Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1882 — The Cork-Screw. [ARTICLE]

The Cork-Screw.

m 1826, an attempt was made by an enterprising publisher in Cork, named Bolster, to give Ireland a literature peculiar to her own. Some of the literati of the South of Ireland expressed their willingness to second the enterprise, but they all felt that the assistance of Mr. Shiel was essential. To gain his aid Bolster made a pilgrimage 4o Dublin and laid the matter before him. Mr. Shiel approved of the plan, mentioned several subjects on which he would write, and finally put the business question: “How much per sheet?” Bolster, somewhat embarrassed, said he could not promise any remuneration as yet, but that as soon as the thing was a success Mr. Shiel should be remembered. “I am afraid,” said Shiel. shaking his head, “that your terms will not suit me. But-, as you did me the honor to ask me to write for your magazine, I would like to dp something for you. Instead of calling your magazine 'Bolster’s Irish Magazine/1 would suggest, considering the place from whence it is to come and your maniftr of conducting business, that you call it the ‘CorkScrew.’”