Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-12
GOV. SCENARIOS VALET.
Now Barber, but Once the Associate o
Prominent Men.


There is colored barber, write.
Frank Carpenter, working at chain
| nearest the window in a shop on /
street, not far from the Ebbitt house
whose talents and education merit .
better position He is about forty year:
of age, nearly six feet tall, and his fea-
! lures are of the Caucasian type. His
negro blood is shown only in his com
! pleXion, which is a dark mahogany. As
to his manners and his language, they
! are as good as those of any man in
| Washington, and his sum of informa.
| ton is equal to that of manga man who
| ranks high in official life, Since his
| boyhood he has been closely associated
! with prominent men. He went round
the world with Secretary Seward rs his
valet, and he occupied the same posi-
tionin regard to Elihu Washburne while
| Mr. Washburne was our minister topaz
is. here is hardly a country with
which he is not familiar, and he has
visited the different parts of Europe
more than once. When he was a boy
he shaved the senators of the days OF
1850, and later at the old Kirkwood
| house, and his razor has often caressed
the shaggy chin of Sam Houston,
smOothed the cheeks of Andy johnson,
and wandered gently over the faces of
score Of other noted men who have
since passed away. As | sat in his chair
to-day ! asked him Il question or two
about eX-Secretary Seward. He said:
"My brother was Senator Stewards
servant at the time he was about to start
ont on his travels. but as he had lust
been married he did not wish to 20 with
him and he got the senator TO take me
in his stead. Il was pleasant trip
throughout We had our own cook
and were well supplied with all of the
neccssaricS. Mr.. Seward was n gentle
man and he always treated nue. very
well. His health was not good much Of
the time, and this of course kept him
from always being in the bestof humor
Secretary Seward did not like doctors,
however, and ! remember an incident
Illustrative OF this which occurred while
we were stopping with Lord Napier,
the governor Of Madras. One morning
when Mr.. Seward was feeling espec-
tally bad the doctor called at the GOV
ernOr house tOse one of Lord Napier
family. His lordship, hearing Mr. Sew
ard complain Of feeling i'll, asked him
II Inc would not like TO see the doctor.
MIR Seward replied, mo, governor, |
cannot meet q doctor to-day. | am not
feeling well, and hope the doctor win
excuse me Mr. seward never fully
recovered from payne's Assault If shat
tered his nervous system. and he borc
the effect OF il to the day of his death.
By The way. curious eyamnle If
l0ice-,cehinr was that OF the servant
who let in PAYNE that NIGHT. He after-
wards applied for a position under Inc
government. and ALLEGED rs reason
why he should have ii tbat he had been
working at Secretary Sqward's at the
lime the assesses ination was ATTEMPTED.
lie fatlcd to net the Office.
Did not Governor Seward write
book OF travels during the tour?"
Yes, or rather his adopted daughter
wrote much of it at his dictation 1t
was largely her enterprise, you know,
and Governor Seward gave her all of
,he profits Of its publication 1t sold
well and must have Melted her many
thousands of dollars. During his tray-
els the governor worked part of every
lay. lie wrote some and read great
Ieal.
Governor Seward, y continued this
man, ''Was man of wonderful infor-
nation ON all subjects, and he was al
ways willing to impart it. If wished
o know anything about a subject dur
ne my service under him went to him