The Brookhaven leader., 1890-01-09
PERSONAL AND IMpERsoNAL.

The finest collection OF postage
stamps in the country is said to be owned
by George Gould.
A lady of Philadelphia has tea i'm.
ported specially for her table from
China that costs four dollars pound.
Samuel :. Cox was a member Of tho
Thirteen Club of New York. The mum
Der of his house was IL, the original list
of his pallbearers contained IL names,
and he was buried September l3.
Samuel Moss, of Essex, Mass, has
been hungry all the time for thirteen
years. He drinks three quarts OF water
per day and eats hearty meals every
hour. His age is sixty-One years and
his weight one hundred and thirty-five
pounds. His case is a puzzle to the
physicians.
Mrs. Johnston, who, as Miss Har-
riet Lane, was mistress of the White
House during the term of her uncle,
President Buchanan, is now white
haired and still handsome woman. She
began her official life as the hostess OF
her un les house when he was Score.
tarv of State, and then presided over
his establishment in London while MS
was our Minister at the court of st
James.
Mrs. Content Sweet Butfinton lie
the name of lady ninety-eight years
old, who lives at Dorchester, Mass
When Miss Sweet was girl her school
mates reversed her surname and called
her Sweet Content" because of her
hopeful, sunny disposition, and that
name has chung to her all her life. The
old lady sings duets with her daughter
and is noted for her girlish yivacity and
cheerfu!ness.
In an obscure little town in Mexico
lives lineal descendant of MOntezum1
H., the legal heir to the Aztec throne.
Senior MonteZuma, as he is called, in.
dulges in no idle dreams of the restora-
ton of the ancient empire, and quietly
accepts the meager pension allowed him
by the Government In cOntradistinc-
ton to this the heirs of Cortez receive
immense revenues from the estates of the
Marquis del Vale (Cortez), and live in
grand style. There is also living dc.
scendant of the Indian Emperor Chimal.
popoca, who is a civil engineer of much
ability.
LUCKY" Baldwin. of California, has
been a blacksmith, farmer, stable
keeper; he has kept a hotel, a grocery
store and theater. lie was a boatswain
on a st. Louis canal, became travelling
tradesman, crossed the plains, and did
rafting business in tobacco and rum
among the saints at Salt Lake City.
Finally he reached San Francisco, where
the first thing he did was to start tenn
perance hotel. Then he became a brick
maker and made money. Ophir STOCK
was running every body at the time.
Baldwin tried his luck at i, and came
out winner of SIS, 900, 900. He is now
sixty years old, tall, dark, why, nervous
and energetic.
A minister of the Gospel, son of
prominent minister of Lexington, Ky,
is attempting the extraordinary task OF
committing the entire New Testament
to memory. He has been working on it
for years, and, as he has wonderfully
retentive brain, the work is in a fair
way to early completion. As he argues,
the plan is an exceedingly good one, be-
cause he can refer to his mind at any
time much moro easily than to the
pages of any book ever printed. If, for
instance, he wishes to quote any pas.
sage, he can do so at will and at the very
moment, an accomplishment which
should make him one of the most fluent
preachers in the country.