The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-07

would seen, quite n~aturdlized as q citizen.
Of the Dominion. He rarely visits tns.
States now, and then only upon Tying
tysps In the quarter GerInalns q
Toronto, one ma tsee the house Etiicl:
was occupied during the wi NJ igltne
States, by Mrs SJane Stanton. q btlsEaa1'
.ladyof fashion who eamet1 Toronto pom
the far South Id search of "a asylum.
The remembrance OF the charms Of her
person, and the grace Of her converse
lion and high.bred manners, DOUBTLESS
fingers about the hearts Of many Of your
Southern gentlemen who paid her court
in those other and older times when AT
the world was young, beCauae. they were,
youDR-aS Almost grateful memory.
we have ourlochl celebrities, but none
probably who Is better known In the
States, now that Lord Dufferin has part.
ed from our shore with streaming eyes.
For It has become history how this prime
iayorite shed tears when the final moment
for departure came, none better known
since he has gone, than Goodwin Smith.
MI. Smith left his hotdei III England IN.
der O strong impression that everything
that was, was wrong. This conclusion,
which Is not new, time will often etadtt.
cate. But not always. SotrAtfs Smith
came to America, The recollection Q This
finding at Cornell, and everywhere under
the broad folds OF the lag-eVerYthing
continuing 10 be all YTong-is, fresh In
many minds. Arolling stone, he CAME to
the mixed amusement and disapp6int-
ment Of his friends over 10 the Dominion.
Since his arrival here he has done two
things which, without comment, seem
quite commonplace In the eyes Of the his
torian. Hemarried awidow, Mrs, Bolton,
a most estimable lady, who adds to her
possession Of many most admirable gifts
and grace the endorsement OF a most am.
pie fortune.
MI. Smith Is q gentleman Of rare and
wide Culture-a man Of whom any seat OF
learning may well DO proud, and had he
been content to marry the widow and
confne himself TO the discharge of his
professional fu~nctionsall would have been
well. In an evil moment Mr.. Smith en-.
tered the field OF active journalism and
has undertaken q newspaper: For It ts
understood in Toronto that he supplies
what is called "the backing" for the -,
a newspaper which possesses chameleon
virtues In politics and which puzzles both
the Liberal and Conservative organs 70
classify. From the progress already
reached 1t might not be unsafe to say that
Mr.. Smiths paper is nOtan "organ" Of any
known party thati it Is not published 10 get
gain for the owners; that It does not
seek to diffuse patriotism or intelligence.
A story l heard Just the other day easily
illustrates the point. Some twenty years
ago a case was brought ih the Canadian
Courts upon a suit for infringement Of pat
ent, The claim made was that, q hay
rake constructed by defendant intringed
upon plaintiffs rights, previously secured
by latters patent. In the course OF the
evidence 1t was clearly brought out that,
while it was admitted without question
that plaintiff had made q hay rake and OBJ
tanned a patent thereon the rake otplaint;f
would not rake hay, would not work, and
the proof OF this curious fact la not
disputed. II was also true as shown in
court that letters patent had been issued
upon plaintiffs rake. at this stage oil
the suit the lawyer for the defendant in
whose eye twinkled the coming victory
made enquiry OF the opposing counsel
how came about'the issue Of the patent,
what possible grounds had plaintiff
secured it. The plaintiffs lawyer made
answer: My Lord, l am equally with my
honorable friend-at a loss to understand
upon what grounds the letters patent in
this case were issued. Unless indeed, and
1t is tbs only possible supposition under
heavens, 1t were because the rake as con-
structed by the plaintiff would not rake
and for that the patent was issued. May,
be MI. Smith would do well 10 get out Q
patent upon his paper. D.
A striking yet curious "reminiscences OIL
the days Of the civil waf in the States re.
mains yet to close this rather desultory
letter. In those days the bearers Of letters
from Canada to the South ran heavy risks.
A story runs how upon the departure
from Toronto OF a refugee to his home
and friends in the South, a Canadian, who
lives in Toronto, aud who was q. strong
sympathizer, hit upon u most happy and
ingenious device for the transmission OF
messages. He is al artist; he paints; he
is skilled in the use OF the camera; he il
a gentleman Of liberal education, and oil
well ordered taste in art. He collected the
messages which were to DO carried by the
refugee, gave them proper shape, and Thin.
self photographed them in microscopic
size upon the buttons worn by the refugee.
1t is TO BIO hoped that none OF the mes.
sages thus committed to the underground
railway miscarried. Such genius merits
success, D.