months after it was written lie died. The letter is
LANCASTER, July 3, 1871.
GENTLEMEN In the Spring of 1903 my
father removed his family to a small farm on the
Marietta road. In this | am not mistaken, as
made record of the date on the bark of birch tree.
which | have seen often since. remained on the
other farm to 90 to school and help my brother
was reading library book, 1.-THE Children of
the Abbey" and had got together good supply OF
hickory bark to make me light; and | an
hour before day and sat by the fire reading. Henry
Bartlett, esq, who happened 10 be with us that
book. | handed 1t to him, and as he returned 1T 1T
fell open In the fire and scOrched and spoiled
several of the leaves. Ry the rules of the library,
there was fine for every spot, and III counting
over the Injuries IN fps and evles, found myself
a bankrupt boy. However, | took the book TO the
library meeting, explained the misfortune. and the
Board very kindly RENTED the fine. If the volume
think it was the second, DO still in being. 1T must
bear the marks of the sad adventure As
TO Moses's geography studied 1t as early as
1900.
Iremember rural scenes of the Summer of 1900,
simple and childish, but illustrative OF fact in
history. Mrs. Brown had handsome little tomato
plant of the small round kind, which was then
called love-apple. Ii was not known among us ms
an article OF food until several years after the
French inhabitants OF San Domingo had been
driven from the island and took refuge on our
shores, aud then Its extended slowly One day,
children of the two families were at play III Mis-.
Browns garden when suddenly the alarm was
raised and ran through the little group that Alpha
Brown had eaten love-apple. We sped with the
fearful intelligence to the grown-up people, who ala
not partake of our ALARM and II passed on without
a catastrophe. 1t was many years later when first
/ saw the tomato used on our table an esculent.
For many years we had no post office nearer than
Athens; bat my fathers little farm on the Marietta
road was passed once week By mail carrier on
horseback between Clarksburg, Va, and Chilli
Gothic one week east the next week west.
always took care TO be on hand when the mail
passed. Ii was carried by boy of sixteen or sew
enteen John DAVIS. who became my intimate
friend and fed his horse and mother gave him his
supper and bed with Inc by the fire as O reward
for the news lie brought us. | have often sat up
till 10 o'clock listening for him. he was very
punctual with his satchel of " news from all nations
lumbering at his back"
l am indulging In trifes.. but, these little
things are great a little man, and L write as L
would talk with you If present wish all our as
sembled friends many. happy returns Of this gori-
Gus day. / am very respectfully yours,
I. EWING.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-04
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY SHEET

have been greatly interested by his letter on the
subject which he is about to bring before the
House. and that / shall listen with concern to the
arguments which he will educe in his speech to
support his cause."
Letter written. Member fattered. Revises all
his arguments stirred by the thought that. whether
be succeeds or not, one distinguished man III ms
audience will follow all that he / as to say. When
the night arrives he does his very best. When he
concludes the one person he hoped tc convince
rises with honeyed words to express his sense OF the
force and value of the eloquence to which the House
has lust listened The arguments were irresistible.
and the Government accepts the motion. fou may
be certain that the next time Mr. Disraell spoke,
that member was convinced by his arguments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-04
NY NEIGHBOR ROSE.

Though walls but thin our hearths divide.
We're strangers, dwelling side by nde;
How gsily all your days must glide
Unvex'd by labor
I've seen you weep. and could have wept;
pye heard YOU sing land might have sleptD
Sometimes hear your chimney swept,
My charming neighbor
Your pets are mine. Pray what may all
The pup. once eloquent OF tai
wonder why your nightingale
Is mute at sunset.
Your puss. demure and pensive. seems
Too fat to mouse. Much she esteerns
Yon sunny wall, and DOING dreams
OF mice she once ate.
Our tastes agree dote upon
Frail jars, turquoise aud celadon,
The HeddNg March of Mendelssohn,
And PcnseroSo.
When sorely tempted to purloin
Your piet6 of Marc Antoine.
Fair virtue doth fair play enjoin,
Fair Virtuosol
At times an ARIEL, cruel-kind,
Win kiss my lips, and stir your blind,
And whisper low, She hides behind;
Thou art not lonely"
The tricksy sprite would erst assist
At hushd Verona's moonlight tryst =
Sweet Capulet thou vert not kissd
BY light winds only.
miss the simple DAYS of yore,
When two long braids Of hair you wore,
And chat bOtt6 was wondered Ger,
In corner cozv.
But gaze not back for tales like those
It's all IN order, suppose.
The Bud is now a blooming Rose
A rosy-posyl
Indeed, farewell to bygone years;
How wonderful the change appears;
For curates now, and cavaliers,
In turn perplex you;
The last are birds OF feather CAV,
Who swear the first are birds of prey;
I'd scare them all had my way.
But shat might vex you.
At times Pve envled, it is true,
That nero. Joyous TWENTY-FIVE,
Who sent bouquets and btttets-donT,
And wore a sabre.
The rogue how close his arm he wound
About her waist, who never frown'd.
He loves you, Child. Now. is he bound
To love my neighbOr!
The bells are ringing. As is meet,
White favors fasclnate the street,
Sweet faces greet me, ruefu-sweet
'Twixt tears and laughter:
They crowd the door, TO see her go,
The bliss of one brings many woe;
Oh, kiss the bride, and | will throw
The old shoe after
What change in one short afternoon,
Mg own dear neigh Dor gOne-so soon!
Is yon pale orb her honey moon
Slow rising hitherf
O Lady wan aud marvellous!
How oft have we held commune thus:
Sweet memory shall dwell with us
And JOY 20 with her
FREDERICK LOCKER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-04
BRACONSEIELUS TACT.

A good story Is going tho rounds of the clubs re-
speeding the difference of the personal methods OF
the past and the present Prime Minister When
Mr.. Gladstone intends to accept resolution or an
him know before Ii Is brought on. Lord
Beaconsfield knows human nature better-or thinks
20. Shall | write and tell hun that you viii accept
then commoner, when he had expressed an
opinion that it must be adopted. Bv no means, "
was the reply of the then Premier. "Toll him that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-04

side comfortable fire. ana wondered IL he would
not feel better II he knew that Mr. English was
standing guard for him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-04
a BALLADE or SLEEP.
Il the hours are passing slow.

The hours are passing slow.
hear their wearydread
Clang from the tower. and go
Back to their klnsfolk dead.
Sleep deaths twin brother dread!
Why dost thou scorn me so
The winds voice overhead
Long Yakeful here | know,
And music from the steep
Where waters fall and flow,
Wilt thou not hear me. oleepY
"All sounds that might bestow
Rest on the feveTd bed,
All slumbrous sounds and low
Are mingled here and wed,
And bring no drowsihed.
Shv dreams fit to and fro
With shadOwy hair dispread;
With wiStful eyes that glow,
And silent robes that sweep.
Thou wilt not hear me no?
Wilt thou not hear me, SIeepf
"What cause hast thou to show
or sacrifice unSped
OF all thy slaves below
Imost have labOred
With service sung and said;
Have culled such buds as blow,
Soft peoples, white and red,
Where thy still gardens grow
And Lethe's waters weep.
Why, then, art thou my foe
Wilt thou not hear me, SLEEPY
ENVOY.
prince. ere the dark be shred
BY golden shafts, ere low
And long the shadows creep,
Lord Of the wand of lead.
SOft-footed as the snow,
Wilt thou not hear me, Sleep ~
A. LANG.
The Portland daily press., 1880-10-14
Rriaf IOttlnQS.

The Ladies' Circle of East Deering will hold
a fair this (Thursday) afternoon and evening.
Admittance free.
Those who attend the festival at Williston
church this evening will be we'll paid In ad-
dition to the refreshments for sale rare plants
will be placed in the chapel on exhibition.
The pocket book lost by Mr.. Wormell was
found yesterday morning by Mr.. Freeman on
the lower step of the house above Judge God
dard's residence, on Free street 1t was empty,
and had probably been thrown away by some
one who found it and removed the money.
The pocket book was taken to the station.
Mr. H. r. Stickney rode his bicycle to Lew
ton last Saturday, and says he can ride his ma
chine to Lewiston and back to Portland in
nine hours and not be unusually fatigued
The Republican campaign companies of this
city will assist at flag raising at Knightville
this evening, marching over the following
route:-Up Congress to High, down High to
State, to York to bridge, returning to York, to
State, to Congress, to Market Square and dis
miss
A meeting for the election of commissioned
officers for the Portland Mechanic Blues, to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the promotion Of
lst Lieut.. Chas. L. SWEET to be Adjutant Of
the First Regiment, was held last evening, and
Donald A. Mcintosh was elected LIST Lieuten-
ant and VIM. III. III. Pettengill I'd Lieutenant.
Supper at Parker's after the election.
A good many of our people will be likely on
reading the advertisement of Mr.. 4. T. Mer-
riil, 179 Middle street, to "just happen to
think to call and take advantage of the bar
gains offered.
The Portland daily press., 1880-10-14
Rejoicing Rapuh1icans.


The Republicans of this city will celebrate
at City Hall tonight, in fitting manner, the
great victory in Ohio and Indiana, but the
general feeling of joy found expression yester-
day in various ways. In the morning sal ute
of 80 guns was fred, under the direction of
Capt. Morrill,, at Lincoln Park and so more
at Congress Square. in the evening the Re-
publican headquarters at Lancaster Hall was
crowded; and the Portland Band came out and
marched to the hall, where several national
and patriotic airs were finely rendered. A
salute of eighteen guns was fred in front of
the hall, and the meeting was adjourned to
meet at City Hall tonight. After the adjourn
ment many of the Young Republicans formed
in line and marched through the streets, head
ed BY the Portland Band
The Portland daily press., 1880-10-14
Sonnambulisnn.


The night of the recent fire at North Turner
Bridge, Androscoggin county, Mrs. Albert
Winship reused Mr.. Winship, and cried Illus
band, Mr.. Starbird's house is all on fire, hur-
ry up!" He did so, dressed on the double
quick, and with pals ran to the fire, and did
valiant service in saving surrounding build
ings. When the fire had burned down he
quietly went to bed. Sunday morning he
rubbed his eyes and said to his wife, II feel
dreadfully. I am lame and feel completely
exhausted" "Weil you may" said the wife,
"after working 80 hard at the fire last night" !"
''What do mean," said Mr.. W. "Why, the
starbird house was burned last night, and you
worked like hero, saving the other build
ings." MIR. W. looked dazed for q moment,
then took his hat and looked over the prem
ises and came back. "Well Marcia, the
bulldogs are surely gone, but never would
have believed even you, when you say that
went to that fire, if they were not gone.
don't know thing about it, He had been
through all the excitement in a state of SOM
nambulism, without being awakened. d.-Lewis-
ton Journal
The Portland daily press., 1880-10-14
More Failures IN Canton.

Milton F. Kicker of Canton, doing business
under the style Of NJ. f. Kicker & Co., has
failed. He is the party on whose paper Otis
Hayford was indorser to the amount of $780,
900. Mr.. Kicker was formerly general agent
for the Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance
Company Hayford & Bradford were his
bondsmen, and had loaned him $21 900 of
their paper. which he had used to raise money
on.
Mr.. Orlando A. Hayford OF Canton has
made an assignment for the benefit of his
creditors, caused by the failure of Milton f.
Kicker
Dura Bradford of Canton has also made an
assignment, caused by the failure of M. F.
Kicker, as stated above.
The Portland daily press., 1880-10-14
Bowd DIN College.

BRUNSWICK, Oct. IL, 1880.
One OF the most pleasing events of the sea-
son, was the lecture by Professor Packard to
the students, last evening" on "reminiscences
OF Bowdoin." Nearly every student was pres
ent, and listened with intense interest to the
discourse, which was both pleasing and in
structive. Professor Packard has been con-
nected with the college since 1872 aid has al
ways been untiring in his labor and devotion
to the welfare of the college. He related in a
pleasing manner some of the principal events
in the history of the college, as well as the
characteristics of Bowdoin and its surround
ings in the earlier years. Prof. Packard was
present at the first commencement which took
place in 1906; the exercises were held in an
old unfinished church and were wet down
by the severe rain-storm which occurred dur
ing that time. The president presided holding
an umbrella over his head.
AT Ethe close of the lecture the venerable
professor was greeted with round of ap-
plause, which should be proof to him, of the
true respect and esteem of the students. We
hope to have the pleasure of listening to anoth
or lecture from him at an early date