The Washington critic., 1885-09-17
WASHINGTON CRITIC THURSDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER H.

friends Just tell my old constituents
up In Greene aud Fayctte counties
dcl ping one Of the ccntlcmon ON the
head with his hand) that Morgan Il.
Wise will he the next Governor OF Ari.
z,na. have got the dead wool on all
the other applicants. That story about
me wanting To- BE- "a Waterman or police.
man i'm the Treasury Department. after
! had recommended Major James u.
lird'ay Of WayncsburT for thc posi-.
lion, is not true continued Mr. Wir.
Lindsay wanted sOmclhiur AMI did
not have much show of gctlinr any
thing ! iricd tu get him In thn Irc1s.
my Department. ana would have Ic-
cc,LCd had he acted properly. lie ILL
rot like the idea of Major Lindsay b.
coming wa,chmun. / told Lila llj
that there was nothing ~ ID except
keep out lgainps aud buns, anl STOP
People from carrying things OF. H.
hcsiatcd somewhat before he ma lc ap.
rlicaticr, when remarked: Why,
Lindsay. d-n e. take u; ! would ac-
CCpt such II position myself. Som' Of
my CEcmic. caught on ~ the rumigx.
They said ! was after The place. and I
guess made Lindsay believe ! va,
do net have anything further - do
with the Maio rnow, except to pity him.
There are several newspaper men down
at Washington that shouil kill. They
deserve no better fate at my hands.
re
II is the Cincinnati C)maTsiF "a.
;citc which relates the following Of
wcll-known Democratic Statesman:
One day big, handsome Ben Lcl'cyrt
was LAYING his rolund and iovinl per
sonality in marble bath tub In the
House bath rooms at the Capitol
While he was disporting himself IN
tcpid water, made fOaming with
scented soaps. and was about ready TO
be rubbed dry by the attendant, me'-
scngcr came down ana called to him
from the outside that there were some
gentlemen above anxious to see him on
important business for moment rs
they were obliged to depart hurricdly
to catch train. who are thcyg'
called the General, as he blew the
water out Of his big muslachc with
snort like porpoisc. "They are some
gentlemen from Ohio, sir, " was the re
spence care they people from my
DISTRICT asked Ben. Yes, sir,
answered the messenger. "Thcn for
heavens sake don't send them down
here. Shut the doors there and keep
them out Good Lord if any of them find
| bathc in marble tub and am rubbed
down by n Niger instead of going
down TO the creek and drying myself
with my shirt, ii will lose me u thou
sand votes" The untcrriticd and I'M
washed constituents didn't get in.
~.
Lieutenant John McMartin, Twenty
fifth Infantry, who is now on duty at
the Columbus barracks recruiting
depot, tells the following good story on
General Grant in the Columbus Times:
When the illustrious General was n
cadet at West Point there was an old
buglcr named BctZlcr who still eXcrts
his lung powers, though aged some 81
years. One day Cadet Grant said,
| iokingly, 10 the old bugler: "Whcn |
am elected President of the United
| States | will make you Secretary of
| Wal, old fellow" The grim warrior
smiled and blew derlsiye blast and
| the young cadet, who aftcrward
achieved worldwide fame, pranccd
away When President Grant visited
| West Point Academy for the first time
as the head of the Nation old Bctller
| still footed. The President passed
through the soldiers mill and was nc.
costcd by the venerable Betzler With
cap in hand, the old bugler said: "Mr.
President, | remind you of promise
made years ago. | am ready to accept
| the portfolio of war. President
Grant, so the legend goes, fairly wilted
and warmly grasping old Bctzler's
right hand left twenty-dolar gold
piece therein.
Nv
The story now going the rounds
about ike" Stevenson, the new Min
nesota Congressman, reminds the Troy
Times of somewhat similar story
which is told of Congressman II. G..
Burlcigh of New York Shortly after
his first election to Congress he was APP
preached by his pastor, who said he
had two favors to ask ut his hands
the first was that he would omit in his
conversation the use of all such words
as are best uneXpressed by Il double.
en-, and that he would so far re
spcCt the social customs OF the Capital
rs to wear an evening dress on all occa-
sions of ceremony Mr.. Burleigh said
he would be only too glad to comply
with the first request, but he'd be -
if he would wear swallow-tailcd coat
under any circumstances to please any
body,
~
Gle was an indcfatigablc worker,
says the Chicago JOuIWnJ of the late
Emory A. Storrs when he had a
case before him. he made il the subject
of intense study from one midnight to
another. In preparing case he knew
no rest, gave his brain no respite,
called upon it by draft after draft fol
new service; sustained himself by
stimulants and FASTENED with trclcss
speed and with every nerve strung to it,
utmost degree of tension to the conclu-
sion of his task. Such labor wears out
the vital powers with terrific rapidity.
II produced the death of Matt H.
Carpenter ut the age of 81 years. A
man who does more than Il reasonable
and allotted task discounts his future
years, and must pay in the end tcnfold
usury for that which he has borrowed
from the energies of his system"
EAST WASHINGTON.
About 1880 p. m. ON Tuesday, Lemue
johnson, Il young colored man, while sky
la I'm ln pf hn nnt ~