Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-05-14
PERSONAL AND ,MPERsoNAL


"A Denver man wanted TO get rid Of
his wife and accomplished his end. lie
indnlged in perjury to such a degree In
the Judge save him fourteen years in
tile penitehtiayy,
A wealthy hermit, who dwelt near
Springfield, O., has started for western
Indiana with a cart made of old buggy
wheels and shafts, to which he himself
was liafnessetl as though he was
horse. A large dog accompanied him
AZ body guard. -......
Queen Victoria has recently dec
GRATED with the Albert medal Lawrence
Hcnpcssy. who distinguished himself
in TIE lifeboat services at Hythe,, where
he was largely instrumental in the
rescue of thirty-one sailors, and three
times risked his life to save Others.
John Fagan, who recently resigned
tltc position of master mechanic on the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe road. was
in charge of the engine in 1851 that
drew the train of Abraham Lincoln
from Indianapolis to Cincinnati on the
journey to Washington TO be inaugAr-
ated
"A Boston young lady at the up1o,1
station in Portls nd. Me-. wanted to buy
a ticket for a way station, but had for
gotten the name of the town. Being
urged to make a guess at it, she replied
in blushih9 confusion that it sounded
something like '.'cats sshiskers." she
got a ticket for Wiscasset- >r
The most extensive candy manu-.
facturer in the country occupied, seven
teen years aga Il 1x9 shop on Broadway,
New York. He now has block of bia
own for his factories, and owns a store
in several of the large cities all over the
United States. The apprentice must
work for seven years before he becomes
skilled In this trade.
-Alvan &. Clark, the Cambridge lens
maker, recently saw an announcement
of his dea tn in the newspapers, and was
at first annoyed thereby. But his wife
received so many expressions of SYM
pathy and such tributes to Mr.. Clarlk.S
virtues that on the whole he was glad
the mistake had been made. The rumor
attracted much attention in scientific
circles.
Congressman Kilgofe is said to have
surprised some of the staid and easy-go-
ing equestrians of Washington by DASH
ing along the country roads at reckless
speed on horseback and leaning from
his saddle to pick up pebbles from the
ground as he flew by. Though fifty.six
years old and whiteheaded, Col. Kill
gore rides with all the vim and vigor of
cowboy or a centaur, as they say in
classic Texas.
Sir Morcl Mackenzie was the archi-
tect of his own fortune and the starting
point of his success was his foundation
of the hospital for diseases of the throat
in London. So humble were his begin
nings that after prescribing for his
patients as a physician in one room he
used to retire in another, where with
his own hands. he would dispense the
medicines he had ordered, taking care
in ha anding out the bottles that his face
should not be seen.
Mr. Spurgeon published the follow
ing advertisement forty years ago: ''Mr.
c. H. Spurgeon begs to inform his
numerous friends that, after Christmas,
he intends taking six or seven young
gentlemen as day pupils, He will en-
deavor to the utmost to impart good
commercial education. The ordinary
routine will include arithmetic, alge-
bra geometry and mensuration; gram
mar and composition; ancient and mod
crn history; geography, natural history,
astronomy, scripture, and drawing.
Latin and the elements of Greek and
French if required. Terms G5 per an