, 1877-09-17
PERSONAL.

tatk OF walking el9hty. .ntne miles IN twenty. .stx
hours.
Frank Leslfo's summer-homo at Intorlnken,
near Saratoga, III owned by lila wife, aud will not
be counted in his assets.
Roso Eytingea lf*s Mutton ia highly
praised In San Francisco; they have nevcr seen
Clara Morris In &hat part
William Morris is to give serios of lect-
urcs on tile history Of decorative at In England
during the coming winter.
Thc late Una Hawthorne fs said to have
bcen TINT ono Of the navcltst's children who rc-
scmelea him most eipsciy IN personal appearance.
Winra' Spirit says that L. l.. Davenport
was tho victim Of quack doctor, who gave h,u,
NIFTY acid pills, thereby ttrctricyholy Iujurng tlo
eoatings of the stomach,
The Count Joannes aud Ell Perkins hayc
been urged by tnauontial persons In New York 10
fight duel, anil tho hope s expressed that the tsc
Will bo fatal on both sides.
Tho Loudon Spectator happi1y says that
brigham Young disappears "without peopto tav-
Ing quito tnadc up their minds whether tue prophet
was M impussos or fanat1c."
It IN fortunate for Senator Sargent, tho
Philadelphia Times remarks, that,hc wilt soon hayu
autp1e leisure to dovoto to his l!bol auts asnin,t
tho San F1anctsco Chronicle. II uay lo satd that
Gen. W. s. llosecrana passed through Gin.
cinnat1 Wednesday, on bis way 10 st. Martins, o.,
where hts daughter, an Grsul[ne nun, Is tlYjne
sho Inns bren slowly sinking With consumption for
several months. Mrs. Rosccrans has been staying
With her daughter.
The Now York Sun hns discovered =" His
Tory OF Delaware County md border wars Of New
York, Including some account OF the Anti. rent
diMculttcs, with other matter never before pub.
lsshcd, {" nil By Jay uould. Tho volume IL a largo
octave Of 400 pages. 1t was published In 1866.
Grace Greenwood complains because tho
intelligent composltor transformed tho words
"ploktny oaknu,." In ono Of her letters, into
''tntlktng cow." 1t Is easy. Of course, to sce
how tho auostltuton arose; aud thcro have been
phl!ofoB!sta who could sAow not only that thp
1hFnscs wesu derived from tue aane 4ourcc. but
that they wcso, until Iccsnlly, identical In
meaning.
1n "Winthrop's History OF New England"
ts the following abatement concerning tho whipping
Of students at Harvard College, undur date OF June
8, 1Gi4: ''Tw0 Ut 0ur minEstcses sons being
students In tho College, robbed two DWELLING
houses In tho night Of soms E1G. l.eIng found out,
they wcrc ordered by tho Goycrnours Of tho Col.
lcge to bu thurc whipped, which was performed ty
tho President hlmself: yet they weso about 20
years OF age"
AA0 i've A-VA49 Nt~tc 1A3aS 4u1 44cf{4t4$
report Of Amy Fawsitt's death, and her Improper
Intimacy with 4 man living In The same house in
which aho rented soous, 10 denied In carefully
prepared statement, accompanied by diagrams, in
the New York Times. 1Isr addiction 10 the use Of
stimuants hos nlao bcen terribly exaggerated. Dr.,
Massh, her phystclau, says uost positively that hcr
death wAs caused BY pulmonary consumption and
usight's disease Of tho Kidneys"
Tie. Now York Erening f'ost believes Ed
gar Allan Poo IL dead, and hopes hls remains will
be permitted to rest In peace. It consequently
fcpsrhcnds tho practice, now quite common, Of
digging vesscs cut Of old newspapers aud attribute
Ing them To tho 1nmented bard. 4 number of
specimens hns9 boon forwarded 10 1t fur N,ublica.
ton, aud most Of them Il 1ndA unworthy of IT.
tatnlng tho dignity Of print Poo was greedy for
fame, and even Of notoFfcty; aud, II hs had writ
ten any worthy thing besides those w know, he
would llaye taken pains to plaes Il befvru Tho
world.
Juno Grey Swiashclm has written TO pitta-
burg paper On the proposIton 10 hang william
Shaw aud ThonAs Scott" Tue former IL an oniciai
Of The Pcunsylyau!a Aa!ltoad, who, ~ Mrs, 8wlss-
hahn vigorously says. has made PittsburR ~
feostlnx.placa fos tEamps" tlia mt4dlrected be.
neyolpucs, sho h011s, has encouraged adleness and
tho spIFit Q! Co1nmunlsm. Thomas Scott ought 70
b. hanged. on ths other hand, for gtYius steady
wagos, which, Mn. Ewiashclm seuassks, have tho
him SECURE. Wo should b. puzz.s1i to gse any
reason why Mrs. Swlashala ought to bs hanged
but theto must 10 souo speelous argument In fnyof
even Of thIs horrible and undesirable end 10 her
useful life.
Judge gpaulding, of Cleveland, tolls this
story: long tluno ago ho ylsitsd Judge Tod. Of
Bsler 1litl and tho Judges young son wa dcs,red
to slng for Mr. Spauldlng. Tbs latter says. ''Th8
boY, without wosd, besaa sud sang through to
S1.1--. 4
Wo were al! greatly amuset. and the Judge 70.
marked, 'trhcro IL = good deal In that boy, II it
waa only brought out Well. why dun't you
osiuY 1t out?' said l. Ills father remarked that he
would hu glad 10 hare him attend school, but was
not able to send him. told bin that ihsse was 4
good achuol II, Warren. and TINT should ba pleased
10 have tho boy como aud itso with and 70 to
school. lIls father valid that he would consult,
provided would take now aud then p1rcs Of bsef,
ctc., from tho farm. Tbs hoy can,o 10 Warren
with tno aud wcnt through lis school dsJs, studied
law, bsaun h!s practice, and at teugth boeame
Governor David Tod, tho War Executive OF great
bt4ts."
The Now York Sun prints this: 1.-THE no.
sltton which Thackcray especially coveted was that
Of Master of tlu Charter uouss, Ills old school, to
which hs sont fcadsnals. Rawton CrawIsy, aud
tue Sewconrs, fathps aud son, ind which IL sllul.
cd 10 III nearly all his looks. Tho Masters oalcs
10 quite dalnct from tho scLooluaaslets and anal.
oSous 10 that VI tue Warden OF Winchester and
Provost of Etou. liz lives IN spacious mansion
hung with splendid portraits vt former uoyefuote,
aud the clzhty.four pcu.ioncss-ono os Whose
number 1t will bo remembered lint Col. Neweoma
bccame-are especially un4cr hls control. Tback.
cray would hase bccn kind uul sympa&tct,
friend 10 tbese disappo!nted old fellows. The
school division OF the Charter lloG4s has Duw been
removed Into tie country. sha huates and tha old
men scmaniug ln their old qua1tess, but tho whols
surrounding district haA been completely meta
mosphoscd since Vanity Fait' Was written u 10
10 scarcely recognizable. Merchant Tayloes'
School now occupies ths Charter itou4v ground
It II day -school only. Thu Charter HOUSE. which
has IN Income Of nearly $500, ooo = year, las r..
moved " splendid quastaEs At Go1alniny IN eau.
Eey."