New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-23

Mr. Proctor OF RichfeId sprngs who carried the Con
venon there is described TO as the son OF wealthy
man and graduate of Yale His father owned Bags
Hotel at Utica the old railroad stand and cheese ex-
change The thought he might as well bring up ana
develop that property become lawyer or pouticah
So he turned Landlord, became model one cultivated
farm supply his table, acquired the rival property IN
Utica, called the Buttereld House, and several years
ago took up old Richeld Springs in the vicinity Of Utica
and nationazed There is no good reason why mine
| host should not have been my cassmate."
have been told of good points politics be-
tween Governor Charles Foster and Calvin Brce. the
latter Democrat at Lima; the former Republican at
Fosoria They into railroad operations togethef'
first from sandusy westward next from Sandusky east
ward aud finally from Toledo southeastward. At one
time Brce hard pressed and was osters debtor
He said: al do not see my way out. You had better
| take my house, my farm and such small matters Us
possess. and make your credit good No., sald ios.er'
want you to be of to yourself and me ana inc
State. Here's more money; go ahead ana ma SONIC
thing to do. You full OF It," Brice accepted the
charity encouragement, and in few years was
rich He then said to Foster: Don't you want SONIC VI
this enterprise It's going we'll" NO., said ROSTER
keep 1t yourself" "You want something" said Brice'
q for your campaign expenses" lie sent Foster rom
| the returns OF an investment made for him S3o'ooo
| sor.e gentlemen who told the above matter re-
marked: Foster does plenty OF such things ana loves
to make money for other men He carries the ienuSnP
of hundreds of strong men, without regard TO party In
our State and II he ever up for Senator OF VICE
| President, President, they would be heard Irom'
Keadipr ND the record OF tbs last convention held NJ
| Buffalo before the pending Democratic one-that OF
August 1s4s which nominated Van buren, ana ARa'is
and through that side ticket made Fish Governor anu
| Seward senator-I remarked to friend; mo" hetle
notifies looks now compared to that great emeute J.
Yes" said he, and Notwithstanding the vituperauon'
hate and unchartableness OF that PERIOD how ma)est-
| ioay the physical life aud humane legislation OF the
country went along! The scorn OF politicians ior each
other is no more the various changes OF the weather
and frequent storms 10 the growth OF the crops we
are always being warned that everything Is ev YET VIC
are al avs doing we'll The wrath Of man Ia mado 10
nrase the Lord Those who possess the patience and
philosophy to take high stations and can get above the
ouarres of mere stand equal to each other III
succeeding time, and Van Buren,, Calhoun Cass DIX III
that lived discordanty, get their due with poster
A public man whose social connections are Fmuch out
aldo Of pocs-I think may name the late Lieutenant
| Goysrnur Dorshemer-s said TO me not long ago Inc
sous and the fathers too, OF rich families In Aercs
and Il is the case as well here In New YORK. wond ike
to be In our public life. They do not know the way n
have heard expressions often In that direction Inc
standard of American public life Is good and Is felt so
abroad The adventures toward public life here are ex
trsordinary compared the pursuit Of seat In Paria-
ment or in foreign Ministry The tendency Is upward
rather than backward perceive 1t In the tone OF tnc
Official literature and biography while our system re-
ouires large personal sacrifices 1t is that toward when
the age is nastening. Wealth Is not barrier to.pubc
life here; too the rich hesitate TO make the Iecun
larry sacrifice to he elected that the poor comparatively
will make But the instinct for public life Is there at
last and that h perhaps, TO be the great social as well
as mental field after time; for after all, there Is no
sport or passion like being in the Government All read
| ing all careers develop toward It,"
Mr.. Hendricks IS again the seriously considered can
didae for President in preferred circles OF Tammany
Hall Last summer he saw the Sachems and Winooskis
and talked IL over. They Ike 10 DO pacated Dy great
man. Tllden scarcely whispered IN their bosoms Hen
bricks almost wept Tho Tammany mind cannot hold
great deal OF wisdom at the same instant and the recent
attempts to Holman, 10 kill on both Melon
aid and Hendricks and boom Tden two days In the
week 40 as to take h down the other four and boom
the author OF the Republican party must have WENT,
comprises the winooski intellect SO they say; Hen
bricks was In 80, and we know he Will divide
| fair"
An adyenturer borrowed the money to buy two
hundred dollar pony, which being light and tricky
| outtrotted the town, until its jockey became a
nnIsance and cried from his suy as he cat at nnocen
bvstanders with his whip such epthe,s as Ful-brcd
horses must CO.," Smolnan's the coming sireV Fin
ally cOstermonger seeing that there was money IN the
pony trade procured old broken down raee-horse oil
| ne giu rejected
him 10 trot let and hair grow shaggy, saton
his head TO ri Ve him humility put burr under his tail
IN give him lveness and taght him today his belly close
| TO the ground and make sliding trot Ihen the
weed was entered for the two hundred dollar stakes
and I'm little while began TO creep up on the smolman
popy and the excitement among the stable-5oys aud
newsbOys and other gamns was 40 great That suddenly
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. animal, originally OF some good
blood streaks but bicn from imperfect training and
bad temper had always broken at the start or run into
the .ence, and getting TO be good for nothing
seemed to its good enough for the two-hundred
dollar races at least. so this person 10 ping his Old
pedng down to pony size resorted TO the rse OF am
initiating him at the knees hoping that by jumping on
his stumps ener9zed by innate spleen and sheer pride
of stock the Inundated racer would carry on the small
nurses II was found, however, that the amputation
was 30 clumsy that old geldng had processes or
knuckes left to Jump lie had been disseced above
the knees! So the smolman pony and the costernon-
gers yeed are still getting the small boys money and
there Is wild excitement In the aristocratic bettiIg
circles that climb board fence around the Brighton
Beach track
Mr. George Pomeroy, O, Toledo, tells agreeable
"Reminiscences Senator George H. Edmuncss late visit
to Canada Henry Hogan, OF St Laurence Hal, man
OF fy-ave, OF English father and Frehch mother
and speakng French like native Is rare sportsman,
an old steeplechase rider aud has fine salmon river on
which was taken in June n fish Weighing for'y-sx
mounds lie told that people he knew In Wash
ington or New-York wrote him, asking that he Invite
Senator Edmunds to fish IN lis river but Ike an old
sportsman he was wary and wrote first TO New-York
and Boston to ind ont what kind OF person the Senator
was before he Invited him. I presume the report was
satisfactory for he had him and. more than thni
went up Ash with him. One morning they went
out early make kill, and whether successful or not
do not remember but II got along TO where Mr. Hogan
was hungry and proposed going to his cabin for break
fast The Senator demurred, saying he had couple OF
a .Iec M nd
enough for both or Mr.. Hogan could have 1t ALL Mr..
Hogan laughed at the prospective spread but Mr. Ed
muuds proceeded to soak the biscuits an build fire
over winch he hung the pork spit splitting the bis