The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 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 Nrs. James
Pixley and Miss Mary Warner. The cir
cular offering $500 reward for their dis
covery says 1.-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 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. 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
Flynn, the actor, who accompanied Booth
on the voyage, took small boat, III
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: II 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
pie Of physical and mental vigor. He
has but recently completed for himself
a palace costing half million dollars.
and at a feast given upon his seventy
fifth birthday, last week, each of his
half-dozen daughters found in their
napkins check for $250,0OO
New York Herald: "Bishop Foss
(N1ethodist), 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 complex
ion as fair as a woman's, and a blue eye
as clear as can be found in the noun
tains or on the prairies. He has always
believed that 10 honest man can have
too much of Gospel, roast beef, conscience
and pure air. and has by his personal life
proved the soundness of luis theories.
Here is new "Boston notion" and
one worthy Of all commentator. Jor-
dan. Marsh 4 Co., tue largest dry goods
firmin Boston, have generously resolved
to give eleven Of their employees q vacs-
ton, and pay their expenses Of a trip to
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, tho
whole party, including the wives of some
Of the gentleman, numbering twenty
five
Galignani tells good story at the ex-
pense of very wealthy American who,
coming to the conclusion that he needed
coat OF arms, ordered one. The per-
son to whom he gave the order was
wag AMI suggested as motto the words,
"Semper nobilis omnibus benignus,"
which he translated freely, "Always no
ble 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, Oh