Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-08-18
personal AND LITERARY.

Madam Ristori, the famous trage-
dienne, is nearly sixty years old.
The widow Of President Tyler has
leased handsome residence In Rich
mond. and will hereafter make that city
hor home. f.
"A colored woman died at Ottawa,
Cam, recently who was brought over to
this country from Africa in 1908. in the
last slave ship that legally landed its
human freight here. Chicago journal.
"A gentleman living near Buffalo, N.
Y, has two daughters, one of whom
was born In Montana and the other in
Idaho. In remembrance Of his sojourn
in the Western wilds he has named them
after the two Territ ories.
The female correspondents who
make Washington their fruitful field of
operations have organized Press Club
and will endeavor to have galleries in
the Senate and House set apart for
their special use. Chicago Herald.
Preston Powers, the son of Hiram
Powers, the great sculptor, has COM
pleted the cast for marble bust of Gar
field. 1t has been pronounced perfect
by the wife and mother Of the dead
President The bust will be sculptered
In Rome.
Rufus Hatch says: "I was one of q
corps of engineers that did the first
days work that was ever done on u
railroad in Wisconsin. held ON to the
hind end of the chain and stopped it at
the 100-foot stake. That is the way /
commenced engineering.
The story of Mrs. Lincoln writing,
when young girl, letter in which she
expressed the determination to become
the wife of President, is confirmed by
the production of the document, now
in the possession of General Preston, of
Lexington, Ky. 1t was addressed to a
daughter of Governor Wickliffe, and
contained playful description of the
gawky young Lincoln, to whom she
was betrothed. She said: "But mean
to make him President of the United
States all the same. You will see that,
as always told you, will be the Pres
ident's wife. IN Y. Sun.
The late Bishop Scott was strongly
attached to outdoor sports. In early
youth he was forced by poverty to fish
for a living. and to the latest years of
his long life he retained fondness
which he frequently indulged for the
hook and line and net. He was expert
at the tiller and at the oars, and was
also a crack shot with fowling-piece
or rifle. After he had risen to the high
est honors of the church, he often took
delight in roaming through the fields
and woods, and sailing on the streams
or the bay, accompanied by his grand
sons and other boys of the neighbor-
hood, who found him genial comrade
and an apt instructor in the sportsman S
arts. Chicago Times.
Senator Vance, of North Carolina,
frequently illustrates his speeches with
anecdotes, or, rather, parallels, which
he relates in manner that seldom fails
to bring down the house, no matter how
much the majority may disagree with
him politically. Speaking not long age
against bill which he considered
penny wise and pound foolish" he
said it reminded him of kind old man
who lived at the top of hill in North
Carolina. One day WAGNER came
by, and, unluckily, got his team
"stalled'' at the foot of the hill. To tn,
old mans house he went, asking the
loan of pair of mules and n "fiftl
chain" to help him up the hill. Sait
the kind old man: "My friend, hav,
not pair of mules or a fifth chain t,
save your life. But l am always anx
ious to help a man in distress; cal
lend you the best fiddle you ever drew
a bow across. Chicago Times.