New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
GOSSIP AT THE CAPITAL.
ANECDOTES OF THE DAY.
sHERrpAN's vrsrroRs-PneRM AND PURITAN

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CHINESE MINISTER
WASHINGTON Dec 2I-General Sheridan Is the most
called upon man at the War Department. He has va
riety Of visitors Every day somebody calls Just 10
see the General" as at the door is told Con-
gressmen escort their constituents who curious 10
the hero of the Shenandoah The other day western
Representative called accompanied by constituents
and after the introduction the former said briskiy'
" We're just in for a minute, General Can't SIT down-
On the way up you know"
Eyes suppose you have to leg IL to the Capitol every
morning" replied the General. with abrupt and honest
disregard Of Congressional dignity.
"Oh of Committees and on take good deal
OF time" said the NJ c. little stify. In the meantime
the constituent wasslenty takingn the Generasheeht
looking Little Phil" from head to foot while his face
plainly showed surprise and disappointment "heh hc
spoke. his franlness refreshing.
"why-why. General. / thought you were taller Ia
heard you not big hut declare thoughtyou
were taller"
" Good heavens DO you want man 70 he seven feet
high !" asked Sheridan brusquely as he squared about
aud faced his visitors Nothing less than seven feet VIII
satisfy you fellows You want man to be giant De-
leve."
The Congressman and his constituent laughed. but they
did proong their call and after went away pre-
sumaby. 10 " leg IL to the Capitol"
General Sheridan added pictures OF war scenes
TO others in his Office rooms They small and on an
at Winchester and sherdan's Ride"
The first he says is good In the ride he Is dashns
along waving the flag and followed by his entire STAN
Now the truth Is almost alone at that time. one
or two of my staff only following in the distance had
flag at ALL but swinging my hat and riding Ike the
very devil TO the front my men could see me-"
'Oh well. General, the artist thought 1t would he more
effective you with the Gag remarked visitor
who was looking at the picture.
But il isn't true he will have to take out the nag anu
put my hat. And he will have to take ont dozen oil
those fellows close behind They were not there.
The picture all right Do see that big horse
running away and the officer there firing at him
Well that was fact The horse did away ard the
officer firing at him thought he'd kill the horse and pre-
vent the rider from being carried into tie enemys lines
But the shot didn't hit him. and both the horse and man
captured by the and few days after recap
ured by
General Sheridan took his family few milesout into
the country last renting country house for the
season. 1t experiment made for the first time
rather than the usual thing of going of TO the regulation
resort But the General did not become an en-
thusas over the country When asked how he enjoyed
his summer he said II nice for the family being
good. of course for the children But nothing but
messenger from the day we until the day we
moved back town. never went out or came in, all
summer. without having my arms full OF bundles and
things. used 10 he just loaded down with packages
General Drum who bought country place last spring,
four miles of the city will remain there for the win
GER and will his honse Kst He rides in every
morning his duties in the War Department and If at
his desk by 6 o'clock He says that early hours
ut night fit him for early break
fast and with the ride in the country air make
1t easy for him TO do good days work by o'clock. In
other words he gets the of the day by couple Of
hours in the morning The only drawback is the roads
that like all country roads about Washington as bad
possible.
week ago Edward Everett Hale preached here at All
Souls Church. holding both morning and evening services
The pastor. the Rev Mr.. shippen was present In the
evening Mr. Hale was the point Of closing with
prayer when Mr.. Shipper suddenly stepped before him
and gently but firmly waved him into seat, murmurng
as he did so few inaudble words He then motoned to
the and the next instant the congregation
saw with smiling faces. that Mr. Hale had forgotten 10
pass the plates for the collection While the hymn
was sung the collection taken up and this over Mr.
simmer sat down. Then Mr.. Hale, whose absence OF
mind nearly lost the evening revenue, arose and
closed the service
Theceebraton Of Forefathers Day here with all the
talk about Pilgrims and Purtans recalls the distinction
once made by ex-Sena tor George s. Boutwell,
:" When was n young man. said Mr.. Boutwell,, q"
bad occasion Ia travel a good deal about NewEngand,
STAYING at farmhouses and small villages The breakfast
always decided the Pilgrim. and Puritan ancestry OF the
family When there pie for breakfast knew was
among the Purtans. When there wasn't any pie at the
morning meal, l knew 1 among the Pilgrims Pie
always told the story" Mr. Boutwell, was one Of the
sneakers the other evening. ExCommissioner OF
Agriculture George r. Loring presided, and eulogized
the Pilgrims and Plymouth Rock declaring the Pilgrims
and the Rock the cornerstone OF the Republic. He
was followed by Mr. Boutwell, who would not have the
Purttans sighted He did not say anything about the
Puritan Pie breakfast but he said the Pilgrims could
not have sustained themselves had not the Purtans
come over and pretty promptly too. He was in
cined to think owed fully as much to the Puritan
fathers as to the Pilgrim forefathers.
When he sat down DR.. Loring and repeated his
faith in the Pilgrims and the Rock very seriously. and
much TO the OF the audience Then he intro
duced Senator Sherman whose ancestors for six
.iops were New Enganders But the Ohio Senator took
the wind so speak Of both the Pilgrim and Pur
tan sails by gathering together all the other early set
tiers to whom he said the people owed as much and be-
fore he finished remarks Ohio and the West had
ceved their full of praise Again Dr. Lorng got up,
now TO Introduce Representative Long But before doing
so he again seriously reiterated his praise of the Pilgrims
and pvmouth Rock BY this time the audience only
smed but laughed heartily the Doctors fidelity to
the Pilgrims and tenacty 10 the Rock Representative
Long tried pour oil the troubled waters by COM
hind eulogy Pilgrims and Purtans that full Of pa
triotism and poetic sentiment But he in fact, as
! he confessed before closing, enlogized the
snirit not the event" Again DR.. Lo-
ring got up 10 introduce Lieutenant Greedy,
n New England soldier, he said OF Arctic fame. But be-
fore saying this he again brought forward the Pilgrims
and Plymouth Rock from the background where he felt
they had been by Mr. Longs speech The audience
now cheered well laughed Lieutenant Greedy was
the speaker and the Doctors only hope in behalf Of
the Pilgrims and Plymouth Rock But he wisely steer
ing clear Of both Pilgrims and Purtans at touched
on the of the 2lst and 22d OF December passed
In the highest North where little line Of sunlight
the Arctic sky told hun and his comrades when the day
began and the night ended Lieutenant Greedy was
sufficiently interesting 10 put aside the Pilgrim
and Puritan difference, and Dr. Lorng made further
attempt to repeat his eulogy
II said that the present Chinese Minister, Mr. Chang
Yen Hoon is inclined to be much exclusive than
his predecessor the genial paygong old Cheng Tsao Ju