The Osceola times., 1884-01-26
FIVE NEW ANECDOTES.

In view of the proposed elevation of
Mr.. Tennyson TO the peerage the Detroit
Free Press says;
should he become Lord Tcnnyson will
he be as particular as the Duke of Argyle
is said TO have been when Tennyson
once asked that parsonage after the
health of "his wife" "IIer Grace said
his lordship, with an emphasis on the
word which was intended to remind the
poet Of his neglect to recognize her rank,
"her grace is very we'll"
The anecdote that follows is imported
also:
President Grevy paid a remarkably
point-blank compliment TO the Grand
Duke Alexis. "Why do YOU look at me
in that way" asked his imperial High
ness, after they had shaken hands. "Bc-
cause" replied the President, "you are
the finest looking man that have ever
come across. | believe the fair sex
would adopt my verdict. The princess
who makes a conquest of You is to be fell
icitated."
In the Chicago Tribune one finds the
! following:
When senator Beck visited his old
home in Scotland in 1873, while strolling
through the fields he met an old school
mate. you don't remember me, Don.
ald?" lie said to him. "No, said Donald,
Il don't know your face. Bat I caught
six-pound salmon to-day in the firth,
and whenever ! have done that some
thing has happened. / don't know you
by sight, but you're either John McPher-
son, who left ms thirty years agone, or
you're Jim Beck. Now, which is it?"
"Surc enough" cried the Senator, "it's
Jim Beck" "Weel, Jimmie, they tell
me that the Americans are going to ele-
vatc you to the House Of Peers. Is it 50?
Come along home, then, and Wen eat
the fish. An American Lord is good
enough for a Scotch salmon
The death of Judge Hood at Madison,
Wis, few days ago, leads corrcspon-
dent of the Indianapolis Journal to say
Judge Hood as a resident of Somer-
set, Ohio. General Sheridan's father
a. the time of the incident | relate, was
then living on a small place Just ont of
the town limits. Uc kept few cows
and supplied their milk to residents in
the town. Judge Hood, at that time a
prominent lawyer in that port of Ohio,
was one Of "Old Nike Sheridan's Gus.
TONERS and Little Phil" delivered the
daily supply 10 Hood Congressman
Richey ut that time represented the dis
trict in congress and had an appoint
ment to West Point at his disposal.
Richey was solicited BY numerous part
Of his constituency for the appointment
| for various sons and, In period of wor-
rimenl, he appealed to his friend Hood
to name some bright fellow for the
| place,
Hood settled the matter at once by
saving Appoint Little Phi' Sheridan y
"Who is hep asked Richev. "Why
he's 'Old Mike Sheridan', boy, who
brings my milk and smart rs whip.'
And Congr grcssman Eickey appointed
him.
According to a Boston letter in the
New York Graphic General Butter i,
not always the victor at repartec:
J The late Henry F. Durant was at ono
time student in Buffers office. and so
became well acquainted with him and
his conyiyial habits, which were at that
time rather pronounced. Afterwards
he set UP in law for himself, and while
still young was opposed to his former
employer in rather icklisA case.
Mr.. Butler had very little law on his
side and depended greatly on the mex
perencc and supposed awe Of his oppo.
nent for hls own success. His first ques-
tion was:
This is Mr. Duant, | believe"
"Ios, sir
"Mr. Henry +. Durant?"
YES, sir"
MIR. Smith also, | believe" MIR. smith
had changed his name by law to Du-
rant.
YES, sir
81 thought SO. | think you are the
two men whom .once knew"
hdNluH Nv NUNl means worked up Mt
Durant to a point Of almost asphyxia his
/ opponent said in a rather confidential
patromzing Wav
II think I have heard it stated, Mr.
Durant, that you always prepare youI
| speeches before the glass
Like Il flash the answer came:
Better that than after one. like your.
self, Mr., Butler