Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-16

that would deliver there, printed it, |
Those who attended the lecture. the |
next morning after reading the news
papers, said that they did not remem.
Der hearing the long passages that they
had read, and that there were omitted |
10 the local report other passages thst
had struck them"
Porter, bring US some more Apoli
naris water; I'm dried up and want
moistering."
The porter brought a small bottle
and Mr.. Beecher, looking ct him said:
That's not enough to wet a flea;
mother, come and have some"
Mr.. Beecher, how old are your"
Just passed seventy"
How old was your father when he
stopped preaching?"
About eighty. He was eighty
seven when he died"
"llow many brothers and sisters
have your"
Eleven Of our family grew up to
mans estate; two died and tho rest
are alive now"
How old Is your sister Harriet
Beecher Slower"
Seventy two years of age"
How many OF your brothers were
preachers2"
Every one Of the seven"
How many members has Plymouth
twenty-five hundred, plus"
DO you ever exchange pulpits with
other ministers2"
No, sir, not once in ten years |
must confess that there is more dust
on this road than any road | have
ever travelled on before"
| ITS the weather, and it can't be
helped" said Mrs. Beccher.
THE HISTORY oP UNCLE TOMS
CABIN.
mo doubt, Mr.. Beeoher, YOU know
the history Of how Uncle Toms
Cabin came to be written by your
sister,"
II do"
will you please tell it to me?"
Certainly. But before | do let
me here say that this will be the first
time that it has ever been published {"
DR.. Bayley Published paper
called the National Era, an anti
slavery paper, at Washington. One
day Mrs. Stowe said to me: DO YOU
; take the National Era?p mo: said /
whyT Because DR.. Bayley wants
me 70 write a story for the Era; l, !"
said she. "have got one in my head
which | think will run through
three numbers" This slender idea
was the root OF Uncle Toms Cabin. :"
And where was it written?"
Mostly in Brunswick, Maine, where
DE- Stowe was q professor. She was
accustomed every evening on finishing
an installment OF the story and read.
ing it to her family. 1t became A
serious business. 1t was as if a real
history was going on, and she had
received every week letter giving an
account OF it. When the story
reached that point where little Eva
died, the house became silent as the
grave. Some one afterward said: Il
don't see how you could bear to
have Eva die. She replied: 4
couldn't bear it; | was sick in bed
three days afterward, and the house
was like funeral She wrote this
under such an inspiration Of excite.
ment that she always spoke Of il as
DOT her work, and would say: "Oh.
that was not mine; it was given to
me. !"
, Before its appearance il was i'm,
I possible to get the public to read on
, the subject Of slavery. 1t was the
first work that ever broke down the
, Prtjudices Of all classes and revealed
, the interior Of slave life"
About how many times has il been
, periormed?"
Major Pond, who was near the pa.,
\ ~, was asked by Mr.. Beeoher how
many times Uncle Toms Cabin" had
been played-"You know all about IT,
Major Pond-"It was brought on in
1854, and since that time FIVE or 81,
companies have been on the road con
stantly. The play has never been Of
. the stage, and now the curtain rises
every night on ten or twelve oJmpa
MES. Its the most staple play on tht
stage IN Europe aud America.
}, Mr.. Beecher, AL last summer /
!, was performed
IN HER MAJEsTY's THEATRE,
10 London, with grand success. II il
the only plsy on the stage that reli
gious people and people opposed h
theatres will 20 and see, and send theil
children. Its the greatest matine,
play in the world,
At this point Mr.. Beecher drew from
his pocket a pocket. book and placed ,
ring on the first finger of bis righi
hand. 1t was large sized yellow dia
J, mond-a Canary diamond
M,j1r Pond: "'Tell him about thai
: ring."
e YES. do, Mr.. Beeoher."
Mr.. Beecher hesitatinely said
You see it's Of q good deep yellow; Il
IS OIL far enough to make il valuable
A friend Of mine was going to Europe
!. and | told him TO look out for :
canary diamond for me. He came
across this 10 Europe. On his return
one OF the Astors was fellow passen
ger OF my friend Sohumann, aud he
3 wanted this ring, but my friend would
not let him have it for 10000"
Y u spend a good deal Of your
time on your farm at PeokskiIl, on the
Hudson river, don't you2
oh, yes; | raise debta on that &c.
acre farm. | work about nine months
IN the year to pay expenses Of three
months tho fact ofthe matter is, that
| am not fit 10 have money, because /
can't take care Of il; and when com.
mence thinking that 1 have a little
jew in me, this makes me doubt Il
The money goes-it evaporates. /
never open my pocket>boOk without
being surprised"
Surprised at what2"
AT seeing so little in H."
when are you in New York2"I
On October 20"
Please give me your route from
New 0rleADs2"
Il 90 to Montgomery for one night;
TO Atlanta for one night; Macon one
night; Augusta one night; Savannah
one night; Charleston one night and
then straight TO Brooklyn, reaching
there Saturday night, and anybody
that will be happier than l will be,will
be too happy"
Deauregard IN New York.