Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-07-18
PERSONAL.


A monument to Abraham Lincoln is
to he erected in Allegheny Park, Pitts
burg.
Kit Carson, son of the famous
scout, and very witty and intelligent
person, it is reported is making temper
ance speeches.
Mr.. George Bancroft has gone to his
Newport home. He has never, it is re-
ported, fully recovered from the inju-
ries he received there last summer when
when thrown from his carriage.
Mr.. Joseph Jefferson is credited with
the invention ut his Louisiana planta-
ton of practical, cheap, and beauti-
full fence crowned with roses. 1t is de-
scribed as "the most economical and
useful fence in the Southern States"
The late Home Ruler, Isaac Butt, is
said to have left his family unprovided
for. He left letter, in which he said:
"Put no inscription over the grave ex-
cept the date of my birth and death,
and wherever am buried let the funer-
al be perfectly private, with as few per-
sons attending and as little show and
expense as possible"
ITO those" writes Mr.. Longfellow
in IL pleasant letter, "who ask how l
can write so many things that sound
as if | were as happy as a boy please
say that there is in this neighborhood,
or ncishboring town, pear tree plant
Ell by Governor Endicott 200 years ago,
and that it still bears fruit not to be
distinguished from the young tree in
flavor. | suppose the tree makes new
wood every year, so that some part OF
it is always young. Perhaps that is the
way with some men when they grow
old l hope it is 50 with me"
1t is recorded that one Sunday after
Governor Tilden had been absent long
while from Albany, he suddenly re-
turned and was seen walking up the
aisle OF his favoritc church with his large
party of friends. The eloquent clergy
man was in the midst of reading the
Scriptural selection, and just as the
long missed and much-gazed-at Gov
ernor reached his pew, the good preach
er loudly cried Rejoice with me, for
l have found the sheep | had lost 1t
is believed the Governor wished at thai
moment that his favorite preacher was
not SO good an elocutionlst.
Two young men, dWcllers in classic
Norridgewock, in Maine, met enc morn
ing years ago, and one said to the
other: Charles, dreamed last night
that you were Il Judge of the Supreme
Court of Maine, that | was minister,
and that you called on me to open your
court with prayer just thirty years
after this the Rev. DR.. Charles L. Allen,
late President of the State College,
happened to step into the Supreme
Court room in Augusta. Judge Charles
Dauforth beckoned to him, and asked
him to open his court with prayer
and the dream OF thirty years was veri
fed.
Queen Victoria is said by the London
correspondent of The HuJord COmant
not to understand the quality of Gaelic
piety. While staying at Loeb Maree
she wanted to go ono Sunday to little
island in the center of the lake ; not
one of the Highland boatmen would
pull her over, in view of Sabbath break
ing. But it happened that II tourist
fare being two shillings. The boat was
tied up for II dry Sunday, but he found
the boatman and offered him thrice his
fee, which the canny Scot sternly and
piously refused, for it was the Holy
Sabbath, yc ken, mon ~ "oThen," said
the mon" will give you ten shil-
lings and sixpence." "Ah, weel!' an
swered the Scotchman, 81 will ma brak
the Sabbath for twa shillin' nor sax
shillin', but I'll tax ye over for ten
and sax" and the tourist was waited
across.