The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-06
STORIES OF HE DAY.
A Few Anecdotes About Men You Well
Know.

Know.
Tom Reed never wears a silk hat.
He bought one six years ago and braved
public sentiment beneath it for nearly .
fortnight, but he couldn't bear the pres
sure any longer than that. 1t made him
uncomfortable. 1t didn't fit the bumps
on his head. and altogether he didn't
think it harmonized with the contour of
his face or Of his body. Hats have al
ways been a source of trouble and an
noyance to him. When he first came to
congress, he wore a little saucerlike ar
rangement, with a narrow brim, that
made his face look twice its natural size
and gave him generally a schoolboy air.
His friends weaned him Of that, but
they have never been able to induce him
to give any particular attention to dress.
1t is only lately that Mr.. Reed has
taken to wearing gloves. except in the
coolest weather. The day the print of
the tariff bill, with it's innumerable
committee amendments, appeared, Reed
walked into the house, hung up his hat
in the cloakroom and began to wander
about the floor, conspicuously holding
the bill before him in his gloved hands.
Baker of New Hampshire caught on
to the queer combination and whispered
hurriedly to Boutelle: "For heavens
sake speak to Reedl He'll be wandering
around here absentmindedly all day
with his gloves ON if you don't"
Boutelle sidled up to his big colleague
and began to pull his O sleeve. "Get
back into the cloakroom, Tom," he
whispered, land pull Off your gloves.
You'll have the whole house laughing
at you
Reed turned solemnly upon the Ban
gor man and held up the bill he was
carrying. Charles" he said, "why do
you speak with so little consideration?
Can't youSee that I can't trust myself
yet to handle this thing without
gloves?"
An idea is. largely prevalent in the
minds Of the public that President
Cleveland is a very selfish and entirely
Unconditional man. Those who know him
best say this is an entirely wrong esti-
mate of his character; that, on the con-
trary, he is intensely sympathetic, and
his emotions are easily aroused. I was
talking to a member of the cabinet
when something was said which brought
an interesting little insight to the presi-
| dents character.
The president appointed a man to one
Of the smaller consulates. This man and
his father, a plain, blunt old western
farmer, called upon Mr.. Cleveland to
pay their respects. The old man grasped
the presidents hand, and in a voice full
Of emotion said, II want to thank you
for being SO good to my boy, whom I
love SO much
1t was not a very great speech, and it
was delivered in a rough and homely
way, but that it was sincere every one
could see. Its sincerity appealed to the
president, and as he replied tears stood
in his eyes, and his manner showed that
he understood the pride and love of the
old farmer.
The story is told that when, after
the second battle of Bull Run, Genera.
Sickles assumed command of a division
of the Army of the Potomace gave al
/ elaborate farewell dinner to the officers
of his old Excelsior brigade.
"Now, boys, we will have a family
gathering" he said to them as they as.
sembled in his quarters. Pointing tc
the table, he continued, "Treat it as
you would the enemy"
As the feast ended an Irish officer,
Captain Byrnes, was discovered by
Sickles in the act of slowing away three
bottles of champagne in his saddlebags.
What are you doing, sir?" gasped
the astonished general.
"Obeying orders, SIR replied the cap
tain in q firm voice. "You told us t(
treat that dinner as we would the enc
my, and you know, general, what we
can't kill we capture"
Chauncey M. Depew has a new story
one which he won't tell the e time
he goes to Chicago. Here it is:
"There was once a prominent man il
Chicago who, like all others out there
had a very exalted opinion of his OWL
city. He died, and when he reached his
eternal home he looked about him with
much surprise and said to the attendant
who had opened the gate for him
Really this does great credit to Chi
cago. Iexpected some change in heaven.
THE attendant eyed the Chicagoa1
q second and then observed, This ism
heayen.'n