Morris tribune., 1882-06-29
Personal GOSSIP.

The father of Hon. Levi P. Morton was
one of the old-time, hard thinking New
England clergymen. His salary was
only $500 year, but on that he man
aged to give each of his six children
good education.
Willard W. Poland of Munice, Ind, is
posted as having eloped with Mrs James
Pixley and Miss Mary Warner. The cir
cular offering $500 reward for their dis
coverv says ''the parties have always
moved in the best society, attending
church and Sunday-school regularly, and
will be likely to keep up the same ap-
pearances."
Mrs. Clark a sister of Edwin Booth, i'll
her work, lately published, ''The Elder
and the Younger Booth" tells an Incl
dent in the life of her father. which
gains interest from the facts that it is un-
doubtely true. While on a trip South,
on the steamer Neptune, Mr.: Booth
and finally jumped overheard. Tom
on the voyage, took a small boat, in
company with others, and finally sue
ceeded in rescuing the would-be suicide.
Almost the first words uttered by Booth
after they drew him in were: ~ say,
Tom, look out! You're heavy man; be
steady; if the boat upsets we'll all be
drowned.
A Grand old specimen of humanity is
the Honorable Isaac Holden, of the Brit
ish house of commons. He is seventy
five years of age, yet isa splended exam
pie of physical and mental vigor. He
has but recently completed for himself
palace costing half million dollars,
and at feast given upon his seventy
fifth birthday, last week, each of his
half-dozen daughters found in their
napkins check for $250,0O0
New York Herald: "Bishop Foss
(Methodist), who has just come out ahead
in severe tight of erysipelas, is one of
the finest specimens Of physical man
hood in America. Tall, broad-should-
cred, deep-chested, he has a complex
ion as fair as woman's, and blue eve
as clear as can be found in the noun
tains or on the prairies. He has always
believed that no honest man can have
too much of Gospel, roast beef, conscience.
and pure air, and has by his personal life
proved the soundness of his theories.
Here is a new ''Boston notion" and
one worthy Of all commendation. Jor-
| dan, Marsh & Co., the largest dry goods
frmin Boston, have generously resolved
to give eleven of their employees vaca-
ton, and pay their expenses of a trip t"
| Europe, the fortunate ones being drawn
| for by lot. To the eleven, for others.
| who have served the firm continuously
| for twenty years, are to be added, the
| whole party, including the wives ofsOme
of the gentleman, numbering twenty
| five.
Galignani tells good story at the ex-
| pense of very wealthy American who:
I coming to the conclusion that he needed
a coat OF arms, ordered one. The per-
son to whom he gave the order was a
wag AMI suggested as a motto the words.
'Semper nobilis omnibus bemgnus, y
which he translated freely, always no
bic and kind to everybody" His patron
was pleased with it and ac-
| quiesced readily to the
suggestion that on his coat of arms the
motto should be represented by the
initials of the words, as the "Senatus
of populus que Romans" of the Roman
| Republic was represented on its banners
| by the initials S. P. Q. r. And it was
some time before the wealthy man dis
covered that the beautiful stationery on
which he and his family were writing
their many epistles really bore the cap
| ton of S, n. 0. 3.