Sherman County observer., December 20, 1912, Image 4

T h e O b server
MORO.
THE
UNDERWOOD
CHRISTMAS
OREGON.
F R ID A Y .. .. December 20,1912
P e rs o n a l T a lk W ith Vaac
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A t s a y tim e w h e n requested to do *O,
the paper w ill be d isco n tin u ed .
But w e
expect that a ll arrears w ill be p a id before
auch request is m ade.
I t is easy to ask us
fo r a statem ent, w h ich will be c h e e rfu lly
It In v o lv e d Ttxrea
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rend ered at an y tim e .
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Arrangem ents are being made to
establish < tile factory in Albany.
Jacob Kam m , pioneer steamboat-
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man, died a t hla home la Portland a t
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the age of 69.
A meeting of the people of Polk
county and schbol offieers was held In
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Dallas Saturday.
D a Norris, city health officer of
Oregon City, say* there are probably
70 oases of typhoid fever In the city
a t the present tihae.
The Indian appropriation b ill car­
ries a to tal of »233,763 for the Indiana
o f Oregon. F or the Chem awa school
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work till the day a « e r. because □«
must be assisted by others, and tttow
nt hers would not work ou Christm as
day.
Large snowflakes were lastly fallin g ,
>111,000 la appropriated. „
H . H . M ack of Huntington, drug­ and there Is nothing 'that w lU excite
gist and postmaster, has pleaded guil­ the spirit o f reminiscence more quickly
(ban slowly circling snow. I t soothe*
ty to the charge of furnishing cocaine
rather than excites our fancies, and to
to prisoners in a convict camp.
John Underwood It brought thoughts
T h e good w eath er th at continued i | swejet, but melancholy. Through the
through October and Novem ber has flake* be saw a happy home o f a year
enabled the farm ers to get th e ir fa ll before. H e was putting up a Christ
grain In and a large acreage has been mas tree, driving nails Into the sop
I ports. w hile h i* children danced about
' »own.
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Corporal Godfrey, of the 160th com­ with the decorations Intended for It.
scarcely able to w a it for him to finish
pany, coast a rtille ry , la dead at Fort
lals work. His w ife w *s I d the kitchen
Stevens as the result of an accident
preparing for the next day’s Christm as
snrtalned w hile w orking on a ten-inch ¡dinner, which was expected to com ,
rifle .
prise more savory d is h « than ever
Box m anufacturers of the Pacific
before.
northw est assembled In Portland this
Jphs Underwood saw hl* little tots
week for the annual m eeting of the In their nighties hanging up their
N orthw est Box M anufacturers’ Asao Htocklng*. little Johnny poking «
' elation. .
F ru it shipments from M edford for
1912 w ill reach 77» cars, against 634
fo r 1910, the previous high year. There
w ere 344 cars of pears, 436 of apples,
and 10 mixed.
More th an 200 members of th e U n it- I
ed Artisans from the central part of
the W illa m e tte valley attended a Mg
d is trict convention of that order held
y i n Albany Tuesday.
Robert Morgan, who murdered V ir ­
gie H a rt, his sweetheart, a t Condon
on October 16, has been sentenced by
Judge P arker to be hanged a t Salem
on January I t , 1911.
W hen the next legislature convenes
I t w ill be asked to appropriate In the
neighborhood <* >135,000 for the com­
pletion of the new additional capitol
building and fo r remodeling the main
building.
H enry Monroe Brown, prom inent In
the commercial and political life of
Polk,<punty. Is dead at hla residence
In Dallas. M r. Brown died In the same
house in which he was born more than
61 years ago.
T he lectures and demonstrations of
farm ers' week at Oregon A g rieu ltaral
oollege closed Saturday a t noon w ith
a demonstration of “farm b utter mak-
lng” given by O. O. Simpson, of the
departm ent of dairy husbandry.
T he body of a man believed to be
C hrist Bethleffen was found on the
riv e r bank near Salem w(th a bullet
bole through the heart. A 3£-callber
revolver clutched In the rl^ ht hand
showed It to be a case of suicide.
The complete results of the agricul­
tu ra l census fo r Oregon w ith re fe r­
ence to crops are presented In a bul­
le tin soon to be Issued by Director
Durand, of the Bureau of the Census
departm ent of commerce and labor.
Favorable action on a p etitio n fo r a
taxi no o r r nm o v n o a s v . a n
about a n * . ;
ihto was natural, b u t every m a# m ust
be m aster o f bis own bouse. 81nce he
could not he he bad le ft i t
W hat a
p ity th a t a household should be broken
up by auch a cause!
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H e bad been much disappointed a t
his w ife 's course. H e bad w aited fo r
her to take w hat he considered proj>er
action lu the m atter, and when be
found th a t she would not be bad ta k ­
es action himself. H e had forbiddflfl
her to go to see her fam ily.
W hen John Underwood « m e to this
f o a t u r s o f bto meditations he winced;
H ad be not demanded th a t which was
not natural? Suppose his Lucy should
grow up and m arry • man who fo rbad®
her to vtolt Johnny and W illie and the
baby. W h a t would be th in k o f th a t
man?
T he thought turned th e current o f
hto m editations Into another channel.
A fte r a ll. had he a rig h t to fo rb id bla
w ife to visit her relatives? Perhaps,
since thev were obnoxious to him. be
had a rig h t to forbid them hla bouse,
but It was another th in g to forbid her
to visit them. T hia doubt as to the nat-
urnlttam. the wisdom, o f hla course
c a u s e d * pang. So tong as he had fe lt
th at he was rig ht he could endure the
consequences o f hla a c t B ut thia pic­
ture o f hla Injustice th a t th ru st Itself
, in upou him was a grip fastened upon
hl* h e a rt And the more be thought
about It the tig h ter the grip.
I /A u Impulse came to him to go home,
coufeas hla error, and he. hla w ife and
hla children could enjoy th e ir Chrtat-
WHEN ^iP O R TtíA N Q ^S TO FÍ AT
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Corner of 7th lq d S tark Street.
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They are builUfor rugged use.
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European plan. Rates $1 per day and np.
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Odd Cssnpllment T h s t W as P*»d to a»
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In u H s h A rtist. . V ' s r j
Richard Wilson, the Kngllsh land­
scape p ainter. was not o f a pliant «liaj^
ih . s KI o iu . Conscious o f his own merits,
!l
;disdntned to hom ble him self to
those who measure men by r a n k jm d
value them by pounds. But W ilson’s J
friends liked him no law fo r his
brusque manner.
Goldsmith. jtoeroe. Wilson and Dr.
N ew p o rt W ilt Be “ W et.”
Johnson were assembled at G a rric k ’s
N e w p o r t - - N ew p o rt w ill be w et dur­ house w ith a p arty of ladles fo r sup­
ing the cow iag year, Is the statem ent per-
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-W e were very lively a t yo u r ex
of M ayor W ilcox.
A t the ret p-it c ity election th e town pense Indeed, gentlemen.” sold Mra. I
voted Its e lf <lry. M ay o r WUcoX mt G arrick, rallyin g them fo r having a r­
“T o punish you fo r sot
cordingly I m i «< h proclam ation d e ­ rived late.
claring the result and ordering the obeying our summon* the ladles likened
you all to plants and fru its and flow-
saloons c l o t l
T h e saloonmen re ­
era.”
- fused to obey the o rd er and con tinned
“P ra y let us hear,” said Wilson
to do business as usual. M e y e r W il­ •Doubtless I come in for a sprig o f |
cox then ad ' t>ed w ith A tto rn ey Gen­
laureL”
eral O raw ford. who say* th at the
"X n . alt,” M id the pretty, lively lady;
m ethod used to ca ll the local option -yaw ure wrong.”
election was irre g u lar and th at the
T u t rue. perchance,** M id h a -
„ -N o . sir: f r ’es* again.” 4
resu lt Is null apd void.
• W hy. I xin dubbed b itte r enough.
Foundry Enjciasd F ro m .M akin g Posts perLi.fw a < r!b .” said he. 'T o r that
man.” p rint aig to G arrick, “has d u b
Eugene.— 6 u tt has been Institu ted
bed roe Bdor^BcK “
against Grosa Bros., o w n ers“ of the
“Guess again.” said Mrs. G arrick,
iron foundry, w hich made th e cluster laughing. “W iii yon give It up?**
lig h tin g posts now being erected on
“ Yes, madam.”
the business streets of Eugene, to en­
“ W h y . then. sir. you are likened to
jo in the fu rth er d elivery of poets fo r olive*. Now. "Will you dare to Inquire
the alleged reason th a t the defendant |fu rth er? ”
- L t t me see.” «aid W ilson, w ith all
is Infrin g in g upon certain patents
“ W ell. then, my dear,
w hich the Independent Foundry com­ eye* upon him
out
w
ith
It!
I
dare.”
pany, of Portland, h o ld s If he found­
PositIv4yj.irn^»t centrally
located
Fifth St. cars p a s s
the doo'S every few minutes.
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Popular Priced Restaurant
fl/.Oflgwd ##p
Aarapaaa P/sa.
i Occurring-'Throughout
State During the Past
Week.
oral mile®. H e had made h a lf o f it
when through the still fa llin g flaws
be saw a wom an’s figure coming to
w ard dim . W hen she came closer he
saw th a t she was hie w ife.
“W here are you going 7“ lie asked.
“T o see you. 1 have a compromise
to propose. In order th a t you. I ana.
the children may enjoy this blessed
Chrietm a».“
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“ And I wag going to you to r the
same purpose.” .
“ W h a t have you to propose7”
- I was wrong to forbid you to vis it
»your relatives. You may go whenever
you like.”
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..“ No: i t would be wrong to go where
you cannot go. I w ill not go to see
them unless they need me.”
“Do as yon please about th a t. 1 km
ready to go home w ith you ”
They turned and w alked homeward.
John Underwood noticed that his w ife ’s
cloak was thin. She w a* shivering.
T a k in g off his overeoaL he put it a b o u t,
her. T his nw esattated his inclosing her
in b’.» n n w . SBe looked up In h l* face
w ith an expression he had not sees
th ere-lu a long w hile. He kissed her
W hen they reached th e ir home they
saw M r*. Underwood’s 'fa th e r coming
out o f the gate. H e seemed much sur-
iwlsed. to see husband and w ife to ­
gether.
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“H o w Is this?” he asked.
“ 1 was wrong.” said John Underwood,
to forbid Killen to visit her own flesh
I and bloodZ /
“ And 1 was w rong.” «aid tbe w ife.
I to po where John cannot go.”
put r
broomstick up the chimney to m ake
sure th at there was uo obstruction to
prevent Santa Clans from getting down
w ith the gifts; then they a ll bopped
Into bed, and the fath er took I t upon
him self on this p articu lar evening to '
tuck them In. and h alf an hour later,
when they were asleep, he and his
w ife got out the toys and other articles
th at had been accum ulating fo r weeks
and had been locked (k *a tru n k in tbe
i garret, where (he children could not
possibly Bad them , and stuffed them
¡into the stockings, tak in g care to fill
out the toes o f each w ith a big orange I
ry company and C. H. Grello, also of
P ortland, arc Joint p lain tiffs In th e
s u it G relle w a* an unsuccessful bid
der toufornlsh the posts.
L. Q. SWETLAND,
D A R N I E L L E B R O S ., P ro p rie to rs
The Dalles, Oregon.
H e a d q u a rte rs for our S h e rm a n C o u n ty
friends; prices reasonable; firs t class
re s ta u ra n t w it h th e h o te l.
T w o B lo c k s F r o m N e w D e p o t
F R E E A U T O B U S T O A N D F R O M A L L T R A IN S
Independent Warehouse j Hilling (0
R . H . M c K e a n , M a n a g e r, W a a c o , O re g o n
D E A L E R S IN
m have abed oold y o u w r a tu *
ins obtainable so *a to cure It with
lay sm possible. Here is a drug
rim’a nninh roik « f b * vs sold Chamberlain\ m little delay ss possible. Hera is a drug
gist’s opinion: “ I have sold Chamberlain*#
Coagh Re« nedy forfiftssn yearn,” ssys Eno»
-end consider it th< Cough Remedy for fifteen year#,” saye Boor
Lollar of 8»
For ss ’• hv all dealer» Lollar of Saratoga, Ind., “and consider It the
>eet on the i market.'
beat on the market.” Sold by a ll dealer^
Spano* la G uilty of M urder.
. Sm art Bueineer.
Mod ford— A fte r ¡»-as than tw o hours’
T b e people o f a country town not fa r
»lib eration , th e ju ry in th,e M U e fro m Edinburgh re» elY«A a shock re-
Spanoa m a rk er case returned a ver­ ceutly. aays a London weekly. One
dict of m urder In the firs t degree. day they were startled by a lavish dis­
Spano* had p r e v io u s ly confessed to play os tbe boardings o f posters b M r-
th e m urde# Of George Dedaskalous ing In large letters tbe announcement,
Who “be” was or
here f l i r t rniber 22 but when the case “H e le coming."
when “he” w as coming was nowhere
came to t r i l l he < I aimed the confes­ stated, and the fo lk * were le ft In ank-
sion was forced from him under du­ lety until a week later, when another
ress. '/ -
display appeared bearing the ~words,
“ H e 1* b e re r and the public w ere «1*0
Inform ed th a t “ he” w a* a mysterious
REFORM COURT RULES
wouder who would th at bight appear
kt the town h all end perform fe a t* o f
Joint R e p re M n ta tiv * Sm ith of Klam
ath Fall« Preparing B ill. <
■ I magic and m ystery such as had never
been previously witnessed. T his was a
K la m a th W l | a — Believing th a f-tb e I tre at Indeed fo r tbe Inhabitants, and
wldespre#ut criticism o l the courts Is on tbe night advertised tbe hall was
due d irectly to p revenflble methods Oiled to its utmost capacity. T h e anx­
now In vogue, W . O. Smith, jo in t re­ ious moment arrived, and up w ent tbe
But, to the surprise o f the
p resentative p f K lam ath . L ake and I curtain.
audience, nothing could be seen ex­
Crook counttee has In preparation a
cept a larger poster bearing these
b ill to fac ilita te court work.
words: “ H e has gone.” B e bad. too,
In circuit court work, tbe attorney I
and token a ll tbe admission money
who file * a suit or action w ill he re ­ w ith him. O nly a few of tbe victim s
quired to Recur® the Issuance o f sum­ enjoyed the Joke. *
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mons w ith in one day th ereafter, and if I
or apple.
M orning came, though i t was still I
dark, when John Underwood h M rd k b
whispering from the children’s room
nnd gathered th a t Johnny end Lucy
were conferring as to w hether Santa injf cjiHod tbe w o rth lp er* to gew er jou n
Claus had ye t been round and w hether I
and Mn*. Uuderwood were watching
If he hadn’t they m ight meet him com­ their children greedily d ive down Into
ing and scare him aw ay i f they got up J
their stockings, throw ing aside each a r­
to see. T his was follow ed by a silence I
ticle takeu out In th eir eagerness to ex­ th e defendant can be found w lth ifi the
-ch ild ren are alw ays Investigating J
plore w h a t remnlued. D u rin g the fore­ county w here th e com plaint has been
I something when they are s till—and nt I
noon It seemed to all o f them th a t the
filed, service gaust be made w lth ln ’ 10
last there w ere Joyful shouts as th e I
dove o f tbe H o ly S p irit had descended
days, or outside the county w ith in 20
little oum fell to em ptying th eir w ell
upon the household and brought w ith It
<ays-
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filled stockings.
k blessed peace.
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And tbe dinner.
Never hsd John
Then, a fte r the filin g of a com plaint
W hen John Underwood and his fam
Underwood eaten a dinner th a t had
and service of summons, the case
•Jy reached the bouse where he had
tasted eo good. T w o p a in of knives
must be tried w ithin 10 days, unless
been invited to dinner he received a
and forks w ere ra ttlin g on each side o f
the court is actually engaged 1» H»«
g ift from each member o f the fam ily
the table, and four little months were
tria l of casea previously filed.
1 («king In the tu rkey and th e cranberry I and had the satisfaction o f seeing on
hi» w ife ’s plate a t the dinner table a
T h e mensure to be Introduced by
sauce, and when the children asked for
check fo r k c r m arriage portion th at had
M r, Sm ith w ill t a j m j t r a y tbe power
another and another helping their
mother exclaimed, “Bless me. w h a t ap- | town w ithheld a t the tim e o f her m a r­ o f the courts {p extend the tim e fo r ]
riage. And so it was th a t these three
answ ering or f < trla l, e^en on stlpula
I p etite* you h a v e r and lastly, when th e I
[ d ifferen t parties w ere turned from w ar
tlon of opposingAttorneys, except for
sweets came on. she declared th a t they
| to peace by the Influence o f the Christ
would all be sick the next day knd
unusual reasoug^ and then th e moving
C hild who was born on Christm as
D r. Pusley w oakl hnve to be. called in, I
p arty must payA b his opponent all of
morning.
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as he was the day afte r the last Christ- I
the expenses, ineluding atto rn ey ‘6 fee,
• I moo.
Beaks mad an impudent RaeoeL
to date. In no ease
» o r e than
Book buylag has Ils Joys, but there
I
lo ’in Underwood sighed.
one postponement be granted.
Then Juhn t ’ uderwood .bethought comes a tim e when “ weeding eu t" has
T h e b ill w ltt also require eve»y
. himself th at hla children a t least to be undertaken. The lato Churton
question
to be decided w ith in 10 day»
Collins
crammed
his
bouse
w
ith
books.
r would not have the merry Christm as
fro m the tim e It goes to the court for
. they had enjoyed the year before Then one day be realised th at some
th a t purpose.
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They would have g ifts In plenty, but would have'Yo go. A man from a book­
young as they were they would miss j shop was sent for to look a t them,
something.
They ,would miss, him. J w rites L. C. CoMlns In his memoir of
And bis w ife —how would she take his I his father. •• • * * T he follow ing col-
, r«., who say»,
** absence on this blessed Christmas I loquy ensued: ‘ H ave you selected the
ChssabsrUin’i
3 day? Would she be thinking, as he on es you are prepared to offer a price
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good
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guv’nor?
r to any other
o wse. o f w h a t Christmas had been to
!- them before they had quarreled? i t I ‘W h a t, none o f th em T ’No, not onb
I, was natural th at she should th in k of A fte r a pause somebody interposed.
r this and consider It a deprivation, a ' saying th at there really was no room
fo r tlm books and th at tbe m an had
The Sw iftest Bird.
r- ' n ls fo rtu n i. I f was a condition that i
) bettor have them for nothing. T h o r­
Though the pqfrel la aw lft. the frigr
e «be bed brought ujhm » herself.
D om
oughly Indignant, my fath er, however, ate bln! to fa r sw ifter. Seamen gen­
not the sacred book M y th a t a man
I a t length »-undented. T h e man then re­ erally believe t t & the frig ate bird cafi
‘ ’ most leave fath er and mother and
marked. T h a t ’ll be h a lf a crown.*
• ta r t at day broa k w ith the trade winds
Heave unto hla wife? And how can he
J: do th at nnleee hla w ire learec rather •W hat do yon teean—w hat fo rT ex­ fro m the cu#mt o f A frica and roost the
claimed my fa th e r In a restrained tone
same night upon the A m e r ic a shore.
• and mother and cleavM unto him? H is
o f voice. ’F or taking them aw ay.’ M id
W hether this to n fact has not been
► w ife ’s fam ily had striven to prevent
the man. .’L m v s the bouse, yon im pu­
coactuslveij dottflmfoed, b ut it to cer­
• the m arriage and since the wedding
dent raacaW a t last roared the Justly
tain th a t this b|cfl to the sw lfteut of
L had treated him w ith contempt. H e I im-eneed professor
And eo the books
winged c fe s tn rM and Is able to fly un­
b would not go to th eir ebod^ but they I remained.’’-L o n d o n Chronicle.
der favorable conditions 200 miles an
«, eame to hie—to aee bis w ife , not him.
Its appybrauee n»«r land to
la : and to Influence her against him. Then
Sickhsedsohe »• caused by a diordervd hour.
» ha had forbidden them to come. Ills ntonMch. Thke Chamberlain’. T ^ « * » * * 1 thought to portfltod a h u rrie a o e .-O u r
. w ife m W they should come and that i ooneot that aed tbs hmdaebm w ill diss»
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Lisbon** G rsat Earthquake.
Each recurring A ll fiaints* day, the
first day o f November, recalls to tbe
people o f the city o f Lisbon the most
a w fn l event In the history o f th a t coun-
iry o r indeed In all Europe, th e great
earthquake o f 17fi5 „ A t 9 o’clock io
ifae morning on a day clear and serenr
came a hollow rum bling sound, ns of
thunder, nhd Im W ftla h H y a fte r the ter
rible convulsion o f the earth which
shook down houses nnd hurled ot
crushed 30.000 persons
.Mnuj o f the
-churches were at the tim e «rted w ith !
th eir congregations, nnd each nn* be­
came a huge catacomb entombing its
worshipers.
T w e n ty -tw o ' aocceasive
shocks were counted.
In the -M ty,
prison 800 were killed and In tbe hos­
p ita l 1.200 ’ 'fh e sen rotired from the
harbor, which It le ft d ry. and then re
turned In a gigantic wave fifty to sixty
feet high, overw helm ing nanny who hud
escaped the fallin g hotyes. It was «•-
timated that In Lisbon nud Its lmme^
dlate neighborhood ucarly 0.000 per*
sons bad iiertsbsd.
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M oro ’ s B a r b e r S
hop
Agent for the Best Steam Laundry
ahp p i u . & i c k B u ild ib g n e x t O bserver Offioe
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L E W I S , P r o p r ie t o r .
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V IN T O N H O T E L
I f you have young dblldren you have per
E ntirely new, cdnvenient to business.
CJean beds, and table the best the m arket
will afford. Prices reasonable.
Com­
m ercial trade solicited.
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Macaulay's Torrent of Talk.
“M acaulay Improves! M acaulay Im ­
proves!” Sydney Smith remarked one
day. "1 have observed to him o f late
flashes o f—alien« e “ T be "aottorous vl
.ve rity” o f this enormous ta lk e r nettled
Sm ith, who found It Impossible often
to voice bis own w it and wisdom. “ I
wish I could w rite poetry like you,” he
complaints] t e a friend. “1 would w rite
an ‘Inferno.' and 1 would p u t M acau­
lay among a num ber o f disputants and
gag him !” ;
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I - Another contemporary described M a-
1 caulay aa “slopping all over oa every
subject aufl ktoatfag to to» atop»’
CONDUCTED ON THE BEST PRINCIPLES