The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-03

Five of the family live within half a mile of
one another; the sixth lives about a mile and a
hall from the others. The family has always
lived in Woodbridge, and the homestead, which
is of the family's founding, has been in its pos
session 14O years.
SIR HENRY BRAND has definitely made I'D his
mind TO resign the Speakers chair, to which he
was elected in 1872, at the close of the present
Parliament. 1t is the rule to bestow on the re-
tirlng Speaker a peerage and a pension of $780,
600 per annum. tenable for two lives. But just
as the last Speaker. Mr.. Evelyn Dennison, de-
clined the pension on relinquishing the chair, SO
the present occupant will decline the peerage,
preferring to bear the title of the ancient BaronY
OF Dacre, to which he is next in succession,
rather than accept the style and dignity of a
new creation. Several names continue to be-
mentioned with the new speakership, but it may
be ten years off, and the choice remains open. 4
ONE of the most curious customs of the Iro-
v1ncial Italians of the lower Glasses is observed
in connection with their marriages. The bride
is dragged from her home by main strength.
The struggle begins in her own little room, to
which she must cling, beseeching her married
women friends, who are appointed TO bring her
forth to the ceremony, to permit her TO remain
there. She clutches the bed-post in despair and
shrieks when she is torn away from it, then she
catches hold of the door, then the staircase,
tables chairs, anything in the way. till she Is
dragged to the outer door. If she does not DO
this she is accused Of immodesUv, and the more
she struggles the more heroic is her virtue ac-
counted to be.
BETTINA DE SORTS, the danseuse who last
year created such a furore In Venice, was named
by the young Venetians "Bou-Bon." On Tie
night of her benefit a handsome satin box lined
uyifh - hAna .aI -. la.l1 IL. lH
tie dancer also, was sent to the stage. AT the
close of the ballet Mile, 'Bon-Brn,' as IA tvibute
to her admirers, stepped into the box, which had
been placed conspicuously behind the foOtights.
The lid was closed over Bettina's head, and the
house rang with cheers while the curtain fell.
A scene of excitement ensueG upon the stage,
however, for the box shut with a spring, the So.
cret of which nobody present understood, aid
before "BOn-BOn" could be extricated from her
place among the candies she was almost suffo'
Gated. She got out in time to be hired by Mr..
Mapleson.
THE bust of Fielding which was recently IN,
yelled at Taunton, England, was made by the
artist from a sketch by Hogarth. The sketch
however, was not one of Fielding, but of Gar,
rick, the celebrated actor, who, a short time at
ter the death of the noted author, was lament.
ing the fact that Fielding had died without a
single portrait of him having been taken, when
he (Garrick) suddenly exclaimed: az Think that
I could make his face" and at once used all his
skill as a contortionist to that end. Hogarth
was thunderstruck with the effect, and cried:
"For heavens sake hold, David; remain as you
are for a few minutes" Garrick did so, aud
Hogarth soon sketched the outlines of his face,
and the portrait was not only the original Of
Miss Thomas's bust, but of every portrait Of
Fielding now extanJ.