Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-13

| The following has been told iu maGy way,
and from many quarters, but lis true origit
has been s!nos; entirely lost sight of, ao1
| therein lies most Of the pitb There is n1
doubt but that Hoa. Alexander Il. Stephens
Of Gecrsis, is the smsI!sst man, physically
tdat ever trid !he floors Of Congress. He neye,
cZc+edcd hundred pounds in weight cf body,
Ills po"aEs were 81 mental I'D masns.ic, anci
OF tho:e. 81 Ge k1oW, ho possessed an sbuDd
ance.
Ol certain OCCASION while party lioes we're
c,Hsciy trawn, aud political f. c!ings were ruu.
ulGg tlyh. hlr. St;ph3us vas oa ne stump for
C0u&:ess, battlicg WIKI Mr. H., Of Greens.
borough Stephens Was e Hcnry Clay man
aud Wing. What hope bad be thst he .uld
carry ttat old u mocratc stronghold? YET be
bat,ied away And 1t was So odG and eater
teIoioX slg:.t 20 see The :wo Contestants or the
s!ard toecther-Stephtp4 Eve feet f ur iIches
hlsi,, weighing riue!y six pounds; Msior IT,,
sig i:cs ;ac Inches bigh. weighing TWO hurdred
.Dd forty pounds.
lttp E7tic IL The strongest 5ats q the Dlrl-
tc'a!ic cani God here the uoi9r indu cd 10
DIS G! pleasantly which o. kneR wcui3 b.
ie!iSGed by bis old cous,i.ueGoY. S1d 5rsu-
m2nt cou!t cot have been Of much use there.
Pet Stephens mgpsgod to get hin heated;
"h2Eeupon the gigantic maj9r turoed to bis
ilrms autagonl5t, apd with considerable of
flourish, said
h, you tllo wasp. ! could button these
olE eAr7 It yours back aud swallow 2ou who'll"
Before the muli udc had lime to laugh at
tie cosrse, rude rcg,a!k. Stephens rctcr.cd.-
III yam cid tha; th!ug, sir, ycu would have
noFc bfsios in your stomach tlan yCu ever had
10 our htaC!'
The uptulorod electors Of those districts could
urdarstaud and appreciate good thirg.
Stephens YES eE c:ed to Coocress By over three
tho1' a2o 'rlty ln district that had never
bCt:re favored onc OF bis political stripe.
VANITY OF EEN.-rbe late Harriet Mar
tI0eau Gfsas p her autobiography, the 7onity
of meu against the vanity of pomen. She
says that duTirg visit to Lo5d,u, where she
saw the first mco 4 The rsiCo, she SAN exhi-
hilo1S OF vanity in high pl4c,s that women
could pot surpass
There was BEougt an wilci0e under news
paper criticism, aud playing the fool among
silly women. 1here was j tfrey, flirting with
clever women 10 long SOD. Thero ass
Bulwcr on & sofa, sparkling scd !argushn
among set Of female v0tari 5.
There was Campbell, the poet, ob:rudi1g bis
senl!mentalui,s, suid Quiveripg spprehen-
son OF making himself ri1culous. He dsrted
cot OF our houso a1d never came again, be-
CAUSE, alter wsrnlug he sat dowo 10 room fui!
OF psop!c laIi au;hor*, as it happaned,) on a
levy chair OF NY old auol's, which went ve.y
easily on casters and which carried him back
% the wall and rcbcuuGed, of course making
everybody laugh.
If went poo" Campbell in hrlf and, we'll
as bad long kaoWn him, l never sAw hln
sgn!n ard WGs Dot very sorry, for his serti.
m:ataiiy was too so: end bis craving io praise
too mo. 4 10 let hin BE- IN sgreesbie compsnion.
There wGs EGw,rd Ls2dseo., friendly and
agreeable ccnpanion, but holding his cheer
!u:ness s! tie mercy Of great folks gracou:ness
to him.
TO see him enter room, curled srG crsyated,
and Glsnc!nE round IN snIle!y about his recep.
ton, could not but make S woman wonder where
amo, < her own seq she could fad more pslp
bic vaA!ty but then al! that wss forgotten when
one Was s!:.iDg on Gvan with him, seeing b. u
play with the dog.
Then there was WheWell, Srs:ping at praise
for universal lesrEir g-omn!science bei5g his
tolbe. as Sydn' y Smith ssid-and liking female
alteration, rougn as was his nature with stu
dents, rivals, s1d speculative opponents.
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