Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1875 — A Man for Whom the Sun Shines. [ARTICLE]

A Man for Whom the Sun Shines.

Everyone in Brussels must have seen a man literally clothed in white from tip to toe, for not only are his garments of that color,, but also his hat and hoots. During the late severe frost there was great curiosity manifested to see if he would persevere in wearing the same costume, and he stood out manfully until Thursday, when he appeared with an enormous cloak andjhood, in addition to the dress he has so long worn, but was still true to his chosen color, and odd enough he looked parading the streets among persons in black or other dingy coats. He is said to be a Dutchman who some yfears ago made a fbrtune in Batavia, but was afflicted with sun stroke. The doctors recommended his return to Europe, • and- following their advice he fixed his abode in Brussels, where he has now resided for some years. His eccentricities are hermless, and mainly consist in the firm belief that he has a personal and intimate acquaintance with the sun, who never fails to honor hint by shining when he takes his promenade.’ His apartments, even including the ceiling and the floor, are gilt, and he fully believes that this was the work of his kind friend, who had also endued him wiili the power of stopping a railway train at full speed. —Court Circular. TnE Dallas (Tex.) Commercial says in a recent issue: “ A lady now a resident Of our city, and one of the finest writers in the State, lost her husband some six years ago; she knew his life was insured for $10,000; but could not find the papers and did not know in what company it was. She went to New Orleans and spent the winter there in trying to ferret out the matt r, but was at length compelled to give it up in despair. She was engaged yesterday in writing a New "’Year'i* address ' for the Connnercial and was looking over some old papers for an address she had writtefi some years previous when she came across the lost paper.”