The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-12-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal ana Literary.

Ninnie Eeam has nearly finished hei
statucof Farragut.
tiladstonc writes letters on posta
cards 70 the infinite disgust Of his arts
tocraiic friends.
Miss Spraguc Of Newark. o.. is tho
author Of "An Earnest Iriller.' one "a
the successful novels Of the year. and
the Cincinnati papers have gone wild
over the Young lady, who Is not yet q
and very beautiful.
"A new memoir Of Lord Bcaconsseld,
just out in England bears this motto
from Artcmus Ward: "IIe asked me
what was my prinscrpuls, Il amt got
emmy ! said, not prinscrpul; I'm in
the show bizness. ,"
Mr. Longfellow and the Indian Girl
"Bright Eyes " met at dinner party in
Cambridge the other day. The poet
was presented to the Indian, who grace
fully mentioned the poem +" Hiawatha. .
upon which Longfcllow exclaimed
"Ihis is Alinnehaha,
The late DIR. Lovick Pierce. who
died recently AZ the age Of %, was Il
pioneer Of Methodism in Georgia and
Alabama, and was leading spirit in the
agitations which caused 4 split in the
Church; though since the war hefavored
the kindest relations toward the North
ern Church. His life was full Of re-
markable experiences. No minister was
80 famous in the South, and none So
loved. He was the founder Of the famous
Wesleyan Female College Of Georgia.
He leaves four generations Of descend
ants. having one great great grandchild
One Of his sons j. Bishop Pierce, a lead
ing man in Southern Methodism.
Mr.. Whittier own statement Of the
origin Of his poem Of . Maud Muller =
is quoted by correspondent Of the
Springfield Republioaa. lie was driving
with his sister through York. Me-, and
stopped AZ harvest field to inquire the
way. A young girl raking hay near the
sione-wall stopped to answer their in
quirics Whittier noticed as she talked
that she hashfully raked the hay around
and over her bare feet. and she was
fresh and fair The little incident left
is impression. and he wrote out the
poem that very evening. =. But ii had
had any idea he said. "ihat the
plaguey little thing would have been 80
liked. should have taken more pains
with IL" TO the inquiry as 10 the title.
Maud Muller, he said ii was suggested
to him, and WAS not a selection. Ii
came a. the poem came. But be gives
i the short German pronunciation, as
Mueller, not the broad Yankee Muller.
Mr.. j. J.. Toole, the actor, l. said
60 have begun his artistic career at the
early age Of 6 years. Mr.. f. l.. Blanch-
ard, passing through little English
village near London, in 1888, observed Il
small boy enacting variety Of charac-
tiers for the delight Of number Of APP
plauding juvenile companions. A dcx-
ferrous arrangement Of his pinafore, n
twis Of his child's cap and small stick
snatched from the hedge, and there was
the miniature figure Of IN old man tot
tcring about the garden. uttering few
wheeling words that perfected the rep
rescntaiion. Then with change Of
face, another rcadjustmcnt Of the pima
fore, and word and whistle given ~
turns, the six-year-old Toole became the
true comic countryman, highly amusing
70 his little audience. Mr.. Blanchard
in luired the name ~ this precocouS
yolng gentleman, and a small giggling
damsel lisped out: Its only a little
London boy down for his health, sir. NJ
Fourteen years after that the young
comedian, abandoning forever the trade
Of winc-mcrchant, entered permanently
upon his theatrical career.