Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-11-18
QUEER FREAKS.
1diosyncrasies and Peculiar ways of Some
Noted

Aoaosyncrasles ana Peculiar Ways of Some
Noted Men.
Augustus Hare, one of the cleverest
divines in the English Church, when
ne had ended a train of hard thinking,
would rise from the desk and spin
around on his heel few seconds and
then resume his studies.
Dr. johnson would never enter a
certain lane in London without going
between two particular posts of which
there were four
Frederick the Great in his youth was
noted for his stubbornness and BASH
fulness, and, we are told, showed this
at MS sisters marriage. Instead of
appearing at the ceremony in court
attire he came with the servants dressed
as one of their number.
Neander. the famous church histo-
rian, was unable to lecture to his
students unless he had in his hand a
quill pen. which he tore to pieces while
he talked, and it was always necessary
to supply him with second when the
first had been entirely wasted.
Charles III. of England was very
fond OF hunting insects, and it is re-
lated by certain historians that he was
hunting moth in the supper-room at
Whitehall when the Dutch fleet sailed
up the Thames and burned Sheerness.
Charles Dickens, the famous novel;
list, was a most untiring walker; he
considered it but a trif1e to pass over
forty or even sixty miles of country.
Should friend visit him a walk was
his Dickens first proposition. Tradi-
ton says in the long run he had few
friends spending a whole day with
him.
Archbishop Whately was one of the
most philanthropic of men, and yet,
when dying, he is reported to have
said: 81 rejoice to think that never in
my life have given a copper to a
beggar with whose antecedents 1 was
stranger"
The Earl of Chatham was most Pc
culiar in his habits; these, no doubt,
We're engendered by his hypochondriac
nature. On one occasion, in midsum-
mer, he wished to have snow, and
adopted the following rather curious
method of having his wished realized:
The servants were ordered to have
large fires in every room, the walks
outside were covered with salt to make
things have a wintry appearance, and
doors and windows were kept shut to
keep out the biting cold. How long
this whim lasted the historian does not
record.
William Wilberforce became so abb
sOrbed in conversation in evening COM
panies as wholly to forget himself. He
would lift himself from his chair in his
earnestness, move forward a little, and
gradually approach perilously near the
pHup waS q tradition in fac IA 10
English circles that he had fallen sew
eral times to the floor; but in families
where he was loved it was the custom
to station one of the older children be-
hind his chair to move it forward as he
moved and guard him against peril.
Some who afterwards became leaders
in English society retained among the
pleasanteSt memories of their child
hood the recollection of the services
rendered to this brilliant and eloquent
converser.
Rossini, the composer of 1.-The Bar
Der. when engaged with any great
composition, invariably shaved HIM
self in a most fantastic way to prevent
his going out-of- doors.
George w., King of England, was
very feminine in his habits; he pos
sessed scores of embroidered shirts,
which were considered by him to be
the best department of his wardrobe
and were accordingly displayed with
great pomp to any particular friend of
his Majesty.
Napoleon habitually watched GER
tain star, which he declared was his,
for it never abandoned him, but was
always in sight commanding him to 60
forward, giving as reason for his
success its own Chicago
Tribune.