The Washington critic., 1886-12-15
TOPICS OF THE DAY.


Says New York special to the
Philadelphia Ne,os: Alan Arthur, son
of the dead ex.President, Is the sub.
ject of good deal of talk in New
York just now. lie was rather wild
boy at college. and when he came to
New York he gave himself up, to a
large extent, to clothes OF q gaudy
pattern and fashion aud cultivated q
fondness for the society of the lot of
wild younger sons and lightheaded
boys who frequent the Brunswick and
Delmonico's and dash about town at
night. Young Arthur always looked
out of place in this crowd of sappy
dudes and white faced youngsters, for
he Is six feet three inches tall, of rather
awkward carriage and numbering
gait. AS frequently happens, how:
ever, with men of his build
and temperament, he has ma.
tured very rapidly within year, and,
with q better carriage and better ideas Of
what "life" about town amounts to, he
presents altogether different picture
from the somewhat provincial youth
of year or so ago. He was dcvotedly
attached TO his father and seems
crushed by the latter's death. lie 10
going into the law, and with his name,
physique and fortunc-he and his sis.
ter inherit 5000, ,000--he is likely to
make notable place for himself in the
profession. have seen O good many
sons of distinguished men lose their
heads and try to break up their constl.
tutions by imagining they were mighty
swells at the age of 10. and Ihave seen
some Of them pull themselves together
In good shape, but in none has the
change been so marked, so sudden and
SO admirable as In Alan Arthur.
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Says L. B. Wight in his fnter- Ocean
correspondence: Ex.Secretary Bout
WELLS one of the men long in public
life who as settled in Washington at
the prLctice of law. He has an office
fronting Pennsylvania avenue, imme-
diately opposite the Treasury build.
ing. He is frequently seen in the
Treasury arguing cases where he was
once the supreme authority. Bout
well has constant employment, and Is
much sought as an adviser. He ap.
pears In many cases against the Gov
ernment, where his knowledge of pub.
lie business is Of value. He is in the
receipt of handsome professional In
come. Governor Boutwell-for his old
title as Governor of Massachusetts Is
the one by which he is mainly known
spends considerable portion of his
summers at his farm at Groton, Mass,
from which he has just returned.
This is one of the model New England
farms. 1t has about $50 acres, nearly
100 of which are constantly under
cultivation. 1t is not fancy farm,
but yields substantial income to Its
proprietor. 1t is not like the farm Of
Senator Evarts in Vermont, which Is
almost exclusively devoted to dairylng.
Senator Evarts has great fondness for
fancy cattle. A curious story Is told
of him when. a few years ago he visited
the farm Of Queen Victoria. The
head of the Queens dairy showed the
thoroughbred COWS there, and was as.
founded that the American visitor did
not express more surprise. The ques-
tion was directly asked of Mr.. Evarts.
"Have you ever seen so many fine cat
tic before?" The Indifferent answer
was: Eyes, I have more upon my own
farm in Vermont" The indignant
keeper of the royal herd afterwards
said that he did not believe the story of
his American visitor. A good story is
told of Evarts in connection with the
venerable Dick Thompson. The latter
was telling one of his very good stories
about events which happened to come
under his observation In the early days
Of the REPUBLIC, and among other
things spoke of the Inauguration of
Andrew Jackson, which he had seen.
Whereupon Secretary Evarts, with the
humor for which he is noted in private
conversation, said: "Well, / read
about those things in history when l
was boy, but / never expected to
know anybody who had seen them
#~@
Congressman Price or BilP Price,
as he was more familiarly known"
said man at the Grand Pacific to a
Chicago Herald reporter, "was good
deal of q man in his way. Thirty years
ago he could raft log as we'll as any
body on the Menomonee, and when it
came to driving yoke of oxen there
wasn't man in all Northern Wlscon-
sin who could hold a candle to him.
The country was wild and woolly in
those days and 'Bill' was somewhat
fuzzy himself. lie could hold up the
sulphuric end of an argument with as
much picturesqueness as any man l
ever met, and when it care to careen-
ing the flowing bowl BIZ was the
acknowledged artist. But as the years
rolled by and the country began to
show signs of civilization Price took a
step forward by joining the Good
Templars. From that moment the
man became the most rampant TEN per.
ance speaker in the entire State. His
attacks on the saloon interests were in
tensely bilter-so bitter in fact that his
enemies grew furious and threatened
him with all manner OF evil things.
Price was not scared, however. He
hammered away at John Barleycorn
until he won the esteem and confidence
of the great mass of prohibition voters
in his district, and then he ran for
Congress. He was elected by an i'm
mense majority"
without Adequate Cause,
or with apparently no cause at all, cbills and
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