The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-28

little bundle of jokes in my head. When 1 was
taken in to the President 1 said: Rutherford,
I've got a lot of jokes which I would like to tell
you to relieve the mOnotony of your existence
He said, Joke ahead and 1 ioked. Well, Ruth
erf0rd liked 1t, and l believe if it hadn't been for
Mrs. Hayes we'd have had some Ohio wine."
MRS. GEORGE DYER, of Peninsula, o., has mar
ried nine men in thirty-ive years, catalogued
thus: Canal-bOat skipper, ditto, cooper, canal
boat skipper, farmer, ditto, ditto, canal-bOat
skipper and farmer. The releases were ali by
death, and Mrs. Dyer has crayon portraits of the
eight men displayed on the walls OF her best
room. Dyer was not much OF a catch, "but,"
says the wife, 81 was gettin' TOO old to be par
tlcular, and 1 took him. George amt overly
stout, and l reckon his picter'l soon go along
with the rest on EN-"
John H. ALEXANDER, the new cOlored cadet
at west Point, is nineteen years and six months
old, and weighs about 1876 pounds. He is a dark
mulatto, moves quick, has a bright, intelligent
countenance,a and kinky hair parted in the mid
die. His voice is pleasing, and his demeanOr
is that of a young gentleman who has been care
fuliy brought up. DR.. Alexander says he
passed a most excellent physical examination.
A West Point officer said; 81 don't believe he
will be tabooei in any way. am satisfied he
will be treated well, especially by the first class.
You see the old feeling has died out, and the
boys do not believe it pays to do such things"
Mr.. BEECHER at seventy ia younger than his
father was when he got out of harness. DR.. Ly-
man Beecher entered the ministry in 1898, at
East Hampton, L. L.; went to Litchfeld Conn,
in 1910, where Henry Ward Beecher was born,
and after twenty-five years of active pastoral
work, there and in Boston, accepted the presi-
dency OF a theological seminary near Cincinnati,
where he remained twenty aara Whan ha ra.
signed his office in 1852, he had been in the min
istry fifty four years, and was in his seventy
eighth year. After his return to Boston, he de-
voted his energies to a revision of his published
sermons, and occasionally entered the pulpit,
where, for a few years at least, he was able to
preach with old-time energy and fire. He lived
TO the advanced age of eighty-eight, his memory
falling long before his physical powers were ma
terially impaired. Mr.. 3eecher's friends have
reason, therefore, to expect "a good many years
of active service from the pastor of Plymouth
Church.
GENTLEMAN who has recently been visiting
at Bangor, Me-, tells the following anecdote
about Hannibal Hamlin. "You can see MIR.
Hamlin almost any day in Bangor" he said.
HE wears the same style of old hat and blue
coat with brass buttons that he did twenty-five
years ago. He is very fond of the young boys
and goes Il fishing with them with all the
ardor Of a twelVe-year-old. Mr.. Hamlin usually
spends some part OF the evening at one of tile
stores, where a crowd of his old 'crOnles' come
in to hear him talk. Among them is an old fellow
named Stearns, who is immensely wealthy, but
very long winded, and as a rule his stories do
not pan out very well. Some time ago lie came
i'll and commenced one of his yarns. and after he
had been talking about fifteen or twenty min
utes, ana there did not seem to be any point in
sight, Hamlin, with a perfectly sober face,
reached down into his pocket and drew out a
pair of ear-laps, which he put on, ana q cork
stopper which he gave to Stearns. The story
teller made a dash for the door amid screams OF
laughter from the crowd"