The semi-weekly miner., 1882-05-31
Stories About Lone0bdlow.

After ngettng awhile in his chair, b,
excused himself and was about shutting
the windows all over the house. Com
ing back he remarked by way Of ex
p!anation. II hate everything that Il
v1oIent." A Little girl met Luig
month, the Italian poet, who was on hi,
way one Christmas to. inc where Long
fellow lived. Sc he took her along and
told her to hook out for the white haired
gentleman reading paper near thu
WINDOW. When he entered he said tC
10ngtelIow: "D0 look out of the win.
DIV and bow to that little girl who
wants to see you 10 n,uch.?' "A little
girl wantst to see me- very much? Where
DeckOning with his head called out:
you want to see me-" She needed no
second invitation, and after shaking
her hand and asking her name, he kind
| " took her into the house, showing her
the ''Old Clock on the Stairs, the chair
! made from the village smithy = chestnut
tree. and the beautiful pictures and
souvenirs gathered in many years of for
eign residence. The child will carry
I'll her life delightful memories of her
Christmas call at Mr.. Longfellow's
When professor in Harvard college, says
the New York Post, ''he ws. one Of the
few professors who then addressed their
pupils ~ ''MP." hio tone to them,
tbnug6 not paternal or brotherly, was
gentlemanly. On one occasion, during
an abOrttve movement toward rebellion,
some Of the elder professors tried In vain
to obtain hearing from q crowd Of an
cry students collecting in the college
yard; but when LOngfell0w spoke there
was u hush, and the word went round
Let us hear Professor L0ngfellOw, for
he al vays treats Us ke gentlemen"
MI. S.slnuel Ward, famous lobbyist, and
brotI.or IT Julia Ward Howe, says that
when about ten years ago LOngfellOw
Was ''lmying me his usual Christmas
visit, he read me The Hanging Of the
Crane, 2O lines, for which Mr.. Robert
Bonner, Of the New York Ledger, paid
him 81 400, having offered 81, ,OOO when
I mentioned the existence of the ps,eln.
Mr.. I.ongfcllow declined that price.
when the owner of ID xter,' whom the
poet In his letters to me called 'Diomed,
the trained horse quadrupled his bid
and obtained the prize. The C0rnhill
Magazine paid Mr.. TennysOn three
guineas line f,r 'Tythonus,' and It was
reserved for the New York Ledger to
add q pound to the laureate's price. re-
member him telling me that he had car
ried In his thoughts for a year scheme
tor the Skeleton in ArinOr,, which YVES
su9geeted by ! skeleton exhumed, I oe-
lieve, 1t Taunton, and exhibited at Fall
River in . museum long 0nce burnt to
the ground. It was, I believe, in 1850
that he rode with my sister, Mr.. Howe,
and . CAV party from Newport to Fall
river, to inspect this curious relic, about
which he challenged my sister to make
. poem. His TRANSLATION Of the Inf r
mo- NJ the oesult Of ten minutes daily
work at standing desk in his library
while his coffee was reaching the boil
ing point on his breakfast table," Long
fellow seldom took part in politics, and
rarely said anything about It. But >
Boston correspondent 0f the New York
Herald says ne was disgusted at the
scheme to give Butler the republican
nomination a. Governor in 1873, and
pronounced 1t . diegrace to Massachu-
setts. From this he dsifted to the vote
If censure passed by the Legislature on
sumner for his hattie flag resolution in
the s>nate, and said that Massachusetts,
had been falling pretty low OF late years.
His blue eyes, 80 gentle usually, flash
ed fire - he alluded to these two incl
dents in the politics Of the coma.ion-
wealth. As the poet drained his cup Of
Mocha he said, with more emphasis
than he was In the habit Of using, "Put
me down as an anti-Butler man."
anecdotes about L0ngfellow. The poet
printed. He sent it to = rival weekly,
o,~1 th0 r>nvt vzo0k ~ Nnunn mt Ho
bought copy Of the paper fresh from
the peess, and walked With It into a side
street, and then for the 6rst time saw
poem Of his own actually in print. II
have never since had such thrill Of de-
light over any Of my publication" he
said. A stranger was once introduced
to him, who sai,l with great favor: ''Mr.
Longfell0w, / have long desired the
honor Of knowing you! Sir, am one
of the lew men who have read your
sEvangeline. An English lady, on
being introduced soid: 'Why, Mr..
Lon9fellow, thought you were dead!"
:.No. madam, you see / take the liberty
of living." "Yes-but l thought at
least you be onged to Washington's
time.1 One morning . man forced his
way past the servant who had opened
the hall door, and burst In upon the
presence Of the astonished author in his
library: "Mr. Longfellcw, you're po-
ct. I believec' ":Well. Dir, some persons
have said so." "All right, Mr.. Long
fellow! Poet it T.! Now I've called
here to see II l couldn't get you to write
some poetry, for me to haveprinted, and
stuck on to my medicine bottles. You
zee / 70 round sellin' this medicine, and,
IL you'll do It, it'll help immensely; and
I'1l Just tell you right now, If you'll
give me the poetry, III give you bot
lie Of the carnlinative-and It's 81 .
bottle"
New York, May 29.-9ome weeks
40 the Western Union Telegraph Co.
formulated . new and somewhat in
creaeed schedule Of rates ON reports
transmitted to New York for the Asso-
ciated Press. The Associated Press was
n0t aatislled with these rates and trans
ferred some Of it, report 70 . competing
western Union modified the Associated
Preee that It must pey full Commercial
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