New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-20
ANECDOTES or THE GLADSTONES.
Eron TemDle Bar.

From Temple Bar.
Mr. John Gladstone liked that his children should
exercise their Judgment by stating the why ana
wherefore OF evcry opinion they offered ana col
lege friend of Williams who went on VISIT 10
Fasaue m kincarlmcsnire during the summer oil
500 furnishes amusing pictures of the family Gus
toms IN that house. where tho children anu thelr
parents argued upon everything" ihey |ould
debate TO whether the front should DO oolicu OF
hroed whether window should he opened. anu
whether ID was likely to he fine or wet next day.
Ii WAS always peri, city good-humored' but curious
10 "A stranger because OF the evident care when all
the dspuiants took TO advance no propositions,
even TO the prospect Of a rain. raShly. Onc daV
Thomas Gladstone knocked down wasp WIN ms
handkerchief and " as about to crush II on tho Ia
bic when the father started tho question a. 10
whether he had the right 10 XII the insect; anu TINS
MONT was discussed with much seriousness az II
a human life had been ut stake Nhen AT last u was
adiudgcd that death was deserved because IL was
trrspas~er IN the drawing room common enemy
and n danger there IT vas round that thc lnsect
had crawlcd from under the handkerrnlel, and was
living away with a snig6niing sort vi Dd%% as II 10
mock them ALI" ,. -, , -.
sister Mary disputed Us 10 where cetla picture
an tht To be hung. An old scotch servant "anle III
with "A ladder and stood irrcsoluto while tue aIsn,
ment progressed but az Mss Mary wouit no. ylelu
William calamity ceased from speech, nDugh IN
convinced OF course. Tho servant then hung up inc
picture where the odng lady ordered nut when ~
had done this he eros Cd the room ana halheIel
n n III into thn Opposite wall He was asked why
he did this: Aweel. Miss. thatll do to hang the
picture on when yen have come roohd 10 MASTER
Thr family generally did come round to Williams
orinion for the resources of ms tongue fencing
,,rrc wonderful. and his father, who admired
clever frlut much a. "a straight tnIusJ. leNoI
f,iteI 70 rucourag. him Is saving: Hear. hear :;
we'll SAID we'll put. Willie ! II tnp Young d"hater
bore himself we'll M an encounter. Another th!hg
which Nh. John Gladstone taught ms children was
to ACCOMPLISH to the end Whatever thcy hlhht
bcgin and no matter how insignificant the under,
taking might he ASSUMING that the enterprises IlaH
be.n commenced with deliberate, thoughtful pur-
po,e a. would obviously be weakpes- u ABANDON H.,
whereas # II hal been entered upon WITHOUT
fhoueht It would be useful to carry 1t through ~ a
lesson against acting without reflection. mo ten
ar,tv with which William Gladstone adhered 10
TINS principle exercised no dOnDt beneficial moral
d-rirline unnn himself bnt was frequently very
trv,ng 10 his companIons AT Fasqur. SAWS his
friend already unoird. we often bad archery pTac-
tice and the arrows that went wide Of tue target :
,eoul yet lost the long grass Most oil Us would
h,r nj nd 10 collect only the arrows that Nc could
ind without trouble. aud then begin shooling
,r,,n: but TIN. was not Williams way. He would
insist that all The Arrows Should be lonnd before we
shot our cecond Nolcys, anu wouh h"rNh"I Us ~
Indian file ana make IA tramp aDout ~ tho grass
ill every puiver had been rci ted. Once We were
40 long IN hunting for particular arrow IhAb uus~
came on and We had TO Teliuqulsh the search IDc
next morninlH as was dressing saw tnr0ush my
window William ranging tho held AMI pr0dl!ng
into every TUT Of grass with stick lie had been
busy in this way Tor two hours. and at lrngtn Ire
found the arrow lust before breakfast remarked
that he had was.ed "A good deal o. time; " les ana
No. ne sad. " was certain the arrow coulu DO
fonud if looked for II Ia a certain wa? Int 10 was
inc longest way and failed several times from trg
ing shorter methods. When srt 10 work ~ The
concurred his always apprcciative father.
10 was the same at Oxford Gladstone wouId
tart for a walk 10 some place eight miles distant
aud maze MP his mind 10 go at least moro tuah
h1lf Inc way" Rain might fall in torrents 10 scri-
aus matter in those days when 10 unaergsadud e
ever rarred an upbrella, bnt this would not shake
him from mis- purpose; 20 long he had nOt passed
his fourth mlc-po,t nothing would make him turn
back. Directed toward higher objects thus stub-
boruness cUu,d no dignfcd " I'll the name q per,
severance and il master qual " that kept al
Glaistpnes friends IN subsection Ia hun more or less
Tho.e who wonld rot give in 10 him ircm reason
would do So to avoid u contest tins bong Wofii
i'm which there arc more earthen pots man IRON
ones and the carthen pots try TO escape c0HlslOhs
when they can.