New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-27
SUNDAY EDITION.
JUNE az, 1886.
ODD BITS OF CHAT.
STORIES AND GOSSIP ABJUr PEOPLE AND
AFFAIRS.


STORIES AND GOSSIP ABJUr PEOPLE AND
AFFAIRS.
There were many men who were fine soldiers ana
bravo officers who came OF Tho War OF the Rebellion
only TO mako sad failures in civil fe Tho sketch thas
gave recently the late General sanuard OF Ver'
mont, recalled to an old soldier, with whom was
chatting the name Of General James b. steedman, OF
Toledo AS dashng solder there was scarcely better
record than his In the Army. HIS father ha' Deen
Iaborer ana re contractor canals and public works.
through which he came to be somewhat OF hgiie III
polities General steeiman edited a paTer. was
flo very speaker and OF force and ability Cnhef
Andrew son. With whom he had relations
OF the closest intimacy being FOR time bis Iecoghned
spokesman, the General became Collector AZ No"-
Orleans and through mis- lack Of business qualifications
as his friends claim although his enemies chafsed ~i"
with dishonesty and gambling. he became dcnnqochs
for a Large sum OF money. Thereafter his NE was "
thing Of sbrcds and patches Az an illustration OF his
ide force OF CHARACTER this gentleman toa Inc an
anecdote steedman had gone into one OF the co hes
I'm the northwestern part OF Ohio 10 make poIltioh
speech. The meeting was held In the coar' HOUSE,
Among his audience WAS haif-drunRen hiah WIN" i"
tendency to create Disturbance In fart ne was sPo
ing for fight The General could scarcely utter SEN
teuce without being interrupted lie grew tired OF tho
repc sted pons and stopping In the mist oil MS
.peech pushing his sleeves away from mis- wrsts'
and doubl ng up his fists, he said; There ought 10 DO
enough old soldiers In this audience t. see that eeta
fai- hearing and protection from Insult, nut II u ~
necessary shall come and throw that big
brue out myself" words sooner out OF BIS
mouth tnan from half dozen dir"etlons nesr eno
dsturber. fists shot ont at MS neal ana M ILL.,,
reached 10 grapple him Ono big fist sriiek Tue l"ll"w
directly under the chm and raised him Oh MS feet anu
,hn 10 "a were rained on him 80 RAPIDLY that be was
soon outside the door,
Twas talking yesterday with prominent railroad
man who had road my description o' fresidehs
Robert, OF tho Pennsylvania Railroad, when ne said;
You might have added to your story the remark.pe
fact that Mr. Roberts is president OF more raro' COM
tanies than remember. He was called AS a Wit
ness. in suit against the Pennsylvania company hos
long ago. and when asked Of what companies ne was the
beaa was obliced 10 call one of secretaries before he
could answer rhls secretary has nothing 20 uc on, 10
keep record Of the Pennsy leased loads anu Mr
Robertss Ofcis business with them Ihe mere koepnS
OF record OF the meetings OF the Doard Oh
T.n Attention .ne Of Mr RoSers as the
each board OF the Pennsylvania road is no small 'asH'
hear from the Pacific Coast Dit OF char
acteristic humor or which the remark OF tough Oh
miner IA an Illustration. He bad found 1t dicult 10
twist his tongue so pronounce the various spanish
names ginning with or containing the leter ater tno
Spanish m amer which gives 1t the sound of H. HavinS
Spst ont with the exclamation: BY the humping
Hehu you may think am EacKts out ai no' ~
a long shot pronounce like white people, not Ike
gteasers.
Photographs of the President aud his bride have
anpeared in great floods They the pedestrian IN
tho face from every window where PHOTOGRAPHS are
sold and beng used upon the advertising cards
by shrewd advertisers. The pnbiic has hal great
cnro.tv no sec Mrs Cleveland and this curiosity has
caused lively demand for her portrait ~ tod inas
tine most successful IN sales has been the
card shown the faces OF the fresient saH
bis bride on background OF two hearts, unierneatn
which printed old sentiment fIom the Ola play of
Ingomar ""
.What love Is II thou wondst be taught,
Thy SOIL must tcach alone:
Two so ia with bur single thought
Two hearts that beat as one
| a of
LEARNED OF an act in his youth whlcn resembei tho
stoca herosm taught to the youths OF ancient
Greece He was born with a club-foot which was not
| only uniformed but twisted on one side HIS
brother the bench 10 Vermont Was
similarly disnsured in both OF his feet Ihtideus WAS
lame and ,cy up to his sixteenth seventeenth vear
His twisted foot alwtysa great eyesore TO hm ana
one day while his family was living In Peacham'
! Caledonia County, where he WAS porn'
| his mother heard min groanins and
taking TO himself just outside the door OF tho
house Gong sh, had found that he hal taken his
CLUB foot his lap ami with b., penGnife had deiper
foot straeh where be bound with splnts ON the sls
eing them with his handkerchief wnch ne had torn
II have to cut you off," whea his foot healed tine
limb had been somewhat rtlgheLei Dul the cIno 100.
remalneda as a dclOrn.y up u MS death.
The father of Thaddeus stevens was soldier In the
Mexican war where came under the notice or GEN.
era Winfield Scott lie was male sergeant and de-
tail to duty about the Generals heaiq iirters Cen
era scott had a gard for hun and when ne was
kulel in battle wrote Mrs. stevens speaking
IN tender terms old soiIer OF the affection that 10
felt for the Sergeant As Ihaddeus grew up hi, mother
often letter to him. bat II was not until
| ,fter he that she discovered II among his
fathers relies aud scnt IL to hn by the hand OF tho
| relative VINO told ne THIS incident Wnen lie received
II he was affected to the Only time al, relative had
| seen HIM weep
| one hears queer things in the country was at
| n New land farm house not long where tho
guests ant family up party 700 LARGE to lie seated
al one table Tue worthy host had been told by his wife
onyIte the guests from abroad rst rather than those
that lived in the same town. TINS was the way he an
nounced 1t before the paror door: supper Is ready
All those from OF will eat first" 1t at the table
that heard the remark OF youn gster who hid eaton
through all the down to the cherry PIE aud VITA
haf patcfu OF that delicious article ~ front or bni
| undeyoiircl. tho cherries IN sort OF
desp OF his elders asked hlIn what WAS
the matter he he,vcd sigh ant remarked; - ee 50
bad because my Onach 10 SO full ana my mouth 50
hungry
| some spaper man. with more courage than Dis
cretOn wrote . grdph the other day about "Joo'
Howard the paper writer IN which he de.
clared that Josepnus evidently playing OUT as he
was writing little but "reminiscences of the past" The
| would 70 censor note from "Joc' saying: II
would ike to know how In thunder can write remnis-
Of the future IL made the critic reel as II
| house had fallen on him.
| HEARTLESS RUSE TO CAPTURE AN EhBEZZLER
| PHILADELPHIA, June % lSDccidD. -Geason
| Ety. who embezzled 5000 fIom the Oxford Market
while treasurer the company and escaped to Canada.
wa. arrested nsht at Bethlehem aud returned TO