The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-16

The eye Of genius glistens TO admire
Ho" m halls the sound OF
Shakespeare's Tyre:
one tear I'll shed to form a crystal
shrine.
For all that's grand. immortal, or di-
vine
The above poetic tribute to William
Shakespeare was written by Lucien
BOnapaIte during his visit to the
greatest of all literary shrines. STRAIT
ford-onAAvon, the birthplace and
home of Shakespeare, and it can be
seen IN it's original writing framed
and hanging on the walls or the
Shakespeare Museum.
The house in the little village OF
Stratford-onAvon. which is located
about eight miles southwest Of War
wick. and about q hundred north
west of London. in which the i'm
mortal bard was born. has been pun
chased by public subscription, and is
being carefully preserved for future
generations. The room in which the
poet is said to have been born. is in
its original state. There are deeds
in the museum located in the house
which prove that the poets father
resided in this house. and in one Of
the upper rooms is the 'Stratford
portrait Of the author, and it is OF
undoubted authenticity.
Among the leading relics in the
Shakespeare Museum are: A deed
made in 1896 proving that John
Shakespeare father OF the poet, re
sided in the house called the Birth
place; the celebrated letter from Mr..
I;ichard Guyney to shakespeare, in
1898. for d loan of thirty pounds,
which is the only letter addressed to
Shakespeare known to exist; the
Declaration Of Uses. relating to New
Place and other property 1911; Susan
Hall. daughter, and Elizabeth Nash,
granddaughter to the poet. are par
ties to this deed; S~hakespeare's gold
siSnet ring, with the initials w. S.
and a t~rue-lover's knot between; an
ancient desk. said to have been
Sh~akespeare's, which was removed
from the grammar school; a cast,
which is considered to be the best.
from the Just in the chancel, by
Bullock: the old Sign Of the Falcon.
where Shakespeare is said to have
drunk too deep: a model in plaster
Of Shakespeare asleep under the crab
tree. by +. Grubb: S~hakespeare's jug,
from which Garrick slipped wine at
the jubilee in 1863; a phial, her
metically sealed. containing Juice
from mulberries gathered from
S~hakeSDeare's mulberry tree; speci-
men from an original copy Of 'The
Merry Wives Of Windsor; a sword
Of ~akespeare's, besides numerous
portraits Of the poet.
The church in which Shakespeare
!; remains are preserved is delightfully."-
4 situated on the banks OF the Avon
: and is approached by a fine avenue
y Of lime trees. In the chancel is {
:, bust OF the poet. in front of which
!, he and his wife are buried. Their
q is a fine statue of Shakespeare in tn,
Town Hall on High Street. Their
are also. in the same hall. excellen
portraits Of Shakespeare, Carried
/ and the Duke OF Dorset. About on
mile from the town is the cottag,
of Ann Hathaway. whom Shakes
peare married. They were marie.
in 1882. and he is supposed to hav'
/ been her senior by eighteen years.
n The home on Henley Street, STRAIT
: fOrd-On-AVon, 0 the Shakespear
literary shrine. was purchased b
n John akespeare in 1874 for the sur
Of forty pounds. 1t was inherited a
his Their death by the poet, an
Shakespeare bequeathed it to his sis
ter. Joan. who continued to resid
there up to her death in 1915. There
II after the house went through variou
3. hands. In an account Of the premise
IL and their mutations published in 1872
it is noted that it was occupied b
:: a butcher. h having an eye t
= every gainful attraction, wrote up
William Shakespeare was born in tn
house.
;. N. B.--A horse and taxed cart t
let
Shortly after this it ceased to I
used as a butcher shop.
The poet was bo1l in the Shake.
peare House. on Henley Street. 0
IL April 2S. 1864. The house has unde
Sc gone various yicissitudes SIM
SnakeSoeare's day, but the limb.
frame work. the floors. most Of Il
Internal walls. and the cellars +
main substantially unaltered. and +.
ar restoration in 1857 was directed /
les wards a reproduction of the bail,
he ing as 1T stood in 1854 =
lTuesday-Burns' House at Await,