The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-22

Ferson@s S.~ -sys .aata.
Andrew .Johnson's granddaughter,
Miss Patterson, Is reported to be pro.
pairing TO take the platform as lee
turer.
Henry u. Thoreau was an unsociN
larson. apparently much fonder Of his
roodland companions q beast and bird
than az human beings. This reserve
AID not. however, extend to children
Ne loved them dearly. He was natural
and boylike with them, and they al
liked him and were always ready TO 60
with ssHenry" on berrying excursions
and walks in the woods.
One Of the busiest men in Newport
i Mr.. George Bancroft, the well known
writer. He is an early riser, and his
nair Of stenographers are obliged to be
I. his cottage upon the cliffs soon after
so'clock every day. The eleventh vol.
ume OF his "History Of the United
Statesr will be sent TO the printers next
winter, and this will take the great work
up TO the year 1890.
The new comic opera by Gilbert
and sullivan, which Is to be brought cut
n this country next fall, is described by
he London newspapers as burlesque
~ Italian opera, great deal like opera
homie. and not much in the style Of
.Pinafore.r The introduction Of six
burrlars into ! house, where they fall in
love with six maidens, constitutes the
second act, instead of furnishing the en-
tire action Of the piece, as ut first pro-
posed. Nonsme has yet been chosen
Mr.. James Whistler, the artist. is
described hy writer In Scyibner as be-
ing exceedingly witty and original, and
also not unsSfisied with himself. "Do
YOU see that ~ there2't he asked one
dav OF visor 70 his 6tudioy jnslicating
with careseing EPsture . spot Of can
yass he had lust been painting. = That,
sir-that-by Joye, the man who could
DO that could do any thing with .
humorous twinkle, hall delighted with
himself. half amused AZ his conceit In
recognizing II.
Mr., Joaquip Miller has returned 70
Nswydk altar an absence of q lew
months, during which time he has trav-
eled se<eral thousands Of miles in pay
ing tiying visits to the Sicrras, to his old
home Ia Orp1on, to Mexico and TO Can
ads, where he has placed his daughter,
IA years of age, in convent school,
The poet went away wearing long
brown nair and full beard. He re-
turns in smart gray business suit and
smarter mustache, and with his hair
cropped short.
When Payne, the author Of ssHome,
Sweet Home returned TO Boston after
long absence in Europe, he called up
on lady. IN old schoolmate, who said :
"Mr. Payne. don't you find Boston
much chsnged?- eyes. madam" he
answered, livery much receive many
invitations 70 attend church, and very
few to dinner" When the poor poet
went TO assume his Office at Tunis, his
luggage was az once most pathetic and
amusing had several trunks filed
with books, and hardly any clothes.
A very graceful act was performed
BY the University Of Oxford, says the
London Hovnet, in comforting upon Ivan
SergeItsch Turgueneff its honorary dc
gree Of ID G. l.. NJ. Turgueneff's rela'
tons with the powers that be in his OWE
country are scarcely friendly. He loves
aud he has been instrumental in freeing
tie Russian people. With their rulers
on the contrary, he Is in no favor; but
il was not as . Russian that M. Tur
guenfff has been honored, but as a poet
An arf,et . nrofornd afuflont and paiuf