Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-15
MASCULINE MENTION.

FIX Congressman Morrill,, Of Kansas, has
taken out commission as n notary public.
Captain William Bruce, of San Fran
cisco, has just cut his third set of teeth at
eighty-two.
Cornelius Vanderbilt keeps his face
smooth shaven, except an inch of close
cropped whiskers. His features are refined
and Intellectual.
The Rev. Frank Clendenin, who is to
marry Miss Gabrielle Greeley, had held to
the theory that ministers should never
marry. When he met the lady named he
renowned.
A. j. Drcxel, with banking houses in
London, Paris, New York and Philadel-
phia, is quiet and unassuming in manner,
and a master spirit in extensive railroad
and other enterprises
The new president of the Florida senate,
jefferson Is. Browne, is but thirty-three
years of age, and refers with pride to the
fact that he kept a Florida lighthouse to
obtain money for an education in law
Senator Edmunds is only sixty-two years
of age, but he looks as if he had woathcred
many more winters. He appears quite
and white beard indicate an old and weary
man.
President R1lmaceda, of Chill, il n stern
aud arbitrary man, with cold gray eyes,
thin lips and an angular chin. lie pos
sesses more education and ability than are
usually found in "A South American die
tatOr
Henry Cabot Lodge the Massachusetts
congressman, has "A slender but siuewy fig
ure, the face of a literary man, abundant
brown hair and Van Dyke beard. He is
digniied in demeanor and always well
dressed.
Sir Charles Dixie is forty-eight years old
He is man of average height, with long
brown beard and "A deep voice He is
wealthy capable Of hard literary work,
convincing speaker in parliament and Il
man of good manners and excellent taste
in dress.
Among the Qneerest of post-mortem
gifts were the silver walls which the late
DR. Charles F. Hcuscr, an eccentric Bdlti-
more physician, arranged to have disrrio-
uted among his friends after they had beer
filled with ashes from his crematcd body.
Ex-Judge Tappan, grand .achem of Tam
many Hail. although nearly seventy years
OF age and possessed Of wealth, is untrug
in his profession, and his erect form, bushv
hair and quick step make HIM prominent
figure among New York; best known cit
liens.
Representative Shively, of Indiana, is
pointed ont ats one of the handsumest men
in congress. He is pictured as having he
head of poet, with wavy black hair, clear
cut features, dark eyes and a fetching mus
tachc. He is over six feet tall and is well
proportional.
j. Rogers Maxwell, the designer of he
sloop Shamrock, is big, strong and gen
tlcmanly young fellow, as full of snap and
fire as dynamite cartridge and he has
plenty OF money to foot his Yachting bills
He recently sold 33,0Oo0oO of Long Island
railroad stock in one DEAL
4 mysterious person signing himself
simply "lIez' has been contributing many
thousands of dollars to charity through
the hands of the Philadelphia Bulletin,
keeping his identity carefully concealed
He is now found to be Henry LiSle VAIN,
venerable member of the Society of
Friends.
DR.. David Starr Jordan, of the Leland
Stanford university, is an athlete and
sportsman as we'll as II scholar and parson.
He says Of himself: "Six feet one and a
half inches high, weigh 2l5 pounds, but |
can swim, play baseball and talk Norwe-
giau," and you cannot tell him much he
does not already know about trout, rods
and reels.