Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-09-18


pie Of industry whereby to shame the
indolent. Literally, according to doc.
uments in his possession, James Hart
O'Toole is king of all Ireland, ruler
of Ulster, Leinster, Munster and
Connaught, sojourner in America
until such tine as his throne shall
he in rea liness for his occupancy
and his kingdom recognized by ths
other rulers Of Europe. King O'Toole
was bora in London about 55 years
ago and came to this country in 1870.
He Is of Herculean fig re, broad
shouldered, muscular and genial in
his manner. He is generous to fault,
and as ruler he would be the most
popular in the world. He is skill
full blacksmith and his royal hands
have fashioned much that is strenu-
ously graceful in hard black metal.
King O"Toole is bookish man. He is
widely read and is something of lin
guist he is called by his friends the
Irish Elihu Burritt, though he dis
claims the fattering comparison. One
thing is certain, King OToole has a
phenomenal memory. He has the
llial of Homer at his tongues end
he can quote lengthy passages from
any of Shakespeare's plays till you
wonder why he did not make acting
his avocation his knowledge of
Chaucer, Milton, Goldsmith, Keats,
Byron and Tom Moore lies deeper
than the mere remembrance of stray
stanzas or titles. Naturally Charles
Lever is his favorite novelist. He is
not unfamiliar with the music of his
land and people from the earliest
period to the present day. One of his
diversions is to sing to harp accompa-
niment the ballads and pibrochs of
the ancient Irish minstrels. Even in
his working garb Blacksmith O'Toole
is man whose bea' ing, though re-
firing, bespeaks calm reserve and
hautet,r which is more felt than seen.
You respect him for his sturdy whole
if not for the knowledge Of
his royal ancestry, and when you leave
him it is with greater admiration for
his social talents and his skill as a
workman at the forge than
because, in the whirligig of time, the
eyes of the world may be concentrated
upon him in his true role as king of
Ireland.
What the great city of New York
needs, says DR.. A. G. Dixon of Brook
lyn at Northfield, is great hall for
evangslistic work, with roof garden
as good as any that the theatres and
shows and half-tone saloons possess.
DR.. Dixon thinks that he is going to
get it, and that the men are ready who
will spend a million and half of dol
las in building the proper structure,
with sufficient office room to render
back per cent. interest on the whole
investment. Somewhere between
Fourteenth and Thirty-fourth street
it should be, and meetings should be
held every night and every Sunday
afternoon. And why not?
While Columbia's president is con-
IS to the great mayoralty,
Columbia's effects-library, collec-
lions, apparatus and furniture, are
being removed in a long procession of
truck teams from the old buildings to
The new on Morningside Heights. The
between the two sites is as
great as possible, but the old corner
Of Madison avenue and Forty-ninth
street has certain serious and con-
10 nplative character not unworthy of
learning.
All the small municipalities coming
INTO Greater New York have increased
heir debts in view of the change, it
appears. The village of College Point,
1t the edge of Flushing bay, has just
sold $115,OOO worth OF per cent.
bonds recently voted for street i'm
The successful bid was
by a Cleveland (O.) firm for 1920, 1853.
This makes the total bonded debt Of
;he village $36s,OOO.
The recent wool auctions here in
with the newly established
wool exchange have been a disappoint-
nent. This is very pleasant reading
or Boston, and the papers there are
making the most of it. Boston is the
present wool centre of the country,
Ind the failure of the first efforts of |
he metropolis to steal that honor is
naturally looked upon at the Hub as
'ichly deserved.
The death of Mrs. Charles A.
Lowerre at Flushing removes a land
ady of an old provincial type, who in
Ter prime was notable. She and her I
(who died in 1874 were ma
ives Of Flushing, of old Dutch stock,
md kept the Fountain house at the
and Main street corner.
She sold the house 12 years ago, when
he was rs years old.
Judge William Osborne of the New
FORK supreme court, who has just
lied at Brooklyn Friday, was an ex-
client public servant from the time
vhen he was elected supervisor of his
yard in 1861. He was aftsrward super
isor at large, Judge of the city court,
nd supreme court judge, and he was
lways Democrat.
Mr.. Croker, speaking in London,
entures. q cheerful long-range pre-
iction Of victory ''for Tammany and
ood government. If this isn't one