Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-03-31
BITS OF PERSONAL GOSSIP.
What Is Said In tile Newspapers Abou
People of Moro or Less Note.


What Is Said In tile Newspapers About
People OF Moro or Less Note.
Isaac Blystono, of Mcadvillc, So years. Is
cutting new set Of teeth
Rutherford B. Hayes now poses as ON en-
thusIastio advocate of manual training In
colleges.
Mrs. Sally Summers, of Jones county, Ga,
has 3O5 grandchildren, 142 great-grandchil-
dren, and AZ grcat-groat-grandchild
Mrs Quincy Shnw, of Boston, has. for
eight years spent $50, 900 n year for the sup
port Of free klndcrgnrtens i'll the poorest
quarters of the city.
Robert Louis Stevenson Is constantly
growing stronger in his Adirondack retreat.
Ono who has seen him recently says: "You
rejoice In his apparent vigor, in the nervous
force OF his attitude and voice, IN the clear
health OF his wonderful eye In tho promise
of years Of lfo and work that are in him.
J. II. Beider, of Mount Pulaski, has writ
ten poem. That fact may as well be ad-
mitted right now In accordance with Mr..
Beidlors evident desire. Tho production,
which aspires to be "in honor Of Washing
ton, Lincoln and Cleveland" Is printed on
silk, trimmed with volvct and bound botween
covors mndo from the headboard Of a bed in
which Lincoln Is said once to have slept
when In Mount Pulaski many years ago.
Mr. Beidlcr sent this metrical sandwich to
President Cleveland lilo has eiPectually ad-
vcrtised himself as poet.-Chicago Nows.
Senator Stanford, tho California million
aire, says that it is pleasant to be rich, but
that tho advantages OF wealth arc groatly
over estimated 81 do not" he says, "see
that nan who can buy anything he fan
cies is any better Off than q man who can
buy what hc actually ncods." There arc, he
contends, positive disadvantages In being the
posSessor Of millions. For example,, he and
his wife are tormented beyond expression by
the importantly Of bcggars, who "solicit, i'm
plore, entrcat and demand" money.
/ Tho Rev. DR.. John Hall is said to have
pocketed, since last September, fully $4,000
in marriage fees. One bridegroom gave
him check for SIS 600 for tying the nuptial
knot. DR.. Hall Is worth 81, 000, 600; his total
income is ut least 100000. His congrega-
ton is tho woalthiest in New York. The
amount of sI00, 700 may BIO seen in his
church any Sunday morning. DR.. Hall has
monopoly of tho swell weddings Brides
who desire to be in the fashion insist upon
being married by tho millionaire Clergyman.
Tho Do Lesscps children arc ten in num-
Der, and are remarkable to look upon be-
cause tho eldest is hardly moro than ID.
This father of Panama fnmo is tho Grand
Old Man" of Paris, and when no takes q
horseback ride OH tho Champs Eysecs and
So JlD;u hul "a
of his children, people turn and stare almost
afrcctionntcly at the little group until they
arc nearly out of sight. The girls AFRO in
riding habits that mako 10 pretense to fit,
and their hair streams III the wind as they
dash along. The boys are more trim in their
uniform school coats and trousers IN the
summer these strong and hearty children
have tho appearance Of being but half
clothed, for they all wear socks, girls rs we'll
as boys. Their dresses and knickcrbockers
are half way above their knees, and tho girls
have baro nccks and arms. A photograph
OF, tho Count De LesSeps, who has tho iron,
gray hair and mustachc Of man of so,
although he is past SO, taken with his chill
dren dressed in this fashion, may BIO seen III
most Of tito stntioners' windows III Paris.
Henry upper, ONO OF thoSe KNOWING mon,
was explaining to his vito and sister-in-law,
in Dubuque, the other day, how they should
conduct themselves in case their clothes
should accidentally catch ufire. "The best
thing you cnn do, he said, lis to rush out
and roll over and over in the snow. It's easy
enough and suro thing, If you only keep
your presence of mind. Hero, I've got on
some old clothes, and I'll show you how it's
done" Ho showed Thorn. He poured koro-
some on his legs and then touched u match to
them All this happened in the kitchen.
The unearthly, terrific yell Mr.. Upper let
loose happened thorc too, and then, like q
screaming, blazing dcmon, he dashed for the
snow bank, via dining room, hall, stairway,
bedroom window and tho top of the wood
shed. He got into the snow bank and rolled
over, just as soon as the presence of mind
which neglected to cast him into the.bank,
Just outside tho kitchen door, would let HIM.
The hired man put out the fro in tho house
and rcsuscitated tho ladies' who now not only
understand what to do in case their clothing
got on flre, but are fast learning that cotton,
moistened witch cool cream, though O very
soothing application for parchcd flesh, will
not entirely check profane groans.