Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-05-31
Anecdotes of Webster.


dent, lie helped to support his brother
Ezekiel, at College, 10y copying deeds,
DC, while the latte occasionally re-
crnted his finances by school teaching.
Under date of Salisbury, N. H., Nov 4,
1905. Daniel wrote to Ezekiel rs follows:
Il have now 10y me two cents in lawful
federal currency. Next week l Will
s"nd them, if they be all. They will
buy u prp"-w'th a pipe You can smoke
smoking implies w,>dom-wisd"m is
allied to f"sllIult from trtituIe it is
tu! one step /" Si"i>m, aud Stnlsln never
pants for this worlds goods So. per>
hal's, my two cents. by this p'"crss, u.sy
put y"u quite at ease about casl..'
Alter having declined u c"iuf'rta}'e
"tficr, in order to pnr~u" his rr"tes~i,5"
Daniel wrote from Salisbury. ("n tn"
lO,h Of June 1904 to his brother in
tins wise: "Ztker. | don't b"Irve uil
what providence will do we'll far us yet
We shall live and live c".nt"rtan! Y. |
have This week come withii All ace ol
brlng appointed Clerk of tme Court :,
Common Pleas, for u!l>!,ornuyi i: rounty.
Well. You Will say, You are no brltes I'd
than If yuu had not come within ali az .
Perhaps "m-say nothing, but tinA
Il good deal, and do not disturb the
gods"
After Daniel had taken up his resi-
lrnc- at Portsmouth,, aud c"nlnhnc''s
lractci"g "s Il young law, er, he ;sI>"
>'on commenced practlciny 40 a ynung
lover, b, visiting Miss Grace Fletcher
Al one nf these visits, probably With
view Of crmbnin- n.lny and -nj"yme"'
| lie had hr-n hnI,tny >keins Of >ltk .hr'a''
f.: Miss Fletcher, when he suddenly
stopped, SaNing. Grace. We have tnu>
i,-n cigagrd III untyng h OTIS: let II,
sec if w.. can lie Il knoi~ one which Wi.
no unite for Il If, Time lie then t,ok
Il piece Of tape, aud, after beginning -
kno, of peculiar hInd, gave i, 10 he'
to comp cite. This WAS The crrem"ny
and ratification Of their enyag"n'ent.-
And u"w in Il illiIe box, n,a' ked 10y bun
wuh the words ''precIons documents.
e.-,....,,,1r,r tire tetterS nt his early court
ship, this unique memorial is still t" h'
found. The knot has never h.en united:
THE suhjnine1 anecdotes are related
By corr, spondent Of the Boston Tran
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Sorn after Mr.. Webster came to the
bar. hr was retained i'll suit bt'wee"
Two neiyhhurs Ii seems tina, they had
got to Iogs'.r'taIs alpat a dispute"
!,ne, ou, OF which ',al grown ,re>>pa>>
/ SUITS and all curts of controversies, and
and tina, the more malicious and art;u
Of the Two had SO piled The other with
! law in one shape and another, that b
l,n, nearly ruined him. Tie latter n"
last became arou>eh, aud brought IN ac
ion against the other tpr malc'oHs pros
ecntinl. and retained Mr.. Webster t"
manage it. On the trial, proof Of NAL
ic. was clear and convincing. and II WA
evident that The day .f ckonng had at
last come. In summing up tor pla'ns'tf
Mr. Webster. after making strong ar
,,u,i,.n, arainSt The defendant, showing
that he bad again and again Instituted
-uils a.aiu>t his client, merely t. per
| ,icx and annov him, closed ~ follows :
In Il word. gentlemen, | do net ST"
how can better conclude than III tn
u"rd> of " good old psalm" TEe",
looking at the jury but pointing at tn"
ei,rdrnt. he 'eprated from his favorIl'
authors, Slrekhnd and Hopkins:
He digged pit, and ogged it deep,
He digged it tor his brother,
Ev his great sin he did fall in
| The pitt he digged tor tother
And so 1t proved. The verdict was
heavy ag.iu~; the "l'gge'.
In 1852. when tn. Wing Convention
was in session. first cHin- news that G'n
Scott. who MAS suppressed t" br a l'tt'
100 prone "'iiSp':y, particularly ~ p"
mage, WAS nominated for the presidency
Then cam. news that William a. Gra>
ham. of NortI. Carolina. the land OF tar
pitch and lurpenlnr, was nominated t''
li.- vice presidency. Nhc" the latter
piece Of ,ntrIii g'.nce WAS conveyed t.
Mr. W., he was engaged in shaving hn"
self: He stopped, and. having heard tn
news, remarked in his slow. emphatic
manner. AS H.. deliberate y wiped ms ra-
z"r: "W.Il. i" not seq, then. but that
'he Wing party have tarred and fe"'''
'T"d themselves
1t is related Of Mr.. Webster and Mr..
Mason that they was once riding '''
circuit together in the winter sr'$o"
Til, snow was deep and the weather