Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-03
Personal and Literary.

| Samuel Thatcher, OF bangor, Me, VINO u
In his ninety year. He represented
a Massachusetts district from 1902 TO
1905.
John Horn, Of Detroit, is TO be the
recipient OF Congressional medal in
recognition Of his services in saving peo-
pie from drowning. He rescued 100 per
sons from impending danger by food,
often at the risk of his own life, and
sometimes at the expense of long and
| painful illness.
The poet of the Mississippi Press
| Association was interrupted while writ
| ing his annual verses, and he thus men
| tions the incident:
Tis the exchange nend that darkcns our door,
| And our poem, unfinished, lies dropped on the
floor;
! We writhe in orr agony, wrathful but mute,
! And all of our sentiment fees 10 our boot,
| A. we wish some benevolent friend would award
Asa prize for this poem a patent Bogardus.
On the authority Of Virginia paper
| it is stated that one Mrs. Shcpp is now
living in the Massanutten Mountain, near
Keezletown, in that State, who has
reached the advanced age Of 100. She
was married in 1774, and her husband
has been dead about sixty years. 1t is
| furthermore stated that the old lady's
mind is clear, her sight. good and that
she does the work of the family she lives
with, and also her own sewing!
President Jewett, who has just as
| sumed the responsible management Of
the Erie Railway, is man of great prac-
tical experience in such matters. The
Office sought him, not he the office. He
was given cdrte blanche as to all matters
Of subordinates and detail, and his salary
was fixed at the respectable figure Of
$40, 900 per annnm, the highest wage paid
to any railway official in the world, I'M
less il be the magnate of the New York
Central, and what he gets is something
no fellow can find out"
1T is somewhat amusing, says an ex-
change, TO frequent the libraries and
witness the fashionable young ladies as
they draw their mental ratlons. They
haunt the "new book shelves, and
would under no consideration read "a
volume that has acquired the age OF SIX
months. Like the clothes they wear, the
book must not be out of style. Their
summer reading must be light and airy
something with which they can wrestle
and not start too much pcrspiration 1t
must be literary organdie or French
muslin, cut and trimmed with the fresh
est pattern Of high.ton edging.
Dryden received $4,000 for his trans
lation of Virgil; Pope received $110 for
his poem, The Rape of the Lock, 500, 600
for the Iliad and $l4,425 for the Odyssey
--translations which occupied him the
greater part OF twelve years Goldsmith's
| Traveller brought him $105, the Deserted
| Village $500, and She Stoops TO Conquer
| 5000 Marmion paid TO Scott $3.50, and
| the Indy of the Lake gave the generous
return OF $4,000; Childe Harold gained
| for its author $21, 1916, Don Juan $40, $50,
and the Prisoner Of Chillon SO ,825;
| Thomas Campbell received 800 for the
Pleasures of Hope; DIR. Johnson received
| 1926 for Rasseas, and about $50 for the
| Vanity of Human Wishes.
This story is told of Rev Mr.. Her.
rick, once settled at Worthington, Mass.
He collected his own salary, :or which
every voter in the town was assessed,
and, calling on Mr.. d., the blacksmith
one day, he said: 81 have small bill
against YOU "And for whatg" For
preaching" +" For preachings' said Mr.
ID. [" / have heard none of your preach
| ing.' "The fault is your own" said
Mr. III. "1he doors have been open and
you might have come i'm Not long
after, as Mr.. II. was one day passing the
| blacksmith shop, Mr.. d., hailing him
said: ~ have small bill against you
"And for whaty" said Mr.. III Foi
shooting your horse" replied Mr.. ID
"For shooting my horseY have had nc
fault is your own replied Mr.. ID. "1he
| nd ,,,s,r RI
have come in.' Mr.. II. paid the bill and
passed on.
MIR. Halstead, of the Cincinnati Com,
merctat, went while in London to see Mr.
Disraeli unveil the bronze statue of the
late Lord Derby. His sketch of Disrael
exactly as he appeared on the occasion
conveys good idea of the present per
sonal appearance of the man: "Tht
Prime Minister wore an expression of the
most funeral gravity. He looked aged
and i'll. His closely shaver face was
very pale, with sickly saffron tinge; his
eyes were dull and sunken, and seemed
to look within. The lines in his face are
deep and strange, and those of an over
worked and sorrowful man. He wore q
spotless black frock-coat, buttoned about
his slender waist and over his chest, and
light pantaloons, loose and long. Or
taking his seat on the platform he did not
remove his hat. When he stood up te
speak he removed his hat, disclosing the
celebrated front curl (which is quite at
tenuated, and seems to require constant
care and cultivation), but kept upon his
hands his lavender kids. He spoke less
than ten minutes, gravely, heavily
slowly, without vivacity of tone, and but
once varied from his accustomed attitude
leaning forward slightly, with his hands
upon the rail of the front of the platform
The single variation was when he unex
pcctedly closed his address, when he
deliberately raised his left arm, and
pointed with outstrctched finger to the
statue, which had, he said, been raised a.
an example, The Prime Minister had
evidently carefully considered his re