The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29
Personal Gossip.

rhe father of Hon. Levi z. Morton was
one Of the old-time, hard thinking New
England clergymcn. His salary was
only $500 year, but on that he man
aged to give each Of his six children Il
good education.
Willard w. Poland of Municc, Ind, is
posted as having eloped with Mrs. James
Pixley and Miss Mary Warner. The cir
cular offering $500 reward for their dis
covery says ''the parties have always
moved in the best society, attending
church and Sunday-schoolr regularly, and
will be likely to keep up the same APP
pcarances."
Mrs. Clark sister of Edwin Booth, in
her work, lately published, ''The Elder
and the Younger Booth" tells an Incl
dent in the life of her father, wllir,
gains interest from the facts that it is ,''l
doubtely true. While on a trip South,
on the steamer Neptune, Mr.. Booth
81. b. had one of his fits Of depression,
and finally jumped overheard. Tom
Flynn, the actor, who accompanied Booth
! on the voyage, took small boat, III
company with others, and finally sue
ceeded in escuing the would-be suicide.
Almost the first words uttered by Booth
after they drew him in were: 81 say,
Tom, look out! You're heavy man; be
steady; if the boat upsets we'll all he
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 lisa SPLENDID exal!.-
| pie of physical and mental vi4or. H"
| has but recently completed for hillsc.i
| a palace costing half million doll;tr~,
and at a feast given upon his seventy
fifth birthday, last week, each Of his
half-dozen daughters found in their
napkins check for $3.50, 900
New York Herald: "Bishop Fv>>
! (MethodisD, who has just come outalcul
in Il severe light Of erysipcllS, is one vi
the finest specimens Of physical man
hood in America Tall, broad-SlOu,l-
! cred, deep-chested, he has a complex
| ion as fair as a wonans, and a blue eve
rs clear as can be found i'll the Elr,l,-
tains or on Tie prlir;rS. lie Ina: always
| believed that 10 honest man can have
! too much ofGospel, roast beef, colSritnrc
| and pure air, and has by his personal lif,.
! proved the soununess of his theories.
| Here is a new "Boston notirn,' and
one worthy Of all commentator. Jor
dan, Marsh 4 Co., the largest dry goods
tirnin Boston, have generously resolved
| to give eleven of their employees Il var;l-
ton, and pay their expenses of L trip 10
| Europe, the fortunate ones being drawn
| for 10y lot. To the eleven, for others,
who have served the firm continunu>ly
| for twenty years, are to be added, tie
whole party, including the wives ufsumr
Of the gentleman, numbering twenty
five.
Galignani tells good story at the ex-
| pcnse of a very wealthy American who,
| coming to the conclusion thai he ncc,i,l
Il coat OF arms, ordered one. The per
| son to whom he gave the order was L
wag an suggested as a motto the words.
"Semper nobilis omnibus benign
which he translated freely, Railways no-
| bic and kind to everybody" His patron
was pleased with it and at
guessed readily to the
suggestion that on his coat of arms th,.
motto should be represented by the
| initials of the words, as the "StnatI:S
| Of populus que Romans" Of the Roman
Republic was represented on itSbannrr~
by the initials 5. P. @. II. And it WAS
some time before the wealthy man dis
| covered that the beautiful stationery -
which he and his family We're writiuN
their many epistlcs really bore the cay
! ton of S, n, o, q.