The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-02-20
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heut W INC SiplIol, yesterday,
to see-if there was anything going
on there of especial interest to the
Northwest. Senators and all other
sources of Information seemed
busy. I secured an Illinois Con-
gressman at last, but he didn't know
anything Of especial import, except
that no move had yet been made
this session, and doubtless none at
all would be made during this Con-
gress, in behalf of the ship canal
which it is proposed shall one day
give Chicago direct communication
with Europe by way of the Illinois
and Mississippi rivers. This was
sufficient On that subject, of course.
Then went to the chamber Of the
Senate Committee on the judiciary
{ I will here remark that I am not a
clerk of any committee because I
was told that Senator Trumbull
would shortly be there. s.-
Twas standing all by myself in the
Committee room, reading vast
law book, and wondering what it
was all about; and whether the plain
tiff had done so and so, or whether
it was the defendant; and which Of
them they found guilty; and how
the mischief they ever knew he was
guilty when the words were tangled
up so and noting, with qualification,
the references to Perkins V. Bangs,
Mo. Rep. iii:,r &C., whereby it was
apparent that if one did not get
mixed up enough in that book there
we're others that could finish him );
and wondering also at the bewilder
ing tautology of the said aforesaid
book aforesaid, when youth to
fortune and to fame unknown, flour
ished in in the most frisky way, and
came to a halt before me. This
young man had moustaehe that
dimmed the lightness of his coun-
tenance about as your breath dims
the brightness of a razor; he bored
down into it with his fingers, and
gave. it a twist which, was .singularly
gratifying to him, considering that
no effect was produced upon the
moustache by the opera ion. Then
he tilted his little soup-dish to the
poftside Of his head with his gIoYed
hand and said:
"Hello n'
l said "Hello y
He looked surprised. Then he
said: aDo you belong here p
L was just finishing a sentence
about Perkins V. Bangs. I finished
it and observed, "rhe weather is
very fine.''
He whisked nervously up and
down the room a couple of turns,
and then said, care you the Clerk of
the Judiciary Committee p
said in the urbanest manner:
In view Of the circumstance
that on SO short an acquaintance
you betray SO much solicitude con-
corning my business, | will venture
to inquire what you may happen to
want with the clerk of the Judiciary
Committee %
THAT is not answering my ques-
ton. Are you the clerk Of the Ju-
dietary Committee ?'''gr ~4-..s\
''In view of the circumstance that
on SO short an acquaintance you be-
tray so much solicitude concerning
my business, I will venture to in
quire again what you may happen to
want with the clerk Of the judiciary
Committee ?'"' "a fr ,-y.9z-,-7-e
"That don't concern anybody but
me. What / want to know is, are
you. or are you not the clerk of the
Judiciary Committee p - r,Eggr
"In view, as said before, of the
circumstance that on so shortan &C
quaintance you betray SO much so
licitude concerning my business, I
will venture to inquire once again,
what you happen to s0a,at with the
clerk of the Judiciary Committee37