The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-04-27
Personal Gossip.

Personal Gossip.
Governor Littlefeld of Rhode leland is q
man Of the people. having in his early days
worked in cotton factory at Natick, one of
the villages which have grown up around
the Sprague mills. While Littlefeld was
tolling at the spindle William Sprague was
governor. By turn of fortunes wheel
Sprague became bankrupt and LittleGeld
Governor.
NJ. Roustan does not at all like the idea of
coming to represent France at Washington,
and in all probability, the Paris Figaro
says, will not consent to the exile. CIn it
be II at NJ. Roustan, whose reputation for
br.yery is not or ,et, can have been reading
the Indain stories of the far west?
A Washington letter says that the presi-
dent goes everywhere and knows everything.
No place is too high or too low to Withstand
his magical influence. He visits the vari-
GUS executive departments with homelike
ease and familiarity; he is welcome guest
at the lodgings of senators and representa-
tives; he breakfasts with foreign ministers,
and dimes and wines with the highest dig
nitaries; he critically examines the most
important state papers.
One night some years ago, at prayer
meeting in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, a
speaker t1rned to the Rev. Lyman Beecher,
who h. opened to be there according to usual
Gus ON. and remarked that he supposed
that venerable enlleman was ready to say:
"Lord, now lettest thou depart in peace. "
md calmly 20 bone to glory. The old man
strait himself up with dignity and
answered in his semi brusque way: No,
don't, never in my life felt so much like
living as do now"
Sarah Bernhard recently, while walking
in the Il ,ister of the Santa Croce in F or
ence noticed a ragged little hoy drawing
figures on the white marble pavement. She
thought she had discovered genius, and
told him to call at her house. He went
that evening, accompanied by his mother, a
poor woman, to whom she off red 100 francs
month if she would let him go to France
aud study drawing. The offer was accepted
With erootfnl tAora, ona nov ro-ns Giuseppe
Colci is one of the cleverest painters at the
manufacture of Sevres.
The bloodthirst7 potentate, King Thee
paw, Of Burmah, has 81 ,na:ized his recog-
Try from serious illness by renewing the
quarrel with his held quee I, and a some
what serious crisis is thought to be at hand.
The St. james Gazette says: "Theebaw's
throne is by no means too secure. His ILL.,
ness set men to thinking about successor;
ana if raid is made on the ministers it is
iAeiy that some one of the" will announce
his candidate, march on Mo it-shobs, the
tie white umbrella and commence civil
war. How British Burmah is to csc .pe
Being drawn in will then be a matter for
consideration. War in the North will
mean armed raids all along the
rontier.
1t is said that Henry NJ. Stanley, the
african explorer, when on the staff of the
Omaha Herald dozen years ago, was re-
10 ;ted by hewitchlng little ac:ress then
Srown as Annie Ward. She married an
sctor named Baker, and four years after
wards committed suicide at St. Louis.
driven to desperation by the neglect and
assertion Of the man she had chosen in
preference to the explorer.
People are already getting very much
mixed mp as to the identg of the Senator
Hale and the So ctary Chandler. Queer
~ enough, the daughter of Senator 4 .ch
Chandler, of Michigan who became Secre-
tarv Chandler some years ago, married MIR.
Hale, who is now the senator from Maine
shile, on the other hand, daughter Of the
Late Senator Hale Of New Hampshire, mar
ried Mr.. William z. Chandler. who has
Just been nominated sec1 etary of the navy.
Bat there is no relationship whatever be-
tween the two families Chandler and the
Two families Hale.
Lord Houghton, who is slowly recover
ing from what is believed to be fatal
stroke Of paralysis, is an adni5er of Amer
'cans as we'll as American things. When
asked few years ago why he had not
visited the great lepubli c, he said: II am
afraid to 60 because might never want to
come hone agaiu." No man ever yet Sal
more curious and unexpected things than
Lord Houghton. It is Impossible to pre-
dict what view be will take on any given
subject. Hence he was called, while in the
house of lords, "The Cool of the Even
ing" and in later life, "The B I'd of Para
dcx."
Gaubaldi, bowed down by age and in
tirmities, is described as having presented
pitiable sight on his recent visit to Sici-
ly to attend the celebration Of the "vespers.
The difficulty of moving him from the rail
wav coach to the carriage at Palarmo cans
ed him to be placed in the vehicle with his
back to the horses, and it Was though best
not to try to move Elm around. SO he
rode to the villa prepared for him backward
and doubled up, with his heao on the
knees of his wife, who sat opposite to him.
In sympathy with his sutferirgs, the $4,000
persons VINO had assembled to greet him
attempted no demonstration. but stood il
silence, with barred heads. as their illustli-
GUS guest passed among them.