Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-10-15
Correspondence.
Lettsrs from Washington.
w.suNGInN DC Con.


of the entertainment. If entertainment it NAV
be called. We were intending to write many
more things Of many more places. but eircum-
stances prevented. We should have vi.ited
Newport. Narragsnsett Pier. the coal mines.
Block Island, &c. had we been favored bu,
As We were not. we reiterated in deep clam
beg pardon. we mean eSlm. but in Rhode Is
land they arr nearly the same thing
Upon leaving we made our way TO BOSTON
Ronburv, wal,ham. and finally made more
permanent Judgement In Cambridge. 10 take a
squint at Harvard College folk and their sur
roundings. Your reader. know tha, Cam
bridge i lovely a. well as literary. and that
Loweils and I,ongfellows are As much objects
OF study there as logariihms.
We had been in Cambridge not more than
1--WE minutes, when there came along one of
the Cambridge celebrities in the person of Mr..
sophocles the Greek, who has been so long in
the country that he is now a Greek with Yam
kee improvements. Sophocles has taught
more Young ideas how TO shoot in Greek than
any Other teacher in this country, and still he
i only and literally one horse professor. He
lives alone, in rooms in the college buildings.
and cooks hi. own food. da-ns his own stock
ings. and enjoys himself In the funny way that
bachelors arr compelled 10, which is very
one sided way we confess. But ii does not APP
pear that his knowledge Of cooking is impart-
ed to the students or 10 others. for intelligence
has not reached such poin, in th st city yet a.
To produce a man that knows how to Keep a
hotel. and one visiting the place is compelled
to go among friends or seek meals and lodgi ing
in Boston. The Braiile house. which was
built for trst-class hotel. was long ago turn
ed into printing Office. and a. a public house
has nothing len but the memory Of very I'M
sAyory college dinner.
Whilst waiting under the shade OF the old
Washington elm 10 reflect on the changes tnst
have taken place since the day when George
so dramatically drew his famous sword. which
al now yeneratc, and TO wonder whether he
on the whole fully Compensated what he was
about. an elderly well-drcssed gentleman auo
up and showed unmistaSeablc signs OF an in
ten;ion TO have bit Of talk and entertain u,
with some Of his pleasant yarns. He was a
garrulous old chap. and one who evidently
spends much time in th, way. making it COM
Portable Tor such visitors have plenty of
time on their hands. He told the story OF
John Quincy Adams. who on receiving an aT-
Poiniment 10 professor,hip in the university
mads application for board at a somewhat IA
nous boarding-house and was refused by the
iandlady, on the ground ihsi she wanted none
but gentlemen OF undouhied rcspcctabiliiy
Years after when this lady mot Mr.. Adam. nj
the White House, neither party made any al.
fusion ie the circum.ianoc but II Mr. Adams
eye twinklcd just q Little II was nobody, bu.i-
ness.
President Quincy was long a prom men,
figure in Cambridge, lie was man Of fine
presence. powerful viii. solid aiiainmcuis.
ar.stocraiic breeding. and sterling character.
Besides. he was honest minded. and when he
put hi foot down it was generally conceded
that he wa there. He was an early anti-slay-
cry man. a gentleman, and lived up 10 his
creed and 10 his profession. one day coming
out from Boston in the omnibus-ihis was be-
fore the days OF street cars-a colorcl lady got
in al Charles street after the bls. wa, full.
Mr.. Quincy wa- 10 the farther end Of the car,
but seeing that no one nearer 10 her would ri,c
and give her scat, he. the Oldest and most
distinguished person there. surrendered hi..
and rode the whole distance TO Cambridge.
1hh 5~ntn $50 n9Ih7ig Tsr n N lie ShmfS
on that occasion.
Thomas Hill, the late president, i. i m an
with some marked pecullariies. lie was 80
Young when he became the head Of Harvard
that the boys had not got over the bad habi,
OF calling him Tom Hill. lie was carele..
Of hi. f,gr.nr.l artaar.p,-, a. 70 ,shl.- -
much Ike the late Horace Greeley in hi. di.re-
gard Of the precepis Of the tailor. Amer GO
Ing TO Portland 20 preach. having plenty Of
time and much inclination. he worked 10 hi.
garden ssslduously. sni 80 a. To excite the
al nraiion OF a female ncighbor, who persuad-
ed her husband 10 go and engage him 10 do
! their gardening. President Eliot has had SINH
lar experience. having made such a strong i'm
preston 10y his vigorous Use of the axe that
man in search OF good chopper called upon
him and proposed an engage cnt. So it an
be seen that muscular christianity has devo-
tees AT Harvard.
Mr.. Peabody. the theological man at Har-
ward. ia, the good fortune 10 BE- n hero in
some stories OF the period. ON one occa. ion
he was out for walk and meditation Amer
"A little, he became 20 absorbed in the latter
that he forgot entirely that be had any thing to
do with the former. The consequence was,
that he moved along automati ally. and in
meeting people he got gradually crowded haif
over the curbstone, with one foot ireading
along in the gutter and the other ON the side
walk, which was considerably higher Tni.
IN due time began 10 impress his mind with Il
ser ton and 10
that he had become afflicted with AL unaccount-
able lameness. So he made for home and sent
for physician at once TO attend TO his ease in
Its earliest stage.
At another time he formed one of pleasure
party who were on their way TO some noun
tam resort in Maine. The journey would take
all day aud 30 ii was important that time
should not be unnecessarily wasted When
the distance wa. half accomplished, The stage
stopped TO change horses and lunch; which be-
ing done. and all ready TO start, when it was
discovered that Mr.. p. was missing. And 30
they hunted and hunted-in the house. in the
barn, in the sheds, in the garden, in the grove,
and in all other conceivable places. but the
man Was nowhere. IL was well along toward
sunset when the lost sayan made hi. appear
ance in company with parcel of boys, with
whom he hsd been fishing. He was entirely
Unconscious Of where he was, why he was
there, or how he came there.
A gentleman in one Of the street cars one |
day took his seat by another. and passed the |
time between Boston and Cambridge in telling
the goo things he had heard of this professor. |
On leaving the at Harvard square, the
party who had been entertained handed card
TO the entertainer, on which was neatly en-
srsyed the name Of A. p. Peabody. So much
for pOliteness.
We got many other stories from our casual
friend. but cannot give them now
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.
The Government Keeps away from W ashing-
on SO persistently, that news becomes excee J.
ngly scarce. There are some advantages how
ver In this perpetual absence, for while the
resident Is away attending races, weddings.
md fetes, we know that the tate of the country
5 not likely to be changed by plottiIgs OF caes-
rism as WAS apprebended nv our able friend