Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-24
Dr.. johnson Memory to be
Honored by His Native own

academy quitting Lichfield for London
IN company with David Garrick, who
had been one of his two solitary pupils.
WILL VISIT 9TH Rec CROWNS. q
The second day Of the Lichfield ce)e-
'brationsWill be devoted mainly toivisits
to places of interest associated with
I55Johnson-an his friends One OF; these
will be the old Three Crowns, Inn,
which stands next door but one to the
johnson homestead, and regarding
whose claim to have housed the chol-
eric scholar--and his biographer. too,
there is no question. DIR. johnson, in
fact, almost invariably put up" at the
Three Crowns when he came down
to Lichfield from London, and he first
brought Boswell with him in the his
torici year of 17I6.@ The old inn is said
to be practically@just as it was when
johnson and Boswell drank innumer-
a BILE cups OF tea there.
Having seen the Three Crowns'' tho
American visitors, the distinguished
Johnsonians and other folk will be
taken to see three churches in Lich-
field, each of which Is intimately as
ISOLATED with DR.. Johnson. One Of
these is st. Mary's. where the great
scholar was baptized,another ST Chad's
close to Lichfield cathedral, which the
doctor is said never to have failed to
visit wnen in his native city and the
third st. Michaels where Johnson's
father and mother are buried, and
which the scholar visited when in his
seventy-fifth year, after which visit he
ordered the tombstone which marks
their resting-place.
LECTURE AT HIS OLD SCHOOL.
X On the afternoon of this day, there
will be lecture on 1.-THE Life and IN
tluence of the Master, at the Lichfield
grammar school, where johnson was
pupil under Hunter. which pedagogue
he described as very severe and wrong
headedly severe Garrick also attend
ed the grammar school, before becom-
ing tJohnsons pupil while another
former student at this school. second
only to johnson in fame was Joseph
Addison.
On the evening OF the second day of
the celebration. there will be per-
Torrance by local amateurs of Gold
smiths comedy, "She Stops to Con-
quer." which was dedicated to John
son, who wrote the prologue for and
succeeded in getting it produced
Next day, other places which are
associated intimately with johnson
and his friends viii be visited Among
these will be EdiaI. where the i'll
starred academy for young gentle
men, In which the scholar managed
10 sink most of his wife,s little fortune,
was located: others are the house of
Lucy Porter, Johnson's step-daughter
and fast friend and Stowe House, where
dwelt The Swan of Lichfield," other
wise Miss Anne Seward This bril-
liant dame. herself an authoress. was
the center of distinguished literary
coterie which included Erasmus OAR
win, grandfather OF the author of THE
Origin of Species. Thomas Day who
wrote Stanford and Merton:,' Mrs.
Siddons. the actress, Sir Walter Scott
Howard. the prison refornler, and DE-.
johnson whom Miss Seward disliked.
HIS BIRTHDAY. CELEBRATION.
September IS, Johnson's birthday,wiil &
however. be the big" day of Lichfieldis
celebration On this date there will be
a great gathering of citizens Visit
ors and children in the MARKET SqusTe
where stand statues of the doctor and
his faithful Boswell; at which time ai-
dresses will be made by distinguished
scholars. hymns will be sung, and med
ais presented. Later the mayor of
Lichtieid will hold reception at the
Guildhall and the annual meeting of
the Johnson club will be held Tie
evening will witness Johnson supper
at the old George hotel. Sunday, the
18th, will see the end OF the Johnson
celebration with a service at the cathe-
dral, which has been described as the
Continued on page tweIve.)