1 ANECDOTES, &c. DR. SHERIDAN. As I heard several of the peasants in the western quarter of the county of Cavan, talk of Dr. Swift, Dr. Sheridan, &c. it raised my curiosity to know if there was any person living, who had seen either of them; or who could give me any anecdotes of them that could be depended on. After several inquiries, I was at last told by a young man, that Mr. Con, Sheridan of Uaghteraghy, in the county of Cavan, had not only seen, but was very familiar with Dr. Sheridan, as he was related to him; adding at the same time, that the said Mr. Con. Sheridan " was no disgrace to the name, as he was once in good circumstances, kept a hospitable board, spoke Latin with fluency, and had read all the books in the world; but that time had impaired his memory; VOL. I. B and |