Little Falls transcript., 1884-02-22
Personal Gossip.

F:In advising yon whom to ',lariy,
says the Rev. DR.. Hutton, Il mast
warn you against the lazy man and the
drinking man. Two stubborn or high
tempered persons should not marry
Women should study to be good house
keepers, and girl without tasta ot
liking for housekeeping should never
marry"
Ernest Frederic William Klinherincs
n we'll known astronomer, shot hin.st Il
in the observatory at Gottingen Mn
day. There is no explain alton Of Tie
act, unless Young's line, ..''The undo
vout astronomer is mad" Klinkerfrc~
was 56 years old and has been direr5o,.
of the Gottingen observatory for p
years, succeeding Gauss. He has dis
covered several comets and calcui.ted
their courses, and he has invented
many valuable Instruments, among
them the biflar, or two-threaded ly
grometer, for measuring the noola:ur,
of the atmosphere. He has written
several treatises on special subjects ii
astronomy and meteorology.
A farmer from Pocahontas count,
West Virginia, appeared in Staus.:o:i
the other day searching for an a1lct,c5,
block and an a11ctioneer He was tln,nl,-
founded when told that there were IL.
slave auctions in Virginia. He re-
turned to his mountain home unable to
sell the two slaves that he desired to
sell. He had cultivated his farm all
these years in ignorance of the clll;.nri-
patton proclamation.
While abroad last summer, Rev.
Hugh Elder, pastor of the C,';s:lh:e
street Congregational Church III :;.;:~nl,
Mass. preached at the Un;vr:,ity
Chapel in Edinburgh, Scotland, al to
such acceptance that he was {. .l<o'} Il he
would entertain call to becomr''i, pas
tor. He at that time emp1lat:t%,iIv : IT.
fused, but about ten days ago x, IT,
ceived unanimous call, and on Sr",i>
he detained his congregation and ~+ttcA
the case, saying that he left it with til.>
people to decide the matter, Mr. El.7rl
is warmly beloved, and it is hoped t!,,t
he will remain in Salem.
NJ Ruel is sort of Frencl ilniIr-
way. He began life by selling nlct'he,,
and then became the largest mannfa"
turer of them in France, his wealth hH-
ing estimated at 5,00O,O 900 france On:
of his charitable enterprises was to Start
a restaurant for the poor in the Rue d:
Rochehowait, Paris, st which heart,
dinner can be obtained for 10 cents.
and of which an average of 5000 pau
pers avail themselves daily. He has
now, from equally human motives built
the Hotel Beau Revage) at Cannes
where invalids, compelled to 60 there
for their health, can have. board ana
lodging for from to IL francs da,
Dutcan D. Grandpre is the name Of
an eccentric old recluse who recently
died in Montreal After having
amassed a snug fortune, some thirt%
years ago, Grandpre retired from busi
ness. He bought a costly coffin na,l'
OF walnut, elegantly lined on the inSid"
aud decorated on the outside with silvt!
handles, etc. This he made his Slcrpine
accommodation up to the time prcced
ing his death. He once got nearly as
phyxiated by the lid Of the coffin falling
down and excluding the air. His per-
lious position, however, was discovered
in time, but not too soon to save him
This warning caused him to abandon
his strange bed, but the shock he re-
celyed then probably caused his deatls
years afterwnrd. -