The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-16

"General Sherman" h6-sAld 10 re.
porter, "aiter he came to New York, was
at once the most distinguished and de-
lightful figure in our metropolitan So
ciety. He seemed to have most elastic
constitution, and endured an amount Of
social obligation which would have tired
ont and used up many younger and
stronger man. He loved to be in the
company Of men and women. | think
he dined out every night OF his life, and
very often he would be found at late
suppers, especially theatrical suppers.
i'He Is, easily, at any table, at the head
wherever he sits, and has wonderful
faculty for entertaining conversation.
No person ever heard him say disa.
Rreeable thing. With The most positive,
pronounced and aggressive opinions on
all questions, and never concealing
them, he 80 states them as never to
offend an adversary. dis attention TO
ladies Is most delightful exhibition OF
soldierly courtesy. There is in his man.
ner and speech something Of Difference,
respect and admiration, which conveys
more signal compliment than can be
wrought in phrase or flattery. AT q
night supper where the guests were
mostly theatrical people he was In his
Joyous hilarity like boy.
ttI have been with him at hundreds oil
OF public dinners, and in studying close.
ly his mental methods and habits ol
speech, have come to regard him as the
readiest and most original talker in the
United States. don't believe that he
ever made the slightest preparation, but
he absorbed apparently while thinking
and while carrying on miscellaneous
conversation with those about him, the
spirit OF the occasion, ard his speech
when he finished, seemed to be as much
OF surprise to himself rs 1t was 10 the
audience, and the work OF superior
and exceedingly active intelligence
which included him as well as the resi-
among it's auditors.
~ recall the last two times that | met
him as especially OiguiiCaut OF his con
yersationaI talent and power OF public
sneeoh on a sudden cal. ! sat near hin
ct the dinner given in his honor by ex
Chief Justiee DAILY about month ago
General Sherman rarely talked abou'
himself, but on this occasion he hecam'
reminiscent and entertained us for more
than an hour with free.hand sketches o
hig adventures on the plalus in earl!
days, and Of the original people whom
lho met among the early settlers. Thes
recollections, II taken down at the
moment, would have proved an i1vas
unble contribution to the history OF th'
period covering the growth Of trans
portation on the plains, from the wag02I
10 tho railroad, and the story Of the bol'
and adventurous spirits who were tn
pioneers Of Western civilization, man!
OF whom he knew personally.
az have known most OF the men VIII
have been famous in the country IL
every walk Cf life ia TIC lRst twenty'hVl
years sufficiently well to hear thsm tre
1uently talk ia free and conhdentia
way, General Sherman iS one OF tn
few who never bore you, whose CONVEX
aation ia always interesting, and no mai
Ter bow long he talks. be leaves ~
eager aud bTpsTy ter more. | was VIII
him at the time / delivered the oratto
before the Army ot the Potomac at SaTi
toqs, l was with him from 10 o'clock
the morning until G in the Afternoon
. and he talked without cessation Tor III
whole period. II was test that te'
: men could hays stood. aud the thre
othera Vho we're With hin tu the cal
7 riage only regretted that tbs day wa
D limited by the light"