The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-20

terminated two inches above the we'll.
rounded yet delicate wrist, where cudeau
of a lady admirer from Cuba. completed
the 0rnamentation Of 50 much studied
simplicity.
1t was really very pretty, and the lady
looked charming-let US say thirty years
old. Her age? Oh-well ,1ifty.
~: THE EARL OF DUDLEY.
When Mr.. Ward, became Viscount
Dudley and Ward, had taken possession
Of the family estates, he suffered as much
embarrassment as his father from an
overgrown fortune. He one day de.
scribed this embarrassment to my Uncle
Archy in very graphic terms. ''When I
came to my estate,'' he said, Il resolved
to spend my whole income within the
year. With that view I purchased. the
estate of Eastman, in Scotland; I bought
library at Venice; repaired my house
Iii Park Lane: etc., ETC., etc; but rise
unexpectedly took place in the price Of
iron, which brought me 100000, and you
know one can't always be prepared for
such contingencies.
When Lord Palmerstor in his auto.
biography mentions as notable instance
OF disinterested love Of power that his
friend Dudley would have gladly given
$4,000 year to remain in office, he evil
IDENTIFY was not aware that to Dudley
$4,000 year was mere tr:fe.
One Of Lord Dudley's eccentric habits
was that Of speaking to himself or think
ing aloud. Of this practice many anus
ing instances We're related, perhaps occa.
sionally invented, by his friends. Soon
after he had succeeded to the title of
Dudley and Ward. a lady asked Lord
Castlereagh how he accounted for the
custom. st is only Dudley speaking to
Ward" was the ready answer to her
inquiry.
Lord Dudley was introduced at an
evening party to Lady N, whom he was
requested to hand down to supper. Her
]adyship availed herself of the oppor-
tunity to present her two daughters,
after which ceremony she overheard him
as they went down stairs, muttering to
himself in his usual undertone: "The
fair one is PLAIN; the dark one is not
amiss; but the fair one is exceedingly
plain.' 81 am glad, my Lord,'' says
Lady N. with good-humoged READINGS.
that at all events the dark one pleases
you
A gentleman from Staffordshire pre-.
vailed on Lord Dudley to present him at
court. They got on very we'll as far as
St. James street, where they were stop
ped nearly half an hour by the line Of
carriages. His Lordship then forgot
himself, and, after a long pause, began:
Nov this tiresome country Squire will
be expecting me to ask him to dinner.
Shall ask him, or shall I not? No;
think he would be bore'' The individ-
ual so unexpectedly blackballed was at
first COMPOUNDED, but, recollecting his
companions infirmity, commenced in
turn an audible soiiloquy: Nov, this
tiresome old Peer will Of course be ask
ing me to dine with him to- day. Shall /
60, or shall not goa! No, l think it
would be BORE This impromptu was
we'll taken. and the invitation was given
in earnest and accepted.
After sitting a long time With lady to
whom he was paying a morning visit.
Lord Dudley exclaimed aloud: II won.
der when this tiresome woman will go
away
At dinner given by Lord Wilton,
who had one Of the best cooks in Lon.
don, Lord Dudley tasted of some dish of
which he did not approve, and. forgetting
where he was. began apologizing to the
company for the badness of the entertain
ment. 1.-The fact is said he, ''that my
head cook was taken i'll, and some kitchen
grill suppose has been employed to
dress the dinner.'' -
Lord Dudley, receiving visit from the
poet Rogers at Paris, proposed that they
should 60 together to the Catacombs. 1t
has often been remarked of Rogers that
with his fine bald head, wrinkled skin,
and sunk cheeks, he . was more like d
death head than any man that was ever
seen alive. Accordingly, when the poet
had spent an hour or two in the abodes
Of mortality: and was about to make his
exit, the keeper, Startled at hisdeath-like
appearance. tried to stop him, crying out.
"Halloo! Get you back You have no
right to come QUIT Rogers afterward
complained to Lord Dudley that he had
cruelty deserted him in this emergency.
my. dear Rogers replied the Earl, Il
did not like to interfere, you looked so
much at home.''-Old Times and Dis
tant Places, John Sinclair. ~
TAKING THE RISK
[From the Vicksburg Herald
The other day a colored resident OF
Vicksburg and found a bottle of whisky
in the suburbs of the city, and hating a
pedestrian, he inquired:
"Dat's whisky, amt it?'
''smells like it, and guess it is, was