The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-07-10
Personal Mention.


life to subsistence on dry Concord Phil
osophy and plain vegetables. But there
is Mrs. Baker of Taylorsville, Va, who
is more than dozen years Mr.. Alcott's
senior, and she has made a practice of
eating meat and drinking dozen cups
of strong coffee every day. The coffee
might have killed old Alcott, but certain
it is that Mrs. Baker would have starved
to death long ago on diet of Concord
philosophy and baked potatoes.
Following is list of the prominent
millionaires of the United States: Will
liam H. Vanderbilt, $20O,O00,O 900;
Fair. of California. $50, 900, 900; Flood
of California, $4,000 900; Mackay, of
California, $5O,OO0,OOO; August Bel
mont, $3O,OOO,OOO; Senator Sharon,
SIS, 600, 900; Senator Jones, 500, 900 900;
Astor, of New York, $75, 600, 900; James
G.Benne tt, $50 200, 900; Jay Gould $685.
100000; S. J. Tilden, $25, 900, 900; So
Ion Humphreys. $15, 900, 900; Sidney
Dillon, SIS 100000; Edward Clark,
1875, 900, 600; Cakes Ames. Jr., $15 ,OOO,-
600; Perry Fl. Smith of Chicago, $15,-
O00,O 900; Pierre lorillard, ST., ZOO, 900.
Touching her recent marriage, Mrs.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox writes to Chica-
go friend as follows: IT have been OK
ceedingly surprised and panied at the
bad taste which the press at large dis
played in reference to this occurrence in
my life. All the severe and often cruel
criticisms relative to my book I looked
upon as so many dollars, and accepted
them with good grace. But in this
event which concerned my private life
and most sacred feelings, I have felt
that deserved greater courtesy from
the newspapers, especially as all that
has been written concerning me must
be seen and read by strangers who are
to be my future associates, and must
natqTal1y influence their impressions of
me-"
Maria Jeanneret, one of the most
noted criminals of the age, died in prison
at Geneva, Switzerland, recently. She
was an extensive secret poisoner, hav-
ing caused the death of no less than
nine prominent people, with probable
ity Of scores of others. She belonged
to an honorable family, was exemplary
in her manners, and apparently kind
hearted, so much SO that she frequent
ly volunteered her assistance in cases of
sickness. She gave her patients the
greatest attention, yet they generally
died. Belladona was the drug upon
which she relied to do the work.
When convicted, capital punishment
had been abolished, and she was SEN
fenced for life.
The following incident is told us of
the Duke of Buccleucb, who recently
died in England. Not very long ago,
while travelling with the Duke of North
cumberland, they found themselves in
carriage with commercial traveller.
The conversation between the three
soon became general. At Alnwick
station the Duke of Northumberland got
out and was driven away in showey
equipage. "That mustl be SWELL"
said the commercial traveller. "Do you
know who he is?" "He is>the Duke of
of Northumberland" replied his grace
of Baccleuch. "And yet they say that
our nobility is naughty! Why, Ls talked
to us two snobs as though we inad been
his pals!"
TWAS in the mild September of 1888
that James Ham went into saloon in
Brooklyn with some friends. In the
course of the evening he yielded to the
somnifc influences of beer and dozed.
The gas was turned down, pair of
scissors was procured, and in a few
minutes Mr.. Ham was shorn of his
beautiful beard. It was not until he
had an interview with his wife on reach
ing home that Mr.. Ham fully realized
the force of the calamity that had be-
fallen him: After nursing his wrath
for many months he at length resolved
to seek redress. in the courts. He has
brought suit in the supreme court,
Brooklyn, against the saloon keeper to
recover 81 900 for the loss of his beard.
The following touching incident is re-
lated by correspondent as having oc-
CURED in suburban train on the New
York and New England Railroad the
other day: A tall, elderly and we'll
known gentleman, whose temperance
principals no one had ever suspected as
otherwise than of the. soundelt, slowly
rises from his seat in the smoking car
and walks sedately into the baggage
apartment of the car, which is separated
from the main portion by door, the
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