The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-10
National Superintendent AssOCia.
tion.
[Corrt1goadtaSs QfAs LRttIlgsnotr.l
WAsrRdroS, D. c., March 8.
rN PERSONAL.

how they actI Very likely, however, the
result VIII bo much as in the case Of the
boy who induced his mother 10 take him
to sec Gen. Washington, and went away
saying" Mother, 10 tt0Rly GNEGnp These
same Superintendent are only mGn-a
good deal like other mcn-with not much
labeled on the outside indicative Of their
peculiar calling or reputation.
Tho President OF the Association, Hon.
]. P. Wickersham, Of Pennsylvania, Is a
small gentlc-manneFed man, very quiet
and unobtrusivc, saying very sensible
things in IN olT.hand, careless kind Of q
way but which after all It would not be
so easy to improve upon. We guess the
ladies would like to pet him, II he would
only let them. When hG was teacher
we venture that he was great 1ayorite
with his pupils. He Is rs kind as kind
ness ITSELF but as strong as an avalanche,
Whether he believes In corporal punish
ment or not, he probably never practiscd
It much. There isn'ta BIT Of "style" about
him and hC doesn't impress ono as su.
perior presiding officer. And yet, the pro
ceedlngs of the Association go of without
o lar, and with considerable dispatch.
Sometimes, however, he can't bring him
selfupto the bringing down Ofa lOng'wind-
ed and windy speaker. 1t would DO easy 10
find a worse President-nOt easy to find u
kinder, trler, more straightforward, lln-
assuming and fOrceful man. Il Is little
wonder TINT Pennsylvania delights to
honor him.
Among the more noticeable pcrsonages
is Hon. Joseph White, Of Mass. How he
came among the Jonathans, we do not
know. He looks for oil the world like q
great, ruddy.laccd, jolly Englishman.
And the resemblance does not end with
Ills exterior. He can talk as everlasting
ly,and yetas sensibly as the best John Bull.
And, withal, there Is thesame good humor,
mingled with q spice OF sensitiVcness and
the glow Of generous and ready sympa.
thy. Big as he Is, he is chOck full ofcdu-
cation. Tap him anywhere, and the sup:
ply is as bountiIul and palatable Us that Of
q sugar tree on IL sunshiny day in spring
time. He won't have 1t that hlassachu-
sets has bit Of resentment LEFT against
the South. He declares she Is ready TO
do anything possible for the upbuilding
and prosperity Of the Southern portion OF
the republic.
The Hon. B. G. Northrup, Of Connect
cbt, is good specimen OF the nervous,
wile.awakc, ierRy, go.ahGad Yankee. He
Is hung upon a pivot somewhere, but he
don't swing on It in any methodiCal sort OF
flshiOn. Tie WinkS one eye at you, Us
much us to say, that's II, you under
stanlI' and the next second he is over the
other side Of the room in full chase after
idea No. 9. Attn first blush, he doesn't
seem likely 10 perfect anything, amid his
skurrying ncYGr-stop-a.tive.ncss. But he
Is like tho performer that throws up half
II dozen bulls before the first one comes
down, and then catches and rc.throws
them IN in order, as they come down.
There Is IL good deal about him, to which
Virginian would apply the term gentle
man, 1t were not that there Is so much
else that Is SO peculiar and SUI genertS.
But he isn't impertinent-isn't meddle-
somc-isn't unconth-hasn't nasal twang
liz u driving, Yankee gentleman. He
knows how to stop when he is done.
The representative Of Rhode Island
"littlc RliOdy''-is Hon. s. w. Bicknell,
Il tall, slab.sided, half bald, widc.mOuthed
fellow, who, when called on for speech
at the late hour Of ten o'clock, r. NJ, gave
Congress u side-windcr by the proposition
to print one, instead, in the Globe We
think, upon the whole, We won't venture
10 take him for q greeny, notwithstanding
appearances. We fear we should come
out much rs the late Senator Hanncgan,
Of Indiana, did, when referring to Senator
Clarke, Of Rhode Island, as "thc Senator
from the State where they paid their Gov
ernOr $500 salary, and who had to pcddle
milk and raise calves for living" ut
is true" rotortcd Clarke, "that We raise
calves in Rhode Island, but 100 don't send
MenAtO CongreSSF
II won't do to say much about our
neighbor IIenkle, Of Ohio. He Is, how
ever, "some" on statistics, and Is good at
holding on. He reminds one little Of the
Frcnchman, whom an Englishman In n
fight knocked down, and, walking on, left
half senseless on tho ground. At length,
gathering himself up, the Frcnchman
exclaimed, "Be gar, gain 20 VIC
tory. l keep 70 ground" Henklc
kept the ground and gained tho victory at
last, on the statistics question. An accu-
rate likeness Of him wouldn't have the
mouth shut. He Is evidently one Of the
irreprcssiblc sort, It's no sort Of use
knocking him down. He won't stay
down. We don't know precisely where
to put lin. He isn't yankee, he isn't
southern, he isn't exactly western. We
guess he is-buCkeyc.
The Hon. B. G. Hobbs, OF Indiana, wears
n halEstylc Quaker hat. We presume he
bears about that relationship 10 the hees
and Mou6. There Is good deal Of hard,
practical sense about him; hut 1t doesn't
stick very close to him, but slips off ut
every opportunity, and sometimes when
there isn't much Of an opportunity. He
Is evidently conscious Of bearing the world
on his shoulders. The wonder Is rs TO
how 1t will get along when he Is dead.
Hon. s. s. Ashley, Of North Carolina,
is one Of the straightforward, earnest, per-
severing workers-a little prOsy some.
times, but always earnest In hepursuit Of
purpose. He don't know how to put on
style, and there Is more in him than ap.
pears ut first sight Ie isn't aware that
he Is worth much to tho world, but he Is
thoroughly intent on doing the work in
hand. He docs 1t carefully rand well, look.
ing closely Mt all Of its bearings, and cxer.
ciscs n good degree Of discrimination.
The Hon. ]. II. JillsOn, of South Caro-
lima, is q modest appearing young man, Of
whom we didn't get measure.
Hon. w. johnson, Of Maine, Is tho poll.
tician Of tho association. Ills fingers itch
to manipulate wires, and lie has u big
hand.spikc always at hand ready for log.
rolling. Albeit, It Is whispered around
that the book agents were n few too many
for him recently, down at Augusta. But
he's us supple as u cat, and We venture will
he fund M hiR fiApt nj the nOVt legislature