New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-02
STORIES ABBOTT WEBSTER.
" O. Winston. in ghe Boston Transcript

" C. Winston, in ghe Boston Transcript
Mr. Chester Harding a noted artist OF Boston,
was ourng the latter part OF his liie most intimate
with Webster at W ashngton, Boston ana MaIshheid,
a strong tie between them being thciI rove IoI NO ~.
sports of the rod and gun. Mr. g, intimate with Mr.
Harding and now resident of Boston. is authority
or whatever here say in reference to these mutual
who seek It from me for a private use ,
Mir. {. once when dining With Mr.. Harding N
Boston, several years after Websters death, asked
him, What sort of man was Webster Wnat
sort of a man ," replied Harding. " lie was a man
that had rather drink toddy with IMAM any o,ner
man, ADDE'S , s1r st ase Teoned Hard
ing. +" knew Webster for over twenty years.
have ished with him, have shot with him, we nave
camped together; was intimate with INN at w ISM
iurfon my daughters have visited his daughter
Julia. And sir, never at any Tune Sd" lor
the worse for LIQUOR IN. me woa'9 ,o Wrsnjisd
Harding "tnat never saw him tlpsy or tight, or
under the influence OF liquor. ~
AT another time MIR. Harding SAID One wlnter
at Washington, George Ashnun, charles March,
Mr.. - and took house together opposite 10 Nr.
Websters Not an evening passed but AT least ono
ever our habits were-and God knows am no
saint-Mr. Webster never exceeded TWO OF thfeo
glasses of WINE at the table or elsewhere lie re-
tlred early, usually at O'Clock, Tor he was an early
riser" c., a..
Harding and Allston were intimate friends. Once
he lent his studio In Boston 10 Anstoh LOT lho
winter and on returning from Washington was sur
prlsed TO lind that Alston disappointed at the re-
suits of his winters labor, had destroyed them COM
pletely Besides painting Webster scVeral tlnes'
Harding took the portraits of various eminent men.
Calhoun gave him "A sitting on the day aiter tnS
famous reply to Hayne. Wen, DIT: Calhoun,
said Harding what do you think OF NeDsters
speech ~ With great emphasis, Calhoun replied,
" Mr.. Webster is a very strong man, and reiapsed
into silence. ,.r -
June IL 1913, by Webster, super p0c9ta lt Is
gwen by Or. George t. Ellis, or boston. whose
accuracy in historic statements Is proVerDial'
Ii was day that tried mems bodies; ana Wnen
the dstIu guIshed guests and citizens repaired 10
Faneul Hall at the CONCLUSION OF tie GRAFTON tnere
were many wearIed and FAINT among them. Ii was
a period of cOld-water or anu-lquor excite
ment, and "nO strong potations" graced or dis
graced the festal board. On the nght or Mayor
Drummer sat President Tyler. anu on his LETT Web
ster Next to Webster sat Dr. u, ana next 10
him Secretary tpshur. On taking their seats inc
secretary remarked that he was exhausted
and very ialnt, and Oh being t0ld that lheIo
would DC nothing stronger tnan coffee Or lemonade
to drink. expressed an emphatic regret. Webster
g,anced al Upsnur. turned To a wai1ef and SAID:
T" AXE THIS money and get NE a bot lie OF brandy as
soon as you can" Wooster handed the bottle 10
Upsuur, wuo returned it TO Webster, under the
table with the request that ne take some OF Con-
TENS. Alter drinking some, Webster poured moro
into his glass aud set 1t 10y MS pate. ne then
passed the bottic back. " was tired ana iaiht.
says DR.. r., and some brandy woult nave peen
very acceptable. 1t wasa sore temptation, put
resisted the temptation" soon aiier Webster
nouced that lJpShur had curlcd napBln about hls
glass to screen it. Reaching form, be deity
twItched OH the napkin, say ING, Sho" your coiors'
UpshurW q ri -
Ills CdftltASuccS anu S'tih'h'HS 's'' N'NA
TRIVIAL Obligations or OF others indebtedness TO
himself are well authenticated. The late samuel
Thatcher, of Boston, called Oh Webster to collect
bill. Webster, aDsogOed Ia study SAID very
we'll there's box with money Ia IT," The MarsJ-
field pastor said: MIR Webster was remarkably
KIND neIghbor lie was free 10 lend 3ny thing upon
his mam1ioth farm that would be use.ul 10 his
neigbbors." .,.
once stung little by the repeated attacks OF
leaning Democratic paper OF New-England upon his
pecuniary honof lie wrote a letter OF renonstrance
To its editor wledging his careiessness IN WHAT
he owed and others owed him, and adding, as re-
gar,is the latter: And, Illustration lncOse
Two notes OH money which loaned your father 10
and nIm IN giving you and your brother an euuca-
tiOn." HAT newspaper never troubled WeossoE
more Oh the deDt-and-credit impeachment.