The Somerset reporter., 1888-09-27
SELECTED.
Two Ezra Taylors.

| Ilit ONO CoNGREssMAN's BILE.
Judge Ezra b Taylor, who represents
tn" l9th ohio district in the House, is one
81 the best known members ON the Rep
| ubllcan side, and is ranked among the
1blcSt. lie is "A man of striking charctcr-
| lStlcS, and would arrest the attention of a
stranger As being above the ordinary run
OF men. Ills face is strongly marked
with force and individually.
He recently received letter from Wis
consn, which calls up againaa most re-
markable coincidence in his life. He was
born in Portland county, Ohio, siNty-fvc
years ago, attended school with Garfield,
and the two kept up a friendship in after
life. When Garfield was elected at the
ohio state Senate in lsjG, Judge Taylor
was praCticing law in the State Shortly
after Garfield took his seat Judge Taylor
got letter from him stating:
received your letter aud viii be glad Ia do any
thing can i"r y"n. am surprised, haWrNr ~, that
You should deere such position. thought your
ptIrti'u wa worth much more 10 ven.
Judge Taylor did not understand the
letter. He wrote 10 Mr., Garfield telling
him so, and saying that he was right in
>upposing his law practice was worth
more than any position under the Senate
Shortly after that Mr.. Garfield called
on him and handed Ii IN a letter, asking
if it were not his He examined the let
ter and replied that it was certainly his
hand writing and his signature, but that
he had not written it unless he had done
50 in his sleep, and then he pointed ont
that ii was pOstmarkcd from another part
of the State.
The letter asked for the appointment of
deputy Scrgcnt alarms of the Senate, was
written in the Judges handwriting and
signed plainly with his signature, Ezra
b. Taylor.
MIR. Garfield wanted To submit the let
ter to an expert to pass upon the chirUg-
raphy. Judge Taylor said he would ac-
kuowlrdge that he could not tell il from
his own. 1t was submitted To an expert,
who, without hesitation, said he could
take oath TO ills being Judge Taylor's
writing. 1t was Il mystery they could
not penetrate, and they dropped it.
Not long afterward the State convcn-
ton assembled. Judge Taylor was walk
iug down the corridor of the principal
hotel. There were mirrors on the walls
IN which he could sce his reflection. As
he approached the end of the corridor he
thought there was another mirror direct
~ in front of him in which he could
plainly SEE his own face and form. He
drew closer, and No; it was not Il mir
rSr II was Il man. 1t was himself in
flesh and hood The Two men looked at
each other, and it seemed as if each had
lost his identity in the other Had they
turned around thrcc Times neither could
have been certain he was not the other
fellow. Neither spoke. They just look
ed AT each other and passed in opposite
directions Later in the day Mr., Gar
held, with the double leaning ON his arm,
approached Judge Taylor. He intrOduc-
them MIR. Taylor, Mr.. Taylor. No;
Mr. Ezra b. Taylor, Mr.. Ezra Is. Taylor
They were the same in name, in form,
in face, in age, voice, carriage manners
and IN general appearance. Judge Taylor
was then known as colonel He had been
named after IL distinguished clergyman,
Ezra Booth. The duplicate was also
known as colenel, and said he was Ezra
Booth, but did not know after whom he
was named.
Judge Taylor says they were born in
the same year, aud that every circum
stance or condition they could think of a.
peculiar to one, applied with equal aptnrss
to the other. The acquaintance was con
tnucd between thcsc two men, con
slant correspondence between them until
year ago, when the other died ont West.
They were never able to discover any
relationship.
4 few weeks ago Judge Taylor got a
letter from lady in Wisconsin stating
that she had noticed the name Of Ezra b.
! Taylor, rs voting against the Mills bill;
that an Ezra TAYLOR formerly living in a
certain part of New York had been a
intimate friend of her fathcr who was