The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1884-03-20
Personal GOSSIP.

According to the Boston Saturday
Evening Gazette, Wendell Phillips die
not believe in modern improvements
appertaining to household conf orts
and when he removed to Common street
even had the furnace, water, and gal
taken out of the house. He never al
lowed curtains at his windows to ex.
clude air or sunshine.
A man named Sylvester Edwards
was put in the Fulton county,. N. Y,
almshouse about seven years ago, anG
though apparently healthy he has apent
the entire time asleep in bed. Every
day the attendant raises him up and
feeds him and then lays him back or
the bed. He never speaks or pays any
attention to what is going on. He il
about fifty years old,
A Mr.. Warren, who died recently at
Bernardstown, Va, left all his proper.
ty ssto oppose that horrid old monster
Of kingcraft called religion" He was
strictly orthodox in early life, but one
Of his daughters stole conside
quantity of his goods and ran away
with a young man who boosted of his
piety. This changed his feelings com.
pletely. He planted a butternut tree.
and expressed a wish to be buried un.
der it, as he was ayerse to so-called
Christian burial.
Commander Winfield Scott Sch1ey,
who is to be in charge Of the Greedy re-
Lief fleet, was born in 1889, at Freder.
lex, Nd, and, leaving the Naval Acade.
my in 1859, went to Japanese waters.
as master and lieutenant. Since 1864
he has been at the Naval Acadamy, in
the Asiatic fleet, the South American
station, and in the lighthouse service.
He has not been Ill since he came tc
mans estate.
The Rev. Thomas r. Austin had ar
interesting career. He took the high
est honors at Oxford, Eng, a half cen
fury ago, Later, starting for America.
he was shipwrecked and lived for thir.
teen days without food or water. Dur.
ing the war Of the rebellion he was &
brigade surgeon among Indian troops.
At one time he had the most complete
Masonic library in America, but fire de.
stroyed all his books. At the time Of
his death, a few days ago, he was rector
of st. James P. E. Church, at Vincen,
mes, Ind.
Dave Walker was one of the best sol.
diers that Lee had. Dayewas in Rich.
mond sometime since, and sitting al
night in the st. James hotel he heard d
fellow with a cooked hat on talking
everybody nearly to death about the
war. He said he had been colonel
Finally he drew a seat up by Dave an6
asked him If he was In the war. Dave
said Eyes, he was there" @What position
did you hold ?" "None, sir, said DIVE
az reckon I'm the lonesomest man ii
the world" "Ah, why so?" asked tn.
colonel. why" said Dave was ,
private in the war, and / am the onI.
one have ever seen since.
a Montreal dispatch says MATTHEW
Arnold created sensation Wednesday
at lunch given in his honor by French
and English citizens in the Windso
Hotel. In replying at toast to hi
health, he denounced severely the mar
row and illiberal doctrine of certain re
hgious denominations, and especially
pointed at the Roman Catholic church
Some French Canadians, including
Louis Frechette, poet laureate of thu
French Academy in Paris, and a distin
guished litterateur, who welcomed TIT
philosopher at the outset in poem, re.
sented the attack on the church by rising
and leaving the the table.
The embonpoint OF ext Queer
Isaella Of Spain, 2 says Lucy Hooper. ii
really extraordinary, and she increases
her apparent size by always dressing il
pale, delicate tints, pearl gray in the da.
time and white at night being he,
favorite colors. Her features are Large
her eyes blue and her complexion ford
At times her skin bears the marks o
the hereditary Bourbon nsalady name
| ~ scrofula, from which the entire roya
family of Spain are great sufferers
Her manners are charming. No Primo
| ess in Europe returns salutation Wit
more admirable blending of conrtes,
and dignity or receives isitor witt
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