St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-09

Ussss.as.ss q Hsnsss Msa WE oss0e
pssd 1ewly Pesisasss.
Among the descendants Of Thomas
Hantagenet, Duke Of Gloucestes. 6fih
son Of Edward I'LL, was Stephen J.
Penny. who was not many years ago
sexton at St. Georges Hanover
Square. London.
Among tho Nneal descendants OF
Edmund Of Woodstock. Earl Of Kent
and sixth son Of Edward L. occur .
butcher and toll:gathcrer; the first
. Joseph Smart. Of Halcsowen. the
latter George Wilmont . keeper Of
tho turnpike gate at Coopers bank.
near Dudley.
A story il told Of scion Of the great
house Of Urquhart Of Cromarty who
was nccessitated BY his extravagance
to sell his inheritance. and who. sink
ing step BY step 10 the lowest depths
Of wretchedness. cine at last . wan.
dcring beggar to the door which had
oncc been his own.
No race in Europe surpassed the
Plantagonets in royal position and
personal achievementS and yet. not
to descend further than tho year 1857.
tho great-great grandson Of Margaret
Plantagenct dang htcr and heiress Of
George. Duke Of CT arence. followed
tho trade Of shoe maker In Newport
Saion
Fraser. Of Kirkhill. relates that he
saw the Earl Of Traquair. cousin Of
James WI. begging in the streets oe
E linburgh ':Hs waA" says Fraser.
'in an antique garh and wore broad
old hat short cloak and pannier
breechea and / contributed toward
his relief Wo gave him . noble He
was standing with his hat OF and rc.
csived tho piece of money from my
hand ~ humbly and thankfully a. the
poorest applicant"
One Of Cromwelrs granddaughter
after seeing her husband die in tho
work-housc Of . small Suffolk town.
died herself . pauper. leaving two
daughters the elder tho vito Of .
shoemaker and the younger the wife
Of . butchers son. who had been her
fcllow-servant. Another Of Oliver
Cromwelrs granddaughters had two
children. Of whom the son became =
small working jsweler and the daugh-
ter the mistress Of . small school a
Nilslenhall
Before the time Ut the Protector the
Cromwell family possessed estates
equal to those Of the wealthiest peers
of the present day. and the great
Oliver himself inherited considerable
property. which. augmented from
private sources. made @np . total
sufficient to maintain his family per
petually in easy circumstances But
within . century after his death
Thomas Cromwell his great grand
son. was . grocer on Snow Hill and
his SON Oliver. the last male heir: an
attorney in London.
When the twelfth Earl Of Crawford
was imprisoned in Edinburgh castle
to restrain his recklessness and prodi-
gality he left one child. . daughter:
whQ having no ono whatever 10 look
after her. received not scrap Of edu-
cation and was allowed 10 run about
like q gypsy. She eloped with . COM
mon crier and at one period Of her life
lived by mendicancy. Charles IL
granted her pension Of $500 year.
but. owing TO her utter degencracy. Il
proved more hurtiul than beneficial.
The male head Of this family died in
the year 1744. in the capacity Of hostler
In an inn at Kirkwall. in the Orkney
islands The estate had been dissi-
pated BY the 'spenthrift earl" hia
father. and with his pairimony he.
Lori Lindsay. Earl Of Crawford.
bought small property. on which he
resided for some years. until through
adverse fortune. this went too. and Ia
save himse.f from starvation he was
fain TO 60 as hostler. C1icego Mesa