The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-01-13

Mr. Francis Darwin says concern
..~ his fathers method of work; IT
~. hzbit To work more or less sim
-,,.,.ouslv at several SUBJECTS Ex-
u.r;menfal work was often carried On
-. r,frcshment ar variety while books
:,xalxinr reasoning and h marshall
s.r ~ large bodies Of facts were being
written
canon Farrar has been quoted re-
emily as sayin. that. il all h books
!, ,he world were in n blaze those that
-. xvould hasten To snatch from the
e,me, would be the Bible. the Imita-
ION Of Christ tThomas a kempisl.
Homer. .Eschylus. T~hucydides. Tacitus.
virgil. Marcus Aurelius. Dante. >hak-
x,~.rr. Milton. Wordsworth
-Gambart. the art-dcaler. sent Hol-
man Hunt 10 the Holy land to pain. n
,;-,ur- similar 10 the Light of the
World Hunt returned with The
Srapegoat.- which so disappointed
Camhart that he refused to accept IT,
SEEING Linnell, the painter. shortly
.tterward. he plaintivcly said: Il
wanted a nice religious picture. and he
painted me n great goat
Once while canvassing his state
during a political season. John Quincy
Adams was approached by a well-to-do
farmer. who introduced himself and
said: ..Mr. Adams. I'm glad to meet
vou: INV wife remembers you well; she
was in your family when you We're a
how. and often combed your hair"
WELL said Mr.. Adams. sharply. Il
suppose she combs yours now
When he is inauguratei next March
Mr.. Cleveland will lack but a few days
Of being 81 years old. which Is precisely
the average age of presidents on their
accession The Oldest president was
william Henry Harrison. who was Is;
buchanan was 81: TAYLOR. 81: Jackson
snd Adams. CO: Monroe. -. jefferson,
Madison and ]. O. Adams. -. BENJAMIN
Harrison. 81. Hayes. 81. Lincoln. -:
TYLER and Arthur. 81: Polk and Fill
more. 20: Garfield and Pierce. 10: Cleve-
land. -. and Grant the youngest presi-
dent. A..
Whittier was NJ least six feet tall.
with the dark complexion aud dark
hrigh, eyes OF his Huguenot ancestors
His nose wa srather small and aquiline.
his complexion delicate; his forehead
splendid and dominant lie lived rs he
wrote. and this means all hat IS pure
noble. knightly and gentle in manhood
Among the poets euriosities was the
great key of Libby prison which was
presented Il him by n delegation Of
friends and admirers. after the prison
was set open. IL was about q foot long,
massive and heavy
Mr.. Aubrey de We're. the Irish poet.
has been mentioned As \ possible
wearer Of the l~aureate's crown- Mr.
de We're. who is now = years old Is a
r~eeiusc. living near Adare. Limerick
Much beautiful and .true poetry has he
written. not the least beautiful OF
which IS his wildly musical Europa
His elder brother. Sir stephen de We're.
also inherited much Of the poetic gifts
of their father. and is an accomplished
translator Of classical verse. his latest
work being the TRANSACTIONS from Hor-
ace in the Canterbury series
james Quin. the actor. WA extreme
IL indignant 1t the success OF Garrick-
and retired from the stage The pup
lie missed him but not to the extent
ne imagined. and he. therefore be
came anxious 20 rcturr- BY way OF
limiting the possibility II such an &C.
currence. he wrote 70 Rich. the man.
aver a note remarkably for it, brcvity;
II an NJ bath. Quin-" To this an an
swer. equally laconic- came back:
stay there. Rich Brt Quin could
he sarcastic. ton One day a young
iackanape~ said 10 hir: What would
you give TO bc rs Young rs ! am In
truth. sir. | would submit To- he almost
a. foolish said the old fellow