The Newtown bee., 1880-07-07
Crittenden's Experience i'm '52

The departure of the Connecticut dele
 having in it's company Hon. Edward Spi- cer Cleveland as an alternate, calls to
 mind the experience of a delegate whr
 went with the Connecticut party to Bal. timore in 1852, at which time the same distinguished gentleman was passenger and for the sake of the comfort of all hands it Is hoped there will be no practi- cal joke played this time.
 | Among the '52 delegates was Mir. Fret'- erick Crittenden, who represented Litch- field County. He was a brother-in-law of the late Hon. Isaac Toucy and was a stiff Democrat and somewhat familiar with adjectives and good time. Upon arriving at Baltimore, after the Conneci- cut men had got settled Ill their hotel, he was heard to remark:
 Well, -, I hope one thing; I hope they'll get my name in tLe papers down here, right for once. I never went to d state convention yet that they didn't get me in as Chittendcn instead Crittenden or in some other way, and my wife al ways laughs at mo about it. Whoever has charge of the names here I want
 should sec to it that my name is giv- en all right, and I'll send paper to my wife in the morning"
 This was enough for Cleve, and he re- solved that he would take particular pains to have the Litchfield man pleased for once. ana that night he and John w. Stedman, of Norwich, who was delegate, went to the office of the Sun and inquired if the names of delegates were to be printed the next day. Upon being told that they were. a request was made to look over the Connecticut names so that they might appear correctly. The list was furnished, and after single change had been made was pronounced to be all right.
 The next morning there appeared in the roll of Connecticut delegates tho name of Patrick O'Crittcndcn
 MT. Crittenden was up carly after a paper to send to his wife, and when he had bought one and read it there was a scene of wild excitement, mingled with considerable profanity. in his immediate neiShborhood. Cleve finally paciiied him by explaining that it was d typographi- cal error, always liable to occur in the hurry of making up paper, and no doubt the editor would mako the cor rection If his attention was called to the mistake. He suggested that MT. Critten- den should address a polite note. ask Ing that correction be made, and he would hand it in as he passed by the of flee that night. The note was written and Mir. Crittcnden felt easy again.
 The next days Sun had an apology and correction something in this vein: ''In giving the list of Connecticut delegates to the convention yesterday, an annoying error occurred in the name of one of the delegates from that state. The name was printed Patrick O Crittenden; it should have been Patrick O Chittenden l'' ~ When MT. Frederick Crittenden read the paper that morning all thoughts of sending one to his wife vanished, and wherever he went for several hours there was blue streak in his wake. He would liston tono more explanations and insist ed with great vehemency, until his nerves had been calmed by moderate stimula- tion, that he had been imposed upon. Subsequently he appreciated the joke and enjoyed telling about it.-Hatford Post.