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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1871-07-14, Page 2L. _ - OUR PHOTOCRAPHTER. A little while ago, looking thron0 an old long disused desk, I found a photograph, the veryexist- ence of which I had forgotten. Those for whom it was taken, those whose hands placed it where it lay, are gone; it has no value any long- er, except for the memories that linger about it. One of these days it will be burned, and no one Will have any -loss, unless perhaps the Geains of photography may bethink herself of weeping over one of her earliest and rudest productions. in the men time I keep it. rough as it ; and it has reminded me not only of a,life which is ended, with all its loves, joys and sorrows, in obscur- ity and silence, •bet also Of a ro- mahce belonging neither to itself nor to me, but to the story of the wandering artist who took it. Far away in the west of Canada, the borders of our little town 'ere washed by the waters of one of the great lakes on one side, and on the other enclosed by the forest. We were utterly out of the World, but connected with it by channels of COM 111 anication, along which flowed constant, though 'slender, streams ot intercourse all the Summer ; while ia Winter we became almost a colo y of hermit. Every day, while aavigatioe was open, great steatite s crowded with passengers, gay witlh flags, noisy with bands, -went -Li and down, stopping for -a few minutes as thy passed, and drawing the Ale population to the wharf to see who came or went; ot -what news might be gathered; and twice a week all the year there canto through the Wood from the later town, which served as our metropolis, a lumbering stage, bringing our let: ters from the •o-ther side of the world, and keeping us from absolute isolation during those months when we were closetr in on every -side by ice and snow. We were a friendly and sociable community. If .we had little know/I,edge of the outside world; we ' knew a great deal about our own. Net only fhe facts of our towne: people were familiar to us, but even the histories ----in outline at leas— of most of them were so too.; and certainly_ few strangers, of high degrte or low, came among Ds with- out Lemming immediately the ob- ,iects oflively, not to say curious, interest. In a large town our pho- tographer would have been nobody ; io our towu he became a personage. Our house stood at the end of the pincipal street—or rather just be- yond the place where it ceased to be a street, aid 'became a road, and after the heuses had begun to be ficatteyed, with gardene and little epaces of grouna between them. One of these spaces, a little larger than the rest, was covered with grabs and traversed by a brook, 'Which, having crossed the road, was waking ite way to join the lake. It was a pleasant enough little spot ten yeats ago, though no doubt it has long since been built over; and it waS there that, one Spring day, a yellow van made its appearance, ad our photographer Commenced hi S career among us. He was only a traveling artist, it must be confessed. His studio strongly resembled one of those itin- erant mansibns which appear my- steriously at fairs, conveying giants and dwarfs, fat women and living skeletons, from one admising eirele tf speetators to another ; but then it was a Studio—everybody was a87 sured of that by an inscription. in large crimson letters over the door, -which told us also that it belonged to James Patterson, Photographic Artist "—and of course, was to be loeked at tt with, respect, - After all, he did know something of his business, and managed some- times to make a real likeness; The one I have is rough, and the 'figures badly posed, but it represents un- deniably the originals ; and that is mere then can always be said for works of far greater pretension. So lie grew popular, and was • in de- mand for ;d1 kinds of photographs -- landscapes, houses, pet animals,- (he was thought to have a aprfeiiate for pet doene) children, grown people•a--.- everything that could be phobo- graphed he did. Naturally he made money. Whether be had brought any with him I do not know, but at the end of the year he certainly found himself, ever and above tll his expenses, master of several lflIfl(hd dollars. I ought perhaps to have said be- fore, that when Patterson arrived he brought with him in his van a wife and baby. The baby was a pretty little- girl of about a year old; the Wife a remarkably nice- leeking young woman of perhaps an live d -twenty. She assiated her husbend in his work, andkept the "studio " in the most beautifol order; she and her baby, being seen there all dzty leng, became- al most as much itublic characters as Patterson ituself. The summer of their arrival in -Mir town was one af great exeite- meet.. Oil had been discovered ateout Oln luaus off, and wells wete • , . being 1 ug and worked it frantic eagern .ss. Ever!, one ea ght the oil fev r more' or less' vi leta y ; we talked thought, dreame cf iiothing but oi , Of caursee oi becaiiie a symbo —itwas but th gold fever ia ano her form that r geld among us; and trulythe-, ace unts which - came t us every day \ were eneugh to'stir the Most phleg atic. One da.Va man, meaning to build.him- self.a 1 ouse, had dug ut a large shallo. cellar ;i coming bck in the morin g he found his c llar a great lake o oil --so Many ijunclred dol- lars dr pped into his laud, as it were 'i the night. : An thee day it was a well, wiTiCh . had beeii sunk' but a Fttle way when: , strOng jet of oil s mang up, spouting thousands of gall ne into the aio, scattering riches o the winds till th e 1 si;reani could e controlled and carried off safely. Such stories caine'to, us con- stantl By egrees we began to be in- vaded. Hoses for refining the oil were b ilt all reundfue, and the pure air be an to be tasinted Witn the smell of petroleuni. Ever3-body grumb ed. Yet I &lire ay the ,mere grunio• ing.helped a litple to keep up aim lig us the daiiyi interest in what ur neighbors vere doing. Mony of our townspeople :knight wells, r shares of *rel s ; anany of the la er class among them went away t Petrolia to try tJieir chances as digeers; or at tinyrate to share in some N tly the large I 8U11)S of mcmev which eegau to circuilau there. All throng 1 the. winter ths *dulled ; the oil still rose) still was refined and so d, and embarked fo-,, all parts of the -mid; ,and e -seri one.looked forwar to spring' to open, new well, and double ,th prosperity which ast summer had egun. Cre. t nevertheless, N k.1S tile am- azeme t with which, one , clay, we -saw P ttersrn's dour and ' windows fast el secl, and heard tbat, he had taken tis wife and ;chi il and gone tint there vil eyes, in detail tablished he newly any ideas 3-fbat, to iinmecl at6ly ap- ncl, and b ty a suit - well m e to anina , , , without Partners, help it, fell o w -labor - r. A ter! a 'careful examine the whel neighbor iod, and -eighing o the rival merits tet unoccu ice, and bought a to sink a ere -comi wners on ts : to w to Pettolia.- What befel I did •ot see with. imy' o but th tale vs told me soon a terward. e. himsel with hs farnilv at built h tele-cle n t attach of setat deur. or e en Of co to the word -L, -an plied h inself able pi ice for a make 1 is fertune or, if h- could ers eith ation o much of the his oh Capital enougl which lucly he wei morning till nigh hoping to see th mering duskily a hole. • Mee, time 111 iedesites with. pelt )ieee of Pp well, sucl a dollars f very sid rk, thgg and ev brown oil • 13 e made Of his cl large s those r their Here from hour the bott en of the -s al bad ei.• bus- ITs 9 pro - (ten de - at]. her t viva- nt e her e. , They herself a ia )le P'° We to .s. Paite shared but very .lightly i band's castle .b ilding.. sperity of the }as year . hat lightfu to he'; i 'had con, most likely, for much is tion anjd tiouble, and- had very h peful for the futu had do e so well ncl s ert an reaso bein in d6me 1. halve a be an 13, ide id 1 the res. spe felt d4 was gr that th spect o establi..h himself where hey could and wl ere by an b would ea to ..sch ol among other chi dr and ta tght and tr.° doubt very doll r a real •ood to h ; grew s caned, to rel c mfort r future. It wait; 1 arc the whole store r sk wing so ere seeme f her-husb a xp certai ly a game of hat knew, as every one el thougl there w•re ma -i 1 ptizes o be dug uti of 11 there were also :ands dismal blanks. -‘ hat she may have us d =wed to Petroba do sheth not talk .( be or aft sward ; I ut cert the w 11 ,was bough af e -their toney had be n pa land, some for tl e nat le sary f r working it an their oard at ti e tote up the part of • aking h everyt ling, and oi1g 0, li to hel ) and encc urage e in the new kin o- w rashly undertak u. Pat erson was et cou to hard hy.ical ith fe v -cl} ov` rcla e p rpe, I c)111.dlY1 .13a o the ir e 'het e ere as bus t lki d been al the 1 He wen awl.; autt 13 unusec Werke at first energ and in feel that he had day caree, and ti steppe . Our stiff at d weary, himsel down in room ( f the bolo men ihny for it. another, hearing say, a king the m their pinion of tionin, everybod a below the surfacr of rge town, .a home, it:le girl grow up 11 clothed for No had been as it substan- bility itt er to see 3 at was far she 1, that d great oil field, bi and rurL1dnts 6 orethey ot kno ‘11-t ; ter then ly after • otate of d for, the IS neces- sdme , for she took e best of sl e could 1 asband e had di 11 tirel y He en dous eon to it.. Stare al digging ograp h er, ally dreg ah dining- -grou pS of Of oil as k seeking M -One to y Iliad to pertecced brrques- thel depth tise greund at whi ping cert. that to h roc rest. • whil bun 'iron ing over he .A\ shin - her migl oiPhad been reached, . sop-. up his hopes till they became inties.- But he was so tired 14.. was glad to go up, by anc(by, s Wife's room, and drop int the -chair there for a good ong • el -talked to him for a I ale ,iand then he fell asleep. . She Up a shawl to keep the-dra ght the open window from b ow- n him, and laid another s ftly Aim, for she had noticed hat aS shivery, in spite of the ata - a Then she sat down and ept alby occupied quietly, tba 130 t rest undisturbed. it at 1 o'clock the dinner bell 0 clanging noisily awoke him, and they all went down stairs. Pater- son, however, could eat not ing, and aniiis wife began to think serious- iv1 abut that plague of our neighbor- hoo —the fever end- ague. There l was, as there always is in Cana ian Ceti tiy inns, tea with the dinlner. She arried a great cupful up tairs with her and put it beside her bus- banc, when she had pol'suaded him to l e down, Then :she took her chil and went • out ineearcl Of tic) .quin e—a thing pretty snre t be found in every settlement with a swamp close at hand. However, though she got the quinine, it was useless; .f"atterson would not hear of taking it. • • o • a e a o sense, . Nelly," be said; " don't go and frighten yourself ; 1 am all right, only not used to 'dig- ging all day, like these chaps. ' Let r4 be; I guess I'll be at work again tdtnerroiv as soon as any of thew." • S e was not consoled, but he was obsti ate; aud in the morning, 4fter a res1 less and feverish night, he did go back to work," declaring that the air Was all he wanted. But in less than an hour he dragged hiMself back fairly beaten by illness. Then ther came stwo or three weeks whic I were in 'leeway pleasant Ones for p or Mrs.. Patterson. Her hus- band in the agonies of fever and ague and his mind still running'up- on t at scarcely commenced digging, was hot all easy patient to nurse; her child suffered from the change into this sibisy dirty house - and the petreitl„ eum impregrated.air ; sheher- self, .tesides the fatigue of nursiug unde . sach disadvantages, hated the life, ' rid sickened for the olcl freedom and suiet, and it was for tine that the 1 ttle ebore so hopefully gathered; so d arly valued, was to be wasted 1 Trul she was hardly tried, and I thin it was no small vistue in her that he never once lost her teraper, or resroached her husband with that "1 t ld you so 1" which is so tempt- iag hen one's convictions have been over uled as hers had been. T rugs, however, did mend . by the. help of time and:patience. At last, thou1i very feebly, Patterson began his Iwoik again. But, alas, 1 the 1113111 er of dollars in the bank had dirui ished by more than half, and the 1o1e he dug—how shallow and mise sible it . looked!—hadbeen partily filled by some heavy rains whiu I had fallen. It was a new trou le to his wife, when he, still weals and liable to relapse, would go and work iu the damp soil, coming honie after an hour or two perfectly exhalusted, and keeping her in per- petual' restlessness, day and night, with the fear of those terrible shiver- ing fits coming on. Strangely enough, however, he did escape an- other another attack, and was able ta wade harder and longer every day. He gOt help, too, and the welligrew rapidly deeper. In a short -time it was SO deep that, when they walked to it together after work was over ia the evening, and Patterson held the baby up to look into. it, Mrs. Pattersou trembled lest the little one should fall from her father's arms in the darkness, and be killed. But therewas no oil. Other people all around them had found oil . before reaching this depth. Some of the wells, indeed, were deeper, therefore they did not des- pair; but so many were shallower, and Meney -wasted so fast! Many things were wanted now, even for the working of this well; and so as to everything else,. they had already carried economy td the last point. They still lived at the hotel, because thole was no other place for them, but they had moved into the smallest and cheapest room .the landlord would give theus ; their clothes were patched till they seemed to be made- of patchwork, and if they were tolerably tidy, Mrs. Patterson couldhave told how difficult it was to "keep them so. . And finally the last twenty dollars was drawn out of the bank. • . Then it was that the poor wife made her last remonstrance. =a -When these are gone, James," she said, " what is to become of us'?" "Wait till they are gone, my dear. Before that, perhaps you, will be a rich woman." - " "Peolaps I But if not 1 How long have we been hoping now? Everything is gone. if you spend all this, we shall not even be able go back to ,the phetographing. We owe nearly half of it now. 0, I wish you would come away, and let us gb back to the old life which we dit understand, and where we co ld ea n enough to -keep us." 'And lose all we have spent? A wt. e idea,' that is! I tell you, I m cet tain we are near the oil. I m an to o on for another week, at, ny ra e." 'And how are we to live? ou w uld not let me try to get wash ng or anything to do at first; and n w I 1 ave no way of doing it---neit er a ouse, nor tubs, nor anythi 1 . A d you must remember that eve ye bp ly here knows we are atthe " ncl of • ur money, and that it will be DO use of giving us credit. E en 111 s Clark will - not trust us for a w ek's board after this is gone, 3 ou nny depend -upon it." . Don't you fancy any st ch •no sense, Nelly, There's the w 11; se- pose thiegs came to the wo st, we could sell that." 'I'm afraid we couldn't. Thei e's Thompson's well at the other side of th creek been staading six mout s, an nobody buys it; it has got a ad na e, and so bas ours." 'What ails you to -day, . old sto- m n 1 YOU're a pretty Job's -c r - for ter." . lie broke down at that, and cr ed ou right, being weakened by anxi ty an 1 -actual privation. ' 0, James 1" she sobbed, " let us go away. Let Ds give up tiis wr tched oil well,:and' go and e in ou living again honestly." e put his arms around her, a d ki sed her consoliogly. He was job ua -it'd, not utterly foolish ; o! ly we k and obstinate, or het oica ;y pe severing, whichever you plea. e ; bn he would not be persuaded. ' he last dollars went after the rest. ne day they were left penniless. Then began the misery of liv ng upon credit --ea very short one w th them, for: everybody -knew th it money was gone, and nobody beli v - ed m the finding of the oil. "1 daresily it'e 'there," one of is neighbots said frankly to .Patters u, "bub I don't believe you'll be a .de to hold out long enough to find it, and, after all, it might not pay or the getting." During these last days, howes r he still worked on, .and that with au eagerness which was almost insa e. His slight figure seemed thin er and more vehemently active; is pale face and brilliant eyes lool ed ['hose of a. Mall devoured by the▪ n - tensity of passion; be never left is labor from dawn till dark, 1 exc pt when some tool was needed, whi as he could no longer buy, he 1 ad to .borrow as he could among ii8 acquaintance. And still there as no sign of oil, and still every 11 ur he said to himself,- " Perhaps in an hour. If I should have to give hp, so close to it." And a rage agai it the more fortunate men a,bout , him took possession of him. In real ty he must have been very near in td- ness. In this way the last day ca e. The landlord of the • hotel had t ld Mts. Patterson thst they must go away. They owed him already, not .much indeed, but more than Ihe_ could afford to lose, and more t an they had the least prospect of be able to pay. They had absolut no money. He had the tobla wh ch were in use, some rope and otter things, which he hoped to sell at the worst," but he could not p rt with these till the last hour's w rk should be done, and all hope fin ly abandoned. He would try yet t is one day. All the morning he as hard at work. At noon he foum it absolutely necessary to lengthen is rope. He had still the whole af er- . pon and evening before . him, nd in those hours he Might conq ter fate; but without the rope he co ld do nothing. He went about ft m neighbor to neighbor, trying to bor- row, but nobody had a rope to sp re. There was still the store to go to, but his credit there was worn out. Yet 2ti1l he might try; only ne yard , of rope—surely they WO tld g ive i t t ohiin iia He went as bravely as he cot ld, .but the sting of formal refusals as in his mind, and he made his re- quest humbly, like the beggar he felt himself. "No, they resilly could not sell anything more on trust; rope was in great demam — not even a yard." Hope was quite over Oen. turned away and got back to the o - tel somehow, and to his wifehe was bus 3t putting together the ft eg- rd- he ad ler 'Dents that remained of their iv; robes, but when he came in understood at oncel that he broken down; in the depths of owu heart she felt the sudden pin of utter failure that was in his, 'he went -to him, and, taking his a an, drew him to a seat beside her ; nd comforted him, as best she cot d, with love and some poor shados of hope. She had not a word of re- proach for hint then not a thou ht even. Now that all his castles , tad fallen down, they were as much 1 ers as his. So, partly by the help of her absolute sympathy, he began by and by to bear the conscionsnes, of defeat with a little calmness. sat by while she finished her p ek- ing for to -morrow's journey; when the baby awoke Lona its sl ep he proposed that they should go out together, and bid good bye to those who had been kind to thorn in their troubles. They made their little round; and then, with a last wish to look at the scene of so many hopes, which early to -morrow morning was to be stripped of its appliances, and left to utter neglect, Patterson drew his wife to the empty well: She .sigh- ed as they drew near it, and would hardly look. Suddenly her husband sprang from -her side ; he stood up- on the lough bank of earth, his face flushed, his breast heaving, trying to call to her with inarticulate words. In a, moment she was beside him. Yes, Fate was compered ; a -Jere at their feet, filling the hollow already to its very brim; lay a datk precious Ltke—lay the Oil, which Meant plenty, easy wealth, the uttermost fulfill -went of all our photogeapher's dreams.—J3e/graviaa DY -MADE CLOTIIING AT COST PRICE. PB „: LL, MERCHANT TAILOR. lit • 12 oad• CIO hod )1*'▪ d ▪ • 0.0 " e▪ s+ C Cy) fimutz J.+ U1) CO © 3:10 *vie %•0 - *set Miami :t3 ni4 0 5A2 oseees, amisti L'0,4 P23- wrai can C 1 J. i ontifmn& Soli • oods. AINLEITVILLE. IM ORTANT NOTICE. mif undersigned having 1etcrnined. tc close up his present buSiness,with a vie \ of operating elsowhere, begs have to aiuounee that he has on hand over $20,000 WORTH OF Neir Staj1e & Faney Goods, of every 'kind, Which he will dispose of at a great SOkri lice, for Gish or Produce. TE STAPLE- AND FANOT DY GOODS, AND °THING STdCK ! - Have jut been received diredt from the. _Marty acturers in Great 13ritain—this' Sprin and will be found unusually well assorted and attractive. Now s the time for Formal's and others to get Bargains, as,..the whole Stock must 1 c disposed or in three months. LSO, FOR SALE ST RE, STORE -HOUSE, STABLE, A d 11 Acres of Land, With Orchard, th thriving village of Cranbroor, an 1 a, number of Village Lots and 1\173D S. 1 In Ainleyville and. neighbourhood. • 1 HOB, ES, WAGONS", CAIIRIAGES, SLEIGHS, ETC., ETC. LEOKIE. Ain eyville, Jith May, IS711. N. 3.—All parties indebted to the sub- scribe by overdue Note or Acicount, are retitle ted to call and settle the same at °nets., hereby save costs. ---j. 179-13 EW ARRIVALS! Have a -large; stock of NEW LUMSDEN Has just received a Fresb Stock of PURE DRUGS • AND CHEMICALS Toilet and Fancy Soaps, Combs, Har, Tooth and Nail Brushes, French, English, and American. PERFITMEItY; CENU1NE DYE siruFFs. Gaarantedd to be of the Horse andCattle Condition Pow Physicians prescriptions accurately dispensed. E.Li SDEN, t quality edieines era, arefully and FOR SAL HAT splendid Hotel Stand on the Market Square, Seafort4i, known as the CORN EXUHANGE, ind doing a good business. To an enterprising man, with sonie capital, it offers xcellent in- ducements, being on one Of the leading streets and close to the Salt Wells. Also, two comfortable CO T.AGES on Elgin Street. Goclerich, rent ,d at $2.00 a year, and several. Town Loils. Terms -- moderate. Apply to WM. M At the Market. Seaforth„ Jan.. A, In], 164 -ti ----ALSO,— A large stock of R ES II G OCERIES' 'eh they will sell very cheap. Ca and see for yourselves at the Shop ately occupied by ▪ M. ROBERTSON 4 CO. J. BONTHRON & SON. 169- R. JOHN THOMPSON TH kIsTKS his mituerous -customers for t ieir liberal patronage during the last Irteen years, and trusts he win re- ceive ts continuance, He as now on hand a large 00ort. ment ef Good Sound 1 re -en HALoenalock! s : Whic he warrants will give satisfaction. FENCING AND DRAININer LUMBER, LWAYS KEPT ON HAND. —ALSO. - 2 0,00 FEET OF PiNi CUT Fon BUIL MC AND CENERAL URPOSES Iv 'eh he offers on liberal terms. Or- ders ill be promptly sattended to. Th Mill is situated- on the Tovvidthe of M Killop and Hallett, 3 and miles from e Huron Road.. Se orth, Nov. 16, 1'870. 84. tf: ISS 1V[cINTOS1-1 Wis es to announce to the ladies of Sea- fo and surrounding country that she has removed to The ,ARNERS' STORE, above the OLD POST OFFICE, Whe le she will be most happy to weive order in MIJLLINERY, DRESS AND MANTLE MAKINC 3 In thle latest and most approved style of the aeason. She also keeps on hand A Cioice Selection of Flowers, Path - 1 ers, Terry Silk, &c. STRAW AND *- HAIR WORK cleancd. on short notioe. Y 1 GAT irieh stud hat was work i "The aays Le is kieittl.' - =I— Some of for one:cuss/on .at , Western debatizaLa "Is it necesarv t receve a thurry jj Ott Amides to ta Sam) bow • you sawed, kh T when Pre got this done Pil bltre saw*. — When do am= to suppose th.it of being. 'Jollied tot smokes. — What noeroes and dish --One asking him • =dessert. - At a negro "Not transfei able a notice was. posted - NO gentleman atilt ionies 11 iSself." ' —Josh Billinets vi.an is like a little ;ed young, and bep-ii. /11-e LS the peppeittass Idlspire nv 16 -worfil in a 'riihge iz like a distrikt skratehing to onest — The man who it any longer' has tat Low feeia,quite, vain f. Obli,)eaeon --- ttlie but)iii used t Ito was standing one. frog -pond, 113.1i,l saw snake make an ,onormous tout frog. fieized ott the froo s the frog, to be on pa ship, caught him 1)oth couinielieud another, 413tl e 'ntini nivorous olw/atiou mit left of 1 II — The coal miner e broken out into "poet' places. One of the film; begens : "New Unioris a rightg As a general rule ; But there's 'mien in _office As much serise as a mai -- "Nowt sposin' turned into an anlinai "what you like " I'd like to be a, Bill, "because he's 41onit be a lion, little from, who /Pad painful exi erionte at wasp, and thien you ea Behoolinaster. — A little five ye being instrue ed in in grandmother. . The him that all 8 xch terms " by jingo, " by thtu Avei'e only n inced oath little bettor than any oat, in fact, she la ill, he ern& fane oathby tibe prefix ‘ Sliell Were >albs. grandmother,' s:iid the 1 ful," there's a hig oath in Daper,"---P By telegraph.' jady gi.ve it up, and the4 wildeeed on MOrlditV. — Three of the dIrtiest, ged little ragamuffins in, <Altered one of the inenanif stores in our place. Marc .cathneocvot;iter, one said. " f want a cent's wort "Get out., you rags alon't Sell a tent's we randy '?" Slowly and sadly tiie . the store. On the siI Bultation took place. TL , the door. " Anster, do you sell lizi worthof rock eandy 1" :: 1\7" -til',' ve-o ain't got' em . procession moved ont again; BRI' NOTES. Whittier's genists WaS by reading Burns, —etilonel IL/alley, the & the ".11,71.ttle of Det king" has] a few fairish novela --The books in the library ing to 01(3 IllitiSh MilSelliii tWi—elliet 1.1(':aitrlaiti c(fl SiilVingi; SIOTP bak.been aramatize4 a real husks being provided pro_digialilall.)i .resil askf:iiste. iiandles- ad to be all the rage just now. . most every house one unexploded shells answer inse of eandlesticka. —The 1 gown which the bishop al p aris wore at hk tion has Iliven cut into small and dist/11)11NQ among the A olergy. .!f -A_ portion of it, poeited ir Notre Dame, whei ' I etaalisi?6Isilo)ort ;!..ies of Archbishops —An „A In eriean who p Tennyson for his- autograph this reply from the English laureate, lc Ask me no more. Tennyson ":" . 1 —An old 'grumbler, earn!. 'tothe king of ,:zparta of thZ,il oossey of the times, got thi blinded sy•ItIpathy : -'What y is untionbthi(By troe, for T rein 1 1