Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-02

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fssy days ago thas ch&rlss 5. voorhees,, ths
son ~ ta= Indiaas Ssnztor. - tie C0agress-
man elect from washia ton Territory" !"
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tsssa IA present poslLloa All his sIrea-
ton uhs1 hs wras = lesitsat a Dssrcit
#asa All ss i've hsTs." asked i Pct
F@pSrter
:. Ia the spring Of ISL He ~ss here sew
srsl weeks, and III wager be Viii never
forget ais Detroit xperience. especially as
II l. included Ia his marriage 10 Dstrolt
gin."
= Tell As the story"
The paragraph IN the Post stated that
young Voorhees, played Hamlet once, only
once, some years ago at an Indianapolis
thsater. But thai sas not the only tiale ne
appeared OF the stage. tie was thorough
y stage struck, aud joined John McCul-
iousa's company, coming here with that
organization. lie played minor parts.
and over acted them 70 an extent that
caused him 70 be guysd sy the audiences.
voorhees, asked Mccullough il the latter
thought be would ever become an actor,
and Mccullough told him he would never
become great one he was proud fell
low, aud Immediately LETT the company.
tie had no money, AMI q obtain means ex-
changed h.s clothes for a shabby gentsel
.uit and some mouey Al Van Baalen's
pawnsh0p and engaged board at Mrs.
~lark's, whose house. j. above Grand River
Avenue. An acquaintance brought NoOT-
hess u me, thinking could aid him 10 OBJ
tain employment on one of the Detroit
newspapers. | took him 10 2r. Quincy. of
the Free Press, who thought Voorhees, was
an imposter, and would have nothing 10 10
with him. | then took him 20 an afternoon
paper publisher, who told the Senator'S soa
TO write sample article and submit it.
Instead of writing on local subject, Voor-
hees constructed a gushing love story, and
was told that that style of literature was
not what was wanted on the paper. That
ended the attempt 10 make news spaper man
out OF him. After this saw nothing of Voor-
hees for several days. One evening the
door-bell at our house rang, and, when Z
was answered, Mr. Voorhees, and lady
were admitted. He astonshed me by pre-
sentins the lady as his wife, having just
been married by Father Van Dyke. The
I lady was a Miss Baubie a pretty French
I girl, who was boarding at the same house,
and with whom Voorhees, had become
smilten. brief courtship resulted ina tho
marriage, Miss Baubie having sufficient
/ faith in and love for the young man, in
I spite of his impecuniosity and failure Il
obtain employment. The newly married
couple passed the evening with US, the
walk To the house and back TO the board
ing place making up their bridal trip.
Getting married did not improve the
young mans financial condition, although
| don't know as il hurt it any, and. after
standing the strain as long as he could, he
was compelled TO apply TO his father for
| assistance. IL came at once, and, in ac-
cordance with Senator Woo hees' direc-
tions, the ex-actOr and his bride went tc
! Washington. / heard nothing of him un-
til read of his election to Congress. and
as you can well imagine, the news sur
prised me. IL illustrates the marvellous
change four years VIII make in an aver
I age Americau's life. 1t seems funny 60
think that the man who was poverty
stricken and unable To obtain work in De-
troit in 1881 is in 1884 a member-elect OF
Congress