Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-01

pantry. II the Worlds fair should give
the railroad COMPANY "a good summer Ia
1883. il may pat zn addition % tie eepsF-
Verg likely ID wiiI be caDoose, wele9
Nil BE- used far handing nasgage and
connected with rae eli depot py a Vestl-
buls
The comparison between the depot Il
Indianapolis and that at Marion y very
striking indianapolis has one q the hsnt-
est eheeriest. most e0mslosiions eepc1s
h the Union. / think. while the one Is
Marion i - small that yoa haye to ga d
the ticket window AVID esk the priee q
your ticket and then 70 outside - get tAe
money out OF your EsDckct-
AT Ashtabula o.. We found the old
home n Ben Wade Ben Wade was
very bal3. ana Vet he had many admir-
ers both ia the state aud out of Il.
On the evening OF Mr.. Wlndem's
sudden death az the great dinner az Del
mouico's We got 10 discussing Waite be-
fore going into dinner. and 10 sort =
cheer me up he spoke OF Wales great
ness and baldness. as II they went in pairs.
" 4l-t-L - Ert4lAF 4Ci ~ ~ q $3.50 ANe~-s
One day. said Mr. Window, Wade
had made particularly brilliant speech
and was welcomed by the great gen
eral mass Of people. and Ohio people
IN particular. One old lady especially
said: Mr. Wade, have come over 800
miles 20 hear thar speech, and am
tiekled plum 10 death with the way You
socked il 10 EN- want TO shake hands
with YOU, and | also want, as special
favor. To carry home lock OF your hair
Certainly, says Wade, stepping for
ward with gallantry and shaking her
warmly by the hand, Twill shake hands
with Won with much pleasure and jerk
.ng off his wig he told her 10 help her
selfp
Joshua Il. Giddings, with Wade, also
lived IN the county seat, which IS near
the city OF AshtabGla. The city has
tried six years 10 get the court house,
but Jailed. and so there IS a feud over Il.
y country without feud is rather a
duh place 10 live In. am getting ready
10 have one in my beautiful North Caro-
lima home, but so far cannot dnd a
worthy man who viii attend 10 the feud
while write il up for the press. Posi-
bly, the man who built my house viii do.
Ashtabula has $4,000 people and IS
very prosperous.
Gaspipe, the great penman and au-
thor Of How 10 Avoid Bad Breaks IN
Good Society" lives here. He came
very near estranging my wife and my
self | used one Of his ready written
proposals Of marriage. and she, having
studied the same with the idea of famil-
iarizing herself with the manner of re-
jecting any such thing without causing
needless pain, recognized the compost
tioa, also the shading on the back stroke
81 the b; but / got a chance TO write
one myself afterward. which was so
earnest. yet full of wit and command OF
language, that l gave her my hand IN
marriage and endowed her with all my
worldly goods, including a good shotgun.
Mr. Gaspipe is a good man TO prepare
forms Of correspondence, even 10 q letter
from a defeated candidate for mayor 70
his wife's mother, in which he expresses
the opinion that the successful party will
be 50 lacking in Judgment during his
term that the opposition viii easily win.
at which time. should he be successful
and build an addition to the house, he
would be glad to have visit from her.
The author OF the Spencerian system
Of penmanship was of this county and
f docs not even regret 1t yet.
Ashtabula is remembered chiefly be
ca-,c. 4. ,x-aa tho scene of a most terri Ole
railroad disaster. in which over 200 peo-
pie lost their lives, in 1876. but she
should be best known as the biggest orc
receiving port in the world. AT Harbor
arc mountains sixty feet high Of red.
brown and black ore Often 800 cars
q day. Of thirty tons each, making $4,000
tons. are sent south TO the furnaces.