Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-05-04

Swift relieved bis tense md tragic
moods BY Harvesting his servants with
cords-on one occasion be insisted on
Harvesting his learned and respectable
fr1hkl Dr. Ehetid IN land diving them
up and down stairs and through the
rooms Of his deanerY, : Peter. the
Great sought to unbedd himself by
Icing wheeled over the flower beds
and neat parterres Of his hosts gar
dem in q wheeIbarr6w, as poor Sir
William Temple found to his cost.
That accomplished diplomatist APP
pears to have felt his chagrin at the
failuEaof the triple alliangesRs mere
child's play TO his feelings Of behold
ing the Russian monarch riding
roaghshod over the priceless tulips Of
M0or Park. Glover, the once famous
author of "Leonidas and theT AthsA
Maid" had 1.-THE same sdjsaggeeahle
weakness though, not being safe in
the divinity which doth hedge a
king" his plebian back received On
more than one cccaskio4 ihfhriated
cudgelings at the hands Of innsulted
horticulturists. Cardinal Mazarin is
said 70 have been fond OF shutting
himself up i'm Q roeInF sud, iumpinq
over chairs arranged in Iycsitions FafFE--
ing according to the degrees of diff
Guilty in clearing them. OF this weak
ness on the part of his epsoelleneys an
amusing anecdote Is told. On one oc-
easion while engaged in these athlet-
les, he forgot 70 lock ths, door, "a
young courtier inadvertently entering
the room. surprised the great man in
his undigni6ed pursuit 1T twas AN
embarrassing position. for Mazarin
was he knew, an naughty as he was
eccentric. But.Ihe yqsng man was
equal to the crisis. Assuming the in
tensest interest IN the proceeding, he
exclaimed. with -feigned eaTnests
less, Il will bet your eminence two
gold pieces | can beat that Jump"
lie had struck the right, chord and
in two minutes he was measuring his
leaping powers with the prime minis
ter whom he took care not to beat.
lie lost his gold piece. but he gained
before long a mifre. Samuel Clarke
relieved his theological pursuits in
the same way, and on one occasion
seeing q pedantic fellow approaching.
said Is the pupil who was sharing his
amuseneptF SNnwgwe.spust stop: f0rs
u fool IS coming IN. Old Burton. the
author pf the '.AEatemic Of Melans
choly, the only book which cot DR..
Jolsnson out Of his bed two hours be-
fore, he intended to rise, found his
Chief secreation in going down to
Folly Bridge At Oxford, and listening
~ the ribaldry Of the barg PES, (which
didclear away his vapouFcs and make
him laugh as he woald did," limo
cent ~ j. probably the greatest ponsl
ti'F who ever sal Oh the throne 81 St
Peter, relieved his graver amusement
at alaying a nine.pins With the bo-
tentatas af EnrapaS b. 1sousipiae a..
military With an old monk on, a seat
At 4. fouiitain In the TatIckn. He
would listen for hours to the stories
and pointless anecdotes which his hume
bic oosnbanion, Who had travelled 4
good deal, RECALLED him. The lighter
hours Of good Bishop Corbet have been
very graphically describsa by one
who knew him well, His Isoraship's
iavorite comparison mas H. chaplain,
Or. LushingEon- when The business
Of theday Wasover the hiAhop dslseht-'
ed ID descend with this faithful hench-
man into the cellar Of the episcopal
palace. Cofbet would tlien .dtaf his
hood, saying. There lies the doctoE.,,
lie would then divest himself Of his.
gown. adding, There lies the bishop.
The glasses we're filed and the toast
was drunk" Here to thee, 1.ushiiIiigis-..
ton. Here's 20 thee. Corlet. II i