The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-11-07
ing on Fulton street. He was a neat
looking man. particularly well-dressed.

wearing a long coat like spring over
coat aud his skin had the clear tint
of an abstemious man, while his hair
was turned in color but seemed thick,
while his eyes, which were askew. yet
had an expression of dignity. Havin !
no business with him never got in
his way. never met his son but once
though was a copious writer on the
Herald after the father died. Mr..
Connery. the younger Benefits mana.
ger, desired me to meet him, and il
was foolish on my part to avoid the
meeting. which did, although an ar
rangement was twice made for me to
60 to Mr.. BENEFITS house. Some one
he'd told me that he was uncertain
and brusque. One day in the Herald
Office Connery said: Il want you to
go i'm here now and see Mr.. Bennett.
He knows you are here and expects
you" So | went into a small room In
the present Herald building and found
a young man who looked almost as
frightened as myself. He was thin.
almost lean like a greyhound, and
stammered little as he undertook to
express himself, which he did to the
following effect:
81 want an editorial written" he
said, "about the democrats having to
come in and support Greeley. There
was a rain one time, you remember.
and first the little animals got into the
ark in hurry, but the big animals
said there was going to b. no great
rain; but it kept OH raining, and
some of the big ones got into the ark.
too; finally the elephant and tie
giraffe-they came in when they saw
that the water was getting deep. Now,
] want an article for tomorrow on
the politicians coming into Greeley's
ark"
Twas not a salaried man ON the
Herald, and this command (ior it was
almost sol was particularly annoying
to me that day, as l was a guest at
the house of gentleman short dis
lance from New York, who had ar
ranged for a dinner that evening, and
I was under obligation to him and
should have been disgraced if had
not gone to bis house. Mr.. Bennett
never inquired as to my engagements,
and wanted the force, somehow, to
tell him that it would be impossible
for me to write the article for the next
day. So had about half an hour be-
fore me to write column of matter
and catch nv train in time to be at
Elizabeth for dinner. l wrote the
article in that time and saved my
character at both places, and it was
nv only appearance in the editorial
columns Of the Herald, and | took
care not to be around the office for
some time afterward.
Mr.. Bennett has MANY good traits
and some strong ones. did very
foolish thing in not meeting his hOspi-
able intentions and becoming acquaint-
ed with hin.
PEN PICTURE OF BRYANT.
never saw William Cullen Bryant
but twice, the first time when | was
going up the stairs of the old Post
building on Nassau street. to see Mr..
Nordhoff, | passed at certain room
a smallish man of spare body. with
rather sharp, discontented face, and
while was opposite the door he called
for somebody in a rasping voice like
a bark, seeming TO show temper neither
originally good nor much improved.
After Samuel J. T;lden became
gorenor his first social performance was
to give reception in the
executive mansion at Albany to Mr..
Bryant, whose newspaper at that
time hesitated between the two
parties, and Bryant's son-in-law
Goodwin, had become All advocate of
Tilden. The Herald sent me with
DIR. HOsmer, one of its writer's,
to Albany to sketch the reception. The
attendance was very miscellaneous,
in the main was made Of Albany
politicians. Young Mr.. PeIton, who
afterward gave his uncle so much
trouble and died before his date.
seemed to have charge of the household
affairs. MIR. Tilden, with his goggle-eyes
and inexpensive face, wearing almost
a stupid. indeed, a dead look, stood
at one end Of the line of people
his sister. Mrs. Pelton, and l think
the Misses Pelton being two others,
and then came Bryant with his
two daughters passed along the
line aud said to Mr.. Bryant that
when was hoy l had
named a society for him which was
still in existence He replied in dry,
insipid voice that he had received
a great deal of credit for very little
work. The busts of him convey the