The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-25


at the Capitol, task Spoiford" when they
desire information on any topic, and the
wel-informed librarian rarely failed to an
swer their questions. But Mr. Sumner
would first ransack the Library himself
and then avail himself of any additional
information which Mr.. librarian Spofford
might be able to afford.
Mr.. Summers department in debate, and
his pecularitcs as legislator, | will not
stop now to allude to. AS he was enc of
the first senators at his post, so he was
rarely absent from his curulc chair until the
final adjournment.
HOME DINNERS.
Mr.. Sumner has not, during the past
two years, been much of a diner-out, al
though he was guest once or twice week
at the hospitable table of his devoted and
valued friend, Hon. Sam Hooper, 1t APP
pearcd, however to be his recreation to
have friend or two at his own table, and
it was then that he was seen to the greatest
advantage. lie was not an epicure, but
he liked his food well cookd and served in
courses in the French style With his din
ner he used to drink, very temporarily, of
light wines, but he never used spurious
liquors / have several times heard him
say that lac did not believe that he had, in
all his life, drank so much as a quart OF all
kinds Of liquor, and that incidentally.
ror,horn n,u wo,Id bn Lrn,,,l,, liz, and
hc wnrid lnni, ovor hs lo,,or,7 n,,om co,,'
nontin,, nn ,Lnn, orI ,hon ,,lnrcn -, ria
Rosjou .JoyrooT ,hn Now Vor, Tr;L,,,e
md yL,,LJ anil ,ho phiIodolnL;o p,ess
A. tIis ,iro cricrds vonId nf,nn dron in
nsnnciollv nol;,icions In ,bc ,hroc last
wears Of Mr.. summers life he must have
nconircd a vast and NOT nlensont cvnerinncc
in what is called political psychology. This
was 1spSclally ','e case IN loo@, wheh men
".'% "'.' ~ gu ''',l :" GlpoIu e"e I'''i h
u'',on Wne[leu nIou,'' mo nv ii'le anu c"eer-
va ,un',. ip' .',i, quo'e ins ow,,
"rHVrn Woru5 Al"S lDr .ne neurtiesSheSs
".'u i'', n,i " i''Vu nv n1' h'"so''
~ S'1 ,inS. iil''.e" ~ ''u' n"u was
,,''''i'iVs''! P"'".u: ~ us pule nV"it W sc
,ne l"'e H',u f"t',o',o ,,is,,aC.S VIII" orig
,. nit9 H. '"I itIuoi'.1m p".'y s'"u-
"""s y.S'''"s III NV "',''''','''"c''s VI Pu"
VI "i'u i'e scuuct'o"S VI Sal"'!, ""u-"na'
uu"''V" MN "''Ic- ecoi'oli'lc"i iclof'" uc-
Hc"c'"G ln'o uownrisht co,i"p'ion' le'
ne n.eu 10 playiuiIy ren'9rk uhat no one
~ uio" " co'l "P' "'"' 'WNe, Pcrii"Ps'
"uc"'p'S WIZ "''''t ~ uSc "''' ny 'n'SSr-
np,t SEcoph'hl' VINO ProieSseu great ue,
No,'o" " '"t E''"' Pri"c'P'tS W'i'cn nc 'au
at ne"rt' put hc was NOT I" DC caught ny
iopoy-cnad'
/ occasiohaily ne was teeced ny me Jer-
eil'y l,lId'er' eSpecially those VINO convinced
MN 'naI thcy Knew friends OF ms IN Europe
OF III BOSTON lie was opposed to proinis-
| of trckcrv and imnosturn. he i1rs mo gcn.
cral evil tendency of undermining habits of
industry and substituting for them listless
/ dependence on the bounty of others
,.,o,,. ,,.,.
N''"' "'"N'
Ns ms 'liii clocN chiheu ciSht O'Clock
MF' summer generally went mp STAIRS, pun
on ms dressing Gown and went into his
sludV Tor four or I'VE hours haid work.
lilS great task "' laie had heen his brook,
as ne invariably called the edition of his
works now beng published in Boston.
Every care was taken ny nm I" nave every
statement and figure. both in the text and
IN the ioo',nntes, correct. and III TINS he
was seconded ny his most careful OF proof
readers and yerlilers at Cambridge These
Volumrs VIII constitute ms monument and
To tnen ne mas ucNo'ed the evenings ana OIL
ten nights OF ms later years.
FRIENDS, and often strangers, VINO would
cal on INN between eight and ten in the
evening would go away charmed ny his
conversation, enfiched ny interesting RENT
mscenccs ana characteristic anecdotes. nut
they niue knew 'hat he would nave to take
from sleep the time he has given to them.
IL was mus oitcn between one and two III
thc morning before he Went TO hed-ot'en
To SNii'r during slecpless night.
MIR. suMyrR's DECORATIONS.
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