The sun., 1908-12-06

asked the meaning Of this very singular
operation ho aaid with q serious face;
'Thsre,s A to Be ,s dipping piping y to,T,AsSS d1snI
all their sins as may drift down here.n EN-.
famous physlcian q Ing once told him
l that the ilie q man ~ho could drink rnilll
was worth ten years moro than that Of Q
man who could not. A glass OF milk
however once lost him vote In Pariia'
mentary election.
for his vote, he interrupted the man at
milking. Leaving his work the farmer
came into the house and greeted Mr.
Pell with violent handmade and the
boisteregss inquiry. What will you have
| Mr., Pell said: 'Mr. Smith. I am much
aggs ySb Gr syPS SEdss a' .Ss SsGS pS o
the house, should like above everything:
milk" "Ohl" he exclaimed, "You are very
welcome, but I'm damned II vote for
man who drinks milk" ,
But though believer In milk as bevef.
fashioned Tory country gentleman, knew
and appreciated the beauties OF port. I.
Port. wine.' he says, lis the only wine
worth drinking for drinking's sake. not
sweet or inslpld. but real old (say so y years),
OF a good vintage. not to be gulPed down,
but to be dwelt upon and held on the
palate while before, 1t is swallowed;
out. The irst glass then is divine; q
second may be allowed; the third 10 just
guzzling.
In grouse shooting behind settlers |
carried nothing with me but q morsel OF
oatcake and modicum OF old whiskey
| rl,t. a. al ms Inaf
more. 1 fanoied. spoiled my shooting.
when walking In Switzerland or oyer
the lovely North Country fells and hills
took an orange in my knaPsack. This ]
rolled and pummelled till it was soft
inside. then making small hole through
the peel i dropped in some best brandy
and sucked it. then poured in more OF the
till all the juice was gone. IL the day was
hot put my orange in mountain spring
TO ice it or In the snow II there was any
handy"
An interesting passage gives a good
idea of how literary treasures OF almost
in old English mansions. Sir Charles
Isham, an old school fellow OF PelPs. de-
termined to have his library catalogued.
1T contained" says Pell, -the usual
collection OF British and other classics
in folios and quartos OF very respectable
dates-no modern books from Sir Walter
Scott downward, and never saw a single
volume from those shelves in the hands
of any reader. The representative OF a
London firm was engaged on and on
for some years at the work.
AT last il was completed. and Mr..
Edmunds took his seat at the luncheon
table before leaving for London. As
there were some minutes TO spare after
ward, Lady IshaIn said TO him:
oh, Mr.. Edmunds, there are upstairs
in an attic in chest of drawers some old
books--waste paper, in fact, perhaps
you would just have look at them
Upstairs Mr.. Edmupds went and in
about ten minutes came down with q
small book or booklet bound in old limp
velum, with leather strings instead Of a
clasp to keep its pages loose. Holding It
up he said:
This seems curiosity. May l take
it to London
In a few days came a note from his
employers Offering Sir Charles 81 for this
small copy Of Shakespeare's Venus and
Adonis' and The Passionate Pilgrim.
But Sir Charles said he did not want to
sell books. So this one was returned,
and shortly afterward Mr. Edmunds paid
another visit to examine thoroughly the
other contents Of the attic. Then there
were revelations.
The Venus and Adonis' was the edition
Of 1909, perfect in every respect, and so
far unique. In the library of Trinity Col
lege, Cambridge. / have seen another
COPY of the same date. but imperfect.
Sir Charles at last was persuaded TO sell
some of the attic treasures, and this
little volume made f2.0
Among other little volumes bound
up in the same way were Decker's poems
and others Of free character. There
were playbils OF Shakespearian time. and
several copies Of his spurious plays.
Several volumes we're unique. The his
tory Of their soarceness Ia that on account
Of their licentious tone all these publica-
tions had been condemned under an
episcopal order to be brought In and
burned.
The Isham Of the day, however, who
had seen a good deal of the world. re-
tanned his copies. putting them out OF
sight for safety, and there they sIept 10
the attic Of Lamport Hall, not wholly
undisturbed. for there was a Kettering
bookseller who yearly. bought up waste
paper for grocers' packages. and in his
spring rounds he was sent upstairs to
bring down and pay for what he wanted.
1t was the small size of the sheets OF
Venus and Adonis and other rarities
that saved them. for they were not large
enough to do up pound OF butter, soap
or sugar
Mr.. Pell was known to favor legis-
a:!on oblis!Hs children 70 perform duties
toward their parents. which but for the
encouragement given them by the poor
law OF that time they would never have
thought of neglectlng. On one occasion
Pell was asked on the hustings by
heckler whether he was the man who
In his place in Parliament had made the
law obliging poor men 10 maintain their
parents.
-No!" raped cut Mr.. Pell In reply.
stbat is an older law. 1t was. written by
God Almighty On two tablets OF stone
and brought down by Moses from Mount
Sinai, and az far as l can make out,
Thomas. it's the stone and not the law
that has got into your heart The
abashed heckler got his answer. and for
many long day was known as Stony
Hearted Thomas.
Perhaps we may add the following
saying Of Pell's about Abraham Lincoln,
his favor.te hero: y
Il have often thought how effectively
ir Mosee had been out OF the way, Lincoln
could have ltakeu his people through the
long trail IN the wilderness TO the Promised
Land. No other character in history
that can recall would have been equal
to the business
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