Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-20
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

Mayor Grant tnl7es horseback ride every
morning before O'Clock.
The Comte de Paris win spend the re-
rnainde1 of his day, in England.
Thomas A. Edison. the Italian count, now
claims that his flvorite author IS Dante.
Amos Stage, the famcus Y ale athlete, will
enter the church soon. Jie Is sad to be a
good speaker.
Stanley's expedition has cost 100000 thus
far and additional expsnses will bring the
total up 10 ;lJ0,UO0
Cardinal HaFnod, of Hungary, the famous
botanist, has suddenly lost tho faculty OF
reading and writing
For hin latest portrait Of Gladstone. pail
for by subscription of the women Of Eng
land, Mllais received the SIM Of 525 0o0.
Cardinal Bonaparte Is one Of the oldess
members Of The sucred college, He is the scs3
Of luH.l Bonnparte, brother Of Napoleon Z,
and j. - years Of age.
Tile -olc survivor Of rue battle Of Trafolgaz
is believed TO be Emanuel Louis CartgpS
who is living OF Hye-es. He was a cabih
boy on the Preach ship Redoubtabl,
Conngsby DisrneH nephew and heir u
Lord BeaconGheld, shares his quarters at Or
ford with member Of Giadsbones family
who is his most intimate friend ond chum.
Meissonior, since his recent marriage, has
seemed 10 lose his ambition. lie spends very
few hours a day in lis studio, and docs
great deal Of aimess sketohinv and doubing.
Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt Is asserted by tie
London newspapers to have purchased fr11o
tho young Earl OF Dudley Turner's master.
piece, "1he Grand Canul, Venice for the
sum Of 800 600.
Watts, the artist, and husband of Ehen
Terry has decided 10 civ. his paintings, about
fifty in number. aud including portraits of
some Of the most celebrated men of tLe time,
to the British gallery.
Speaker Reed has made collection Of news
paper pictures OF himself, and On his desk is D
large pile of these cuts. he takes great pleas
ure in showing his friends how many differ
ent faces he turns to the public.
Emile Zola is anxious to visit this country.
Hehas not the usual French prejudice against
other lands and it is said to have read a
good deal Of American literature. lie is
especially fond OF Bret Harte's work
Lord Salisbury is not great newspaper
reader The only dailiss which h. peruses
regularly are The London Times anu Stand
ard He never looks at The Saturday Review,
for which periodical he used 10 write.
At North Leasing. Tomplllus county. Ny,
live the oldest postmaster in the United
States in the point of service His name IS
Boswell Beardsley. and for slxty-four years
be has distributed mail to his neiglbors. lie
has held this Office under nineteen consecutive
presidents
Archibald Forbes, the famous war corre-
spondent, who has recently arrived from
England, is u distinguo hammered man OF
military bearing and talks seriously and
forcibly, rs beiits a lnau Who has probably
seen more lighting than any one who has
never done any.
The Rev. W II. 1Tuburn, the blind chap
lain of the house Of Representatives, is a native
Philadelphiau and was born in ls22. He lost
the sight Of ono eve hen quite young, and
the other soon became practically useless,
He mastered lac blind ALPHABET and at thA
age of 20 was ordained miuister.
Tho death Of SheLlev's son. Sir Percy Flor
/ ence Shelley, tek-a Tia. tltI- On, uf the poets
| direct line and it now goes to a cousin. The
| late Sir Percy was lorly. iovial country
squire, having 30 trace Of genius from oitheP
MS father or mother. though he derived q
/ love for outdoor life from tho former.
( Isaac Holden, member for Ecighley, Iors-
shire, is the richest man 10 the English housA
of commons. IS "a young man he vas Tor
some time an i'll paid scloolmaster White
teaching his pupils chemistry he discovered
! the principle on which lucifer matches arc
| made. But out of TINS greet invention Mr
/ Holden made 10 money
/ BY the death Of ". Eugene Berser Paris
loses one Of her most famous pulpit Orators
and France the foremost pastor Of her re-
formed church. Pastor Bersiev was well
known in the United States, where he spent
the earlier years Of his career, and was sur
rounded by large circle Of American ao~
quaiutence5 and friends at Paris.