The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-12-11

events, she will have the satisfaction
of eclipsing all her husbands efforts to
abolish the color line in the solid South.
But tie Post offers to bet four dollars
and fifty cents that when Mrs. Hayes
makes this break it will play greater
havoc with her Republican visiting list
than her husbands Southern policy"
did with his owrcstslogue Of callers
of the stalwart school.
Last week there appeared in the
Star the advertisement of a lady who
has carriage and pair" and desired
10 find one or two other ladies having
regular calls to make. who would like
to join her in the keep" of it. ]
mention this to illustrate the extent to
which this "peddling of cards" is car
ried here. On receiving days anybody
and everybody is at liberty to call
upon the wives of public men, and it
Is done to such an extent by all sorts
of women who can dress and get car
rage, that good many sensible people
regard it a ridiculous feature of our
"cOurt society,"" In the last year of
the reign of Mrs. Fish As the wife of
the Secretary of State there happened
an amusing incident, which | will re-
late to instance the trouble tn which
the wives of officials are often unneces-
sarily put. We will say the lady's
name was Mrs. Thomas. Her hus-
band is clerk on small pay in one Of
the departments. She made no social
pretension, lived in a quiet, humble
way, in a very petite house in the
suburbs, kept no domestic, and did
her own work. All this greatly to
her credit. Being on. Wednesday
afternoon in the neighborhood of the
"Fish Mansion" she proposed to her
sister "to go in just for look and see
what the high flyers we're doing" At
the door footman presented his salver
for a card. They had none. The
assistant servant handed another salver
with black card and a pencil. The
little woman wrote her name and adj
dress, thinking it a mere form. and
the twain were ushered into the
drawing-room, where the courtly Mrs.
Fish received them with all the i'm
pressment due Queen. About ten
days after this the industrious house
keeper was mounted on a step ladder
in front of her modest little home,
engaged in the unpleasant task of
washing windows. She noticed COM
ing down the street an elegant car
riage, with servants in livery. driving
superbly caparisoned horses 1t came
on, and presently halted at the door.
The fOOtman sprang down, came to
the window, took a card, and, ap-
preaching the ladder, asked: "Does
Mrs. Thomas live here ?"Yes." as
she at home ?""No," replied the quick
witted housewife, as she took the paste
board and slowed it liz her pocket.
The story was too good to keep, and
the husband told it in great glee to a
friend. Mrs. Fish was very punctili-
Gus about pay ing visits. and, no matter
how obscure the person from whom she
received the compliment of visit. she
never failed to go in person and return
it.
1t is stated on pretty good authority
that we are shortly to have ''cipher
dispatch" investigation instituted by
the Democrats. A consultation has
been going on relative to it, and Ben
Butler has handed over some dis
patches in his hand. From what has
leaked out there is reason to anticipate
that the Republican politicians will
wish they had let the cipher business
alone. 1t is also said that Gen. Butler
is preparing a speech on bull-dozing
that will likewise interest the bloody
shirt shakers to a greater degree than
they are likely to relish. PHoNo.