The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-05-20
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Prof. Hayden, United States Geolo-
gist, has been elected as Foreign Core
spondent of the Geological Society of
London, one of the hig hest honors con-
ferred on biologists in any country.
1t was all right, of course, to invite
Gladstone to participate in the Licking
ton centennial festivities, but then it
aoas very much as if big Injun were to
invite you into his wigwam to look at
the scalp-lock of your grandfather.
Gen. Stoneman IS reported to have
large orange groves near Los Angeles,
CAL, which will some time be very prof
table. There is another report equally
golden in tone-that Gen. Schofield has
put money in his purse to the amount of
100000 by speculations in "the great
Thomas Hill, of Waterbury, Conn,
is a barber, and, we are told, recently
accomplished the feat of shaving twenty
four chins, smoking 100 cigars and play
ing match game of billiards, all in thir-
teen hours. And if the Munchausen who
invented that item isn't struck by light
ming it is owing to the backwardness of
the season.
In the old Crosby House lottery
scheme it will be remembered that GER
tain Capt. Lee, of Prairie du Rocher, ILL.,,
drew the capital prize. Well, the old
gentleman laid by his lottery gains in
bonds, which now have proven worth
less, that the words of the old saw, easy
come, easy CO." might be fulfilled
Chicago Journal.
Among the personal peculiarities of
the late Canon Kingsley is mentioned a
curious habit of leaving his countless
pipes about in all sorts of unexpected
places. He was devoted smoker, and
it is said by one of his friends that wher-
ever you went in his parish neighborhood
you might find pipe of his in hedge or
other nook, the rustics knowing and re-
speeding "parson's pipe" turn it up
where they might.
Can man who was chrlstened Ma
thaniel be lawfully designated as
Natt?" This is knotty point which
the New Hampshire Legislature will
have to settle. Gen. Matt Head was the
Republican candidate for Senator in the
Third District. 1t is claimed that
" Matt" does not mean Nathaniel, and
that the votes cast for "Natt Head"
must be thrown out. If this point can
be sustained there will be tie in the
Senate, giving Democratic majority in
the Legislature.
Charles P. Woodbury., widely known
as an inventor and as party to suits in
volving immense sums of money which
grew out of alleged infringements of his
patents, recently died at Boston at the
age of tifty-nine. His most important
invention was the planning machine, or
rather the presser bar, without which no
planning machine Is useful. He applied
for patent on his invention in 1848, but
didn't get one till 1873, and the suits
against those who had been using the
presser bar meanwhile, involving mill
ions of dollars, are we'll known. Mr..
Woodbury. also invented dummy engines
for use on horse railroads, and the sub
marine gun with which the Prussians
during the late war with France sunk
some of the French blockading vessels
in the Baltic Sea. For this latter inven.
ton claims on the Prussian Government
are now pending. The British Govern
ment have also, it is said, agreed to pur
chase the right of use of this gun.