Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1889 — Tennyson’s Wise Words. [ARTICLE]

Tennyson’s Wise Words.

Dr. J. M. Buckley in Christian Advocate. At the risk of provoking a" smile at our simplicity we will relate that long* years ago, when we thought that great men, if they speak at all, always speak words of wisdom, we followed Tennyson, who waß accompanied by a lady and two children, about the South Kensington Museum for two hours and a half, hoping that he would speak. At ‘last he made signs as if he wore about to do so. Hoping to hear some criticism of a painting we listened intently, and these memorable words fell from the lips of England’s Poet Laurate: “You take care of the children while I go and got some beer. 11