Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-11-08
REMARKABLE CONDOLENCES.
Parallels In tho Lives Of Shakespeare and
Mr.. Misunderstanding.

Mr. hilips.
| know well what a keen interest
Americans took in my umtk. the late
Mr., lLalliwell-Phillips, And in his
Snakespearean work, and also in Hol
lingbury Copse-that American Mecca
and | am fully aware how proid he
WAS 10 number among his friends
many Of the leading American litsr-
AIRY men. Some few years ago he, in
merry mood. compiled "a list of a few
parallel circumstances in the lives OF
Shakespeare and Mr.. }. y. Halllwell-
Phillips" and upon ARE occasions
they would be produced after dinner
and read amid sllrieks of laughter, in
which no himself would Join most
are of IA truth most remarkable, and
heartily. The ~thlrty-three parallels
they are all perfectly true, and not
~coucOctcd ia any way 10 my mind one
Of the most extraordinary Is that his
eldest daughter married IA gentleman
by the nalnc OF Hail. Lieut.. hall. l.
~, nay cU-cXeculur.
! scud you by this post IA copy of
the list. and il you care To print 1t,
you are perfectly welcome TO DO SO.
/. BE was descended from very
small country farmers. So am l.
2. With nu professions 10 an aristo'
cratic pedigree. Neither have l..
3. Nor with any really good claim
10 the use of coat armor. Neither
AaYel |.
/. But he purchased q grant of arms
from The ucralGs cO.legU. SO have l.
). His father. not being satisfied
with the poverty of his rural life, left
tue country and commenced business
in a town Us "a glover. S, did mine.
6. But lie soon got tired Of that oc-
cupation and commenced specializing
with house property. So did mine.
Z. His father had a chancery suit
respecting a small estate. So had
mine.
5. The chanCery suit in which his
father WAS plaintiff lasted for nearly
twenty Years, so did the chnncGry
suit in which my father was plaintiff.
y. He went TO school TO SO little pur-
pose that lie learned little Latin and
less Greek. So did /.
10. lie married very early in life
So did /.
IL. And without a sixpenee on eth.
erside. So did |.
u. He obtained his marriage license
ct Worcester in great hurry and in
The midst of family disag"eements.
So did l.
10. lie was prosecuted by Sir Thorn,
as, a country squire. SO was l.
IA. lie was prosecuted because he
took q fancy 10 Sir Thomas deeI
ideaI). So was l..
Is. He WAS q great admirer Of The
fair sex. So am l..
l6. III purchased the estate Of New
Place at ,tratlord-on-Avon. So did |.
IL. lie sold a load Of stone out OF
The gardens there. So did /.
is. The husband Of his second
daughter was remotely connected with
a yeoman of the name of William
Phillips. So is the husband Of my
second daughter.
10. A person of the nam Of Will.
lam Phillips owned property adjoin,
the grounds Of Sh~akespeare's country
house. An Individual of the same
name owns land adjoining the grounds
OF my country house.
20. Shakespeare 1t one time of lis
life Vas pecuniarily interested in a
theatre. So was /.
81. The theatre in which he was in.
terested was destroyed. So was mine.
22. There was a shoemaker by the
name of Shakespeare living near hi.
country house. SO there is near mine.
%. lie owned during part of his life
a house in London, a lease of which
was granted TO Mr.. John Robinson,
So did l.
"a. lie bought a moiety of some
.ithes, So dbl
rs. In the course Of his literary ca
reer there appeared Much Ado About
Nothing" so there has in mine.
20. lie sometimes went 10 the Mitrt
tavern in Fleet street. So did i.
%. In his journeys between London
aud Stratford-on-Ayon he occasionally
stayed 4 night al oxford. 10 did l.
%. tie negotiated for tho purchase
90. It did not succeed ia buying
il. Mother did |.
Of a small estate at Shottery. So did l.
20. lie sometimes drunk a little toe
much at q merry meeting. So did L.
81. de bought one house in London,
So have |.
%. One OF his friends wanted TO Dor
row 500 of him. So has one of mine.
80. His eldest daughter married q
gentleman by the name OF Hall. Sc
| did mine.
The chief difference between us IN
u respective careers appears TO bC
that he knew how to write plays and
| don't-Earnest 4. Baker in Boston
Herald.
Lost Time on Short DayS.