Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-19
NEW YORK LETTER.
srN. To'ss OF THE NEW OHIO
NN'CR's eoYHoop DAYS.
,"'" Wool and woo,,.,. Wa, W.T.,
mas beon--csa.es that NAV
'''ens Season of Prosperity.
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~,,fiaa I'm on OF the National Democratic Com
,c,,' 49, tne career OF Calvin s. Brice Ohinis
.noo," ''1u states senator, Is pretty VOL
,bayoaa; W BIS earlier career and personal
'oss iics the general public has heard
nav Psouaoly, than about those OF any
-. Tn"Sc name has become prominent
~ ~ nero IN New York, where he has been
.,s,s,' u familiar figure. comparatively few
SVus are aware that ha was resred
H. ~."'a ana educated ~ Minmi lipiyer
lu me state which has lust bestowed
s,,. Euished honor upon him by choosing
ats " u, representative in the halls OF the
iia.ieHa. Legislature. Yet Mr.. Bric,ls in
ssiuual.ty rs q lad was striking and there
many interesting anecdotes OF his school
lt' no one tells better stories OF the new
no senator than Mr. w. IL. H0llingsworth.
wv edlsor OF the Sigourney ia Rerieie,
~ wen known TO many New Workers.
~ mas Seon acquainted with Brice since
s'neod: They were at school and in
Sea'"l University together from 1856 TO
At COLLEGE.
brice was about fifteen yoars old when
ne entered Miami UNIVERSITY. hut looked
10 more than ten. Editor H0lingsworth
icscrlhcs him ae a small. rod-headed ter
-ibiy ireckled boy. with enormous care, but
70 Offset these unprcpOs assessing features
mere was genial twinkle in his eyes
Nf++Ns+ nNt4l'AA W rNF. CA ~ Ike me DOL
-er when were better gcouaintad.n HIS
tTeckles had formed trust all on one side
, 81 ms mouth. but IN tic other check he
wore largo chew Of tobacco TO preserve.
as he explained It 20 the boys. Z proper
equilibrium with tho bunch Of freClies.
iic was called " Bricey" by his school-fel-
lows.
SLIM KxCHTQUER.
Singularly enough in Wow OF the wealth
\
quer IN those days was wonderfully slim.
Sometimes be hadn't any. IL was the OK
ccpiion when no had rs many nickels for
Oockct-morey as be has millions now. lie
"a the son Of Presbyterian minister ut
Lima who did not believe in making
spcndthrifis Of college boys. The
money Tor Young Brice's education
iisnopp, better known among the stu
dents as "Old Bo)bs." Tho Professor
rui Buces tuition and board bills after a
rcid examination Of the accounts, but he
llu0red no sight drafts and Brice's check
fOr q quarter on Old Bobby would have
gone 90 protest unless accompanied by
vouchers that the money bad been spent
'ar something more neediul than chewing
tacco.
IT'S cHEDrT.
No boy, savs Editor Bollingsworth, ever
WIN go fNAlfrN VIZ l'TF bihAt'N ~
Nov ever had q better time and no boys
rlarr'4l credit ever vas better with both
tudouts and faculty. ic was not a sponge
Dr FL Beat. nlTd rceod as he often was for
ulds. lie never borrowed quarter that
no q du't pay back. knowing 10 WAS easier
t. cc half a dollar with q ssw and buck ID
snrrpho3t's woodward than by striking
Ol1 Bobby" Bricc ha- been known 70
tahi that lnhCrCus exercise. lie used %
sav 10 developed Tho muscles Of the chest
and that his lungs weren't very strOIs,
ANYWAY.
Iniced. Editor Hoiiugsworth saws Mr..
3i,ce rather enjoyed hie poverty as boz.
.ieiug something of philosopher, no used
~Ilufo the ether boys by grave dssertn-
= on the evils nj great wealth when 40
W he'd "a dime p hlsp0ckcts for weeks.
"i Young hrCo lad a snrewd eye for
lining q penny now and then. lie was
Ni.ays buying selling. or trading some
Ing He would trade ANYTHING he had,
'd was generally lucky. Tie would bet,
90. Oh anything except game of cards,
and he was con ,dered the best cArd-pinyer
IA tho college, csuecially IN games where
memory and calculation were required.
WHY ny COT WEALTHY.
what Providence was thinking about
when It bestowed wealth on MIR. Brico ~
recent years ! can't understand" says Ed
or HOllngsWOrth. 10 eudOW "a man
with the faculty Of getting along without
money and tnsn to heap millions upon hiIn
soems against the eternal fitness OF things
AS viewed from an Iowa country editors
standpoint. Perhaps somebody told hrlce
he couldn't get uch, and he did 1t
lust % snow that he could. | am sure
IF one thing, that had any fellow thirty
wears ago offered 90 bet paper of to-
Oacco that Brics couldn't accumulate ten
million dollars IN twenty years, Brico
L.. fat.. e.. hot ftat. .
como mighty near doing At. too. II any
influence beneath tho surface helped him
20 get tho Ohio senatorship the chances
are that At was not Doodle. but paper Of
tobacco bet on the result.
AN AArsrNG ANrcDorE.
Speaking OF slr. Brlces fondness for to-
bacco led 10 the narration OF tins amusing
anccdote: Brce. HOllincswOrth. John n
Irwin, now OF Keokuk, Iowa, and Max
woodruff. OF Washington, D. c., were
members of the same Greek letter fra
.ernity AZ Miami University. Brice was
the only one who would take the part Of
fhc corpse in q coffin used at limitations.
Tho coffin had been made 10y HOllings-
worth in barn near the University, and rs
lum Der was scarce II was a very short cot
fn. On the night in question Woodruff
was presiding with a pondcrous tome
on his knees, from which he was to read
.lN service OF lI4tINAiRl. AiONlQ HIS iitAu
luitered a winged skull with Jets OF flame
issuing from the ewes. Lights were So ar
ranged that they threw CHASTITY pallOr on
the other members standing IN circle
around the coffin with cowls over their
heads Biice, his face smearcd with NOur
aud ochro. had squeezed himself INTO the
coffin ard adjusted the white Gravo-cioth
0udcr his chin. when be had settled
down as grim ctrpse as a professional iu-
ID mi la a no remarked
20 Woodruff
BRICE N A COFFIN.
Remember how my poor toes are be-
ing punched, Max, and bite the reading OIL
short
Then the neophyte was ushered in and
his evee uuhandaged as be was made 10
kncel upon the coffin. IL was the part Of
tie corpse 10 extend band, which had
been held on piece OF ice under the colin
Iid and grasp the hand of the ncophyte
when the command was gwen: " let
,he dead welcome the living." But
tAa: night Brioe varied the programme
~ wav that "brOke up" the ceTc-
MONIES and ali hands. The Initiation was
uroc eeding with all imaginable solemnitv,
woodruff reading slowly ~ scpuichrd
voice from the big book. and the neophyte
with ms ewes fixed on the CHASTITY object IN
the cofip. when the corpse suddenly arose,
aud. bowling his head over the edge OF the
coffin. uttered the weird words:
Observation-Disclosures
II may interest those who ridlculed
Democratic methods in tho presidential
strucrlo of 1855 AS a literary campaign"
because OF the enormous quantity OF docu-
meuts sent ont bv MIR. BriceAs chairman OF
the National Committee to know that he
ALWAYS has been Unfortunately fond OF lto-
nature As bov he dcyoured everything
he could get hold Of IN tho book limo. and,
what IL more. he could remember what he
read. tie had q penchant for rare books,
and a copy Of work out OF print was u
greater prize than paper OF tobacco when
he was out Of II.
~ vIE0TSIA.
In 1869 young Brice enlisted as high pri-
waite in a company Of students ot which Il.
" McFarlane. profcssorot mathematics at
Miami. was captain and j. W Owens. pow
member Of Congress from Newark. FIRST
lieutenant. The regiment was sent TO NT-
ginia and placed on guard duty The pr,n-
cipal feature Of this duty was 10 guard tho
cartieu-tfuck pat e. hea of upTapeutantrete els.