Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-11-19
NOTED PEOPLE.

Vera Sassulitsch, the Russian nihilist,
is on the editorial staff of the Paris
Commune.
Mile. Alice Greyy, daughter of the
French president, is engaged to marry it
is said, an exceedingly wealthy French
landowner.
A memorial to the late Prince Louis
Napoleon will soon be set up on Chisel-
hurst commons. 1t is a runic cross of
gray granite, twenty-seven feet high.
The head of the Irish De Veres, Sir
We're De We're, has just died. His
brother, Aubrey, the poet, now stands
as heir presumptive to the baronetcy.
NJ Henri Roehefort is now one of the
most picturesque men in Paris. His
shock of curly hair is white as snow, and
his black eyes have burning bright
ness.
The Duke of Buckingham attempted
the ascent of Mont Blanc the other day.
He was made suddenly i'll by the rare
faction of the air, and had to be re-
moved to the Grands-Mulets.
The Princess of Wales, it is reported,
means to set the London fashions dur
ing the coming season, and the Duchess
of Edinburgh and the Duchess of Con-
naught have agreed to obey her.
Thomas Carlyle has abandoned the
idea of writing an autobiography on &C
count of his continued ill-health. Mr..
Froude is collecting materials for a
biography of Carlyle, and the first
volume will be issued next year.
Jean Leon Gerome is one of the hand
soonest men in France. The lines of his
face are wonderfully strong and refined,
and he has an unmistakable expression
of power. His manners are quiet and
courteous. He is now nearly fifty
seven
When Jenny Lind visited America the
famous caricaturist Cham amused him
self by representing an American walk
ing about with his hand in glass case.
81 do not use it any longer" said the
American, "since Jenny Lind has shook
| it,"
Sir Bartle Frere, who is great favor
tie at court, and, in spite of his strong
Scll-Wlll, vi hI' NldusIOu6 anu Ills HILL
ly, has been appointed member of her
Majesty's Indian council in London, an
appointment much more agreeable in
every way than that he held in South
Africa. The salary is 100000 year.
Prince Roland Bonaparte, the son of
Prince Pierre, and the young man who
is about to marry the wealthy Mile.
Blanc, is described as youth of ''noble
sentiments and statue-like beauty, six
feet high, and never known to laugh
since his country was overrun by Ger
man invaders"
Mile. Hubertine Auclert, the celebra-
ted French advocate of womans rights,
is described as a blueeyed brunette OF
distinguished appearance and delicate
features. Her age is about 25. She is
the daughter of a rich landholder, and
1 was educated in convent. In early
life she attracted notice by the manner
in which she considered Christianity as a
sort of republican communism.
Fran Charlotte Embden, the sister OF
the poet Heine, now lives at Hamburg.
and at seventy seven does not look more
more than fifty. She is an object OF q
great deal of attention on thepart of hel
brothers worshipers. His letters have
been shown to so many admiring visitors
that they have fallen all to tatters, and
have to be accompanied by signed and
sealed certificate of authenticity.
A beautifully stained-glass window, in
three parts, to the memory of Mark
Lemon, formerly the editor of London
Punch, has just been placed in Crawley
church, Sussex. In addition to various
texts round the borders, the following
inscription is placed at the foot of the
memorial "1n memory of Mark Lemon
who died May 25, 1870, these three
lights are placed by his family"
When Hans Christian Andersen, one
Of whose dearest hopes in going to
Sweden had been to meet Fredriks
Bremen, was presented to her on the
deck of a steamer, she had never heard
of him, and was quite stiff He produced
one of his books, however, as she left
him; and after an hour or so she hur
ried back. 81 know you now," said she
and thus began lifelong friendship.