Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-08
Gossip About People.

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flashed her seventy first novel-ten
more than one for every year of her
life. Bonner has an iron clad contract
with her, binding her to write for him
alone, and on demand, at SIS, 900 year.
!: The total number of hogs packed in
Cincinnati the past winter was 395 ,435,
against 3G5, 451 for the preceding season,
an increase Of nearly 10000.
Capt. G. W. Bourke. U. S. A., of
Gen. Crooks staff; at Whipple barracks,
says he recently delivered lecture to
the people of Prescott, and that "half
the audience were asleep in twenty min
utes. When I stated that would not
detain them longer the applause was
deafening."
Of the seventy-six United States
senators, at least thirty-tw are pro-
fessors OF religion, including one Jew,
one Roman Catholic, and two Unitari-
ans. Ofthese, sixteen, or just half, are
Presbyte1ians.
A Boston girl who is teachingin COL
orado writes home as follows: II have
forty scholars of all ages and teach al
most everything, grammar, history,
physiology, mathematics, manners,
morals, common sense, personal clean
liness, fancy work and general civiliza-
Jion."
"No," said a Vermont deacon, II don't
approve of horse racin', but when an
other member of the church becomes so
goddess as to try to pass me on the
road comm home from meetln' I feel
it my duty to let out a little on the
reins, just to keep him from putin his
trust in earthly things"
In a recent breach Of promise suit the.
"course Of true love" was traced in this
manner: "Dear Mr.. Smith, !" my dear
john my darling John" "My own
darling John, "NIy darling john"
"Dear John" Dear Sir Sir" and all
was over.
One Of the prominent citizens of
Adairsville, Ca, fell asleep while in
church. His wife, sitting by, pushed
him gently to arouse him, when the
cold soldier" in a half sleepy way,
cried out audibly, "Oh. get up Molly,
and make the fire yourself"
General G. W. Lowry, Principal of
the Blue Mountain Female College of
Blue Mountain, Miss, fell dead from
heart disease as he was getting on
train for New Orleans. He was
prominent General in the Confederate
army.
Miss Mary Anderson, in an "inter-
view" recently published in a London
paper, saws: II leave with my compa-
ny in September. We make q tour OF
over six months duration in the United
States. including California. With re-
gard to subsequent arrangements for
1886 nothing is yet settled. lam refus-
ing at present fattering offers to ap-
pear in Spain and France; but next
year [ may accept those from the for
mer country and so to Spain, Cuba and
South America. 49,. |.:@u~ 81 :
At "a recent dinner party in London o
discussion arose concerning the ex-
change Of genius between England and
the United States. For every actor,
singer, lecturer, or person of note sent
here by England the United States
made q return. There was Booth for
Irving, Mary Anderson for Ellen Terry,
Patti for Nilsson, as Patti really be-
longed to us first; Joe Jefferson for
Southern, and so on. At length, Alma
'Tadema, who was one of the guests,
said: England is one ahead Of tbs
United States. We sent Oscar Wilde
over there but she had no fool to send
back. !" s5 .2ss5 u al hi S.s
Old Spear, the actor, who became
an inmate Of the Forrest Home in Phil,
adelphia, once sent to Chanfrau the fol-
lowing Thank God for q bed to lie
down on and = roof to cover me. God
help ell those without roof, houseless,
homeless wretched wanderers. God
bless my wife, children, grandchild
and ell my sincere friends and relations.
Pardon my manifold sins and trans
gressions, and enable me TO become a
wiser and better man. God bless the
memory Of Edwin r orrest and his friend
James 3Oakes. homo they are now
happy and surrounde led by their true and
ned friends. If spirits of the depart
ed are permitted q watch over those on
earth look down. guard. protect us
from al evil. Peace and good will to-