The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-08-13
HESTER AS A M AN


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 Inc 5sHiH A chzfet ha7 mi Ntt been H. signed tn an, manageable :. he iu sbc great gallery II pabll anuiasa. H3> ,tac blasrapa. < yci ta be published. Nav NC not hope .haf ib, fasth atnla.. r. ,,l Webster by Rev. Iicny \. Hudson, I. b.. ~ili I. onphsh ma h # tn, dlfee- ton. and ,t-tt.c. perhaps, anee .snd fsr- cseI, his tue pi., z III ile I5dT.ai a3d fe- halou. Nofld.
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 Mt. che,tel ilelIn5.., usirl .tftj~. of Boston. W.t~. s4!ta the i>tief pafui hf~ liie. ma2' aum4,e aith McAetcf Il Nash mgton Bp,,an -ud N4fshteld. i ,,Jaas tsetss eeti tti,st, 4ft- sport, ni the rod and the .,un. NJ. =. intimate s,lih Nr. iartiin-. and nua :, resident ei 5s-lou }- Hthou9N tat Mhat- ever here s.t, IA Jcicfs8s, ta these ina- tual friends. and aIa ,.tdrt,s [, at ,hc ~ef- vice oi those Nho seek i, ,tam me tnr d private u>c.
 Nr. t. ouae. when dining wlih Mr liaidinL. iu Hn>tlu. several wears alter Webster death. -.kc,l him. N ia, 92ti oi d man waS Webster Nh4, >o,t ot a man rciiieA liA5dias. He W.,s A man tha; had rather drnk a -.l-Altt than Wlyh anY other man. Add,d G Are the >iorlcs aboGt Wc'a>tct hab.i> true tal>c. SIT feloined Iarins = knew Neb>tei fer etcf Twenty Aeais. I have il>bed Ni'h bm. have sho, with him. NC have rampcd together Na> m ,ima,e ml,h hla At Nasans,en my daughter, have visited h. dtu5 hicr luiiA As an lllH>traie0 al iheia;fat.,s> heiwccn OUT famihcs an the cAcnns before the rcph ,o llaNne. acn, ta Webster house. and on snlng lntn the paIlor found him holding lulia on one knee and mA dausA- ter on the other and engaged wl,h them Tn Spor;iNe chat And. >lr. l never ai any tune saw Webster the worse for liquor. "' The worse tet liquor k rather an elastic phrase. said (. ''I mean. a replied Harding. that never saw him upsy or tight, or under the influence ot liquor.'
 Some time after this conversation (. met Harding al a dinner party. An allu- sion being made to Weh>ter'S habits. L.. related the foregoing. as fl ignoring the presence of Harding. and ai the end turned 10 him and asked. |" l. nol what | have said ,rue:'' Harding brought down his hand with some force. and exclaimed. l2lt is true. 1t is true. so help me God
 At another tune Mir. Harding said One winter al Washington. George Ash nun. Charles March. Mir. - and took house together opposite to Mir. Web ster s. Not an evening passed but II least one of Us went to his house or he came to see us Whatever our habits werc-and God knows am no saint NIT. Webster never exceeded two or three glasses of wine at the table or elsewhere He retired carly. usually at nine o'clock. for he was an early riser.
 IL should be said iha, Harding was al ways modest in speaking of his intercourse with eminent men. and the anecdotes a, his command were usually drawn out bv urgent requests. He and Allsion were intimate friends. Once he len; his studio in Boston to Alls,on for the winter. aad on returning from Washington was suy- prised to find ,ha, Allston. disappointed at the results of his winters labor, had destroyed them completely. Besides painting Webster several times. Harding took the portraits of various eminent men. Calhoun gave him a sitting on the day after the famous reply to Hayne. Well. Ar. Calhoun" said Harding. "wha, do you think of Webster's speech!" With great emphasis Calhoun replied. Mir Webster is very strong man." and re lapsed into silence.
 Here is postscript to the Bunker Hill oration of June F, 1895, by Webster, s1.