River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-11-11

@h tine 1E@A8WrYs
Writes Washington correspondent of
the Hartford Times Grandma has not
been in Washington since grandpa was in
the Senate, some years ago 1t is de.
| lightful TO take the old lady about and
hear her comments upon the changes that
have taken place since the war, and the
way people whom she says were nobodies
IN her day have come to the surface. Like
many old people, she clings to the past,
and will not believe that we have had any
statesmen since tho death of the great
triumvlrate, Clay, Webster, and Calhoun.
She was quite Mortified, when visiting the
treasury, to recognize some of her old
friends among the ladies. She had not
been brought up to recognize the fact that
a lady can support herself and yet re-
tain her position in society. The friends
she met in the treasury Mare blthesome
young girls when she knew them in the
homes of their parents. BLESS my
heart y she exclaimed, "there is Mary
Albert Well, / knew her when her
father, Col. Albert, was chief of the topo-
graphical bureau. What belle she was !
There was Mary Albert, Adele Cuts and
Addie Smith, three of the greatest bellies
Of the day. They all differed in style.
Miss Cults, when she was seventeen,
looked like a classic statue. Miss
Smith was a gir'ish, sprightly blonde,
and Mary Albert was just her own
sweet self" Then grandma moralized
about the fact that no one can tell what
their children will come to, but il is
pleasant to remember that they had a
happy childhood. Miss Cults married
Stephen Douglas, who died from hard
work in the effort to become President.
She ls now happily married to Gen. Rob.
ert Williams. and is with her husband at
Fort Leavenworth. Miss Smith is the
wife of Col. Holt, and resides in CaIifor.
mia. Miss Albert married Mr.. johnson.
who was appointed consul at Florence.
lie died there, and left her with two in.
iant sons. Then the war came on, and
Col. Albert died, and the young widow,
Mrs. Johnson, commenced the task Of
earning support for herself and chill
dren. For thirteen years she has toiled.
The boys are almost men now, and will
soon be able to take care of their mother.
From the number in whom grandma
was interested, one would suppose that
every lady in the building was entitled to
superior consideration. She was de-
lighted to meet the widow Of Mai. David
Porter Heap. This lady, she told me,
was Miss Boyer of Virginia. Her hus-
band was appointed consul to Tunis, and
they were married in time to make their
bridal journey thither. "Poor thing!'
grandma said; "to think that she has to
work for herself and four children. Well,
well times have changed since we heard
Of all their grandeur abroad" There
were several ladies whose fathers were
once members Of Congress from the
South, and the daughters OF con,modores.
and ex.sccretaries, and ether distin-
guished people.
The old lady's ire was raised when she
noticed the pert, fiippant manner with
which ill-bred clerks and messengers ad.
dressed the ladies. "Well,' she said,
"that must be the hardest part of como
down. Ladies, who have always been
treated with Difference and respect,
to have such creatures approach them
as though they were on an equality |"
why, grandma" said, ''look at the
messenger who has Just brought in the
letters; see, he stands off and losses the
letters to their owners. saw one strike
that lady in the face" Wont she com.
plain of such disrespect :" The innocent
old lady asked. "There would be no use
= for the chiefs are familiar with these
persons, and besides, they are men. or are
going to be when they get older, and for
that reason their salaries are above those
Of the ladies, and they are aware Of that
fact, and nowadays it is money alone that
entities one to respect ''Cards and
letters used TO be handed to those ladies
on silver salver," muttered the distress
ed old lady.
hurried my poor old relative away,
for the tears were in her eyes, and she
could not appreciate the fact that the OBJ
jects Of her tender compassion we're SO
busy with the daily struggle for bread
and railnent that they were unconscious
OF the trifiing trials to which they we're
subjected. | told her that there we're
hundreds who would emily be too thank
full for one Of these situations.
Righteous Public Sentiment.
A remarkable case OF seduction has oc-