Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1889 — Died of a Fit. [ARTICLE]

Died of a Fit.

Byron’s good sayings have been in all men’s mouths—in the mouths of some who have claimed them as their own. Many were admirable puns, others had a better claim to remembrance. The last time I met him—a long time ago— l sat next him at dinner. “So Pooled the tailor, is dead!” remarked our host. “Indeed! What did he die of?” “Of a fit,” said Byron, at once; •what else could a taller die of?” London Wo"ld.