National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-29

letter closed III this fashion, Nov, don't YOU
do with mo as you did with old man
Johnson. You only sont him five
packages. want 'em ALL" The
same congressman received letter
from one OF his constituents Of whom he had
never heard The letter was addressed to
tho Hon. A. b. Blank, seed man" The
writer evidently did not know who tho con-
gresham was, but his neikhbors had received
seeds from him, and therefore no must he
some public official whose business IL was to
distribute seeds gratuitously. This mem
Der insisted that congressman had much
greater need of clerks than the senators, be-
cause the latter were elected by the state leg
islatures and were theiy creatures, while
representatives belonged to the people and
were likely to DO called upon by a much
greater number of people on account of their
more extended acquaintance.
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II have got one nice, quiet, modest coll
league" said tho Indiana member "and
that's Thomas J. Wood of Crown Point.
| Wood never wants anything unreasonable,
and he says he don't This is his frst term
in congress, and when he camo down here
last November he made some remarks to
our friend Lycurgus Dalton, who is
an Indiana man also, and was
then in the senate folding room, but now
postmaster Of the house. Now, Curg,' said
Wood, Pm no hog, Idon't want everything.
Pm reasonable man, but there are some
things must have. You know mine is a
close district, and I've got to show what I'm
made of down here. l must get a place on
three committees. don't caro- about any
thing else. They can give me other commit
tees if they want to, but 1 must DO on
the elections, ways and means, and ju.
dietary committees, anyway, but I'll take
the craftsmanship of one of them, no mat
ter which one. 1 don't want to be dictatorial
OF anything of that sort. Either chairman
ship will do, but / must have one Of thcm.
That will mako things all right up in my dis.
trict with the boys, and l can stay hero as
long as l like. There won't be any trouble
about fixing that, will there Curg?' Dalton
told him that he thought tho requirements
very moderate indeed. The speaker put him
ON the mining committee and the claims
committee"
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wood studied Ia down in Tcrre Haute"
to the bar he went up to Crown Point, and
they elected him to the legislature Legisla-
tors were getting So day then in Indiana,
and, as it was about the first money De ever
earned, Wood thought ho was rich. He told
all his friends how much money he was
going TO lay up. A man like Wood
naturally considered how he should best
invest his money. He said to one his
acquaintance and l think it was Dan Voor-
hees, Il believe I'll go into the fancy stock
business-fancy horse stock, mean. Now,
what do you think is the best sort of fancy
horse stock to go into? What do you think
of Arabian horses p Voorhees, told him he
thought the Arabian kind would do Il
thought So said Wood, and Pvo already
written to the sheriff of Mecca to send me a
pair of Arabian horses. | told him to put
them on the cars and ship them to
Alexandria, where they could DO put ON board
a vessel to come to New York. told him to
send them g. o. D.. Voorhees, asked. him
how much he expected to pay for the horses.
Oh said Wood. 4 suppose they'll stand me
in about $i00.' When he was asked what
the distance was from Mecca to Alexandria,
he said he supposed it was about fifty miles,
and when Voorhees, told him it was
probably twenty times that distance,
Wood said, They'll probably stand
me in hundred more then, won't
theyY Idont know whether Wood ever got
his Arabian horses or not, but I'm afraid that
the cheriff of Mecca did not send them G. O. ID.
Wood evidently thought that Mecca was
county over there in Arabia, and that the
chief magistrate with the similar sounding
name was its sheriff and had charge of the
county jail"
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A prominent society man says there are
strong indications of a social earthquake in
fashionable circles, caused by the recent
action of a leading uptown club. Said he to
the Avenue Man: "You know Mr.. Blank
Well he's a successful business man, and has
accumulated quite respectable fortune here
as a merchant. His family are related to all
the old-tme blue bloods of Washington, and
as his bank balance increased he felt
disposed to cultivate his neghbors and
enjoy the social amenities for which this
city is becoming noted. lie was we'll re-
ceved, and great many woll-bred people
were glad to make his acquaintance aud in
vito him to their houses. This taste of the
gay life of tho capital was exceedingly pleas
ant to Mr.. Blank, and he determined to have
more of it. In an evil hour he decided to
become regular bowling swell, and sent in
his name for membership to the - club.
The committee were friends of his, and
he felt assured he would be re-
ceived with open arms. Well,
his name came up, and some little cuss who
melts sealing wax at one of the legations dis
covered that Mr.. Blank was IN trade, ger
kna,C," and announced the fact. There was
moment Of awful agony while the vote was
being taken, and then when the ballot box
was opened it was found to contain about
quart of black balls. j
Now the old blue bloods are backing up
Mr.. Blank, and the vendetta has been de-
.clared between the opposing factions"
ADJUSTMENTS.