Show THE SAGE AND THE COCK crowing not the main thing carlyle objected to george edwin burr chesterfield the brooklyn politician and raconteur tolls tells tho the following anecdote of the tin mortal sage of chelsca chelsea th story in I 1 vouched for by mr 7 1 J carlyle scott nephew of the great man anil and la to undoubtedly true A next door neighbor of barltes Carl Iee tes a widow had haj a very noley noisy cock As Is well known the great writer did moat most of his norl during the night and early hours and tho the crowing of the coci coc ft rt uncertain intervals during tho the long caused great annoyance unno yance the owner of the cock was sent for madam said sald carlyle you raise chickens and among your brood Is a most cock the widow admitted tho fact now continued tho the immortal thomas there Is mo regularity about the crowing of at that cock and I 1 find myself listening for hie his crow and cannot go on with mv work until mr cock sends forth his surn summons mons all this disturbs mo me great ly pid end interferes with ray my work tan lan not you suppress the nuisance tho the widow expressed deep regret for carlyle was venerated by his neighbors that his labors abich were so valuable to the world should be interfered with by her rooster but she said her brood would be of little uee UBO without him besides she added ho be certainly did not crow i more than tha two or three times during tho the night and that was as as could bo be expected of any well regulated fowl on eald said carlyle it the crowing I 1 object to it Is the LI U waiting walling for ILI it |