Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1893 — PEOPLE. [ARTICLE]

PEOPLE.

Benjamin Butler had his sentiment Never was he seen without a rose in his button hole. His wife, who died—in 1876, bred in him a taste for the flower and he suppled a conservatory for the culture or this flower. She always sent him fresh flowers daily when he was absent from home, and after her death roses came to him each day from that conservatory, no matter where he might be. The heaviest man in the United States is John H. Craig, of Danville Ind. At birth he weighed 11 pounds; at 2 years of age his weight was 206; at the age of 37, two years ago, he weighed 907 pounds. His height is 6 feet 5 inches. It takes 41 yards of cloth to make him a suit of clothes, Mr. Gladstone’s way of gaining rest and recreation is to change his occupation. He once said in illustration of the soundness of his theory that a perfectly level road kills more horses than a rougher one, because it brings only one set of muscles into play, and that man might profit by the moral of the fact. There is talk in London of the possible appointment of Lord Wolseley to the post of Governor-General of Canada. He is said greatly to desire the place. Lord Roberts is just back from India and there is difficulty in finding a fitting post for him. The suggestion is made that Lord Wolseley mav be sent to Canada, thus leaving the chief command in Ireland for Lord Roberts. “Buffalo” Jones, formerly of Garden City, Kan., who, in 1885,-cor-ralled a few bf the expiring buffalo and started a herd for breeding pur,* poses, has made a very good thing out of this novel enterprise. He now sells a full grown buffakrat sb,-000 and has already realized $65,000 in this business. His latest sale was one of the herd for Austin Corbin’s Vermont game park. Professor Morse, of Salem, Mass., has solved the problem of househeatingin a curious fashion. He has built a house with all its rooms fronting southward and only a passage on the north. Almost the whole southern front of the house is made of glass, and by means of reflectors he is enabled on sunny days to heat his whole house by sunshine alone. At night and on cloudy days he has hearth fires going. He believes that by this contrivance he has the most wholesome heat attainable. When Father Mollinger, tho famous faith-cure physician, died, a few months ago, at Troy Hill, near Pittsburg, it was rumored that he had acquired wealth amounting to millions. Relatives from a distance have recently been visiting his late home to secure their supposed inheritance. But it is now alleged that there is very little property in existence belonging to his estate, and that almost nothing will remain when his debts are paid. The church of which he was pastor will surrender all his possessions except certain relics testifying to miraculous cures, but the courts will be asked to set aside $2,000 for a suitable monument to him. One of the anecdotes being told about Mr. Blaine is the following: At a reception given by him white he was Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives an old fellow from Aroostook had sampled almost all the dishes on the table, and finally he tried a plate of ice cream. Gulping down a great spoonful .he seemed startled and pained. He pushed the plate aside and, looking up, he saw Mr. Blaine surrounded by a group of ladies and gentlemen. He edged up, and nudging the young statesman, said: “P’r’aps ye don’t know it, Mr. Blaine, but that puddin’s froze clear through.” With a rare tact, and without even a smile, Blaine came forward and tasted the “puddin’.” “So it is,” he replied sadly. “It’sjtoo bad, I declare.”