Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-08
Personal and Literary.

Talking of oarsmen John Paul says
it's great thing nowadays to be "A gen.
tlcman and sculler."
Joaquin Miller is getting quite a
reputation abroad as the talented Ameri-
can who Is too mean to have his hair
cut rookiyn Aygus.
i 1T is said that the New York Herald's
report of the Grant-Sartoris wedding was
derived from the Rev. Mr.. Tiffany. the
| officiating clergyman, who got $500 for
the job.
"A letter-writer says Grace Green
wood is lovely woman OF thirty. Well,
yes, Grace must be all OF thirty by this
time, because she was twenfy-seven
about twenty-five years ago.
| Mrs Thomas Barclay, relict Of Pres
ident Van Buren,, dropped dead at her
cottage at Newport recently, while pre-
pairing TO go out to drive. She has spent
the summer at Newport for many years.
ALI of the vast estate which Mr..
James Lick has given for the public ben
| eft in San Francisco will be offered for
sale at auction in that city on the 18th of
November Mr.. Lick is hale and hearty
yet, and may be present at the inaugura-
ton of the great public enterprises which
he has planned and TO which he has given
all his wealth.
Morton, the second mate of the Po-
laris, says, as to the result of his third
voyage, that he is more than ever con-
vinced of the practicability and pos
sibility of reaching the pole, and "if /
may express my own opinion, ii would
be in the words attached to picture at
the last exhibition of the Academy, in
London: 1t is TO be done, and England
ought to do it,
Some residents OF Guilford and Mad
ison, Conn, are having mild quarrel over
the question of which place Rev. W.
ii LII. Murray makes his summer residence.
The former, however, is the place of his
residence and his nativity, though he
lives near the dividing line-a small
creek called Neck River Murray, who
rides around town wearing blue flannel
shirt and trousers, slouched hat and
broad leather belt, from which hangs a
large sheath-knife, is very popular.
We have received copy of the
Pjololer, which means-but all our read
ers know what it means-a newspaper
published at Reykjavik, Iceland 1t does
not seem to have been at all pleased with
the American visitors at the Millennial,
for 1t calls them the hardest names we
have ever seen applied TO any one. Cyrus
w. Field IL styles "Skipid heitir AL
bion." 1t appears DESTROYS of putting
Bayard Taylor in hot water, for him it
terms a "Skald og hofundr." But its
worst epithet 1t reserves for DIR. Hayes,
whom it terms a Viofraegr fyrir landa-
letter." which is simply atrocious.-N. Y.
Eoentng Mail.
Vermont boasts host of smart old
people, among when the following are
named: Hannah Bowen, of Bethel, aged
ninety-two, wife of s. Bowen, is holding
her own with other young folks at pick
ing hops, having worked several days
this season in the field. Brandon has
Mrs. Justus Hyatt, aged eighty.two years,
who walked from her residence, q few
days ago, TO Leicester, distance of six
miles, and then wanted to walk back the
same day. Vershire boasts of Mrs. Lucy
Huxley, who is ninety-two years OF age
and has been spinning at several differ
ent places In one place she spun twenty
knots day and knit one large mitten
each day, for eight days in succession.
Royalton has man whose name is Wild,
and they call him Squire" who, al
though upward of eighty, carries on his
farm, works hard sleeps well, and feels
just as well as ever he did.