Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-06-09
BITS or Personal GOSSIP.
what Is Said In the Newspapers hbou
People OF More or Less Note.

People OF More or Less Note.
Isaac Blystone, of Mendville, Sc years, is
cutting a new set OF teeth.
Rutherford B. Hayes now poses rs on ell
thusinstic advocate of manual training i'll
colleges.
Mrs. Sally Summers, of Jones county, Ca,
has 3G5 grandchildren, AZ great-grandchil-
dren, and ~ grcat-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Quincy Shaw, of Boston, has for
eight years spent $50, 600 n your for the sup
port OF FREQ kindcrgartens In the poorest
quarters OF the city.
Robert Louis Stevenson is constantly
growing stronger in his Adirondack retreat.
Glno who llns seen him recently says: "You
rejoice in his npparcnt vigor, in the nervous
force of his attitude and voice, in tho clear
health of his wonderful eye, i'll the promise
OF yoars of life md work tlIut are in him"
J. II. Boidlcr OF Mount Pulaski, has writ
TN, poem. That fact mny us we'll bc ad-
Stated right now i'll accordance with Mr.
Bcidlcr's evident desire The production,
which aspircs to DO ain honor OF Washing
ton, LINCOLN and Cleveland" is printed on
silk, trimmed with velvet and bound between
covers inudo from the headboard of bed in
Which Lincoln Is said once to have slept
when IN Mount Pulaski many years ago.
Mr. Bcdler sent this nctrical sandwich to
President Cleveland. He hns effcctually nd
vcrtiscd himself as poct.-Chicngo News.
Senator. Stanford, tho California million
Gye, says that it is pleasant to DO rich, but
that tho advantages OF wcnlth arc greatly
over estimated. ~ do not" Inc slys, ''sce
that u man who Gun buy anything Inc fam
cics is any better of than man who Gun
buy what he uctunlly needs" There ARE, he
contends positive disadvantages in being the
possessor Of millions. For example, ho and
his wife are tolincntctl beyond expression by
the Importantly of bcggnrs, who solicit, I'M
ploro, cntreat and demand" money.
The Rev. DR.. John Hall is said to have
pocketcd, since last September, fully $500
in marriage fees. One bridegroom gave
him check for So 600 for tying the nuptial
Knot. DR.. Hall is worth 81 QUO 600; his total
income is ut least 100000. His conGrcga-
ton is the wen lthiest in New York. Tho
amount of S.lO0 900 may be seen in his
church any Sunday morning. Dr. Hall has
. monopoly OF the swell weddings. Brides
who desire to he in tho fashion insist upon
being married by the millionaire Clergyman.
The Dc Iesseps children arc ten in num-
her, and are remarkable TO look upon be-
cause the eldest is hardly moro than ID.
This father of Panama fame is tho "Girnnd
Old Mani of Paris, aud when he takes u
horseback ride on the Champs Elysccs and
in 1.-The Bots" in company with half dozen
CT his children, people turn and stare almost
effcctionately at the little group until they
ARE nearly out of sight. The girls arc in
riding habits that make 10 prctense to iit,
and their hair streams III tho wind rs they
dash along. The boys are more trim in their
uniform school coats and trousers. In the
summer those strong and hearty children
have tho appearance of being but half
clothed, for they all wear socks, girls rs well
rs bows. Their dresses and knckcrbockcrs
are half way above their knees, and the girls
have bare necks and arms. A photograph
OF the Count Dc Lesscps, who has the iron,
gray hair and must;lclc of man of so,
although he is past SO, taken with his chill,
clren dressed in this fashion, may be seen in
most of the stationers' windows IN Paris
Henry Tupper, one of those knowing men,
was explaining to his wife and sistcr-n-law
ia Dubuque, the other day, how they should
conduct themselves in case their clothes
should accidentally catch atire 1.-THE best
thing you can do" he said, ais to rush out
and roll over and over in the snow. It's easy
enough and sure thing, if you only keep
your presence OF mind. Here, I've got on
some old clothes, and I'll show You how it's
done" He showed them. He poured liero-
sene on his legs and then touched a match to
them All this happened in the kitchen.
The unearthly, terrific yell Mr.. Upper LET
loose happened there, too, and then, like a
screaming, blazing demon, he dashed for the
snow bank, viz dining room, hall, stairway,
bedroom window and the top of the wood
shed. He got into the SHOW bank and rolled
over, just as soon as the presence of mind
which neglected to cast him into the bank,
just outside tue kitchen door, would let him.
The hired man put out the fire in the house
aud resuscitated the ladies, who now not only
understand what to do in case their clothing
got OH fire, but are fast learning that cotton
moistcned with cool cream, though very
soothing application for parched flesh, will
not entirely check profane sroans.