Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1893 — ODDITIES OF GREAT MEN. [ARTICLE]

ODDITIES OF GREAT MEN.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Swift liked to write in bed. * Charlemagne was fond of hunting. Tamerlane was an expert chess player. Buffon’s only amusement was walking. Back’s favorite pastime was gardening. Poe found his sole amusement in drinking. Roscoe Conkling was an excellent amateur boxer. Danton was the most noted card player of his day. Socrates was said to be the ugliest man of his time. Queen Victoria, during her youth, was fond of archery. Charles 11. spent much time in his chemical laboratory. Fox, the orator, found his greatest pleasure in gambling. Emerson declared that he composed best when walking. Peter the Great liked to be carriod about in a wheelbarrow.