The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-03-25
from the Washington Capital.
senator NeSsniah,

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| Gentlemen at dinner table in Wash
angion. He is full Of humor and en-
pertaining anecdotes. Like most PEG
iple of this sort, he has to be seen an,
.heard to be fully APPRECIATED. To
Very capable face, in the way of com
;edy, he adds the slow, quiet utteranc,
where the sentences seem to loung,
out OF his mouth that contributes tw,
thirds to the entertainment.
He set the table in roar, the othel
night, bygiyIng an account of his frs
dinner party in Washington. He hae
been emgrated TO Oregon when boz
and before the great protectionist hae
made US acquainted with the .eendus
tries OF the countree,' and had never
seen steamboat, railroad ear, or
swallow tail coat, until he left Oregon
tor Washington senator. Shortly
after his arrival here he had an invi.
tation to dine with the judge advocate
general, Joseph Holt He called q
caucus of his friends to advise with
them what should be done under the
circumstances. The T. S. V. p. in
the corner puzzled him amazingly. He
thought, for while, they represented
the bill of fare and meant roasted,
stewed veal and pork. His friends
rcnlightened him, however, gave him
the proper Information, and wrote for
him response accepting the polite
invitation. In addition to this he
was Informed that brass mounted
swallow tail, with white choker and
lavender kids, were absolutely indis-
,pensable, and that the servant would
not let him into the house without
them. To accomplish this, as the
senator wished to get civilized as
rapidly as possible, he repaired to a
cond-hand coating store, kept by
: Moses Il Son, two distinguished He
brews, and stated his want. The
obliging child of Israel said he had
exactly what the senator needed, a
claret colored coat made for MIR. LIN
coin, but not taken because it WIS a
"leetle too large in the shoulders, You
see"
Shack. you prings down dat coat,
cried the house of bondage to its son.
Keeps him, you see, III schlnall
pox by himself"
The coat was produced Nesmith
says that he keeps it as relic, as he is
satisfied that it was a garment left
over by the lata Wing party. He has
no doubt but that Henry Clay went
his thousands on nary par in that
identical swallow-taii 1t was very
narrow in the shoulders, with puffs,
and ran down the rear, narrowing in
the most extraordinary manner to the
small of the back, where two brass
buttons glittered at you like bayonets
on military guard, over that region
liable to be assailed in case of scrim-
mage
Visiting store in search of gloves,
the dapper little clerk asked him his
size. The senator was very much en-
barrassed by the question, but sup
posing it referred to his stature, re-
piled five feet eleven. The man smil-
ed incredulously, and said he meant
the size OF his hand. The senator
responded that he never had measured
his paw, but he guessed he could try
on some gloves. Whereupon the
clerk banded him an assortment, and
the senator proceeded to pull on the
delicate fabric, and tried some eight
or ten before he found pair to suit,
and then he punched the clerks head
tor his impertlnence in proposing that
he should pay for all that he had tried
on.
Fully equipped according to the law
Of etiquette, he repaired to the house
of the eminent jurist on Capitol Hill
at seven o'clock p. IN. Ringing the
doorbell, he in few minutes was
asked for his name, which was given
on neatly written card, done ut the
National hotel by the card writer, and |
the guest was then conducted across
q cold porch into dimly- lit, cold |
parlor. Here he sat, wondering how |
It happened that he was among the |
first guests, and getting chilled to the |
bone, for it was very cold night. In
a few minutes he was joined by the |
Judge advocate general in a most ex-
dinner dress, consisting of |
a gown and slippers, the last very
much down at the heel The chilli |
ness of the room seemed to be inereas- |
cd by the entrance of the host, who is |
generally as cold as an ieicle, but on
this occasion seemed to be the North |
Pole. After few minutes CONVERSE
lion the host invited his shivering
guest into the library, where warm
ire made them more comfortable.
For an hour the two discussed the
of the Union, but Nesmith
saw no guests arriving, and heard no
rattling of dishes. or rather no pre-
paration for feast.
From eight till nine they dweit
on our foreign relations,
md yet no dinner. .e---..-
From nine till ten the conversation
vas desultory and miscellaneous, and
'et no dinner. Nesmith, who had all
lis life been dining at noon, had alb
taincd on this day, and now found
himself hungry enough to eat his host.
lie could not help thinking, while
ooking at the judge advocate general,
hat he would like to take little Holt
IN the half shell or Holt in roast,
II, better yet, Holt baked and basted.
eleven O'Clock came, and while Mes
NTH tried his best to talk the host
eemed to draw within himself, and
night have been taken for bronze
tatue but for the monosyllable Yes
nd No" that dropped out at times
Ike three pennies from nail ma
In the midst of spasmodic effort
I a sentence from Nesmith, Judge
Holt suddenly got up and said solemn
); aa ~
Senator, You must excuse me, but
have an engagement to call upon a
ady. ssaa assn aas
Nesmith thought it was a queer sort
# a lady tn he ealla.l on ut that hanr