Connecticut western news., 1920-12-30

land. While Oli-
 s Sl yer was stfll a'
 child the family
 moved to the
 country of West
 Meath. He was
 sent to the village
 school when only where the master, while teaeh- teading, writing and arithmetic, geA te also i'll the minds of his with stories of fairies, ghosts. kees. M ,1ssssf t-.ka & 1snitA left this school at the age 10, and went to several grammar ", and acquired some knowledge ancient languages. He was net l1iant schslary in fact was cen- bd rather backward. He was small kture. with 1satures harsh to ugli- and was the butt of the other and thes nasters.
 ter many and varied attempts to nAseIf fer . profession, nnd re- 4 failures, he took to writing. As ane gradually became known his
 of ncQuaintances widened. He lntroduced tO Johnson, then com eA the nrst of Englfsh writersy to Dahua Reynolds, the famous EnE- 5a1nter, and others.
 Fore the s<vicar of WakeheIde ap- q Tn 1760, came the great crisis of mith's life. In Christmas week, he published a poem entitled the keller.v 1t was the first work to he hnd put his name, and it him at once to the rank of . mate English classic. Eer the "Traveller' appeared s'The of Wakefleld,o and 1t rapidly ob- . popularity which has lasted ] to our own times. "The earlier ers show all the sweetn ss of pas- . poetry, together with all the .lty of cOmedy.v 1t is claimed that htfer part of the tale fs not worthy . beginning.
 success which he won with this i encouraged Goldsmith to try hia as a drnmatist, and he wrote the - Natur'd Man." The play, how . n best known to later times as Stoops to Conquer" It was kht out at the COvent Garde< Fer, and sspit, boxes and galleries Tn a constant r0ar of laughter., dsmith died on April 4, 1y74, in 18th year, He was laid In the $hyard 0ffthe Temple, but the spsl bot marked by any inscriptis@ asA |w forgotten.
 HOSE my wife for such qualities IS would wear well. She could lead any English book without spelling; but for pickling, pre- Ing and cookery, none could excel We were ever unstinting of our |faiity, and our gooseberry wine |yreat reputation, so that our cou- even to the fortieth remove, re- |bered their affinity without any {from the heralds' office, and came Frequently to see us.
 children. were well-formed and [hy. Two daughters, who, to con- |h0thing, were certainly very hand l: Olivia, of luxuriant beauty, and la, soft, modest and a1luring. My t son, George, was bred at Oxford, Moses, my second boy, received a of miscellaneous education at alas, by a sudden stroke of ill., my entire fortune was swept and out of f14,OOO I had but Hundred remaining. This caused |eighbor, MT. Wilmot, to break off |,ngagement existing between my Heorge, and his daughter, Arabel- IF. Wflmot had one virtue in per In, which was prudence, too often |nly one that is left us at seven |D.
 1 were now poor, and wisdom bade |Dnform to our humble situation. George f6 and sent him to Lon To de the best he might for him. Ind for us. I found small cure |k 8 year In a distant neighbor- and thfther we at once repaired. our Journey we fell in with one |3urchell, . pleasing and instruc- |,Ompanion, who told me much of . Thornhill, our anew landlord, . Z seemed, was the pleasure-lov- sphew of the great and worthy nliam ThOfnhfll4 Mr. Burchell Inc great kindness to rescue my tter, Sophia, who had the ,mis-, D to fan into q rapid stream, and, bat for his timely assistance, A4ve been drowned. On this. my fmmediately built "a future TO-
 for the two young people. II not but smile.. to hear her, but T. wsr displeased with those harm lelusions that tend to make us happy. oNEd3 Y f \ landlord, Squire Thornhill, be- ; . frequent visitor at our little ltion, lured. perhaps by my,wife's ! n pasty-or perhaps by the = Of my pretty daughters. Mr. Len too, came often, so we. were 10 I0ss for merry company. My snnbktfous to hold our heads lit |g1er Jn the world, desired that I ! lar colt at a neighboring fair, and |nstend, horse that would make appearance at church or upon a
 sent, Moses, who was a most 'et bargainer, and whom his sis (tted out bravely for the fair.