New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-19
PERSONAL.

Messrs John Quincy Adams, W. ID. Howes
Henry l.. Pierce and Phillips Brooks Of the
committee membership of the new Boston club
which af er much discussion is TO be called the ST.
Botolphs."
The Ute Chiefs now in Washington are said 10
paint their faces carefully every morning. there
after strutting to and fro the street exhibiting
their charms of color. As for Ouray's wife, she
spends her time at the window observing the dresses
Of the ladies' who pass, aud has been making divcrs
inelfectnal attempts to arrange her green blanket
gracefully rs a trained skirt.
Mr. George Alfred Townsend has a bOok>n press
called Tales OF the Chesapeake" II Is collection
OF stories pcturug life along the shores of the great
estuary Of Maryland, some new and some which are
collected from the autho.s ontributIons to maya
zines and newspapers. Ar. Townsenu.s Circuit
Preacher" a poem which contains much fellctOus
w0rd-painting Of Eastern Shore scenery, VIII be IN
cuded in the collection.
Of Governor Foster, of Ohio, Miss James, tho
Washington correspondent of The AtbaHy Jouraa,
says that he Is solid, square-built man of more
than medium height, with ample forehead, thick
darll-brown hair aud mustache. and KEEN hand
some black eyes. He walks with long. lesurely
strides. his large head well thrown back aud hands
in pockets bearing his fty-One years rs lightly as
thistledOwn. Unlike many rich men his hand
comes promptly, and not empty, from MS pochet ~
a story OF distress.
Last Tuesday President TIinsdale, If Hiram Col
Ice. said 10 the students assembled in college:
To-day man will be elected to the United States
Senate in Columbus who. when boy, was one the
bel-ringerin this school and afterYard It's presi-
dent Feeling this. we ought in some way, 10
recognize this step in his history. SO, on the fol-
lowing day Mr. flinsdale gave a very interesting
address on Garfeld's career, in which among other
things. he said that the popually accepted account
of the Senator's early history is largely
fabulous His fathers circumstances were
those of his neghbors. Measured BY our
STANDARD" sad Mr.. Hinsdale I" they were all poor;
they lived on small farms for which they had gone
IN debt hoping 20 clear and pay for them by their
toll. Garfield dying, left his wife and four young
children in the condition that any one OF his neigh
bors would have dOnc-pOOr. The FAMILY life before
had been close and hard enough now lt became
closer and harder Grandma Garfield, as some OF ns
familarly call her. WAS woman OF nnusnal en-
cry far b and courage. She SAID the children
should not be separated. but kept together; aud
that the home should be maintained, rs when its
head WIS living. The battle was hald one ana
she won II.
The husband of Fenmore Coopel's niece said 10
Gath the other day: " had IN incident happen
70 nc many years ago which particularly impressed
me with the influence of Mr.. Cooper lie was rot
popular in this town, where the people looked at
him in the light Of a neghbor rather than literary
uroducer was in a bank, and one ght CORE
spondent in Wisconsin, German banker, was called
upon TO stop over and see MS on some matters OF
mutual account He took a sleigh at Fort PLAIN, on
the railroad, and came over to Cooperstown m the
most inclement weather. 1t was bitterly cold, the
wind blowing and the snow falling The old man
came into our house after dark, clad in surs from
head to foot and when he had warmed himself he
exclaimed: My gracious / can't realize that
am M rho home of CooDer-Ihe great Fenim0ro
Cooperi When was boy, in Germany, his writ.
ings were my passion. We all believed IN him AID
Now must 60 ont TO see his grave before take on
nv overcoatr | went with this man, much against
nv will in the freezing night to the cLurchyaId,
and there, standing by the grave of Cooper tue
old fellow devoutly uncoy ered his head and began
10 soliloquze his native tongue. but felt by ms
gestures that there was no sfectation III MS nom
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