The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-06-07

l.. Boissevain is to be president of the
and George B. Hulme it's secretary and
treasurer. The executive committee COM
prises Howard Brown. Leslie p. Ward,
Lemuel Wells and ". l.. Beadleston,
while among the members are Ira A.
Kip. Jr., Sir Thomas Gooch Of London,
S. Megargee Wright Of Philadelphia,
Herman ian G: Hosk Xxi P Of South Orange e
lin of Buffalo, and John Shepard ,Jr.. of
Providence. The members of the New
York Coaching club, the parent Grganiza-
ton, will not have their annual outing
this spring.
The ghost of Peter Paneuilri. who was
shot last Easter Sunday, Is said to haunt
Paterson. y. j., where he was Killed.
Residents of the tenement and neishbors
declare Peter has returned nightly to the
scene Of the murder and amuses himself
by turning on the water faucets and 9TH
erwise misconducting himself. All THE
former occupants of the tenement have
packed up and left. and every night a
crowd gathers at the house to try and
catch glimpse of the ghost. Rapping
on the walls, overturning Of the few ar
ticleS of furniture that remain i'll the
house and other usual Accomplishments of
ghostly visitations form part of Peters
programme. It is said that at 9 p. m.
sharp Peters ghost turns Oh the faucets
and the water begins to run. 1t appar-
emily has not occurred to any one vet to
turn the water off from the street and
thus foil the ghost as far as that part
Of his performance is concerned.
T.. :,
the William Cullen Bryant library, at
Roslyn, L. T., where she has her sum:
by the great poet when he lived there
but it had fallen into decay. When the
matter came to Mrs. Mackay's attention
she started out to raise fund. In less
than week she raised over $1,000. What
herself. Among those who aided her are
Mrs. C. Albert Stevens, Mrs. Lloyd
Brice, Mrs. Stanley Mortimer. Mrs
| Mackay. William Cook. Bourke Cochran
and Clarence H: Mackay.
Mrs. Mackay has added new books te
the institution and had the building refit
ted and decorated, until now it is a cozy
clubroom. She has also been the author
If many benefactions in ROslyn. Recent
| " she installed in Trinity church a very
! handsome altar.
Mrs. Mackay was formerly Miss Kath
! crime Duer and was one Of the brides
| maids at the wedding of Consuelo Van
derbilt to the Duke of Marlborough.
This is the story of the abandoned
matinee at the Casino, as told by Mrs
Edna Wallace Hopper herself:
Il was so desirious Of seeing the Brook
lyn handicap that to secure the after
Moons vacation | bought up the hous,,
Paid S17OO for it. empty seats and all
l wanted to sec the race from goot
point: So l engaged coach and four
Fine? The finest in the city. Expense
Expense was out of the question.
| But the rain made me change m.
plans, and | went by car. Yes. a com
mon car. And the races? Why, o
course bet on the races.
First, bet $4,000 on Banastar.
didn't think $4,000 was too much for sue
"a dear horse; Then bet about 5000 o.
some other horses of different cal0rs.
could hare bet 100000 more on som
more horses. hint then, Of course the
couldn't all win.
And the result? Oh. it was terrible
Never have been so excited. Why, m
Ing to today. My nerves are now in
tretnor. and my v6;;sce, you hear my voice
so thin and worn.
Yes: l LOST $1,000 on the igDle Bias
star: On the others 1 won back alt19eth
, er $2'oo. So l have oily lost 1880"
| some rare and interesting volumes sol
| bt Bangs Il Co. brought rather less TIA,
! might have been expected, in this season
OF record breaking sums for literary en-
rl2s!tles. The largest sum paid Tor frs,
f9itlon was Sl9. given for ''Odes By Mr.
GsS, = small quarto published In 1857
The otfeS in n,1nstio1 ,ros. tt.a.. ii IL
received poems, s::1'he Progress If Poetrr'
! and 'Fhe Bard This edit;on !. scarce
a copy II Guarini's Fl Pastor Fido. d
translated INTO English by Sir Richard
fanshawe, sold for 1850: rather a small
sum, when it is considered now rare the
Of that picturesque figure Sir Richard
Only one other copy has: been offered :for
less than $3.50. being RIM GbaiieS own VI
copy. A volume which brought less than
mNignt nave been expected vas Sir. John
MM Eh!I9 Voltage and Tfavaile,
lem men and if re- t,1d Ct the Way Hefusa
other Hands and Countryes.'', Jublisked
entire from an original manuscript il tie
cotton library in 1925. This vnlnrile was,
purchased for 81. although worth ff,nr
tlmes as much The Fables in Verse;
f =. scnn Gay, a fine copy, sold for$6.25=
.e>s tnan usual by six or seven dollars. =
M lO-year.old= schoolboy. whose father.
Cnaries Graham. was the writer Of 1such
1aml!ar songs as Two Little Girls 81:
que; She was Happy Till She Net
Lou; 1 On. III the Waters Could Speak as
lhey Flow. My DADS the Engineer,
an: ana some others. was among the prison
da, IN Tne Iombs police court TIL. other
gay: ta$rant Officer Gebhardt said he
eexehange. The boy promptly said he
mad. sung hoping to get some money. His