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Stories Told OF an Eccentrlc Member az
the Next House OF Representatives..
The text House will not be without its
picture cue characters Lewis Sewart
is coming from Illinois. Mr.. Stewart il
about SIS, has large family. is finely
educated. has travelled extensively, and
will be the most eccentric member Of
the Fifty-second Congress.
He does not perr-it carpet or stove
in tile fine house in which he lives at
Aurora, Ill Oae Of his rules is to allow
his Toys no spending money. He gives
them credit at certain stores and foots
the bills Two Of the younger sons de-
veloped great aptitude for fishing not
long ago. They produced strings OF
fish which made the old gentleman proud
of their success. Not long afterward
bill for $25 came from hardware store.
1t was paid. The old man asked his
wife what it meant She couldn't tell.
He investigated and found his boys had
bought $e5 worth of fishing tackle,
and had done a trading business for fish
with all the boys in the Aeighborhood
The bill was framed and it now hangs
in the Stewart library with this com-
ment in the handwriting of the father:
My boys proven to be liars.
The eldest son il married. He and
his wife live in the big house with the
polished bare floors and the open fire.
places This son is treated just as his
younger brothers are. He acts as bnsi-
ness manager. and collects rents for his
father, but he has no separate account
When he wants money he goes to the
patriarch. and gets much or little, nc
cording TO the humor. Not long ago
the son got ready to go 20 Chicago on
business for his father When he asked
for an advance on expense account. lie
was handed $3 so, not enough for rail-
road tickets He quietly applied to his
mother, and she made up the amount
necessary. At another time the old
gentleman handed out 10 times as
much for the same purpose.
There is little lame boy in the
family who is general ret Mr..
Stewart took the child to indianapolis
30 be treated at some institute. The
little chap became homesick, liniped
away. got on the cars, and begged his
passage home The father ruled that
the boy must go back. The mother
wanted TO go with him. This was for
hidden. The boy was put ON the train
and sent back alone to indianapolis. A
week later the mother was sent to keep
him company.
This exceedingly obstinate and bad
tempered man can be very kind hearted
when he chooses. He has got land
enough to make strip six feet wide and
%. 900 miles long. His tenants manage
to get along very well with him after
they learn his ways. Arnle of this queer
household is that the servants must de.
liver to callers the exact message given
them. During the late campaign, which
elected AIr. Stewart To Congress-, a
prominent Democratic politician called
and sent in his name. The servant re-
turned with Mr.. Stewards reply, which
was: ~Tell him to go to HI. The
candidate afterward explained that he
did not recognize the name and mis-
took the caller for a newspaper man.
He has a most unconquerable aversion
TO reporters. During the campaign he
refused to put up dollar, saying that
the office should seek the man. He even
repudiated the assessment for printing
the tickets, telling the committee that
voters could write his name on their
tickets or leave it off. just as they
pleased. Yet this Democratic curiosity
was elected to Congress over Repub-
lican who had 10. 900 plurality in 1883.
-IGlobe Democrat.