Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-24
MISS FoLsoMS pIcrIRE.

MISS F0LS0M'S PICTURE.
The Efforts ola Persistent Newspaper Man 70
Secure The Prize.
Brooklyn Eagle
The history of how the only authentic
portrait of the presidents bride was Sc
cured for publication has never been told
and Just at the present time is of no little
interest About tie time President-elect
Cleveland began packing up his bachelor
traps preparatory to removing to the
white house, rumor got started that Gro
yer Cleveland had wearied of single bless
edness and was about to take unto himself
q wife At that time every influential
paper in the country had a correspondent
at Albany whose sole duty it was to dog
the steps of the lucky Buffalonian and de
tail hot and smoking for the next morn
iug's issue evary movement. Dan La
mout was stricken with a walking night
mare and imagined he saw reporters am
pushed in every shadow At his request
the president-elect put himself under the
care of a couple of detectives, who accom-
panied him wherever he went and kept
the reporters at a safe distance When
the rumor that a lady would soon figure
correspondents literally tumbled over one
anothev in their anxiety to get hold of
the facts and above all. to secure the
prospective bride. Miss Van Vechten,
Miss Pruyn. Miss Cornell, and a score of
Abany's leading society ladies were in
terrogated in vain. They were as ignor-
ant as the press of the identity of Mr..
Clevelands atlianced.
Tn 10,
the capital was suspected of being the
one. At length newspaper man hitup-
on the eXpedient of pun ping the maid
servants. The chambermaid proved to
to be good looking and laxative, and
it was through this young lady's propen.
sity to gossip that not only Miss Folsom
was discovered, but the exact date and
hour of the presidents departure for
Washington and the route he proposed to
take (which were jealously guarded were
ascertained. The maid admitted that
Miss Cleveland and young lady named
frankie Folsom, of Nunda, were very
sisterly. and asserted that Mr. Cleveland
while governor had several trips into the
country to visit her. She also limited
that the ladies', meaning Miss Cleveland,
Mrs. Folsom, and her daughter, had with
tographer and had their counterfeits
and left strict iniunctions that no one
should be permitted to copy them or
even look at them.
The hint proved sufficient. The two
newspaper men in the plot managed to
yet hold of Dan Lamont and suddenly
put the question to him abruptly. Dan
got mad Tan unusual thing for HIM and
IN, fg cd bf
that the future bride of Mr.. Cleveland.
if he contemplated taking one, was a con
Germ of his own and of nobody else, that
they were convinced that they We're ON
the right track. Next every photograph
er in town was visited, and large estab-
lishmeut, dealing with the best people
was naturally suspected of being the
glace patronized by Miss Folsom But
the proprietor was obdurate; so a ruse
was resorted to. Ladies are known fire.
quenty tosit for their portraits. order a
certain number sent home and let the
bill run until presented. a reporter who
was not known to the photographer was
impressed into service. He stepped into
the gallery, walked up TO the pretty youny
kept the books. and said: Il Will pay
Miss Folsom's bill if you have it ready
then said: "Oh, the last lot were paid for
but the new lot are done. VIII you take
them;"
The grave young man said he believed
he would take a couple back with him,
and that Miss Frankie could Instruct him
what TO DO. The affable young lady placed
two photographs of Miss Folsom in an
envelope and handed them TO the news
paper man, who could hardly forbear Civ
ing a hoop of JOY upon canine poss
ession of the treasures. Needless 20 say
two news papers simultaneously produced
portraits of Miss Folsom, to the horror of
that amiable young woman and her &C
complished mother. Dan Lamont al
most tainted, and Gen, Farnsworth is
said to have sworn a terrible military
oath saying he would slay the base trai-
tor who published the portrait.
The portrait is the only authentic one
of Miss Folsom, 1t represents her sitting
side face with her hair secured in a wavy
roll. She wears linen collar turning
over at the back
WHY Mr. Tod ScoIned the Doubled.
Boston Traveller
One of Lincoln's most esteemed friends
was old Ex-Governor Tod, of Ohio He
mos "a ,,,,ofpt old character and lincoln