Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-11-16

Because he could not hear;
bean was in his tympanum,
And so it wasn't queer.
He couldn't get premium
To serve as auctioneer.
But when with cold his feet grew numb
Re skated on the mere,
And danced polka on his thumb,
And walked off on his ear.
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bespeak the gentle readers indulgence
The rvhmograph broke at this point, proba-
bly, because it was making too many revolu-
tons per minute. It has been sent to the
blacksmith for repairs
IN CONNECTICUT
The weather is about as interesting as poll
tics to most readers this year, but even the
latter has sort of collateral interest, so to
speak-it has real value as lesson.
Affairs in Connecticut are about as badly
muddled as they are here. The Republican
candidates are mostly old stsgers and machine
men, while the Democrats have put up for
State officers and congress mostly young men
from the ranks Buckley is the Republican
candidate for governor not because he has
any special fitness for it, but because it was
promised him as consideration of his 'sget-
ting out the way and giving the place to Bige-
low last year. Waller, the Democratic candi-
date, is young man Of the Sam Cox tyne.
brilliant, impudent and aggressive, who thirty
years ago was a homeless and ragged newsbov
in the streets of New York I have forgotten
his real name; Waller is the name given him
by the gentleman who took him to New London
and sent him TO school
The Republicans of Connecticut have bog
gled their case after the Ohio fashion. The
chief issue is temperance, or, rather prohi-
bitiOn, and the Germans will vote the Demo-
cratic ticket. The Republicans of Connecticut
are not prohibi;iouists, but they have been
forced 70 assume that role The law CT ''local
option prevails in the State, permitting towns
to license or not license as they choose, and
this both parties are in favor of. But the last
legislature threw several additional and foolish
obstacles in the way of getting license at all.
1t was stipulated that every applicant for a Ii
cense must have his application signed by FIVE
tazpayers not signing any other application,
and that the document with the names should
be published in the local papers; and the sale
Of cider to be drank on the premises was abso-
lutely prohibited to all. The result is rebellion.
even among Republicans Their ticket is we'll
balanced, with an easy drinker and free
q deacon
and prohebItonist for his lieuten-
out, but they are heavily handicapped The
result is that the Democrats will probably
elect their Safe ticket and carry off two con-
gressmen lin the New Haven and the Western
districts) and possibly elect Eaton in Hart
ford.
4 PLAN TO STRENGTHEN MEMORY.
TLUrlow Weed felt well enough yesterday to
he ror00Da1 III, an ni11ou-s in bad ,rboro 10 H.
tated several pages of his biography His
memory seems unimpared, and he recalls with
grea; facility and accuracy long lists of names
OF men who were politicians in the various
counties when Monroe ran for president-sixty
years ago.
You seem to remember as we'll as ever" 1
said TO him one day.
Better than did once, 1 hope" he an :
swered, with a smile; eff I had not cult
waited my memory should have been dismal
failure"
Did YOU make a systematic effort to improve
it? or did it improve in tie regular course of
affairs"
Il had to adopt regular method" he said;
"and hit on one that was very effective. /
will tell you about it for the benefit of other
young men. I got married IN 1918, when l
was working in Albany as q journeyman
printer. In few months went into business,
establishing newspaper for myself and some
of my friends thought was cut out for poll
tician'-that is. probably impressed my views
strongly on those about me. But saw at once
a fatal weakness. Ny memory was sieve.
could remember nothing. Dates. names, ap-
polntmants, faces-everything escaped me- l
said to my wife, Catherine shall never make
successful politician, for cannot remember,
and that IS prime necessity of politicians A
politician who sees man once shout reIn.n-
ier him forever"
recalled what had been said of Henry CLAW:
that ne could go around a room and be intro
duced TO fifty persons, and then, on mingling
with the company, call every man by his right
name. And l thought, also of tho colored
fellow vino otficiates at the grand hat-rack in
the vestibule of the United States hotel at Sara
toga, and who, as the hundreds of guests flock
out of the dining room, hands 20 each one
instantly the hat, shawl, parasol, fan or what
ever else has been deposited there an hour or
two before
''My wife told me-" continued Mr. Weed,
"that must train my memory So when l
came home that night, sat down alone and
spent fifteen minutes trying silently to recall
the events of the day. I could remember little
at first; now l remember that could not then
remember what had for breakfast Finally ]
found could recall more Events came back
to me more infinitely and more accurately
After a fortnight or so of this, Catharine said,
why don't you tell it to me? It would be in
teresting, and my interest in it would stimulate
you Then began habit of oral confession,
as it were, which followed for almost fifty
years. Every night, the last thing before re-
firing, told my wife everything that could
recall that had happened to me or about me
during the day. I generally recalled the
very dishes I had had for breakfast,
dinner and tea; the people had seen and what
they said; the editorials had written, and an
extract Of them; the letters I had sent and re.
ceived, and the very language used as near as
possible; when had walked or ridden-every-
thing, in short that had come within my knowl-
edge. IfoundI could say my lesson better