Purely Personal

The Detroit Evening Journal has a column headed as above, and in it Is being "done up" many of the prominent inen of the state. Friday evening last one of Ann Aibor's celebrities carne in for a notice, as follows : Every great raan has a dlstlngulshlngglft. Judge Harrimau, of Aun Arbor, ís a dUtingulshed ornament of hls professlon. To be knowu ;it hls beat, however, the Jult; must be Heen at a New England supper. Therebe Is In full featber. Amld feasllng und Jolllty and mirth he is king. Lel hiui eather about th '-foetivo," gruumng under buked beans, mlnoe pies, doughnuts, bard eider, pumpkin pies und otber cherished relies of an tearller clvllizatlon, aud tje"s u "nomAi11 At uicv-ViO xrt 't nt' -ijtrrfiA Chalnam In parliament. He's there wlili botb feet. To hlm there's an insplration In the clash of dlshes and cutlery, the uut brown amber Juloe and attendant good cheer. He' happier than a new postmaster or a marvtng donkey In a thlBtle patch. When be "lays to and helps hlmseir hls tove for New Kngland nhows lts deplh and breadih. He la tbe llfe of the banqueters and deuth to the banquet. And one of Ann Arbor's former celebHties was pictured true to life, as follows : Anson D. Besimer has a marked Individuality. Even the oldest and best informed oltlien has not the bardihood to say that he ever saw another man like Ans. Irlsh, Dutch, Welsh, Engllsh and Yankee blood commlngle In hls veina. The effect of the combtoailon la apparent In Mr. Besimer. He has dlagnosed hla own case nd tells how these respective elemenu have aflected the entirety. Physlcally and mentally the resul t aeemsto be a happy one. As a tal ker Ans. takes the bread factory and adjacent property. No matter what the topic, he has hls particular views and can give them in the ohoicest selectlon of words frora Webster's unabrldged. When he warms to hls work the atream becomea a torrent and 1U a si i tl" backed man who doean't wlsh sorae other fellow had hls end of the debate. Ans. simply overwhelms and deiuges a man, leavlng hini to get out and shake hlmself the best way he can.