The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1879-04-05
LOGAN AND HIS WIFE.
Trying TO DO Justice to the View
senator and His Spouse.

Senator and His Spouse.
Washington Letter in Ptil@deiphia Record.
As mstter OF fact, Logan himself Is gen
orally uHderrat,d 1t has s.e.ume SO popn-
,iar 20 TidicuIe hia had grammar and -lsud''
style Of aratory. tIilss hi> COOL parts are al
most entirely overlooked. Logan is not
deeply learned man as Summer WAS Iesrne,i
n,F Is lie great Insn rs Marion WAS gfrA'
5ut he is n strong man politically, snd nat
urally much abler man ,ilsa bali bis col-
leagues in the Senate He i msn of an.
.iouhied courage. Of PtSisise convictions,
and nf a large, grnernus nature havt
~iBtcF,zl and sanlme,d with him. AMI
know that inside his snmlirc exterior ar
tIlsIsy as nut,irqaAtities rs ever adorned an,
nlaa. II : almost imfss~sil1te 10 tlsink 81
him without thinking If his wife. and IL !.
quite impossible for oEe who knows then,
b.,ih ~ l,eiievc lllat naan Nlla has sEcll.
high appreciation 't. and 80 loyal 'lvyu
tis,n to, such woman can lie altogether ~
ovrrmurl, lrasi. In tact. Lng@n is nvt a iss..
nlan either vt heart or oatwarSily, and he b
,y an nleaas piglny in intellect. His ora.
taTS is IF the loud Western ssyis OF twenty
/ years sgo, and his sentences are iByo,yrd,
tdEgid aud not seldom. nngt sn,maiicsi. l,uI
there are Senators au kesh si.is;s nf the cham.
I her whO can nanre Than equ-i hin in All
/ three lralpts. and discount him in grneEzi
marked men ~ the Scnnir. Has huge brig
aa.iish. black Inustaehe and iUng bsaek hair
make him aiAays ea'nspicaous. and. ln Aslss
I ili0R 10 these points, t,e Is uaDre swafshs
than the iamented Duugl@s. and alnos, ~
short; for, while his Inriy ani head arc a.
osr naeAiiuaA sixe. bis legs sra ~ sliart shnt
he Is larlaw mediam stature. His aratary j.
Of the .asulAp" order. load and Vigorous.
Dui he is never pr.sy like cl.sissispey. nor
tiresame like Hnwc. His Temperament j.
s,lainus. and often nakss him ms-p,ly and
''bine. bur alherwsss lIs i compAnlonAbis
man and an enisrts.BIng eoavsEsativEalist,
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| He is hard Norksf, and an exteaslye it nos
a profonnd reader.
Mrs L.ssan is almost the model u an
Anicriran wanlan Size Is not.at All such n
wonau rs one would naturally suplpse
/ from reading Vi tbs powerful factor AAe has
/ been in her h4shands success. There is
nnthlng Of the ''stsnng minsied" wsnsan =
bout heF, in the aFdiBary secepsioa Of that
/ ,erln She Is the ril1l0diment OF dignily
and ons of the H.oaa quiet, womaniy, WffrIy
women imagihasle. Nut Ptctsy, hut tae-
locking tail and silapeiy, with perfectly.
moulded head; dark brown hair. with just =
few silver threads; clear, quiet eyes, a high
| intellectual brow, and moulll that ex-
presses more than ali the rcst Of lie fsce
| together mnnih that can be itemulous
with love or Firns with duty, ~ ocssassoa may
desire. Her voice is soft and iow. IS ws.
mans shonld ~, her naaneT gracious safl
| sisgnined, and also her movements quiet alsa
| lsdyiike. Her sdmirstioa II and devotion
to lssr husband borders an the sublime.
Til, her he'is evslentiy the ane great man in
all the earth. Every shcugnt i for him and
their children. Every io.k and gesture en-
mobiles him. Tby have two eAiidrrn-a
daughteE. just ens sthsverge Of woman.hood
Who VAS 1sAsFisd year ar two Asn. and
son 10 his vaaiy sesOs. Btnh cllsldren are
! unusually bright, Intelligent and ase look