Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-12-16
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

There is lawyer in Clinton, Ky,
named Silvertooth.
"A statue of Gov. Andrew is proposed
for the Postofiice Square in Boston.
Mrs. Kate Sprague, it is said, will
soon return to Europe for long absence.
A member-elect of the Kansas Legs
lature bears the painful name of Tooth
acher.
An adopted daughter of the late
Henry Wilson is living in Norfolk Coun-
ty, Mass She is ten years old.
The Rev. Mr.. Fay, of Massachusetts,,
has relinquished one-quarter of his salary
81 ,000--in consequence of the depres-
sion in business.
% s. Ferry, late Senator from Con-
necticut, redeemed himself from an early
life of dissipation, and became the pride
of his family and friends.
Vice President Wilson used TO boast
that in all the times he came before the
people as candidate for an office he al
ways ran ahead of the remainder of the
ticket.
MIR. Wylie, the checker player, has
Just finished series of 1913 games in Hart
ford, Conn, of which he won 93 games,
and lost games, while : games were
drawn.
The statement that Paul Morphy has
become insane is positively denied by his
friends. He has abandoned chess and de-
voted himself to business, but his mind Is
as clear as ever.
The Alta California says that Nevada
will be unrepresented in the Senate this
winter as the business enterprises of both
Senators Sharon and Jones will require
their presence on the coast.
NO one but giants should try to shake
hands with Moody, and they should brace
themselves. His grip and the swing OF
his arm is SO hearty that he snaps an ordi-
nary man around all over the sidewalk
Detroit Tribune.
MIR. Parton knocked on the head a
few days since ridiculous story" about
the controversy between Franklin and his
son by showing that the son never returned
to America after the war. And now Mr.
Parton himself has been knocked on
the head" by the discovery of the sons
grave at Schenectady, n. Y.
Stuart Robson, the actor, Is said to
have habit of biting his tinger-nails. He
also has a small daughter. The other day
that dear child deliberately pared her
finger-nails, and in the innocence Of her
heart approached her comical progenitor
" Papa" said she, there are some finger
nails for you TO cal" Tableau de famillel
A writer in an English periodical d.
reefs attention to the diminution III force
which the word harness" has under
gone since Shakespeare's time. Harness
then meant the trappings In which man
and steed went 10 battle, not the equip
ments of cab horse. =" At least We'll die
with harness on our back" says Macbeth.
The Old word stood for the widest energy,
the new one for the tamest submission.
"A letter from the poet Swinburne, re-
ceived too late for use at the dedication OF
the Poe monument, has since been pub
lished. The writer expresses the opinion
that the fame of Poe is growing wider
and striking deeper as time advances; the
surest presage that time, the eternal enemy
of small and shallow regulations, will
prove In this case also the constant and
trusty friend and keeper Of true poets
full-grown fame"
The following lines were hung on n
banner across a street in Baltimore, along
which the body of the late Vice President
passed:
Obdt Henry Wilson, ice-Pesident.
An old man broken with the storms Of State,
Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly,
Was fashioned for much honor from his
cradle.
Exceeding wise, fair spoken and persusding,
He gave his honors TO the world again,
His blessed past TO heaven, and slept in
--Shakespeure-- Henry VII