New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-07
LYING SHAKESPE4RhS'
SOME CURIOUS REsEMBLANcEs


From
,,,ro i Tradition that John Shakespeare,
fathef OF the In mortal NlilaIL n.y. a to"coster
was respectable ye0man. a e,nIenee once asserted
s i, he lSnld select tie Descendants o JONI hl.
Scare the Gouees efSnlr r f"ctoi oure IN tha OF
81 s sst oi W,lim Shakespeare IN me cnuIS o. ''
Avon hs to pat it 70 practical
- n. ham enel m0Ie than MY years USO 80, ,ne of
man hoard that there we're snt TO The pu5c school
Si'ateloJ fornO9d The two gentlemen visited ne
tss"o'MsSh hove heard" said the literary gentleman
ns,e lave Severed boys attending your ScIo2 o. ose
LtMe u =, n-rents who reside in the noiehb0fh1Od
: 1ey a,e sir" the seuoolmasier Iepnea an.
: fhsy are of various ages ana 6slonS 70 1lnoIvHss
theS a. r.. ,,1c,,is of the same name e Ihty 90, SIT
/. Nog,r said the gentleman tnese c.uH St
+rs,oui reputation o. being the deseehn" VI
tsAaoi 10 trent dramatist-eOiatela descendants,
,nsy re supposed To be descehue9 rom we uAVe "
20 ,geat dranatist, who lived sohle@he ~ tn, 10,
49,, e; ,Ibnrbood have theory OF an h!P'the'lcd.
% my isney that by observing or colnger9g me SNAP
~ ~ ,1ornus as Il xho hears the name OF SNAKE
spears Perhaps saig 1o tba Senfe9,on
an perfect STRANGER en- School fefore today Well"
% permit lne walk into your school III To 9a FORM %a 70
~ -, ~ yn1r dcsk every boy whom may touch on
NJ ~ and as soon IA nave completed my facial ana
eTanal 80 t2 oJ selected from your pr0Ini-cuois
ss.e,njage Of boys" The schooimsstr a5ssn. hs 70
- ne Gentlemen in the most conteli IitNe auu
~, e1s ,nanuer walked from bench 10 Oenth Inc 1ol
&c. in state OF anxious suspense' s0ue ht-Iled Tue
.s,a,n was trying TO ulesnerle thein ana snlhe Oh
- ,Soogbt they had been committing some telilhie
teaee and were being Sent up LOT punishment A.
,et 81 lie gentleman had completed nc examination
~ .stsed up 20 the desk accompanied by the school
,,oster ana bis lucTedulOus friend now sAd the sou
ti'nl'a " ~ hive found" Well" responded The
se,eoln,asoF with smile, az the uols y2u nave
ieet,l r ShahesI es, ana they comprise tue WHVe
~ inc Soys OF that patronyme attending my school
S;,e renteman could not disguise his delgn DGt MS
,ncreduuus companion Was ltte euss lu'eu. al.U"
me- rald the gentleman. to AK You one more CUE
in" Certainly. sir Are thSy ~ oi eno ia'l'e
,1e sen,c,Han relieved the anxiety Of the boys by
pronson OF compliments Hnd oy sikpsnee heei.
Is said that Wllaia ilo"itt was Inc person "uo Nis'u
the school g. .,o ,o+e,oo, ~ a ,sr,,or,o,
tnnoSIv connected with the shipping trade at Glonces
.er runs: once sitilns IL u meichanI O.hie,
va,tinr Tor boatman TO sign BIS way b or cO7ghnrh1
-. IN was during The dlnner bOlr. bad a yciune
~ Shakespeare open on the desk examining Ms lLet.e
OF uoTtrail aud fac-simile " Ills autograph 4At DW't
maa took cf bis bat WAS StInoh WIN MS icii -,
face and head IL pore sOue ieseh1dhre 70 .o POI
.,n,e reSembiance to what imagined shakeseaeH DUST
m sratforJ would be n it had been thrown rom It's
.ss"i scr4cled and bruised, and begrined with dirt
ard coal dust what meeks ZEE stare az M,
eaferl AiDt yu' never Zed NJ alOiei leit Iaiuef
.s'., yon yyriteP inquired Yes gaier; or MAX NE
e,oss We'll then write yOur nane; there Is good
,ov re al my book while lac wrote his name IN TWO
'es NJ aroused II from my rev erie by eXcaimng,
veal ,bat do gaeeTP looked up for the purpose OF
,.ar5o0 on aud giving him the cOuuterio ana sou may
iioagne my analcment when saw ne had written WIN
,s shakspere Sly establishment vas inieusinea Iioiu
sazed * bin and said: Are You any relation to he
SeiehrateI william Shakespeare the pOeW ! round !
hai s,ekep Greek 10 him for he did not understand
mo, tried again Are you any kith or Kin to any big
~, - ~ ~ ua,ue who lived StratOTd-On AvOnP
.No. ] da 1--we at Tewkesbury We ba always lived
ssin'nr ihcreahouts; but 1 ma yard granfaytnur Old
fl,n 81 a,srere saw as how we sprngd some tIle o.
pesther lroni play-actng kind OF oovey Blu shas-
rero ana l shook hauds ana we parted cio.en the
rgee door and waiken toward tho lock. neditatlng on
the yanares OF man lie, when heard the not very
ncliauoms voice Oi an aouauc termagant, Crying
Bill shskspere, You young devil, thee leave that kid
alone and como aboard or tell thee fuythur ana he
rooi stnae theai IlODkod-I recognized traces or the
foafures OF the great p0y-aeting cOyey In n png-
elous black faced little rascal who was heartily hsty-
.crTng another juvenile .b0Btee on The quay. Hh
shaAspero obeyed The maternal command ana sefam ri
on board Will aiacTity Seven eight young SHAKESPEARE
al both sexes played the boats deck amid the < u
e,nole OF tie chimney. There is probability OF tht
race being extinct; more than hity years ago OLD
Thoruas Lucy the eminent merchant and miller
81 straiford prosecuted boatee William SHAKESPEARE
Sot Tor stealing deer but for stealing dear wheat
Tlat Thonas Lucy, unlike his ancestor caught bis
.Wn" and sent hn 90 Warwick goal The npfOrtnuat,
accident or accident william Shakepere cause severa
a., lar paragraphs be inserted in the local press
Alas! Ii was no joke for poor SHakspere