St. Paul daily globe., 1884-09-19
AN INCIDENT OF 1910.
4 Letter that Brought Tears to the Eyes
of DnHieI :JVebster.

A Letter that Brought Tears to the Eyes
Of DnHiel :JVe6ster.
Among other pleasing incidents of the
log-cabin campaign of 1910, was one thus
described by Representative Halsted of New
Jersey: "At the recent whig convention
held at Worcester, Mass, the lady of Honest
John Davis, the present senator from that
state, sent word to the committee of the ar
she could accommodate nine whig delegates
to dine with her. Having made, all prepara-
tions for her invited guests, she
repaired to the convention to hear
the whig orators. After the speaking was
over, she hurried home for the purpose, of re-
ceiving her expected company; but she had
scarcely reached her house before the sound
of martial music saluted her ear. She ap-
preached the window, and there she saw
drawn up before her door a band of $50
or 200 men, who sent deputation to her to
say that they would do themselves the honor
of taking dinner with her. At this unex-
pected annunciation her woman's heart
at first sank within her, but Immediately
the good old genuine whig spirit, which is al
WAYS equal to any emergency, rallied, and by
her wonted composure. And what do you
think she said9 Gentlemen said she, the
string of my door is never pulled in. You
are welcome to partake with me my log-cab
~ fare. Walk in gentlemen" They did
k in and she olce Sc about enlarging
uer tables and rep enishng her board with
provisions for t his occasion of unexpected
guests; and with that admirable manage
ment which is characteristic of Yankee as
well as Jersey matron, she was soon able to
accommodate the whole of her guests, expect
ed or unexpected, for they are and were
filed How many baskets of fragments were
left ] did not learn, but, l suppose, at
least enough to supply all the poor in the
neighborhood for a week to come. In her let
ter to her husband this Bay state whig ma
tron said ''that the wine and water, beer, and
! hard cider flowed, in streams, and the way
| that Honest John Davis wife's cakes disap-
peared was caution" When Honest John
received this letter, describing in those true
and graphic colors which woman's pen
alone can give to such a scene, he was sit
ting Din the senate chamber, aud as he read
it ''the big round tears coursed one another
down his manly cheek;' and he wiped them
away, and said to himself ''what a fool l am
to be so affected" After he had perused the
letter he handed it to Mr.. Webster saying:
''There, Webster you say you take pleasure in
reading my wife's letters; read that.n Web
ster took the letter, and, as he read, Honest
John watched the workings Of his noble fea-
lures, and he soon saw the tear glistening in
his large black eye, and then rolling down
the bronze6 check of this intellectual giant,
and Honest John said TO himself
':Wen, 1 am not so great fool neither
When Webster had finished reading he
drew a long breath, grasped the hand OF
Honest John, and said: "Sir, it is the finest
letter ever read in my life" Now, my fail
hearers, have you any idea of the worth Of
such a fair whig as that! l tell you such q
whig is worth kingdom, and the tears which
she drew forth from the eyes Of such men as
John Davis and Daniel Webster were more
precious than all the gems ever sparkled in {
royal diadem.-Ben Perley Poore.