St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-09-08
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


The late He.ry jackson Ruthrau6
Of Warrensburg, Pa, in 1881 built the
town clock over his store on Holder
street, and for the last thirteen year,
has wound it as regularly rs the tim<
came round, and drew from the city m
annuity Of three hundred dollars for
the use of the same. The clock is still
owned by the estate.
Beatrice Harradan's sudden popu>
larity has been used by q publisher Of
paper-bound books to play . petty
trick upon his public. A story Of hers
gives title to little volume recently
issued, and the book is bought by most
persons with the notion that she is the
author of its whole contents, but il
turns out that only the first story is
hers, while the others are by less ''em-
inent heads
"A lecture on agriculture by a ma
tive is q quite unexpected indication of
awakening from India's lethargy. Yet
Calcutta papers report a lecture by
Baboo Bepin Behary Chose, b. A., on
''How to start life rs an agriculturist,"
the meeting being presided over by .
native, who. at the close of the lecture,
proposed = vote of thanks, which WAS
carried unanimously.
DIR. j. A. Gilbert, Of the Yale psy-
Geological laboratory, has just COM
pleted some tests regarding the men,
tai and physical Developments of the
pupils of the New Haven public schools,
showing that boys are more sensitive
to weight discrimination, that girls
can tell the difference in color shades
better than boys, and that boys think
quicker than the otherssex.
To preserve more completely his in
cognito Napoleon often went so far as
to have a double. This double was
Isabey, the miniaturist, a perfect mimic,
who initiated so well the walk and gen.
eral carriage of the emperor that those
most familiar with him were deceived.
There was one point. however, in which
he failed. His hands were nearly twice
rs big as Napoleons. That the emperor
provided for by wearing several pairs
Of gloves. one over the other.
Miss Irwin. the newly-appointed
dean of Radcliffe college. is q great
granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin.
She spent much of her early life in
Washington, and studied principally at
home. 1t is said that one reason for
her appointment to the deanship is that
she is not a graduate of any woman's
college. Miss Irwin expects to spend
the summer abroad, and will not as
sumo the duties Of her new position
until the beginning of the next aca-
demic year. She is about sixty years Of
age. Her father was at one time United
States minister to Denmark
Bazaar.
Bach was twice married, and from
first to last had twenty children. He
was domestic in his habits, and. save
under compulsion, rarely left home.
His longest journey was of only . few
miles, He was large of person and fond
Of beer, which, however, he used in
He loved work for its
own sake, and composed necessarily in
almost every style known to the
musical student. He also copied large
quantities of the music of other COM
posers for purposes Of study, and en-
graved some of his own works on cop
per. He invented one or two musical
and was also the inventor
Of the present style Of lingering. the
prior to his time, being never
used in executing piano or organ music.
Bach was very handsome man, and
possessed elegant manners. He dressed
Is well as his means permitted, and al
ways wore huge powdered wig.