Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-02-10
Personal Paragraphs

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Personal Paragraphs.
Mrs. Mcfarland, a missionary on duty
in Alaska, writes to friends in st. Louis
that on Christmas day she distributed
the contents of Il large box Of clothing,
toys and goodies which had been sent
by st. Louis children to the heather of
the frigid coast.
Perhaps it is not generally known
says the New Haven (Conn.) Register,
that Hawthorne drudged for Peter Par
ley, Of this city, for few years Beginning
with 1881, writing immortal tales for $3
a piece.
Mrs. Winnie Ream Hoxie was an I'M
successful competitor to prepare the
statue the State of Ohio desires to place
in the National statuary gallery in the
capitol at Washington, of the late Pres
ident Garfield. Whereupon the Chica-
go Tribune innocently remarks, There
are pleasant features connected with
even the greatest tragedies"
Three German children, the oldest ten,
started for their parents in this country,
with next to nothing but little tcstc-
ment given them by an aunt, inside the
cover of which were written the names
of the children, and underneath the
words "Christ says, "Whatsoever we do
to one of these little ones, We have done
it unto Me-" They came through safely
from Prussia to Illinois.
The invalid wife of Wendell Phillips
keeps her husband as usual confined to
the old house, their new home on Com
mon street, Boston, and his withdrawal
from the lecture field and public occa-
sions Is not due to any faiiings ofhis own
powers or lessening OF his interests. He
keeps abreast the times, however, and
occasionally he takes little ''hyer' in
the market He is said to be an author
ity in the matter ofjudiclous invest
ments.
The Norwich Bulletin tells of an old
bachelor in Voluntown, Conn, who has
now lived to the age of nearly three
score years and has never known an
hours sickness, has never INDUCED in
the use of tea, coffee. or liquors of any
kind, has never used tobacco in any form,
eats no cake, pie, custards or candy,
takes but two meals day, and these of
the plainest food, and, to cap the climax,
has never walked a rod with woman
since he has reached even boyhood's
age.
In reference to remark made by Lii
lie Devereaux Blake, and noted some
time since, the Toronto Mail observes:
miss Lille Devereaux Blake makes a
strong point against Barthold's celebra-
ted statue of Liberty Enlightening the
World" on the ground that it is absurd
to represeet Liberty as female, as fe-
males are the slaves of despotic men.
Very good, Lille; but in selecting a male
care must be taken that the typical fig
ure is not that of married man." And
that is sharp and fair retort.
Hon. J. r. Butchel, Of Akron, Ohio,
formally presented to the college that
bears his name the sum of 100000 in his
owl, behalf, and $l25,Ot o in behalf Of Mrs:
Lydia Messenger. He stated that he in
tended making the college his residuary
legatee at his death, and as he is worth
100000, and has few relatives to leave
much of his property to, the institution
will then have handsome endowment.
Mr.. Butcthel has now given the college
$500, 900. Mrs. Messenger has given it
$50, 600, and she also announces her in
tention of making it her residuary lega-
tee.
Mr.. William Grey, according to the
Whitehall Review, now suddenly become
the presumptive heir of the earldoms of
Stamford and Warrington, the baroi1y
of Grey of Groby and estates yield
ing 100000 a year, unaware
of his good fortune, is filling the appoint
ment of professor of classics at the Cod
rington college IN Barbados. He is a
nephew of the present earl and is thir-
ty-two years of age. Here is the ready
made material of a good old-fashioned
romance.
Mr.. Disraeli hesitated much, says the
London Truth, like Sergeant Ballentyne.
Before bringing out some telling and
well-prepared adjective, he would Ger
er-er" for minute or two, so as to make
his hearers suppose that he was choos-
ing between half a dozen words. And yet
many Of Mr.. Disraelps most effective
speeches were learned by heart. He
would give them to the Times reporter
before delivered, and although the re-
porter followed the speech, pencil in
hand, he seldom had to alter single
word SO excellent was Mr.. Disraeli's
memory,