The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-09-28
4 BARBER's RECOLLECTION.
Stories od Webster Clay. Mason, EDam~
icl Drcw and others gold Sc
tween tfae $trahes of "a E&azor
$aERaseE Scogtrom~s Rsec~
elections.

''NeNt g.lttlemaGs - were the f;tmilia
Wo''s has tel: on ht, ears 1T n Star re
porter H. other evening while It sa
waiting bis tttrt III "a small and old fash
'one>i ht!, fi"an aud we'll ordered barber.
shop oz D. k4Ih, just above No<tranc
21tnM". t};Th>kIyu. Tie Stllnill,,il< came
/ ttnn HE proprietor ot The place, an age5
cnlorcd !:ta utlllesl Samuel. scotrOn The
barber is MAI ut short stature inclined
I to corpuleucy, and ct light yellow volor
Ills hair is long and grows III fringe
around a bald spot ist the center. He
/ speaks with great precision, and uses Ian
gI'age which marks him as ii student
and man Of intelligence. Among the
! people CT his race lip m1sSt occupy a
I prominent position.
/ eBeen III the barber business long?''
| uilAried the reporter as the barber sOaDed
| his face with d hand ~ soft as satin and a
touch as light as I. WOMAN :. aa-
About fifty years, was the reply. '"l'hat
>eetn> Il long time 49,
You mlst IN your time have shaved
some distinguished persons -
eyes, sir; have shaved almost every
distinguished politician. divine and pro-
fesSiona tan OF the time. knew Henry
Clay, Danjel Webster aud John Y. Mason
asd floSt ot other&.''
"Wt5ut ~>urt Of u nau WIS Webster to
shave -
''Nt!t. he NA> tacsturn aud titlcs mu.uni-
eutiTe. Ii4s. tIr~I iilne shaved him he
spoke IN meGo>A !labie> only. Next time
he cam" ie asked CApr. Peck for tl,e. He
asked where til" boy W;{s lhat shaved him
the last time. | Was sent 10 him and he
asked me where | had learned my trade
told him h. Philadelphia, and said
knew MIR. Clay. He expressed some sur
prise ut that, opened his mouth, and We
bad Il long talk Mr.. Webster was IL most
Interesting cunversaIionaIist and learned
good deal ffs,m him. After that heee.ame
several time aut| We always had a talk
together. H.. goT to cailing me by my
Christian naEfse--S ,muei.T
"You saF you knew II nly CIay:''
"Ie<, | k,it'W hln very well in Phila-
delphia Tie was Il great friend of my
father. When he was chairman Of the At
rican Colonization Society, he tried hard 10
persuade my father TO send IN" to Africa.
objected ~trenuoH-ly; bur the more
objected the more he Wauceti Co have me
sent there. The last lime saw Henry
Clay was IN New York city, at the end Of
the City Hall Park, where The postoffice
nov stands. He was candidate for the
presiteuey Ers:t-. lie bad arrived hv the
boat, and had heen brought up from lhe
river in Il rayalctde. Clay's carriage
stepped just opposite to where was stand
ing, and he saw me IN the crowd. Sam
ueI, he saisi, teckoniHg TO me. WAS al
lowed to GO upto lie carriage, and he shook
hanuS with me, and asked me low | was
getting along. When | left the carriage
he began 10 deliver his address, Clay was
4 splendid ;rsau. and everybody that got
close 70 him loved him. He couldn't help
it,
How dil you come 70 know John Y. Ma
son -
II saw him in Philadelphia. | shall
never forget IA incid. ut about Mason,
lie was to III Ike a speech 70 The Sons OF
Toll III that city, and he did make it.
w hem ir was over the Sons If Toll came