New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-31
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Joseph Cook will begin Il course of eight lec-
lures in fremont Temple, Boston, on the first Mon-
day in February.
The late Professor SOphocles was once approached
by visitor of the Shapiro genus, who had some
manuscripts alleged to be autographs of some OF
the early Fathers of the Church. The venerable
Greek exposed the pretensOns of several without
losing his cOmposure; but when at last the original
manuscript of the Athanasian Creed in the writing
of St. Athanasius T.. produced, he called his
visitors attention to a large club in the corner OF
the ROOM and pointed significantly toward the door.
by which the terrified man made his escape WIN
some precipitation.
The unteniiied Democracy Of the Old Bay State
will have their annual Jackson dinner in Boston on
Tuesday afternoon, January r. Governor Albeit,
of New-Jersey, will be among the guests, as VIII
also General Roger A. Pryor, but whether or noe
tho thcn-to-be Ex-Governor of Massachusetts, VIII
put his feet under the mahogany" is still problem
attic General Butler has by the way, been very
bnsy of late setting hls hOuse-the State lOGse-in
order and his private Office has been prepared Tor
his return thithcr. lie will spend the winter in
Boston, where his legal practice VIII Keep hlm
buslly employed.
Mr. W. w. CorcOran's eighty-fifth birthday last
week was marked by the receipt from Paris Of a
beautiful token of recognition Of his services to art
and deeds of charity in the form of decoration Of
the ancient Order of Melusine, " founded in 11S6
By the Queen of Guy de Lusignan, King of Jerusa-
lem. The order is benevolent and scientific ones
and was named for the legendary mother OF the
L,isignan family Mr. COrcoran also received many
visits froW friends and many presents, and while he
was looking ut some OF the gifts ms eyes lei upon
a photograph of the late Bishop Pinkney Before
another twelyemOnth," said he, " | Will erect y
monument to the memory of that great and good
man And will have It surmOuutcd with an exact
copy in marble of this photograph, which is tho
best likeness of him ever saw"
Shortly after Miss Alcott's " Little Women was
published a quict-lOOk lady entered Boston en-
culatiug library and asked lady clerk to pick her
out a good book that would rest and amuse herr
Naturally Little Womcu" was offered and de-
clined ats very nice; you'd like it, urged the
clerk. II should not care to read IT," said tho
other Bat at least look at it, No. came the
answer, firmly and with an odd smile; " it is not q
hook that I should care TO read" Then the clerk
pretty angry, walked away to the chief librarian
and cried There's. woman down there wants
book aud If you want her waited on some one Glss
sho saws Little Women - isn't good enough for her
to read" "Do you know who that lady Is ~ No.
and don't care" well, I'll tell yon; That IS
Louisa NJ. Alcott. Now go and get her book
Not often docs it fall to the lot of "a college pro-
essor to be held by his pupils in such universal es-
TEEN and affection rs the late DIR. Martin, OF tho
University of the City of NcwYOrk. During all ms
career IN that institution lie probably never au IN
enemy, nor ever was for hour the object of ILL
will. And yet the boys had lots of innocent fun at
the expense of Betty" as they called him. The APP
pearancc of his smiling, boysh face and gray curls,
and his slight figure draped in the inevitable cloak
in Chancellor Crosbys place at the chapel desk, was
always the signal for an Outburst of applause.
While he was reading the morning lesson the stu
dents marked every emphasized word with uni-
vcrsal and simultaneous stamp of the feet and thoy
applied the sane realistic ctUs to every accented
syllable in the hymn that he read. lie couldn't stop
thcm and indeed seldom tried; and whenever no
did try, his snow, gentlemen. please don't do that
any more was accompanied with a merry smile,
and only evoked louder burst OF applause. On
one OCCASION when fifty of the students were with
ing and tumbling about in the agOnies OF " cane
rush in the great hall of the University, he came
ont of the ChancclOrs room, his face beamlng WIN
smiles and holdin his eye glasses in one hand WITH
the other he patted the shoulder of brawny sopho-
moro, and exclaimed in his soft, sweet tones
Why gentlemen You mustn't do this Oehtle-
men! You must stop this ut oncew Tradition SAYS
that the sophomore in question took the Professor
Ilp in his arms rs tendcrly as baby, carried nun
back TO the Chanccllors room, placed HIM INSIDE
and shut the door, while The rushers kept on rush.