Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-17
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WksBTx9ros. Feb. ., 1885.
n has become the fashion for public
-. TO adopt orests, after the manner
a the nobility of the "effete monarch
~. and ths, which Secretary Manning
,,srodoced at bis recent dinner party
bss created quite sensation. because OF
M striking originality and the signit-
sspcs Of the motto it bears" Az E.Rls
noss Not Catch Piiss." Gen. Butler's
a,ss 10 q goblet bearing the lseerd
acomme Je Trouve," ~hiie that of
s.n.tor Ingalls, ia an open eye vith the
.ords in Lstin, He Wins Who is
lsara' General Logan has recs sntly
sdou.ed the ST. le, and his note paper
noI bears the very pretty design OF
saIunet actess an Indian var bonnet.
This device will be apt 10 revive tie old
ssories about the Generals ancestry.
.I,hsush be boasts OF pure irish blood.
sspstor Ssxyer, who 10 the vaQ Of the
ssna.e, 10 thiakinR OF foilowinR the ex-
smple Of other great men in this respect,
and will adept as the most Appropriate
efss. for bis profession OF Iumbsrman
an smbatslsd ,vl0g on an emerald pine
forest vith pair OF enRrailed bobsleds
upon the dexter ehevron.
Bg the vsy, Pm told that the reason
de Uommitts on z. stoffices and Post
Roads doesn't report ans bills is that
M. ssvyeT tolls 80 many stories. he
i srimfal OF quaint anecdotes, and the
eommittse meets tsIee week TO hear
then; bat this is, of coarse, a campaign
RooFbseh
One Of the best stories Dir. Sasyer
seIIs is q. the expense of Senator Ran I
som, Who. he says, is the most accom-
plshsd politician he ever knew. Il
ssnt down TO Nsrth Carolina," be says,
with Q Congressional fuHsral party
ssvssal years ago, and Ransom was
sIoug. Whenever the ira q stopped at
. station Ransom got out, shook hand.
With svsrv man on the platform, and
told each oze that he bad left important
business 10 Washington TO attend the
funeral with the hope of seeing him
svsn for moment; and what surprised
ne most" continued Mr.. Sawyer. was
ihat every mothers son believed 1t,
Ransom had such winning way aboot
him. When We landed at the town
where the funeral was TO be held, we
had 10 drive six miles in open carriages
alainst q chilly wind, without any din
uer, and then sat IN cold church 20
IistAn to q sermon two hours long.
Bsnson was as hungry as q wolf and
chilled through, as We all we're; and
after the preacher had been going II
about three quarters OF an hour be com
nencsd TO snap his watch; bat II didn't
70 any good. The preacher kept right
q With his discourse, and whom IL vas
soneluded We we're all so faint with
hunger and cold that We could scarcely
sand. Bot Ransom revived to the oc-
sAsiou, and az soon as the benedic,ion
vsa pfonounced he rushed up TO the
peipit. grabbed both Of the pre- aeher's
hand, and told him that he vas never
% much interested and edited by q ser
men To his life. and his only regret was
inat be didn't preach longer. Add.
when be saw the preacher swallo sed
that, be actually asked him to repeat
the sermon the hrst time he (Ranson)
came 10 town. I'm good deal on the
pslsver myself" concluded Mr.. Sawyer.
y bot Ransom beats any man l ever
NV"
Miss Cleveland 10 becoming quite
famous for her ssn mots. Her last and
best was enjoyed by a number OF callers
d the White House the other day. A
gentleman from the West remarked to
her:
You hail from Buffalo, I believe, |
Aiss CievelaAd?"
"Yes," was the reply; I'VE hail from
Buffalo and We reign here"
saw yesterd W the trst few folioa of
Ben Perlsy Poote's new book, wbioh will
DO poblished In a few days. The Major
s nov revising the final proofs. The
little 10 Memory's Budget; Reminis-
uences. Social, Anscdotal and Politiesl.
Fifty. eight Years of Active
Life amid the Social Festivities. Ecoeu-
lfic Celebrities, Brilliant Ladies' and
Political Turmoiis at the National Gap
tal." Major Poors's story csmmenoes
With the administration of John Quincy
Adams and ends With that Of Chester A.
Arthur. 10 Ia more anecdotal than 9th
afufse, and Is full of pefs NAL incidents
and descriptions OF exciting events,
written In the graphic style shat has
made the Father OF Newspaper Row
famous NJ ,jer Poore has had his own
lssiefs. written daring the last half cen-
tary. - draw upon, and can say. with
another historian, that his bosk will
tfeat OF occurrences "all OF which /
nv and part OF which vas"