The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-04-18
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mr.. Bancroft, the historian, is said
to be a lover of h~and-organ music, and
it is related that to spare Mrs. Ban
croft's nerves he has the musicians es-
corted to the back gate, where they
grind while he digs in the garden
Last year there were published, in
new editions, and AL American
publications we're imported. As
usual, theology leads, with 485 books
brought out-fction with 446, being
second.
Mr.. Larkin j. Meade's design for a
memorial monument to Senator Nor
ton presents a shaft rising from a base
and sub-base, and supporting, at the
height of 115 feet, a figure of the dead
Senator, in heroic size. He is repre-
scented in the attitude of speaking. The
cost of a monument executed after this
plan is estimated at S1O0. 600.
Senator Lamar sent this sentiment
to Augusta, Ca, on St. Patrick's Day:
1.-The typical Irishman: His home the
world His friends-au the peoples.
His faith-his own. No cline to him
SO cold as will not produce a shamrock;
nc soil so barren as will not produce a
shillaleh. Foremost at a fight, a frolic
or a funeral, his generous nature finds
a blow for the bad, a smile for the glad,
or a tear for the sad"
-Edison's photograph has been on
exhibition among the scientists of Paris.
When the instrument was placed on
the table, and vociferated, 1.-The Pho
nograph presents its compliments to
the Academy of Sciences" there was
a roar of laughter from the audience,
which could with difficulty be per-
suaded that the sound did not proceed
from some concealed ventriloquist.
Mrs. Chataway, the keeper Of
S~hakespeare's house at Stratford-on-
Avon, was not pleased with Gen. Grant.
She says: Generally people who
come here seem to have some interest
in the place. Gen. Grant walked about
with his eyes fixed on the floor-what
there was on the floor l don't know.
He didn't look at anything at all, not
at the pictures nor the relics, and he
didn't say a word till he was going out
Of the front door; then he said, Thank
you.' That was the only speech he
made here. Mrs. Grant seemed to like
it."
"A new version of the cause of the
death of Representative Leonard, of
Louisiana, appears in the New Orleans
Times, which says that the Cuban lady
with whom he fell in love did not fully
reciprocate his attachment, and after
reluctantly consenting to marry him,
finally, ct the last moment, rejected
his suit. The UMcs intimates that he
did not die Of yellow fever, but COM
mitted suicide. Others think hat he
was murdered. Judge Leonard was q
great favorite among the ladies of
Washington.
"A Jacksonville (F1a.) letter to the
Cincinnati Commercial says: Mr..
William Aston generally spends about
four months of the year in Florida sail
ing his yacht and amusing himself with
the operation (by proxy of the great
Tocol & st. Augustine Railway, four
teen miles in length, all under one
management; fare, four dollars the
round trip! This road is Mr.. Astor's
little joke on. the luxury hunters of the
North. If New Workers. are willing to
pay four dollars q quart for Florida
strawberries in March, he regards it as
only fair that they should pay IA 2-7
cents a mile for the privilege of making
q pilgrimage to the most ancient city
of the United States by rail, The road
was formerly operated with oxen, and
the trip generally took from two days
to two weeks, so that old-time Florida
travellers will appreciate the introduce
ton of steam on the road, even at the
increased fare. Mr. Aston also dabbles
q little in real estate in Jacksonville,
and is at present. building a dock. and
intends to erect q fine block of business
houses on the street fronting the St.
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