The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-02-21

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ANECDOTAL FRAGMENTS
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s INAUGURATION DAY.
The selection of the fourth of
March as the day for the beginning
of the Presidential term, seems to
have been the result Of accident.
The old Continental Congress,
when the ratification of the new,
Constitution by the necessary num-
ber of States had been ascertained,
passed a resolution, September Is,
1888, appointing the first Wednes-
day Of the next January for the
choice of the Presidential Electors,
the first Wednesday Of February
for tho election of President and.
Vice President, and the first
Wednesday Of March as the time
for the organization Of the new
Government. The first Wednesday.
of March happened to be, in the
year 1859, the fourth of March, and
as the Administration which began
on that day was limited to four
years by the Constitution, the next
and all succeeding administrations
have begun on this day Of the.
month. 2eszal 5 z.i
THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REpuBn1c.
'"The Battle Hymn Of the Repub-
lie" was composed at the beginning
of the war by Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, Of Boston. While she was
writing, without realizing it, her
soul took up the measure of the
"John Brown" chorus, and to that
tune the nation has been singing IL
It had seldom been sung to that
tune before that eventful morning
Of the 9Th of July, 1863, when the
news of Gettysburg lifted the de-
spondent hearts of the prisoners in
Libby from utter despair to q do
lirium Of joy. 9ai -
Soon afterward it was sung in
the hall Of the House of Represent
atives, Mr.. Lincoln joining in the
chorous and calling for it's repiti-
ton. remarking "that it was The
finest hymn he ever heard" Emf
nent musical composers have tried
to rescue it from its connection
with the ssJohn Brown chorus by
setting it to finer music, but they
have never succeeded. They cam
not bury II. One cannot help wish.
ing that q pen 80 powerful as Mrs.
Howe's might be more prolific.
She seldom writes for the public
eye, but when she does her words
are craven in the memory of 1.-The
nation 'sas with an iron pen, and
with lead in the rock, forever"
METHoDIsM IN TIE WEST. ~
They tell an incident of DR.. Eddy
the, Editor Of the Northwestern
Christin Advocate, o religious news
paper of the Methodist persuasion
which shows the rapid growth O
the west and of the church he rep
resents. Going out from Chicago
on one Of the principal railroads
in company with another divine, a
the train approached the first sta
tion he was asked by his companion
the name of the place they wer,
approaching. The Doctor gave II
and remarked casually, that he hat
''once dedicated q church there.
As they came up to the next station
tR Doctor, being questioned, dc
scribed that also, and added tha
he had s'once dedicated q churcl
there" At length when the trail
had stopped at the sixth station
the accompanying divine straight
ened in his seat and asked:
| "Well, Doctor did you ever dedi
cate church here?" m
'sHerer' the Doctor replied, will
a twinkle in his ministerial eve
'tHere? O yes, I dedicated tw,
churches here!"
/ His amazed companion conclude,
to keep silent at the next station
SO it was passed without question
But coming to the next point b
could not restrain his curiosity, bu
said:
"Well Doctor, how about dedi
eating . church here!"
81 was invited 10 dedicate
church here" replied the Doctor
"but could not come, because cha
day I had an engagement 70 dedi
cate . church at the station we iua
passed"
: QUENCHNG SMOKER.
One day Henry Clay, who hs
arrived in Frederick, Maryland, b
stage coach from Wheeling, nj
} Reverdy- johnson, who marie
Mary Bowie, q cousin of JAIME
Bowie, inventor Of the Bovxie knit,
in the street. fsa a8a55 .eis go
! 'Neverdy," he said, 81 have iua