Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-28

CuRIous FACTS ABOUT CoNeREssMEN.-Fhe hest sneaker on the Union side is William D. Kelly. Pennsylvania on the Democratic side, D. w. Voorhees, Indiana.
 The best parlamentarian, Union side, B. B. Washburne, Illinois Democrat, s. $. Cox.
 The readiest debater, Union, John A Ka- sson, Iowa Democrat, George H. Pendleton, Ohio. In the last Congress, John A. Bing- ham. Ohio, c. L. Vallandigham, Canada.
 The member with the best blood is John Law, Indiana, whose patriot grandfather was a member of the old Continental Congress, l776. His maternal grandfather was mem Der of the first Congress under the Constltu- ton, his father was a member of congress durinathe war of 1872, and Mr. Law, the present representative, is now serving HIS second term. Mir. Law is native ol 0sh. necticut, son of the late Hon. Lyman Law' or Nov London.
 The oldest consecutive member IS E. D. Washburne, Illinois. who has neio ms seat TOT sleven years. In the last Congress, was John s. Pheips. Missouri, who was a colonel in the Union army, and had been in Congress for eighteen years.
 The oldest man is Thaddeus Stevens, Penn syyania, who is almost 72 years, old. The youngest, Gen. James A. Garfield, who is only 32 years old. Ignatius Donnelly, Min nesota, is just sixteen days older.
 Walter D. McIndoe, Wisconsin, very efi- cisnt gentleman, has only one hand.
 The General of highest rank is Major Gen. oral Robert c. Sehenck, whose commission dates from August 3O,> 1862. The other Generals are Garfield, Ohio Dumont, In diana; Blair, Missouri.
 The handsomest man is William Windom, Minnesota.
 Tbe weslthiest man is Cakes Ames, a manufacturer from Massachusetts, who is worth over two millions.
 The most rapid speaker is the Speaker, Schuyler Colfax, Indiana.
 The tallest man is Brutus J. Clay, Kentuc-
 The shortest members are J. W. McClurg, Missouri Augustus Brandegee, Connecticut; N ehemiah Perry, New Jersey Francisco Perea, New Mexico; the difference is to be decided by the respective thickness of the soles.
 The smallest member is s. S. Cox; the largest is John D. Baldwin. Massachusetts.
 The most productive-Gen. Ebenezer Du- mont, the father of nineteen children.
 The most graceful man is William H. Wadsworth, Kentucky.
  Ohio.
 The most sarcastic man is Thaddeus Ste- vens, Pennsylvania.
 The social man is Gen. F. r. Blair, Mis- souri. The member who has sent away the snost speeches is S. s. Cox, this Congress the last, E. Wood, the speech Fernando wrote.
 The largest Farmer on the Union side is Jo- siah B. Grinnell Iowa, who has six thousand acres of land, and keeps six thousand sheep.
 The big farmer on the "other side' is a good substantial Union man, Brutus J. Clay, Kentucky who owns sixtyfve hundred acres of land, and whose home farm contains two thousand acres, worth $50 per acre. Mir. Clay has two hundred and seventy-ive negroes, fifty mules, two hundred sheep, one hund- red and fifty booded catte-some of the most famous in the United States. His usual stock of cattle is about four hundred head.
 The member who never fails to move m amendment is William $. Homun Indiana.
 The member who lives the farthest East is Frederick A. Pike, Maine. Vest John R. McBridge, Oregon. North, l Donnelly, Minn. South, Cornelius Cole, Calf ornia whose district reaches down to Mexico.
 James Brooks is the best read man. and has Q district of the smallest area-thle: wards in :, New York city.
 Henry Winter Davis lives the nearest, thirty-nine miles.and has S32 for mileage. William II. Wallace of Idaho, travels 1907 miles, and S6367.60 for mileage.
 The polit-st member is Reuben F. Fentou, of New York.
 There are seventeen members who are slave hol,'ers.
 Thers arc twenty-fsur members from slave States, of whom fourteen vote with tue Union party and ten with the Democrats.
 The best pcnman is Augustus Frank, N. Y. the poorest, Thaddeus Stevens, Pennsylvaeia.
 The member who is always there, sound and true, is Henry L. Dawes, Mass. :; the anti pode, Benjamin Wood, New Wash. ingtox Correspondent of Troy zimes