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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1878-6-6, Page 7'1r lovir TUNE, 6. 1878 THE, TT 48 T TROUBLES OFA POET. \Vhilcs CO. Baugs, editor of the Ary - us, was sitting in his office) one clay a, man, whose brow was clothed in thun- der. came in, Fiercely seizing a chair, THE ART OF DUNNING. The art of dunning is not reckoned among the no or polite arts. Indeed, there are rorulee on the subjeotote each case must be tried by itself, the success he hammed his hat on the table, hurl- of varions expedients being very much fa his umbrella on the do r, and sat "as you light upon chaps,' At tinier, a cowl{ ; lucey aecitlent brings the money out of "A" e you the editor ?" he asked. a slow debtor, after the Inahndf` follow "Yes." Can yon read writing 2" "Of course,," " Read that, then,"he said, thrusting at the Colonel all envelope with an in- scription on it, "•B—T--,,, said the Colonel, tryil"g to spell it. "That's not a B, We an S." said the man. "8; oh yes: I see; well. the w,rds look a little like 'Smit for Dingier.' or Souls of Sinner ," said the Cot me 1, "No air;" refined the than, •"notnaing of the kind! Tbet'e my name Samuel or nothing, drift that eery qu-ek, The Ii. Brunner. I knew yon couldn't read. I called; to see you ab tit that poem of mine you printed the a)(lnar day, on the *Surcease of Sorrow,' " "I don't remember it,"said the Colo nel. "Of course you don't, because it went into the paper tinder the title of "s.nearcese To.nuorrow,' " "•A. stupid blunder of the composit- or, I suppose." "Yes, sir ; and that's what t want to see you About. The way in which that poem seas mutilated Was Fimpiy tcan debits. I haven't slept a night since. It exposed Wile to derision. People r you," o aLet e sl t, anrn itas. thin]; : L can a' "�w , "* • c tion. n t t Colonel. said th 4, (r 1 1 f+1 ad, "Tile first line, when 1 wrote it, read in this way Ierin;g by a weeping willow, underneath a amt., elope "That pal lle:ta+tifnl, poetic, affeotin%. Now, how duel your vile sheet presaut it to the able: ? There it it: ! Look et ed, and the visit of the Cimbria is the : NEW BUTCHER SRIOI' Teaulc, The 600 men are not raw re - crate. They aTn experienced sailor*. i heundersigned wouldinfornz the inhabi- It locks a little peaceful now, but you .1 tants of Exeter and vicinity that helms cannot tell. The lnet official neve I re- OPENED A NEW BUTCHER SHOP cshied woo of a atrong warlike tenor." onedoor south *this BiacKwmitbehoyandbopes ""Froin what you know of the temper thesamelibe.raa patroneee that has been so corded to Bina in the Of your countrymen do you think they SLAOHa)31T8 AND 'WAGON weenie are anxionrto have war with England?" ltaewillbeextended tobim in hie new branch o ""I don't think' they are, and 1 don't uustness, Bis meatwagon willeaU atthe rear - believe they Will be dragged into war cants of lite villagethreetirneaeacl, weekend One of our merchnots. nervous and soon again, unless they are forded, in irritable, received a letter from a one- I order to maintain their national Honor toner in the country, begging for more:and dignity." tittle. Turning to one of his minting. ,� •a.. clerks, be says t „Write to this man immediately.' '1'HE, CHANGES OF CENTURY. "Yes, air. What shittl I say ?" The following; table of dates show The merchant was pacing the office, that during a little wore than a oen- and repeated the order," tory England has been alternately the "Write to him at erica." friend and foe of all the European pow - ""Certainly, sir; what do you rristl i err on rile Turkish question foe to *my ?" The ruerchttut emelt IdpT_ Austria sail Rusitln ligase to patient, and broke out, "Something or': divide Turkey. Great sea flgbttt Soio. 1760—England and Russia. fight against Turkey, and Turkey loses 200,- 00O men, 1770 —England and Rueaia figiat Turkey. 1708—England joins Turkey' against France, and drives the French out of, Egypt. 1507 --Russia joins Turkey against l:ingllg,nd, and almost destroysths Eng. lista fleet in the Dardanelles, under Sir Johan 13nekwnrth, Pia—English and Russian fleet de= stroys the Turkish fleet at Navarino. 1828• --Russia fights `Turkey, and the sacred "'standard is unfurled." 18n—Russia enters Constantinopte, ens ve e 'v def t a an a"fI haat a and and makes alliance with Turkey. 1854—England, Franco. and Tu key subdue Russia in the Crimea. 1877—Russia defeats Turkey, and hie bone England looks on. At) t(: tla;aa ! Mado it read this way." Lying to a weeping willow to induce her to el - ogre t "Weeping fall%nit^, mind yen . A widow ! 0 thunder and lightning! Tins is too much! It's enough to drive n Mall crazy 1" ""figs sorry," saki the Colonel ; "hut "But look a -hero at the fourth vt±alias," ryal.i the poet. "That's wores yet. Whet I plaid was CsSt thy pearl before the swine and lose them in this dirt. " "1 wrote that ntnt clearly and die- tiactly, in a plain, round hand. Now what does your compositor do ? Dori he catch the esuse of that beautiful sen- timeglt? Does it Bink into his goal No, air! Ile nets 1; up in this fashion. Listen Cart my pilin before the sunrise and love them if they hurt. Now, isn't that a cold blooded nut. rage an a man's feelings ? I'll leave it to von if it iso t hard r "It's harct, that's a fact," said the Colonel. "Ind then take the fifth verse. In the original manuscript, it said, plain, as daylight: Take away the ,,,jingling money, it is only glittering dross. ""A. men with one eye. and a catar- act over that. could have read the words correctly. But your pirate. up stairs there—do you ka iw what he did ? Ile tirade it read Take away thy jeering monkeys on 'a sorely glanderod hoss. ""By George, I felt like braining him with a fire shovel ! I was never so cut up in my life." ""It was natural, too," said the Colo- nel. • There, for instance, was the sixth verse, I wrote, I am weary of the tossing of the ocean as it heaves_ "It's a lovely line, too ; but imagine my horror, and the anguish of my fa- mily, when I opened your paper and found the lino transformed into : 1 am_ wearing oat my trowsers till there open • at the kuees. "That's a little too much 1 That seems like carrying the thing a little ton far. I think I have a constitution- s, al right to murder •tbat compositor ; don't you!" ""I think you have," "Let me read you one more verse. I wrote. I swell the flying echoes as they roam among the hills, Aud I feel my soul awaken to the ecstaoy that thrills. .Now what do you e'pose your miser • able outcast turned that into ? Why, into this : . I smell the frying shoes as they coast along the balls, And I peel my goal mistaken to the eertary that whirl.. "Gibberish, sir ! Awful gibberish. 1 must slay that man. Where is het" ""He is out jnet now," said the Colo- nel. ""Colne in t•' -marrow." ""I will," said site poet, "" and I will Dome armed." Then he put on his'her, .shnnldered hie , untbrella, and drifted or down Stairs. clerk waited for no further orders, but eonruiting hie ownjndgrnent, wrote and despatched the letter, By the return of mail eattla a letter from. the t!elin. quent eustonner, enclosing the money in .till of the account, The mercl'ant's eyes glniteilsd when he opened it; and heste%nug to the desk, he said to the clerk : "What sort of a letter did you write to this man ? here is the money iii full,' ""I wrote just what yeti told nue to, sir. The letter is copied into the book.' The letter -book was consulted, and there it stood short and sweet, and right to the 1 oilet ?' "Demi Sin --Something or nothing, s YOl r a1.0. t veryIfo i , i that quick. , and a q And this letter brought the money, when a enure elaborate dun would heave failed of the happy effect. SILK SMUGGLERS CAUGHT. Tl•s days faf Merck were fast hurrying into the pa+t when Mr. i`")wlesor", of De- troit, end Mr. W. A Cooper, of St. Tsoi t9 determined to travel in cote - parry, and unite in an effort to secure certain photographie patent rights for Canada and the United States. Being in the photographic line, and taking i deep interest m all the branohes of tht reproductive art, they tarried after oen- i eluding their business, and visited thein galinriee and museums of the It ethsr- 1and to contemplate the +works of tI:e' greet mestere, Returning home they pnrohased two pieeret of black silk, and owing to the peculiar manner in whets they lauded it on these shores, they appeared before United States Commis- eioner Shields, at New York, on Tues day. The story as then developed semis as follows, as given by a New York pa- nel. :—"Mr. Powelsoe went to theAmeri- can District Telegraphic Company's of- flen,'Thirtii-uiuth street aced Brradwa,y, end sent a bay to Mn. 866 West. street to get a bundle (which contained the silk ill gelestinu). Mr, Corde8, the pro- nrietor of the premises in West street, gave the boy the bnndle,and the United Stag's overhauled him and took the silk away. Cordes was arrested, and tntd that one Dan McNiekle, and officer on hhe Britannic, in which Powelson and Cooper were passengers, Wad left it with him. Cordes and Powelson wore re- leased and a warrant issued to the mar- shals to apprehend Mr. Dan McNickie. The silk has been forfeited to the Gov- ernment. Captain Beneel, of the ni.dit watch of the Ourttorn Inspectors, while on duty Monday night; found a man on the dock of the White Stor Line acting rather suspiciously. He took him in- to the office of the company, where he found on him two bolts of very fine silk which he had attempted to smuggle !whore from the steamer Britanio. Tho smuggler escaped, but the goods were sent to the Custom House." THE RUSSIAN PRIVATEERS. A GRAND NAVAL SCHEME ON FOOT. New York, May 80. — Of nine Rus- sian officers from the Cimbria who ar- rived Tuesday, five left yesterday for Philadelphia. Commodore Lowen, witb Lieutenant Chisikines, sub-Lieu- tenaet Shulze and Midshipman Britu- zer still remain in town. Commodore Loweu expects to he put in command either of the Columbus or the State of California, now undereoinz some alter- ations, and will cruise in the Atlantic When asked if the Russian agent in- tended to t uy any more ships, tie said —"Certainly he will have to buy e many as it will take officers and sailors .on board the Cimbria to man, and when that is done he will probably get an• ether Citnhria, and another and perhaps another, and he, will buy more ships in which to employ them. This scheme is a grand one, planned.' by Semechkin who was in this country last year to at- tend the centennial. He made a care- ful survey of the field and saw admir- able chances for increaeit,g the Russian cannot navy by the addition of a large and well- equipped fleet of privateers, to be treed in destroying British O',mtnerce to case of sear. Hi8 plain were laid before the Russian Government :and were approv. YORSIIRE Pacing Souse! HE N SA LL. G. c J. 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