The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-22
ISAAC H. BROMLEY.

A Tribute From a Former Associate.
 Captain Henry P. Goddard, formerly of this city, now of Baltimore, writes to the New Haven Register a sketch of Isaac H, Bromley, with whom he was for 8 time associated on the Norwich Bulletin. MT Goddard gives a few in stances of his ready wit He writes:
 One of Bromley's best retorts was to P. T. Barnum when that genial show man was making speech at public dinner few years after the failure of the Chauncey Jerome Clock company, whose notes Barnum had largely in dorsed to his great pecuniary discom- fort As he rose to speak MT. Barnum said with mock hesitation: q am afraid that have forgotten my notes." "Never mind" called out Bromley from the other end of the table, Jerome has got plenty of them" The old snowman was so tickled that he then and there promised-and I think later fulfilled the promise-to send Bromley one of those old protested notes in glass frame.
 On another occasion a local financier who had been very unfortunate in in- vestments, started a paper called "The Financial Record" Just after start ing it he met Bromley and said Ike, you ought to see my Financial Rec ord. Never mind" said Ike, q know all about it, and it is mighty bad''
 In the same vein was his letter to his friend and fellow townsman, Edmund c. Stedran, the broker and poet at whose instigation he bought some oil stock in the days of the Pennsylvania oil excitement many years ago. After long period with no returns Bromley wrote to Stedman as follows: Dear Ned. How is Germania? Yours Ike"
 In few days MT. Stedman replied: 'Dear Ike. Germania is all right. New wells are going down daily. Yours, Ned"
 The correspondence closed with a re- ply from Bromley as follows: Dear Ned. So is my stock. Yours, Ike.'
 In regard to MT. Bromley's relations to other men he says:
 | l think he enjoyed himself on the Tri- bune, especially when he was allowed to be a free lance; but when political exi- | gencies led the senior editor of that l journal to "muzzIe him, as it some- times did, Bromley fretted and chafed. l remember his telling me that he once complained to the senior editor that he had been ordered to let up'' on Roscoe A Conkling, Mat Carpenter and others f concerning whom the Tribune seemed | to be having change of heart" 1 Bromley complained that life was not worth living when he could not hurl his l lance.
 "Oh, well,' said the editor, Sling it at Sam BoWles'' (who was just then getting after the Tribune pretty sharp l ly) Not much" was Bromley's re- l ply, for he held too high an opinion of the great New England journalist to assail him in cause in which he had no heart.
 In our very last interview he told me story of how surprised was his friend, | President Arthur, at time when he | was chairman of some national com mittee, to find Bromley and General | Joe Hawley meet and greet in most | friendly manner at a New York club | just after they had been having pret- | ty severe disagreement on political matters in their respective papers. | Bromley told me that he replied to Gen. i eral Arthur: Well, I saw Joe Hawley l march the First company of the First 1 Connecticut regiment out of his state to | the seat of war, and I never can, never shall, bear that gallant fellow i'll will"
 The following incident in MT. Brom- ley's career as a lecturer is another ev- | idence of his quick wit:
 At various stages of hia career MT Bromley essayed featuring, and always with considerable success. Once, how ever, he ran against a snag" while lec- turing in Litchf1eld county, Connecti- cut As I recall the story, he was lec- ! turing before local institute upon the subject of trip he had recently made l to California and the Yosemite Valley winding up with a Beautiful description of the Bridal Veil" Falls, which so charm all who visit them
 As he took his seat he was surprised 1 to see the gentleman who had presided over the meeting step forward and say: ''In accordance with our usual custom, we will now be glad to hear any ques- tions that the lecturer may be desired | to answer in relation to the subject upon which he has been talking
 At this tall, redheaded man rose in the audience, and with q rasping voice said: q would like to ask of the lec- turer the exact height of the Bridal l Veil?" Bromley, who had expected nothing of this kind and was never strong in details as to figures, was en- | tirely taken by surprise, but gave no sign thereof as he rose and advanced to the front of the platform and coolly an- swered: q did not measure them but as nearly as I can remember the exact height is 361 feet 91s inches" No fur ther questions were asked of that lec- turer.
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