New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-22
PLRSONAL.

nh ,,rave Of Gen. Israel Putnam, at Brook
IN is said 10 be marked only by few stones ana
FALLEN AMI defaced slab.
N;llais is able to congratulate blmsPt upon
A. ,t thai the price Of the artists proofs OF 'he ehEV
ms picuro OF Eae Deans" has been raised to
sicS' .,. 1r,inc tho
rv.Goy. c. c. Washburn intends, during inc
=, yesr 10 erect and equip splendid Astronomical
s.ya,ory for the University of Wisconsin Ihs gen
-. ift viii be made available by an annual aPlioPl
siion for lis support from the S'"'e -,
n Tb,ers's small stature was often rdiculed.
One day as he walking up the Chahis-A1 so'S '"o
I.d,os who wished TO got good view oil hiH' ai-
obed and one of them exclaimed, How ht'e nc
isis Yes madam" replied NJ Ihc.s, tui in- '''0""''
but am solnev hat bigger "t distance
Prince Bismarck appears to be a thoro"e'uH
,u,rti.l ner,on. military friend gave him an e"no-
rate discussion tie other day, on the deeds errors un
chances of the Rus ian and Turkish armies ana ""en
booncnded asked the Prince plainly What he thought
uttbo,, bismarck answered with tins acQnic sen
tence: think that each army IS getting te 'aSn'NS
IL deseryesl" n,
The Paris correspondent of The London Ie'e-
.h says. ..Iundershi that NJ. straSosch, who has
ENGAGED Madame Adelina Patti for certain number oil
performances has made Overturcs To NJ Escuder 10 re-
now the engagement that broken on bui the hau-
urer is content TO keep Ills 100'000i OF indemnity IL
Is possbe nevertheless that the LADY may appear AZ 'o
Italiens this year II she does So II viii ne NJ seci"
PATTI has been staying lately at st. Luhalre' III 'No sH
bOrhOOd OF Oman
Hawthorne's old home on Herhert-st., Salem,
wherein he began his literary work. has been iuihed
into a dirty and noisy tenemcrthouse. The blurred
window on which ne scratched his autograph has
been removed and is III the possession OF Mr. Mahnhs'
one Of his mothers relatives T. was to Mr. Manning
that Hawthorne once said the House Of the Seven
Gahles' was purely Imaginative dweling-a picture
the various Pigments of which, if traced back far enough
would ultimately rest upon observation, but which never
belonged TO any particular f'siuehct'
A great many years ago the White sulphur
was curious Of watering place. 1t is related thal
tbe fare consisted principally Of mutton which azcd On
The hills and was shot down when needed for the table
zach family had its own mon-,orvant who foraged for
md cooked the meals. bringing the dishes 10 the table
and acting as waiter. This system was 90 universal
that once when the elegant Mr.. Harrison Grey Otis, Of
Boston, visited the White sulphur, he WAS disguised as
well Us Indignant al being frustrated every Time 1e az
tempted to help himself from DISH by beng toid 'Hs'
Il was private.
MIR. Fields's story of the ancient Bostonlan
who after reading Shakespeare late In iie that
there were not twenty in Boston who could have
written those plays" reminds he Tfoneef-Iress OF st.
Paul OF story concerning old citizen OF minnesota
This ancient gentleman the author OF grammar
and prded himself much on his chronological at'aih-
1 and on the fact that ne had never leaned to read
until his wife taught him. Travelling down the Mime
,ota valley with a friend one day, they stopped
10 take luncheon in grove and the OLD mans
RAMON took book Of his sadde-baSs and began
70 read What book that you are reading - asked
the grammarian Shakespeare" the reply. what
90 you read such trash as that iort" " Why whars
the matter with Shakespeare And here the ancient
writer OF a grammar astOunded his friend by me state
mont that the book " an immoral book, ana
added besides 1t Is lull Of bad gaInm ne al,
thor Of Shakespeare didn't know grammar s'iu Tue o'u