Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-26

original In everything that he had ever
published
The Virginian maintained that he
was downright plagiarist.
New England Man-Have you q
horse here. my friend?
'Virginian-Sir l hone YOU do not
suppose that came hither on foot from
Virginia. have him in Mr.. Whites
stable. the prettiest Chlckasaw that
ever trod upon four pasterns.
New England Man-And I have a
bay mare that l bought for $50 in hard
bay mare against your Chickasaw that
DR.. Franklin Is not a plaglarist.
observation-disclosures! Go it! Waiteri
you, waiter!"
The New England man then read
from the former the celebrated parable
against persecution: And 1t came to
pass that Abraham sat in the door OF
his tent about the going down of the
sun. etc. And after he had finished he
exclaimed that the writer appeared
inspired"
But the Virginian maintained that It
all came to Franklin from Bishop Tay-
LOT $ DOCK, printed more than century
ago, on Potential Discourses." And
the New England man read from Tay-
Tor II passage which agreed, word for
word. with the article assigned to
Franklin. When he had done reading a
laugh ensued. and the Virginian, leap
ing from his seat. called to Atticus. the
waiter. to put the bay mare in the
next stall to the Chlckasaw and to give
her half n gallon OF oats more upon
the strength of her having n new mas
ter.
The New England man exhibited
strong symptoms OF chagrin, but wag-
cred "A brand new saddle" that this
celebrated epitaph of Franklin's under
going new edition was original. Tho
epitaph was then read:
The Body
benjamin Franklin, Printer
(Like the cover of an old book,
It's contentse torn out,
And stript of its lettering and gllding).
Lies here, food for worms
Yet the work itself shall not be lost,
For ii will Gas he believ'd) appear once
more,
In u new
And more beautiful Edition,
Corrected and Amended
BY
The Author.
The Vrginian then said that Frank
lin robbed a little boy of IT. "The
very words, sir. are taken from a Latin
epitaph written on a bookseller by an
Elton scholar
Vitae volumine pcracto
Ilic fms jacob Tonson,
Pcrpollti Sociorum princips:
(eui Velut obStetriX. muSarum
In Lucem Edidit
Feliccs Ingenil Partus. "a
LuGete scriptorum Chorus
t.t frangite calamos!
llle vcster margine erasus ledetur!
Sed haec postrema Inscriptio
Hulc primae Mortis Paginae
Imprimatur,
Ne Pracl Sepulchri commissus,
1pse Editor carcat Titulo:
Hic facet BiblioDola
Folio vitae delapso
EXpectans Novam Editionem
Auctiorem Emendatiorem.
And them says Mr.. Davis, the bet
was awarded the Virg!nian. He re-
fcrred to the Gentleman's Magazine for
February. 1896, where the Latin inscrip-
ton accredited to the Elton scholar,
with n translation by a Mr.. P,
was to be found.
After this second decision the Vr-
ginian declared that he would lay his
boots against the New Englander's
that "Franklins pretended discovery
OF calming troubled waters by pouring
upon them oil might be found in the
third book of Bedes History of the
Church; or that his facetious essay on
the air-bath is produced. word by word,
from Aubrey's Miscellanies. But the
New Englander. who had lost horse
saddle and bride, declined to run the
risk on DR.. Franklin of going home
without his boots."-Pages 2o9-2lS.
Men censure women for painting. yet
they never saw an angel that wasn't
| Painted Chicago News.