Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-04-19
Curious Facts about CoDgressmeD,

The best speaker on The Union side is William
u. Kelly, Penns} .ya1ia on the Democratic side,
ID ". Nuorhees, Indiana
The best p,amenllln, Union side, l. B.
Wash5um., lliuoi. Democrat, $ 5. Cox.
The readiest debilef Uuion, John A. Kasson.
tovl Democrat George H. Ieodleion, Ohio.
fl tbc iast Congress, Iobu a. Bingham, Ohio,
G. j. NaiAldigtlm. Canada.
hsmember sah ltc best blood is John Low,
Indiana, vi o.e paIiol grandfather was a member
Of the c.d Continental Congress, l776. His ma.
'srua. grandfather aas o member Of the 6rst Con
gre.s uDaa- the ConsuDuuon, BIZ father vas q
member o.. Cugr during The WI o. 1872,
lad Mr. low, tbe preseul representative, is now
serving lls second term.
Toe odes coNccui9e member is h. i. Wash
u4rue, Illinois, vta hla held bis scat tor eleven
yer in thc .ai Con}.tss was j. >. Phelps,
5ii~oau wla $50 colonel .a the Union army,
4al bad been u Copues. l3r eighteen y-ars.
Iue old II maa s ll.d1e4s Stevens, Peuusy-
eao'a, eha IS almoa Il !o4n DID, Tie young
e,t Gen. james A. Garfield, who {, only 80 Yeas
Dd -lauus Dorasly Minnesota, is just .&.
teen d.ys older.
" Hel D. NcIndle Wisconsin, a very eGi.
Gent gentleman, bl cn'y one hand
The General oi bl4hcs. rack Is Mal1f Geuera.
Robert g. sch,rck, whose commission dates from
August 30, 1852 Tho other Generals are Gar.
field, Ohio; Dumoat, lndlta Blair, Missouri
The tpndsomes' man is William Window
Nrreot.
lne vc4ih8.t ml Is O4hes Ames, manu-.
cuter from Massachusetts,, who worth over
two millions.
The most rapid speaker ihe Speaker
Sehu, ler 'My, lndala
Ih. 'a.tst man IS Efltu3 j. Clay Ktuluck
lhes1ou,s' member, ate- j. W. McCury,
Missouri Augustus Brudsgee Connecticut
Neh,mlh Perry, New Jersey Francisco Perea,
New Mexico; tha difference 10 be decided b,
The respective thickness Of the soles
The smallest member is 5 5 Cox the arges,
is John ID. Baldwin, Massachusetts.
he m s, productye-Gea Ebeuezar Dumonl,
the father ol nineteen children.
Tue most graceful mao !, William II. Wads
worth, Kentucky
The cignisd mau is RUFUS =. Splu.dlng
Ohio.
The most sarcastic man Is llId1eus Stevens
Penns! h4uia
The social man is Gen. T. j. Blair, Missouri.
The member The bas cent away The mga
speeches is ,. > Cox, lhs Consfess lhe IasI, b.
Wood lhe speech Fernando wrote.
The largest himu On tie Un'on side is Joslal
b. Griuucil, Iowa, who bias SIX thousand acres Of
aud, and keeps sN thousand sheep. The oig
arner en- the " other SIDE Is good substantial
Union mau' bfotus d. Cay, Aen!ucAy, Nh' owns
slxy-f'e hundred ucf's OF land, and whose home
farm cortairs We thousand acres, worth sl5O per
acre. Mr.. Gay has Two Aonuitd and sevth'l-hVe
negroes, hity mules, TWO hundred sheep, one tua
dTeG atd hhy hl1cded cattle some oi The most
famous 10 tie Onned States. HIS usual stock OF
cattle Is about iour hundred head.
The member who never falls 10 move az
amendment is William >. HOLMAN, Indiana.
The member who lNe4 lAe arhest East Is
Frederick A. Plke, Miine. West John *. Nc
Bride, Oregon North, / DonnelIy, Minnesota.
Sou'h, Cornelius Cole, California, whose district
reaches down TO Mexico.
JAMS Brooks Is the best read man, and has