Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-02
A BAReER,s RECoLLEorfoNs.
Stories Of Te6ster, Clay, Mason, Daniel
Stretr, and others xotd BetIceen 3Is
Strokes of % I:0eGF-NGntueG 3c0ttr0a's
RecOtteciioes.
New York Star. !

Rec0tteciioaes.
New York Star.
''Next gentleman were the familiar
words which fell on the ears OF Il STIR re-
porter the other evening, as he sat wait |
inc his turn in small and old fashioned, |
but clean and we'll ordered, barber shop |
on DeKalb, just above Nostrand avenue,
Brooklyn. The summons came from the |
proprietor of the place, an aged colored |
man, named Samuel Scottron. The bar |
ber is u man Of short stature, inclined to
corpulency, and o. light yellow color.
His hair is long, and grows in a fringe
around bald spot IN the center. He
speaks with great precision, and uses
language which marks him at once as a !
student aud man OF intelligence. |
Among the people OF his race he must &C.
cupy prominent position.
''I5een in the barber business long?"
Queried the reporter as the barber soaped
his face with hand as soft as satin and
touch as light as a woman's.
about fifty years." was the reply.
"That seems to Inc long time"
s'Y on must Ill your time have shaved
SOME distinguished persons?"
=
distinguished politician. divine, and pre-
fessional man of the time. knew Hen
~ CLAY, Daniel Webster, John I. Mason
and host Of Others
What sort of man was Webster to
shaver"
"Well, he WAS taciturn and uncom-
nunicative. The first time | shaved him
he spoke in monosgilables only. Next
time he came he asked Capt. Peck for
me. He asked where the boy was that
shaved HIM the last time. l was sent TO
HIM, and he asked me where l had
: learned my trade. | told him in Phila-
delphia, and | said | knew Mr.. Clay. He
expressed some surprise at that, opened
his mouth, and we had long talk. Mr..
l Webster was a most interesting CONVEX
: satienalst, and L learned a good deal
1 from him. After that be came several
| times, and we always had talk together.
He got to calling me by my Christian
D name-SamUel."
, "Yousav YOU knew Henry Clay?"
: eyes, knew him very we'll in Phila-
delphia He was a great friend of my
G father. When he was chairman Of the
African COLONIZATION society he tried
| hard to persuade my father to send me
| to Africa. l objected strenuously; bu
I the more objected the more he wanted
f to have me sent there. The last time
f saw Henry Clay was in New York city
d at the end of tie city hall park, where
d the postoffice now stands. He was ;
@ candidate for the presidency then. Il,
e bad arrived by the boat, and had beer
=" brought up from the river in a calvacade
l. Clay's carriage stopped just opposite Il
where was standing, and he saw me il
d the crowd. Samuel he said, beckonin
G, to me. l was allowed to go up 10 tn
it carriage, and nc shook hands with me an
" asked me how l was getting along
b. When l left the csstiage be began to de
II, liver his address. Clay was splendi
al man, and everybody that got close to hir
IS, loved HIM. He couldn't help it,
at elbow did you come to know John
ed Masou?''
nd 81 shaved him in Philadelphia.
ng shall never forget an incident about Mf
H. SON. He was TO make a speech 10 tt
ar. Sons of Toll IN that city, and he did max
it it, When it was over the Sons Of To
nd came up to him to shake hands with hin
d He was looking toward the presidenC
at. then After hand shaking for about a
hour, he joined the committee who hf
to charge of the meeting, and addressir
lily one of the number, said:
ne - am not democrat II nave 10
las through any more of that hand-sha
ing"
II overheard the remark, and said
err my uncle who was present that believ
TT the hard fists of the Sons of Toll had hu
ra- Mir Mason's delicate fingers.
t ''Of course you often shaved Unc
Dann Drew?'
eyes; and for nothing, too.
asst thought he had right to be shaved frt
ITS because 1 was allowed the privilege
en- barbering upon his boat. Once he ga
;tly line ten ceats for shaving him, but tn
he was bantered into it by old Comm
ldOre PECK He said:
the ssDrew, I've watched you: you ne1
pay that boy. Now let's see you I
up"
ssNIr. Drew once gave me fifty cents
watching all his family baggage all nj!