The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-11-04
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Gerald Massey, the English writer, is
reported TO be suffering from mental aber-
ramon, and to have been placed in q
private asylum.
On recent Sunday Rev. Joshua Day,
pastor OF the North Baptist Church Of
Newark, N. j., was fatally stricken with
apoplexy while preaching.
-Ex-Gov. Harrison Reed, of Florida
formerly of Wisconsin, has editorial
charge of the Semi- Tropical, a monthly
paper, devoted to Floridlan development.
1t is privately given out by the
friends of Joaquin Miller, in order to pre-.
vent misunderstanding and heart burn
ings, that the "One Fair Woman" of
whom he writes in recent volume is no
longer living. She died long ago, and
there is none like her now on the face of
the earth.
Mr.. John w. F. Hobbs. of North.
ampton, Mass, has given $iO,O for a
school. house in that town. # Is sa;d of
Mr.. Hobbs that not great many years
ago he borrowed money to start q line of
omnlbuses in Boston, driving one of
them himself, and that now he is worth
a million dollars.
Miss Maria Mitchell. Professor n,
Astronomy in vassar College, is described
ny some one who saw her at the Woman's
Congress as large woman, with a fine.
commanding figure, a square face, with a
prominent chin and mischievous brown
eyes, and hair falling over her face in
short gray curls.-Graphic.
a year ago Gen. w. d. Washburn, of
minneapolis, Mimi, being in financial
stralts, made complete assignment of all
ms property for the benefit OF his cred
ltors. recently the assignees, after paying
every claim in full, have restored to Gen.
Washburn assets worth about $500. 600.
and with this capital, and business req.
utatlon rather strengthened than i'm
paired by his reverses, he can Commence
over again with better prospects than be-
fore.
There have been some verv prolific
and enterprising book-makers in this
country: Increase Mather, who died in
l!25, lett eighty eight separate works be-
hind him. Cotton Mather, who survived
MS 1ather hve years, far surpassed him
IN book making. He was the most prolific
writer the United States has ever seen.
The Headleys and the Abbotts try in vain
TO equal him. He wrote and published
5o' DOCKS, or about one month during
his ministry.
Ten years ago John Mackey was
working as mining ]aborer in a little ex-
ploring shaft in Virginia City for four
dollars day. Now he has a larger in
come than any man in America. His
monthly gains from the Consolidated Vir-
glnia Mine foot up $500, 900; from the
California Mine $3.50, 900; from crushing
mills $50, 900; from the Bank of Nevada
$40, OOO-in all 1881 900 month, or at the
rate OF nearly SIC, 100000 a year. This
does not include the income of his vast
wealth in real estate located in San Fran
cisco. MIR. Mackey is said to be modest
ana retiring, dresses plainly and might be
supposed from his appearance to be a
well-to-do farmer-nothing more.
Mr.. Ralph Waldo Emerson has been
talking with correspondent of the Con
cord M0nator about the habits of his poet
zeal friends. Holmes" said he, "is so
full that he can write at any time. Lowell
broods over his subject for a time. and
then composes with great swiftness, He
does not like to write to order, though de-
slrous OF employing the stimulus of great
occasions. We asked him to read poem
at Concord on the Tooth anniversary of
the light, but he said he could not. His
wife, day or two before, wrote to me
saying: 4 cannot speak Of James, vet |
think you may expect:a poem from him on
the 18th. He has been going about for
some time in that peculiar way which is
promise of something's and on the 10th
Lowell was on the ground with his poem
and grand one it was. Longfellow
prepares his poems to be read On any
great occasion, as minister who lives
near Boston prepares his sermons, nearly
year ahead. Lie wrote the poem read at
Bowdoin College last summer early in the
fall OF the preceding year, and we'll it was
he did so, for the months intervening
have been fruitless as far as literary labor
is concerned, owing to physical prostra-
| tiOn."