The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-05-12
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Among the curiosities of Congressional
representation is the fact that Mr.. Lanham
of Texas represents district which, in area
is larger than the whole of New England
With regular outlines it would measure
about 800 miles in length by 500 miles in
width. 1t is comprised Of So counties, and
has 90, 724 voters. Ell Paso is the ONLY cOnsid-
cradle town in the district and it is $50 miles
from Weatherford, Mr.. Lanham's home
In his speeches in the Senate Roscoe Conk-
ling was the most courtly, as we'll as the
most sarcastic Senator Congress has known
for years, and his repartees will go down in
history. One of the best of them relates to
a debate in which Allan g. Thurman, of
Ohio, was speaking, and in which consti-
tutional question was being argued. Conk-
ling interrupted Thurman again and again
by asking questions, and Thurman, who was
testy at times, at last said to Conkllng
docs the Senator from New York expect me
to respond every time he turns to, meY'
"When l speak of the law" answered Sena-
tor Conkling, with lordly bow and -four
ish Of his hand toward Thurman, II turn
toward the Senator from Ohio as Mussul-
man turns towards Mecca. i turn to him as
do to the common law of England-the
worlds most copious fountain OF human
Jurisprudence" And what did Thurman
say9 Nothing. He grunted and went on.
MANY years ago." says the New York
Press, Melville w. Fuller, recently APP
pointed Chief Justice of the United States
Supreme court, went to school in Maine
with bright young man full of fun named
Oryille ID. Lambard. They were good
friends, but time separated them. The
world has been generous to both and espec-
ially to Mr.. Lambard. He has grown rich,
and resides during the winter in the city in
Iegai style,lbu not with an ostentatious dis
pay OF parvenu snobbery. His hair is gray,
put MS step Is elastic and his memory clear.
when Mr.. Fuller was appointed he said
Il must send Mel-that is what we called
MN d. az schooi-a message of congratulation.
de deserves success. As boy he was very
precocious, and often puzzled older heads to
answer his erudlte questions | am Repub-
lican, and he Democrat, but rejoice al his
elevation as much as would il he were of
my own party. President Cleveland has
made his best appointment !"
The far famed Wayside Inn at Sudbury
Mass, in which Longfellow located his
Tales of Wayside Inn" was sold at public
auction on Tuesday. The old inn is an in
teresting structure, apart from the memories
with which the poet Longfellow has invested
it. 1t dates back to 1885, and is associated
with the most interesting days of early Mas
sachusetts history. 1t stands on the old
post-road between Boston and Worcester.
This was formerly much travelled, and the
Red Horse Inn became famous place for
travellers to stop for rest and entertainment.
For nearly century and half the name of
Howe was identified with the hosiery, and
on the sign were the initial letters, I'd. H..
1876, =. H. 1746,' and the name, "a. Howe,
1896, But the latter was not the last OF the
family who kept the inn, this being Lyman
Howe, who performed that duty from 1881
till about 1860. when the house, having full
filled its public functions, was closed, the
number of customers being too small to war
rant its further use as a bostelry.