Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-11-20
PERSONAL AND iMPERsoNAL

| When John Adams was President
he bought a blliard-tabe in France.
had ii set up in the White House and
sent the bill to Congress, says the
Washington Post,
Mr.. Bcechcr recently declared, in
n lecture at Gateshead, Eng. that he
never yet had spoken in hall where
one thousand persons could breathe
comfortably for an hour and half to-
gethcr.
The heirs of Jonas Waters. Of Mis-
souri,, won't do any fighting over his
last viii and testament. He sold his
farm. built himself monument, paid
| the funeral expenses in advance and
burned up all his money before he
dicd.--St. Loais Post.
Henry Dumble. of Kingston, Can.
is sixty-eight years old, and for years
has been perfectly bald, hut last spring
hair began to grow on his head, and
now he has a fine crop of elegant black
hair, and his whiskers, which have
been gray for twenty years, are turn
ing black. Toronto Mail
Rev III. i. Hill was at Plainfold
at 5:35 one afternoon, when he received
word that the train was some four
hours late. and he at once started for
the capital ''on foot. That the rector
is pedestrian he conclusively proved
by making the ten miles in one hour
aud fifteen minutes. Montpelier (Fk)
Argus.
The New York Mail and Express
mentions pair Of ladies shoes on ex-
hibition in Broadway window that
are worth one hundred dollars. They
were made for Murray Hill belle,
who has pretty foot and AN equally
attractive pockclbook. They are made.
save the soles, of plain black satin.
Rhincstoncs set in solid silver form tho
buttons.
Gray haired Prof. Whitney, the IA
nous linguist, who has given up teach
ing at Yale because of i'll health, has
been these many years one Of the most
attractive figures at the Now Haven
college. Sociablc, mildmanncred, n
great lover of pleasant anecdote and
great scholarship. he has been popular
not only in college circles but in town
life as we'll Netc Hacen Register.
"A child at Bristol, Queens County,
Nova Scotia, has large and varied as
sortment of grandmothers. Its ma
tcrnal grandmother is Mrs. William
Dexter, Of Bristol aged forty-six years.
Its at-grandmotl,er is Mrs. Abigail
Mcleod, of the same county, aged
sixty-nine. It's great-great-grand
er is Mrs. Sarah Godfrey, also of
Queens, aged ninety-eight years. And
there are still the grandmothers on tho
paternal side to take into account.
On her way from tho Yellowstone
to Oregon Nine. Minnie Hauk stopped
nj Boseman and gave concert The
auditors were greatly pleased and rs
tokens of their admiration presented TO
her-with many other ihings-two
gold nuggets from neighboring mine.
Il pair of fine eagle claws and genu-
inc Indian scalp, taken at the famous
Custer battlefield. Pinned TO the scalp
was card saying, 'In the absence Of
flowers an Indian trophy. presented to
Mime. lIauk by p. Mounts"
--"Old Harney and his harp are
probably known in every town in the
eastern part of the country. More
than forty years ago Harney Morgan
was popular harp player in Wales
and England. His playing abilities
not only won him the applause of
but netted him large sums
Of money in the way of prizes and en-
fees. He has several medals
won there. He played before royalty.
As performer on the harp he became
a national man, and was soon pos
sessed OF considerable wealth. Last
Tuesday he applied for admission to
the Pittsburgh (Pa.) city home, and
was admitted. He is seventy years
old.-Ritddetphia Press