The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-06-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST,".
Personal and Literary.

Mr.. Ecrc>tord Hope, VI. p, who ten
dercd to IT," State OF Virginia a bronze
statue Of >toncW1!I Jackson. has Just de-
cilHed III invitation Of Gov. kcmpcr to be
pIescnt at IL UnveiIing.
-RiStori i travelling around the coun.
try shaking hands and bidding every body
@ood-bye. She makes about 81, 0O0a night.
and that tak"S OF considerable of the sad
ness of the ihimg.-BrooklyH Argus.
hate Chase Spra~ue, upon learning
that the library OF her father, the late
Ch!ct justice chase, was TO be sold at auc-
ton III Washington. has telc@raphed
from Europe forhid,.im@ the sale. she in
tentStO purchase il and preserve it in the
family.
The marriage of Surgeon Ruth, of the
United States Navy. to Miss Waite. daugh-
ter Of Chief Justice Waite, will take place
in NaShiIrt0H next month. The we'd
ding will be 4 quiet onc-priyaTe and
unostcntatloU> as circumstances will per
nit.
1t was at New Orleans. during the ex-
citing events ut lat January. that Gen.
Phil Sheridan me The daughter of his old
friend and ,tatf officer, General Ruckcr.
and first took into his great list a little
nervous hand ana asked if i should be
his for keeps.
1t i credirahle 10 the physical tough
ness and endurance OF Elizabeth THtrie,
of East Boston. Mas. that at the age OF
hundred wears she car go uptW0tljwntS
of stairs TO iwr bedroom. Elizabeth Tut
tie also uudrc>>,> and dresses wi hout aid.
and never las 4 fire in her room in the
trigideSt weather.
a correspondent of the Home Joaumal
speaks of HAVING seen Il portrait Of George
Eliot, which i in the POSSESSION OF her
Scotch publishers, and occupies a place in
their private office with portraits OF other
noted authors. Il j. otlitc-size. and repre-
senrS an intellectually strong woman. III
most masculine in ~trength-a strange sad
expression Oil the coumtenance.
The Rev. DR.. :. G. Bartlett writes in
the independent an article entitled, "Thc
Answers OF Jesus; in which he discusses
the novel theme Of Christ aS a humOriSt.
He measures he faculty of clever retort
displayed by Johnson. Lamb. Iallcvrand.
Lincoln, Franklin and Sheridan. and AZ
CUES thai Chit far surpassed them all in
his salii"S that must have been received
by the crowd with q smile or an ill-SUp-
pressed laugh, at the expense Of the
ScribcS.
Rev. David Swing. of Chicago. Is de-
scribed by Mr.. Edward Eg%ieStOn rs hay
ing no advantage from personal appear
ancp. His face i a marked one, but not
handsome. IL is what Thomas Hughes
would caI! an 'undcrhung man : the prom
inent loWrr jaw ana The set under-Iip give
him an air OF iut; N;bie ~rcSolutcnesS. He
has 4 bright eve, an intellectual upper
face. and brown hair that curls a little at
the tips"
Mr.. Bryant turns an epigram as neat
~ still a. i, he Were but 80. Here is his
excuse to Tie Echo, the little journal of
the Homeopathic Fair, for not furnishing
the poem il had claimed:
| gave my word, dear madam, it is true,
At your request To- write Il verse or two;
| gave ii you as frankly as twas sought,
And now YOU chidc because | keep it not.
Talk not OF honor: | am hOnor's slave;
None but 4 rogue would keep the thing he gave.