Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-11-11
ABOUT PEOPLE.

ABOUT PEOPLE.
Richard Vaux, Of Philadelphia, Is
proud of many achievements anu Oh
many honoIS heaped upon HIM, but Oh
none 81 much as Of the fact mat he is
the only living American VINO ever nld
the honor OF dancing with queen VIC
fOria. 1 his famous dance Occufr cd
during the time he was secretary OF tie
American legation at London, from
1897 to 1910.
Great writer's are proverbially the
victims oil 50 many mIoldpo, pdfticu
larly III the matter Of losing Valuable
manuscripts, that Isaac dlsracIl, father
of benjamin, wrote book to record
The Galarnitics Of Authors The late
Lord Iennyson was hot without MS
experience Of this kind. In his youth,
while returning home from Il market
town one night, he lost from his over
coat pocket the manuscript u ms nfSt
yoluIue-POems, Chiefly Lyrical. Inc
poet reWrote the volume from memory.
Ex-senator EyartS may sometimes be
seen sitting on IL bench III the park near
his residence basking III the autumn
sunshine He is now "A years OLD ana
remarkably well preserved Tor Il man
whose health was never robust ana
who has always been known as IN I'M
firing worker General Russell once
made the remark that Mr.. Evarts was
the only lawyer whom he had ever
known who could labor at ulGh pres
sure all day, eat Il heavy dinner IN the
evening and then pore over law DOCKS
until the next morn NJ without show
ing any trace Of fatigue. He has taken
little exercise, but he is i'll better phys
tcal condition in his OLD age than most
athletes are.
The property that Cornelius Wander
bilt is said 10 have bought for summer
place i'll Gloucester, EiShernan'S Field,
or Stage Fort, is the place where the
IrSt settlement OF impoItan within
the Bay Colony was made by Roger
Conant and the Dorchester company 5
men. For quarter Of Il century Glou-
Cester people have been advocating the
purchase OF this historic spot for u pub
Lie park, Il movement that was revived,
but to no purpose, during the recent
anniversary celebration. The site IL
the tirst house built there is marked,
but, rs it is in Il hollow and the prop
erty aDoundS i'll magnificent cliffs, ii
does not seem likely that Mr.. Wander
bilt will build his summer house upon
1t. The name, Stage Fort, is derived
In two ways. Here were Commits hsh-
ermcn'S stages, over which he md Miles
Standish had their famous dispute, and
here are also the parapetS OF the fort
which ut one time guarded the harbor
General Buckner's presence as pail
bearer ut General Grants funeral was
only one of the many evidences of The
warm friendship existing between tho
opposing soldiers. They We're comrades
In arms in the Mexican war, and a few
years after that struggle Grant received
some pecuniary fayOrS front Buckner
His time to repay them came after the
surrender at DOnelSOn. General Buck.
ner was then taken Il prisoner to the
union commanders headquarters and
very Hospitality treated. About dusk
General Grant took the captured con
fedcratc leader aside and said: Gen,
eral, the fortune of war seems to be
against you today and possibly you
may need something. Ii 50, speak
plainly and tell me. My wardrobe and
purse are at your command" General
Buck r WAS greatly touched by this
net on kindness, and after the Grant 4
Ward failure he made ii prompt Offer
of financial aid to his old-time friend.
Miss Gertrude Barlow of Sing Sing
n. u, was married Wednesday to Franz
De Witt Talmage, the only son OF L
DE Witt Talmage of Brooklyn, \. \
The marriage took place ut the home o.
the brides parents, Which was taste
fully decorated with flowers and Il guam
THY of wild berries and nuts hung OIL
the branches of the tail trees Rev. L
de Witt ralmage, the father of thu
bridegroom, performed the ceremony
which WIS followed by Il reception fol
The family and Very Intimate friends 81
the couple. Mr. ami Mrs Talmage viii
live III Gramercy park While air. TAI
mage purSucS his ministerial studies il
the Union Theological seminary.
The engagement is announced OF Miss
q. Fay Cramer, daughter of Join 4
Cramer, one of the publishers Of iii,
Evening Wisconsin. Milwaukee, I,
Eugene Pike, the well-llnown lawyer OF
Chicago.
Mark Twain, Bret Harte, w. D
HoWellS, Aldrich. Glider Stoddard
Alnelie RiveS and joel Chandler Harris
represent eight different states-north
rrn. southern and western.
Mrs. Ellen Foster well known to al
W. Z. L. Z. workers and to many
others, Is woman Of rather large and
imposing person. She speaks with Won
derful tiuency and decision. and seems
TO be absolutely Self-poSSeSSed.
CONDENSED TELEGRAAIS.
Scotland Ross. Of Philadelphia, and
Connor. of Manchester, wrestled last