Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-06-22
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

THE Sultan OF Turkey will soon make a
tour Of Europe.
/ MOODY books OF hymns have earned their
author sl $50 900 In twenty years.
ALLEN GAMBLER, the Secretary Of State OF
Georgia, Is popularity known as the Plowboy
Of Pigeon Roost.
ROBERT c. WINTHROP, OF Boston. Is the
oldest living eXSpeaker OF the House OF
Representatives.
ROBERT bonner, OF New York, was chosen
President of the Scotch-Irlsh Society, in ses-
sion at Des Moines, Iowa.
CHURCH people OF England are flooding
Premier hosebery with protests against his
patronage OF horse racing.
! QUEEN VICTORIA entertained the dslseatos
OF the Young Mems Christian Association In
her private gardens at Win isor
BRoNIsLAw HuBERaAx, the new ten-year.
old violin prodigy who Is astonishing Lon
don, Is Pole, only four feet high.
ANDREW CARSEoIE and Henry Phipps,
Jr.. will give TO Pittsburg q telescope con-
tanning the largest lens in the world
The grandmother OF the German Kaiser
! was, in early life, a musician OF marked abil-
/ ity, and composed many marches for the
Prussian army
DR. JOHN CoSTEE PAIRFAx, OF Maryland,
Is the only English peer who Is an American
citizen. He has never taken his seat In the
| House OF Lords.
| VERDI, the composer, was a handsome
! youth, and though now past eighty he re-
tains some OF his former good looks He Is
+ spare and rather tall
The position OF British Consult General at
New York, from which post Sir William Lane
Booker is soon TO retire after a very long
term OF service, is the most valuable In the
British Consular service, being worth sl0,-
900 year.
JOHN L. GRIFFITHs, Supreme Court Re
porter for Indiana, is called the silver
tongued orator OF the Boosler State He
holds the same ONCE that General Harrison
resigned 10 go intoth field at the outbreak
OF the war
SENATOR HILL, OF New York, takes all his
meals in his room privately. He takes the
same thing every day for breakfast and din
ner-sirloin, fried potatoes, coffee and bread
He always eats In his shirt-sleeves and reads
his letters while he eats.
GEORGE WILLIAMS, the founder of the
Young Mens Christian Association, who was
knighied the other day by Queen Victoria,
is still hale and hearty, and takes an absorb
ing interest In everything relating to the well
fare and progress OF the association.
MRS DREW, Mr. Gladstone's daughter,
first reads ever all the new books sent to
him. She selects those she thinks he would
care TO see. Mr.. Gladstone reads new book
very rapidly. He rarely gives more than an
hour to the average novel, but he manages
to get its points.
ONE OF the most popular song writer's In
England Is J. L. Malloy, an IrishmAn by
birth, ami a lawyer by profession. He
stands high at the English bar, but being
passionately fond of music, like Sllas Wagg,
he drops into poetry by way OF recreation,
but he writes with more heart than men do
for bread and butter.
The Emperor OF Germany drinks nothing
but Mexican coffee, and years supply Is
sent TO him regularly after every harvest
from a plantation in the State OF Michoacan,
which lies on the Pacific coast OF Mexico
about midway between the United States
and Central America There Is u large Ger.
man colony there which has been cultivating
coffee for many years.
THE King OF Italy has conferred upon
Professor Virchow the famous German
surgeon, the grand cross OF the Order of ST.
Maurice and Lazarus. Professor Virchow IA
one Of those men who seem TO have time toi
everything. He is u university professor, al
editor contributor TO numerous journals
u politician, and huds opportunity to Attenc
the meetings OF scores Of societies to which
he belongs.