Milford chronicle., 1888-08-03
TERMS: slOO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.

high and $50 long around his grounds at
Newport Mr. Van Allen is a great admirer
Of English customs, and his house is built in
English style, and furnished throughout
with English furniture. The house aud wall
cost him S50O,OOO.
Mr.. Charles Lanier, the banker, is building
one Of the finest barns upon his place at
Lenox to be found in the country. IL is
called an English barn, and is to DO the
home Of his thorough bred Jerseys 1t is
elaborately finished in billed white pine. The
floor is of asphalt brought from Switzerland.
The place will be heated by steam, and the
cows food will be prepared by machinery
now being put In. II these Jerseys do not
chew the cud Of contentnet it will be be
cause they are very hard 10 please
The Late Mr.. Hiram Sibley was mainly in
stFumental in organizing the New York and
Mississippi Printing Telegraph company,
which, In 1854, leased the lines Of the Lake
Erie Telegraph company. At this time Ezra
Cornell was in possession Of valuable grants
under the Morse patent, and had control Of
the Erie and Michigan Telegraph company.
After much negotiation the two companies,
controlled by Mr.. sibley and Mr.. Cornell,
were united by an act Of the Wisconsin legis-
lature dated March 4, 1886, and Of the New
York legislature month later, under the
name Of the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany.
Speaking Of Mr.. Gladstones recent speech
at Hampstead, a writer in The Liverpool
Press says; 'Mr. Gladstone was in almost
exuberant spirits, and as his well known
form. rendered more conspicuous by his light
gray summer suit and white hat, moved
brisSly from one group to another, there was
much marveling at his phenomenal vitality.
When, finally, an adjournment was made to
the studio aud the veteran statesman dis
coursed in his more facile and attractive
manner for upward Of an hour, the marvel
increased TO sheer wonderment. To those
who had not experienced the delight OF
listening 10 one Of Mr.. Gladstone's Budget
speeches, his manipulation Of the Thanet
election figures was IA revelation, and it was
at once seen how even dry statistics might
be made interesting in his hands,
A determined looking man was pushing
along Christopher street long after midnight
not long ago. He was recognized as Mr. Theo-
dore H. Lee Of the American Bank Note
company. Asked what on earth he was do
ing in the tangle of the Ninth ward streets,
he told this singular tale: Il could not Sleep
Whether it was owing to the queer cigars
sent me by uncle 81 Cummings or what I
cannot say. arose and dressed. Ny diaries
lay on my desk | opened them and fell to
summing up tie miles in all the journeys
have made in recent years. To my surprise
the total was 90,957 miles. It lacked three
miles Of four journeys around the globe.
/ determined not to go to bed until had
completed the hundred thousand miles. The
Hoboken shore is exactly mile and half
from my house. / have been there. When
reach home again shall have been as far as
though I had sailed around the globe four
times"
Early in the summer, the Rev. Mr.. Rims
ford, the energetic rector of st. Georges
church, New York, somewhat startled the
wealthy members of the congregation by
making the unique proposition that while
they were away enjoying themselves this
summer, they should allow some respectable
poor families Of the parish TO occupy portions
Of their residences, and thus provide a
change of surroundings that to those COM
PEELED to pass the hot months in the sitting
quarters Of crowded tenement would be
almost equal to an 'Outingn in the country.
Naturally, this proposed Innovation was not
Immediately received with acclamation; but
Mr. Rainsford, who is prolific in ideas for the
benefit Of all concerned with his church, es-
pecially the poorer members, said that he
would become personally responsible for the
conduct Of the favored families; and so the
suggestion has become un fait aecompli A
number Of his wealthy parishiOners whose
houses are usually closed during the summer
have opened the Easements for the occupancy
of deserving families selected by the Indies
Relief society OF the church, and meanwhile
the experiment is being watched with in
terest Whether the brief enjoyment Of this
comparative luxury will engender a feeling
OF discomfort with their lot when compelled
to return to their usual surroundings, or
whether it will prove the boon that is In
tended remains to be seen.