Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-23
ssch Is Fame:

A "society'' woman, at whose
bic Longfellow was dining. IS:
him: ttOb, Mr.. LongfeIlow, have :
ever published a book" This
after two-thirds of his lifeswork
done. Hawthorne says that n Is
years he met many people who ~
him well as the ex-SurveyoY ~ -
Port of Salem, but who never s.
that he had written anything !
had not even heard that tl,ese =
such a book as ''The Scarlet I4tt@
Even the genial autocrat Is pot ).
preciated by everybody n ls s
town. One day an Amer:caz -
tleman went into a BARRIERS sbos
DIR. Holmes wasgoing out. spa S
know who that was that lust e..
out?" asked the barber. Being ::
Gus to see what account ofDr. Hoirs
the barber would give the v;s;,
shook his head why, said thsa
Der, "that's old DIR. Holmes a.
who is DIR. Holmes?" ssOh. he's
q doctor here a great many yea,s
believe he amt praeticin' any ~
but he's thought a great deal ofs
! A crushing remark was once n.
by a would-be fatterer to n
Howells, the American novs
Shortly after the publican ofs7kI
Lady of the Aristook,s AForp~e
| Conclusion" and "yenetian IiSg
lady asked that gentleman e
autograph, whereupon he wrotss
impromptu verses in her aIlum
read them over and then gave 81
couraging smile. "0h, Mr.. Hoxlns
she exclaimed, II should thinE 3
might do something for the -;
and magazines; I've seen much s.
| than that in printF'
When even Dickens and Tha<k.r
met with experiences sone.
similar to this the SMALLER r.
hardly hope to escape
well known in other naIk4
life are scarcely Isss fzf,
than the novelist. TAKE, for
the story told by a clergyman
being part of a conversation held
him with an Englishman to whom
pointed out General Grant reside
in New York. The English -
what manner" and seemingtoobta
to further light, the Clergyman
peated ito him and said: ssOf eca,
you have heard of General era,
He was our President for eight 5.
ending in 1877"
"Ahi1 remarked the Englishm&
still with no evidence of reeaIlinS
fact previously known.
"Then, too" proceeded the der
man, "he wasa great General
was in command of a million Of =
at theclose of the war. You rens
Der our late war, of cotrse7r
well, no. was the answer. n
pardon, but | have just arrived
this country ard was so long NJ )
that | have not heard thelatestpd
| was at sea sixteen days, reailysaa
This gentleman was scars
abreast with the times, and hs
norance reminds one ofMarkT saa
famous question to a RAILWAY
riage bore; adam? What's II
other manner" "
1t is really surprising how few
nent Americans are known to
average general reader in Engia5
In America the names of marFd
our prominent men must be fanlz
in consequence of the frequency
the familiarity columns Of mos
the great newspapers. 0neissmy1 Z
ed indeed to see English affairs Il
with as if England were only q
200 or 800 miles from New York
Greatness is paid homage to
some people in peculiar ways. Ere
body must remember the stofy
in connection with Victor Hugo
great poet was startled one nsorsd
BY the intrusion of three Enghshn
"yictor Hugo" said one, esnSuH1
a pocketbook. The poet bok
thinking that he should be asked
his autograph next. After ia
tors had stared for a few sectgds]
pocketbook was again consal
"Eleven O'Clock; the lionsl' said
spokesman. Then the party e.
and walked out of thereon.