. The New England magazine . who live, so full of griefs and trials anddisappointments, and so rare is the real fun which has the power to lift the gloomof fact, even for a little, that it wouldseem as if the humorist, wherever found,would be crowned king, and endowed bya grateful world with all that can makelife beautiful. Yet we see that the mereself-seeker who cheatts and angers theworld by political wire-pulling, or robs itby gambling in stocks and railroads, isthe man whom it makes a millionnaire ;while the rare and blameless man whoreally befriends it by showing it thebright side of life
. The New England magazine . who live, so full of griefs and trials anddisappointments, and so rare is the real fun which has the power to lift the gloomof fact, even for a little, that it wouldseem as if the humorist, wherever found,would be crowned king, and endowed bya grateful world with all that can makelife beautiful. Yet we see that the mereself-seeker who cheatts and angers theworld by political wire-pulling, or robs itby gambling in stocks and railroads, isthe man whom it makes a millionnaire ;while the rare and blameless man whoreally befriends it by showing it thebright side of life, is suffered too often tolabor hard for poor pay all his days, anddie in poverty and obscurity at last. Itis only necessary to cite old Cervantes,who virtually starved to death ; or poorHood, whose unconquerable sense of fun 430 BENJAMIN PENHALLOW SHILLABER. seemed to flourish under want and debt,and to blossom in the very shadow ofsuffering and death. Benjamin PenhaHow Shillaber was bornin Portsmouth, N. H., July 12, Shillaber and C. G. Halpine (Miles OReilly). His education, which he pronouncedexceedingly limited, was obtained inthe old Cabot Street schoolhouse. InOctober, 1830, he entered the office ofthe New Hampshire Palladium, in Dover,and remained there more than twoyears. In 1833 he came to Boston, andfinished learning his trade (which thenincluded all branches of printing), afterwhich he labored as a journeyman until1835, when he found his health failing,and went to Demarara, British Guiana,for help. Apparently the climate restoredhim, as he enjoyed perfect health formany years thereafter. He remained inDemarara nearly two years, employedmeanwhile on the Roxal Gazette, theofficial organ of the British returned to Boston in 1838, and wasmarried to the love of his youth, Miss Annie De Rochemont, a lovely and beau-tiful woman, descended from an oldHuguenot family. The union was anexceptionally happy one. In 1840, Mr. Shillaber became con-nected with
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