The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-15


few nights after this rebuff the young man hap
pened to be at another party and seeing the Judge
made up to him. After little desultory conversation
ne ventured to say, "That was an awful blunder Of
mine the other evening take you for old Thornton
And whom do you take me for now may ask"
Why you tod me you Judge Poland Of Yer
mont" The reply was crushing-"On the contrary.
sir, my name is Thornton!'
LITcHFIELD COUNTY Comm correspondent Of
the Hartford Courant writing of manners and cus-
toms In that region fifty years ago. says that com
mon people didn't own stoves then; they rented them
OF the rich for 25 cents month. DIR. Catlin, Of
Litchfed, had quite number that he rented We
well remember seeing him staff around for miles to
collect rent. There no clocks in school houses
the teachers had marks on the window sill: when
the struck the mark it was noon if cloudy they
guessed There were clocks in but few families
in those days"
AN eminent scientific man lately paid a visit to an
old college chum, minister in Perthshre The min
lister being asked about the visit said: e came to
see me here some time ago and stayed day or two
He is terribly unsound." "You had a tough arcu-
ment, / dare say" Deed had we he Is awfur
clever and sat up half the night debating He il
very unsound." But you felt you had the best Of
the argument, didn't youl" ''Weel / am not vera
but was upsdes in the mornin'." Howl II pak
him Until my prayer"
THIS story is told Of the first meeting of exAttor-
ney-general Brewster and his handsome wife:
Brewster, as lawyer had some business before the
Bureau OF the Treasury, in which his wife was eua-
pioyed. lie went into the room in which she was at
at work Looking up, and catching sight Of her
future husband, she involuntarily exclaimed to the
lady seated next to herr We'll that is the ugiest man
ever saw in my life Brewster took of his hat
and, bowling very politely to the surprised lady said:
Thank you, madam, / always like to hear q lady
speak frankly what she thinks An acquaintance
followed, and q marriage came after. Mr. Brewster
has frequently twitted his wife about the first words
she spoke to him."
JUDGE PETTIs, exminister to Bolivia, related to q
correspondent an anecdote of Joshua Gddings and
Ben Wade, when those giants at the bar. IRE
member, he said "a funny incident which occurred
in a SANDER case in which Giddings and Wade were
opposed to each other. Mr. Giddings making
strong speech in behalf of the plaintiff and was ev
identity having great effect upon the jury when he be-
gan to quote from Shakespeare saying, He who steals
my purse steals trash, but he who flches from my
fair name Here he forgot the remainder and went
back ard repeated Gentlemen the poet has well said
He who steals my purse steals trash, but he who
steas-steas-- Observation-Disclosures" when Wade, who
had been sitting with his head down upon his chest
watching Giddings from under his bushy eyebrows.'
roared out, Steals that which you never had The
court jury and lawyers burst into laughter Cid
dngs grew red in the face tried to recover himself
but could not do well enough to regain his former
footing. The jury turned from him and Wade got
the verdict"
THE Rev. DR.. Patrick Francis Moran, who is to
succeed Cardinal McCabe as Archbishop of Dublin,
born at Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland
September Is, 1880. He was educated at the
Irish College of ST. Agatha Rome, and in 1856 he
appointed vicepresident of the college and also
professor of Hebrew in the College of the Propaganda
Returning to Ireland soon after he became private
secretary to Cardinal Cullen then Archbishop of Dub
lin. He was consecrated Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory
March 5, 1872, and few months later he sue
ceeded to that In 1874 he made Archbish-
op of Sydney, New South Wales DR.. Moran has la
bored for many years to promote the study of Irish
histories and antiquities. Among other works he has
published Memoir of the Most Rev. Oliver PUNK
ett Essays the Origin, ETC., of the Early Irish
Church, F" History of the Catholic Archbishops OF
Dublin, Historical Sketch of the Prosecutions etc..
Under Cromwell and the Puritans,' "Aeta s. Bren-
DAM. 'Monastcum Hibernicum," and "Spiclegum
Ossorense being Collection Of Documents to Illus
trate the History of the Irish Church from the Refor
nation to the year 1900"