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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-07-08

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Between Portland and Corvallis, daily Tex
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-07-08
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THE FARM NEWS.

A practical farm paper, edited by q
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IL contains what the farmer wants.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-07-08

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Above trains stop at Easts Portland, Oregon
City, Wo dburn, Salem, Turner, Marion.
Jefferson, Albany, Albany Junction, Tangent
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-27
THE CURSE OF "MAGA."

n must also he remembered that Lockhart
had an III start in life and was for years so cir
cumstanced as to get beautifully into trouble.
That he has been traduced has been partly the
fault of his own difficult nature, offending those
whom he meant to treat with courtesy II not
with friendship. But though he was well born
and happily situated in his you he fell nnder
the curse Of Maya" the mother or mischief,
early in his manhood. and it took him years 10
shake of the ban. Indeed. he never quite Shook
81 of. He Blackwood man TO the DAY OF
his death, holding with his accustomed loyalty
10 the man and the magazine with whose HI
erary fortunes he had had so much TO DO Nhen
he went to London and took charge or the
Quarterly Review for John Murray, the at
mosphere Of his doings in Edinburgh Tor biaoK-
wood and the latters periodical chung TO hlih'
ana % that was ever disspated it was only TO
be replaced by new reputation not nluch
easter. in some respects. to bear. These things
ought never To be ignored In consideration OIL
Lockharts life and work. They have been too
often forgotten and Mr. Lang is quite blame
less for the tone of defence which runs through
both his volumes He sees, and he now makes
clear for the first time with sufficient sympathy
and knowledge the true difficulties with which
a man In Lockharts position had to reckon
They soon arose before him. HIS schooldays
form q period Of bookish ceverness and swift
ly developing taste for caricature. an ART III
which he was always facile and even powerful,
but they may be passed over briefly From Scot
land he went to oxford. where he led life OF
which he later utilized some fragments In his
novel of Reginald Dalton" At the University
he worked hard and laid the foundation of mis-
career. He happy, and went In Tor man,
Of the anuscments OF his comrades. lie was
sometimes frolicsome. When a certain bump
tIous tutor put on airs about his Oriental knoVl-
edge. "Lockhart wrote some English squibs on
him In Hebrew characters. and handed them In
as college exercises. The tutor did not discover
the fraud but the Master did, ii Is also re-
corded that during his university life Lockhait
thought OF enlisting with the spaniards against
France. But the truest picture Of him at oxford
IN drawn in Mr. I.angs description OF MIN as
among those men who read widely and freely
especially in Aristotle and Greek philosophy al
large Lockhart also studied English, the Iliz-
abethans in particular; Italian. French. Ger
man and SPANISH In fact he qualified himself
for the profession OF letters in a manner no"
very unusual His knowledge was already sueh
as BELTS q critic.
Home again in Glasgow. with one eye Oh Inc
Law nd the other on literature as means OF
subsistence I,ockhart amused himself with
number of other things besides He turned TO
novel writing. His ambition. says Mr. Lang NJ
the are of twenty. was TO be what Gait became.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-27
JOHN GIBSON LoCKHART.
A DEFENCE OF Misunderstood MAN
OF LETTERS.

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN GIBSON
LOCKHART. BY Andrew Lang: From ao nhr
ford and Milton I.ockhart MSS, anu ~, O'" In
Two Volumes. Octave, PIP. xiv, 4l6 XII. az
London: John c. Nimmo. New YORK; Chares
Scribners Sons
Asa curious figure upon the horizon OF mooern
,etfera as Scotts con-in-iaw and biographer as
q conspicuous participant In more than one
histo ricai episode of English literature. ana
orally. as the victim of endless misunderstano-
ing and detraction. Lockhart's fame has certain
pe,manence which calls for candid narrative
OF his career. He was not man OF genius no.
was he as a critic. a man OF notable initauNe
and nrst-rate powers. He never PLACED an
Scott prophesied that he would The TACT re-
mains that he was one of the most Important
nterary men of his day. II a man Is worth re-
interfering at all he is worth remembering with
COMPREHENSION: and Lockhart. with all MS
claims upon our interest. claims not always oi
= major quality, but claims. nevertheless mas
a, the long run received no more than MS oue
IN the almost affectonate memoir by MI Lang
That gentleman has drawn good portrait oil
his hero Some defects visible but TINS pi-
seraphy brings the central element OF LocKhar'
character to the surface early in the first voiume
and keeps it constantly in sight until 'he emu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-27

they change. as they ought to change TINS De,
,,as ,,horover Il still retains a footing The old
nicture of Iockhart may not invariably DE ei-
faced with ease Doubtless 1t will be difiicut TOT
some readers to think that only the milk OF hu-
man kindness filed the breast OF man WIN
could write a note like this to Scott: fe'ha''
is writ by Mr.. Bulwer. a Norfolk SQUIRE all"
borrjd puppy I have not read the booR' from
djsIiking the author. but shall do so since you
anprove It," That Is not wholly gracious
epistle one might be forgiven Tor 'hinhins 'ne
writer much less than an urbane pelhs' pu' "
is trivia! to let things like this weigh heaN"S III
the balance against those evidences OF hoch
bart's tenderness and loyalty OF heart WITH
come out In the records of his friendship WIN
Scott or in the letters bearing upon MS 'ee"'"
for Christie Wilson. the Ettrick Shephe'u anu
others Give these their full value ana the more
calculated phases of his nature arc seen az 'hey
should be seen. simply as the naturaihess Vi
so,fcontained man Of the world, who Regarded
ufo and men with penetrating eyes and never
,ost his sense of huror Look at Lockhart III
this light and he is an Irresistible companion
His letters are always divertng and sometimes
they sparkle. They vivid. too Wha' p'o'
urc though It is drawn at second hano' IL pre-
served In this reference to George 'he '"" III
II was written in 1920: The KING is urea'''''s
of dressing the Guards" he says. ana after
ward all the infantry. In blue. This is the DUKE
of Cunberland's Prussian nonsense. Chah'res
gave us a Iaughnble description the other hish'
of His Majestys forenoon councii-himse't apou'
statues and Wardrop about the stuiiing OF '"e
camelopard on one side of the bed: the DUKE oi
Cumberland and a tailor on the other inc h'hs
In n white cotton nightcap and rather uiltS
flannel Jacket. propped up with pillows anu SIP
ping his chocolate amidst this divan' me Duhe
of Wellington is announced HIS Majesty se'S
on forthwith black velvet cap with eo'o LAS
sell and grand blue SILK doui'let'e' anu ""'"'
ont of the bedroom to receive him in the charac-
ter of George the Fourth. After hair an hour
Che had babe them all reman) he came pack anu
tumbled into bed again among them To resume
tho blue breeks But thfsis all treason"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-27
4DTLATION EXTRAORDINARY.
From Notes and Queries


Examples of fattering dedication were common
enough i'm the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
'rh. following specimen Will De hard TO pat, TOT
seryility of thought and ingenuity OF phrase. ~ -
urehx ed TO an asslze sermon Marcn l3 1905
preached AT Ailesbury by Alb. campon, ID. d.
rector Of Monks lisborough: vi, 49,,
"l'o the Right Honorable Sir John iiolt, l.ord
chief Justjce-My Lord. Without leave ! presume
TO urenx Your Lordshlp's Name 10 this discourse
That n was Preachd. | my self stand accouhtable
but that IL was Printed. II has nothing 10 JUSTIFY II
but Your Lordship's Command whom nothing can
or dos resist For the greatest Obscurtits OF the
Law, It's most sullen difficulties scatter before
Your Lordship's Eye. the Clouds before the sun
The most intricate Knotty Cases. You untye with
that Ease and Dexterity. as that they seem ,1 OF
themselves to open. II IL not In You TO cut OF
force IL consists not with that sweetness OF
Temper by which You 80 charm all You nave 10
dsai with ms that You seem most deservedly 10 IN
herit that Glorious Title OF the Great Nespasian
~ heng the Darling OF Mankind. For the very
''urse az the Law You manage with that Tender
ness and lndulecni Affection, as even iha' r Inc
t'ondemn'd 20 away Satisfied. " not pleas'd Ihht
I might not therefore appear the only stunn9ofn
Thing IN Nature submit and subscribe my neii
Ny Lord Your Honors most humble ana opeoiep'
Servant Alb Campon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-27
SCOTS FRIEND AND BIOGRAPHER.

Scott loved him. That alone answers the saw
age charges Of those who thought him malig-
nant and II helps us 10 See the sensitive, imper-
turbable man az he was Scott respected him
and loved him. and Lockhart gave mis- father-in-
law in return. a loyal affection that went close
TO idolatry. lie made his biography OF Scott
not alone one Of the few immortal Lives but
the record of a remarkable friendship. Study
the great Life" with sympathy and Lockhart.
az well as Scott Is revealed 10 the reader. In
snlte OF the fact that he says little II anything,
about himself The man who composed that
masterpiece had to know how 10 love as well as
how TO write. Lockhart was rich on both counts.
His friend Christie has left note on his feeling
for children The love OF children" he says.
was stronger in Lockhart than | have ever
known II in any other man-it was womanly
1--we" This is the man Of whom Miss Martineau
said that his satire always had a quality Of
malice In 1t, Of whom many OF his contempora-
ries and many persons to-day were, and are.
ready to believe anything Mr.. Langs two vol
umes will have been written In good cause II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-27

the recorder OF the Caledonian humors OF his own
not Of past romantic ages. and of a 'rampageous
antiquity" He wrote book. John Iouu'
which has disappeared. Years afterward ne
spoke of It, 1.-The book is damned" he said In
1915. when he was twenty-one years oio' he
went to Edinburgh. threw himself more OF less
into literary society there, struck up triehu-
ship with John Wilson. and was soon on the
way toward his regrettable connection with
Maya" The Ettrick Shepherd depicts him at
this time as "a mischievous oxford puppy, for
whom was terrified. dancing after the young
ladies, and drawing caricatures OF every one
who came in contact with him" Puppy or not
when he made the acquaintance of Blackwood
the latter seems TO have been attracted toward
him, treated him with much liberality In trans
action. Of which translation from the Ter
man by Lockhart to be the outcome anu
before Maya" had run through many numbers
Lockhart and Wilson were both dentihed win
It, advising. contributing. making its name 10
resound with emphasis In most resounding
time. 1t was the day of bitter journalism 'he
dav of Jeffrey and CLIFFORD. of criticism that was
political when 1t ought to have been literary.
prosaic where 1t ought to have had the en-
thusiasm Of a great poetica revival In its veins.
One was not a romanticist or a realist in That
whether one were writing about Keats and
Shelley or the great aux Lockhart lived IN a
Tory atmosphere, held Tory opinions, had Tory
prejudces. Wilson raised the atmosphere, the
opinions and the prejudces TO n higher power.
He Lockhart's senior. but their friendship
was intimate. intimate any friendship
could be for LOckhart outside Of his own family.
He had some connection with the law, just how
much we do not clearly grasp from Mr. Lang's
text but it was slight at the best, and Lock-
harris chief work lay along the lines which ne
and Wilson and Blackwood had together laid
out for the evolution of Maya 1t was not a
happy progress that made by that atrabi-
Gus publication There was natural demand
for libel at this period" says Lord Cockburn. in
a line which Mr.. Lang aptly preixes to his story
of the first years of "Blackwood's Magazine,
and Lockhart cannot be eXOnerated from the
charge of having supplied much of the bitter
personality with which the periodical journalism
of the day reeking.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-27
LITERARY NOTES.

The death Of Millais brings to light an an..s..
Of his about Thackeray which serves 70 dssNN''s
still more, II further comment on tho oa,.~s s's
really necessary. that fable concern,ns tbs 80.
ter OF THE Virginians' which some one eise -
said 10 nave written According to Millais ",h.
novelist was glrding at the critics. some Of v,a.'
complained that one OF his chapters had been ,r,.
ten loosely and without care To show how ,,,,,.
they know. remarked Thackeray Il NAV ton ~
that wrote that chapter four times over 90
each time II was worse"
The Houghtons announce two new books bv a.,
Chandler Harris. showing that Uncle poro,,,,,
hasn't the smallest intention Of resting on b,s a.,
rels This Is Pleasant thought and yet tho for,s
coming volumes rouse mixed feelings tn v,h.
one OF them THE Story OF Aaron so-caIed ~.
Son Of Ben ALI" Is sequel to Little Mr. TbinohI
finger and MIR. Rabbit at Home" IL TO feel ao.,...
OF a book OF pure Harris. but what may no exnoo,es
or Sister Jane; Her Friends and Neighbors' f. az
other thing. and much more mysterious "A,ro,,
can almost be taken on faith Criticism will =.
proach Sister Jane" on tiptoc. Why? Wei, NJ,
Harris has never been heard of as a novels, a.,
Sister jane is novel Of Southern life before ,h
war. his first work In this form Of fiction south.,,
things Will be In the books-Southern humor too
no doubt; but will the Remus OF It he there tho a.,
thing which Mr. Harris can claim as his very oun,
Mr. George Gissing has peculiar dstlnc,io,
He grows in popularity In proportion as he grow,
less delightful. That Is to say, his work is neve,
dedicated to the presentation Of beauty but coll.
brates forlorn and sOrdid themes with an alno..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-27

bitter preoccupat ton with
their forlorness. Yet helser.
traordinarily powerful. ana
books like THE Unclassed"
or Ewes Ransom" or In
the Year Of Jubilee" have
given him downright emil.
hence in the field OF semi.
tragic fiction. II has taken
some time for this eminencs
10 be clearly defined. Tn.
public Is not Immediately re.
sponsiye to a spell which
lays more pain than pleas.
ure upon the imagination.
But the later books. as has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-27

slope where the wheat rpens. or through an
omen door, across the crowded church or INTO the
dim recesses Of the forest. And DR.. Byingtohs
pictures are only glmpses of this Sort maze
vivid by the study OF details The reader VII
have his fancy reused. and he may create '"e
Massachusetts pioneer anew for himself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-27

The Sn"ssu are and the Sosr sD
viii rTH be p S by sjornso" This is "" ny. world
sen would seem to he the last man " svsu heroic
~ no heralded by a burst OF poelrs, ''
nos,rv by one OF his own counsrsms"
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-08
Grafton.

Fishermen are taking some very fin,
trout from our brooks this spring.
The hobbin shop is nov running il
full blast
It the Christian Endeavor meeting
last evening five delegates were chosen
to attend the meeting of the Black
River Union to be held at Ludlow May
IL.
A very pretty wedding occurred at
the residence of Charles Jellison Wed
nesday morning, April 20, at 8 o'clock.
Miss Maud Alice Jellison, only daugh
ter Of Mr. and Mrs Jellison, was united
in marriage to Albert Elmer Cross OF
Clinton, Mass. Mrs Harry Kimbal of
Saxtons River played the wedding
march. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. William Baldwin of Saxtons
River under gracefully arched festoons
of ground pine. The bride wore very
pretty costume of white silk elaborate.
ly trimmed with silk lace and carried
a bouquet of 20 white roses. The
bridesmaid, Miss Mabel Adelaide Col,
burn of Francistown, N H, was at
tired in white and carried a bouquet
of carnation pinks. Edward Marvin
Cross of Clinton. Mass, younger
brother of the groom. was best man.
The ceremony was performed with
ring. The groom's gift to the bride
was an elegant Elgin watch neatly
chased. She was the recipient of many
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-08

made short call on friends here thus
week. Fl. l.. Spargue, who has peen
in Maine on business for the last rev
weeks, is at home this week MISS
Maud Howard has gone to work Tor
Julian Taft at Townshena. Mrs. How
ard widow of the late Alonzo Howard,
who has lived in Massachusetts for the
last few years, is visiting friends here;
Rev. S. i. Vincent mas moved to west
Townshend. His farewell discourse
here will be given Sunday. --Stillman
Crowngshield has moved to Hinsdale,
n. H., to carry on his fathers farm
there and Sydney Jones moves onto his
farm here. Charles Whipple and wife,
whoghave been living in Chester, have
been passing few days her at her
parents, II. f Spencer and wife; They
move this week to South Ashburn'
ham, Mass. where he has work. -
Frank Hoslcy is in Worcester this
week. Rev. +. b. Earl Of Montpelier
is passing few days with friends
here this week. Frank Dobbin OF
Shushan, n. T.. is passing the week
at Chloe j. Hoton's. 800
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-08

Other useful and costly gifts The
groom received from the bride a ring
of pure gold, An elegant wedding
breakfast was served, after which the
happy pair took their departure amid
showers of rice. After two weeks
trip they will return to Clinton where
a reception will be held at the resi-
dence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs John
X Cross, May 18TH The young cou-
pie will board in Clinton where his
business is. The many friends of the
bride here wish them great success and
happiness in their future.
Mrs d Henderson of Francistown,
n II, sister of Charles Jellison, attend
ed the wedding of her neice, Miss
Maud Jellison here last week. Arthur
Jelhson, stenographer from Newark,
n j, attended the Wedding Of his sis
ter here April %, returning to New
Jersey Friday last week. w T. u
Walker, one of our merchants, is in
Boston buying goods for late spring
and early summer trade. Charley
Hakey has moved to Bellows Falls
where he has work in a saw mill.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-08

Fred johnson had his shoulder put
out of joint last Wednesday.
Newton S log drivers have left fol
home quite lot of logs are hung ~
along the river.
L. G. Harris is painting his new
house. Anthony lIager bought a span
of horses of William Tudor last week.
--Selectmen. town clerk and constable
were on business trip to Wilmington
on Friday. Frank Chase went to Will
mington last week after the teachers
for our schools. Fred Tudor found
one of his horses dead in his stable on
Friday morning. This makes three in
one year. Il B. NJ. Leonard is piling up
his lumber at CIRCUITS mill. = Harry
Rice is helping his brother building a
fence. Our town clerk was at STRAIT
ton on business last Wednesday, went
by way of Smith woods, found George
Tudor at work on his new mill. 1t is
100 feet long by 80 wide and when fin
ished will be rs fine "A mill as can be
found in Windham county. Our post
master has new fence in front of the
post office. also has had all floors
painted and notices on the lawn. Keep
off the grass. Our teacher, Miss
Bertha Twitchell of Cahoes. n. y,
arrived last week, also Miss Edna
Weeks from Boston, will teach in dis
trict No. .
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-08

The Epworth League had a social
and supper at G. ID. Farnum's hal
Wednes day evening.
The cheese factory opened Monday
j. f. Holcomb makes the cheese this
year.
ID. b. Goddard has fresh bread. 70 lis,
buns, cookies and doughnuts twice a
week from the Brattleboro bakery and
runs through the town twice a
week.
'Rer W. A. Bryant has begun to
grade the ground for the house he is
going to build this season.
Rev. n. A. Wood and wife are re-
joicing IN the possession of "A little
son.
". y. Shattuck is repairing his
house. C. L. Aidrich left last Friday
for Andovcr, where he is engaged to
make cheese the coming summer. 49,
John Sanderson is visiting his friends
in tn is place. ID. B. Goddard is in
Boston this week buying goods. Ray
Holt is clerking for ID. b. Goddard.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-08

Rev Hal ID Maxwell will begin the
services for the summer at the Uni
yersalist church Sunday at 9. 30 p M.
Tho singing school will be recognized
at 1.30 p m the same day.
The ladies circle will meet in the
vestry of the church next week. We'd
nesday p IN
Mrs Betsry Leland of Orange, Mass.
is visiting at f O Lees ;. -Adelbert
Dunk lee has lost two very nice COWS
in the past few days, also three pens
of small pigs Rev Geo +, Tyler and
family have been visiting relatives in
town the past week from Hartford,
Conn. ISIS Hattie Brooks has re-
turned to Fitchburg, Mass f Tyler
is doing the work on the Ray farm
this summer,