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Henry J. Fisher, estate-owner of Greenwich, Conn., is fond of peace and quiet. One morning last week, his morning slumbers were rudely disturbed at six o'clock by the baying of a full-throated foxhound in the grounds hard by the house. Disgruntled, too angry for mere words, sleepy Henry J. Fisher did what any one else might, or might not, have done. He seized a shotgun, drew a sportsman's aim, blew the hound's life...
Last week the fond fathers of many bills who had hoped or professed to hope until now that this session of Congress would adopt their offspring began to admit to this or that Washington correspondent that nothing was to be expected...
...unable to render it, "swipes" and all, with never a look at one another, heads tilted back and eyes shut tight for the roaring refrain. Thus, when the Lord Jeffrey Inn was opened with ceremony last week at Amherst, Mass., college men everywhere pricked up their ears, hearing fond echoes in the very name. The inn, of an old English design, facing the village green, was not a part of the Amherst college plant, but Amherst alumni thronged to join the celebration. President George Daniel Olds of Amherst made a speech. President Harry A. Garfield had come over from Williams...
...Administration. He tries to manage things but he is not always successful. That grey-haired man with rather stiff movements is Bruce. He is a Democrat and another one of the vigorous antiprohibitionists. Like King, he has much to say on many subjects. He too is very learned and fond of classical allusions, but he can be fierce at times. James Couzens, millionaire, isn't here. He has been ill of late. When he is in top form, he makes a formidable opponent. That solid, dark little man is Robinson, nominal leader of the Democrats. He is a downright...
...chosen should be 'races,' as it naturally strengthens the belief, already far too prevalent, that your chief object is amusement; and races have become so bad of late, and the connection with them has ruined so many young men and broken the hearts thereby of so many fond and kind parents, that I am especially anxious you should not sanction or encourage them. "Since I began this I have heard of the great wish entertained that you should receive the Order of St. Patrick and that you should be installed in Dublin as a Knight. I shall have...