The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-30
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HUNTINGTON's WEDDING FEE.
The Use which Henry ward Beecher
Made of ~.

From the Philadelphia Post
Once. In 1884. Henry ward Beecher re-
quested me 10 postpone a lecture engage
meus on account OF an important we'd
Ding which he had on hand He declined
90 tell mo who was 70 BE- married. and
asked me 20 say nothing about Il. In
fact he said. he knew little about Il him
self He invited mo To his house that
evening. and ! was sitting witch Mrs
Beecher In the library when enc doorbel
rang and the parties were escorted 10 the
parlor
He called Mrs Beocher TO Join the
party. hut I was not invited. They must
have remained an hour chatting. after
the ceremony. and thon Mr. Beecher. In
his cheerful. delightful manner. escorted
them to the door and they drove on Mr.
and Mrs. Bcccher then returned 20 the
library. expressing great wonder. and.
think. great satisfaction. a. the event
Then he tod me that he had Just msr-
ried G. p. Huntington 10 Mrs a D.
Warsham, who was quite q prominent
woman IN New York. He believed she
would make Mr.. Huntington an excellent
wife. She was just the woman for him.
Several weeks after this incident. Mr.
Beecher and were together on the cars
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general housecleaning OF his pockets
not an uncommon occurrence. His peck
cts would often 20, loaded up with letters
and papers, and N he happened 20 be- sit
ting by an open car window he would
clear out his pockets. tear up old letters
and throw them away.
on this occasion he happened Is put his
hand In the watch pocket OF his panta-
looms. and found there O little envelope
which he opened. When he saw It's con-
tents. he called me TO slt beside him aud
remarked:
You remember the evening 7 married
c. =. Huntington. was 90 much inter
ested Ia the subject that I forgot he
handed me a little envelope az he went
oiH OF the door / put Il In the watch
pocket Of my pantaloons and never
thought Of n again until Just now. ana
here II is-four one thousand dollar bills"
Now" he said don't tell any one
about " snd we Will have a good time and
make a good deal Of happiness with this
money We will just consider that We
found IT,"
A few days later he called and asked
me 70 80 with him downtown 20 look q,
cargo OF rugs which had Just arrived
think We went 10 place somewhere IN
Pearl street. below Fulton. and we had
20 go up two or three Nights OF stairs
The place was packed with rugs. and peo-
pie were handling them and marking
them Many we're brought out and shown
20 Mr. Beecher. who seemed 90 be quite
an expert IN rugs % well IS IN all other
tines Of art lie picked out quite a number
some Of them very valuable ones-and
left instructions 10 have them sent 70 va
nous friends Of his IN accordance with
list which he had made out There WAS
one beautiful prayer rug which he sent
20 a friend IN Peekskill. a member Of hts
church. ana / think he sent one 70 each
- his children ana TO bic sons wives
tie also purchased quite a number fer his
own house. For one small prayer rug hs
paid so. I asked him 10 let me nay Tor
that one and keep IL for myself lie said
NO: that's the finest rug here. pro-
pose TO keep that one for myself" saw
Il sold for so az Air. Beecher's collection
sale All OF those rugs would bring higher
prices than Mr. Bcecher paid for them.
Later we were AZ "a store IN Philadelphia.
where he purchased a beautiful coin sii.
YER lamp. and paid $40 for y. remarklng;
Pond. this q some Of the money that
40 found" He sent tho lamp to his own
home, and afterward saw II sold in his