The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1879-10-18

with him in his yacht, and 200 large
cases Of baggage. His four wives were
among the number of the travellers. The
arrival of the harem was expected, If
quarters in the city could be found for
them. The voyagers lay roasting in
their vessel in the bay while the ex-
Khedive's agents were negotiating for
the purchase of q villa in the Neap0litan
suburbs. The latest advices are that all
the villas were too small.
Mr.. STURGEON, talking Of preaching
the other evening, said that sooner that
listen to some Of his reverend brethren
he would have the govt. Those who
had had the govt would appreciate
what he meant. 1t was awful. He had
the privilege once of hearing reverend
brother, he would not say how, when,
or where; but he always considered he
should be rewarded for it at the resur-
rection Of the just. When he occupied
the pulpit and saw two or three old Ia
dies shaking their heads he always
preached to perfection; those who smil-
ed and were pleased he thought were
persons of great judgment.
A NEW HAVEN commercial traveller
reports one way the Western men sell
carriages. He says man will start out
from some large carriage mandatory
with one or more freight cars loaded
with buggies. He will stop at the coun-
try towns along the route, and hold an
auction sale-the town having previous
ly been billed and the auction adver-
tised. The bidding is spirited, and the
carriages will be Knocked down at first
as high as $50 or &65. After these
large bids are harvested, he win take
lower ones, until the bids drop to Is low
as $33, when he retires from the field
and goes on to the next town. The
bugRies cost the manufacturer inst 82<
apiece, and at the selling price three can
be bought for 300.
The brutality to which pedestrianism
has sunk was illustrated by 75-hour
race in Boston. Toward the close Of
the third day, three of the Contestants
were so close together that the struggle
for the lead became desperate. Croft,
o young man from this State, became
temporarily crazy from fatigue and want
of sleep, and quilted the track; but his
trainers forced him to return, and he
eventually won by completing 27l miles,
on . course so small that nineteen cir
cults were required for q mile. Cam
pana, the old man whose feats in Gil
more's Garden were awkward and ridic-
ul0us, also fell into q condition of men,
tai arrangement, and frequently stopped
to talk incoherently with spectators; but
he was forced to continue, although he
sank on the track exhausted, and at the
last moment relinquished the second
place to Hichborn. negro.
THE custom of persons bearing two
t" Christian names" is of comparatively
recent origin in England. An author,
who has had occasion to search MANY
volumes of old country records, and
who has seen . many Thousands and
tens of thousands Of proper names b.
to- men Of all rapka and de-
grees," says that in. no instance, down
to the end Of the reign Of Anne, has he
noticed any person having more than
one Christian name. The first instance
which occurs in the county r8cords was
in 1717, when Sir Coplestone Warwick
Bainfield appears as . Justice. The frat
instances which the same author has
met in any other place ars those of Hem
~ Frederick, Earl OF ARUNDEL. born
1908, and Sir Henry Frederick Thyme,
created baronet in 16l1. Both Of
these appear to have been named after
the eldest son of james l.. who was
born in Scotland. William III, who
was . Dutchman, was the first King Of
England who bore two Christian names.
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