The colored American., 1901-01-26

We are glad ha was invited to the
Lyons dinner. Yes, he is a handsome
and manly fellow and an honor to the
noble profession. -
The following sentence Of IS letters
contains every letter in the aluhahef:
j OhD p. Bra1y, give me black walnut
box OF quite small size" And in the
folio wing the letter E does not appear
"a jovial swain nav rack his brain
And tax his fancy's might --O
, g To quiz in vain for It's most plain 2
That what say is right"
IF you will 90 to the pnst office some
warm day you will see lots of letter
/ dT0pUers-droppin ng letters while YOU
are there. Yo1 might drnp US one con-
| tanning that little balance s.
Antfquany-Deborah Ganrett COL
0red woman served IN the RavolutiO
nary Army under the name Of Richard
| Shurtliff She belonged t0 Captain
| Webbs Company in the 4th Nsssachu-
aarfa Regim ant, enlisting May goth,
| 1892. and DorfOrming the duties Of q
soldier 70 October 23r1. 1888. when she
was hOnOTahlv disch srged. TIE GeneraI
/ Court of Massachusetts, in 1871 voted
her grant of 34 pounds for her services
with interest from October 23rd. 1888.
|
service was irreproschable,
JOurn slist-Mr. Prvans nsnar ia not
the the first naper Of thst name 70 he
published in this country. though l. ia
srather uncommon name for an Amert-
can newspaper. George W. Williams
the historian established paper of the
same name in Washington we think If
wss during the frat or second term Or
President Grant, which appeared for
two consecutive weeks. Ire office was
on New York A venua neor 18Th atrept.
same side On which the Evana Build
inp stands. LPut. Howard J.. Smith
of Boston. Mass. was associated with
Col Williams in the conduct of the
paper.
EZpkieI-We haven't heard from Hon.
Isaac Smith the original Mckinley
man for soma time past. We sunpOse
he is busy thinking. Mr. Smith thinks
vevv eIrquant1V whnn no puts his mind
IN his thoughts We do not know his
views on the Acknowledgement ques-
ti0n. Prof. Smith could, If he would.
submit q set Of very Interesting 0pin-
IONS on that and kindred questions. He
IS a banker and one Of the most prOmi
nent and prosperous cO1ored citizens in
Lord and the bath room in his 10 ag-
uificent mansion is a thing of beauty
and Joy forever.
/ SpOOpeudVke-No We did not attend
the LYONS dinner to the journeymen
wind iammerS, but we heard 1t was
fine affair. You are In error, there was
no water used on the OCCASION except
IN the culinary department. It isn't
: good form TO drink water at grand
fessFs. Oh yes, water is very usefuI
for washing dishes and clothes and for
bathing purposes. for the latter pur'
pose however mCst coIOred people prefer
it warm at this season nj the wear. Yea
: We learned that Mr. Mensrd got the
Lyons share Of the liqnid reireshmeuts
Thst boy has q wonderful capacity for
the really good things of this life. He's
the psusionist-Ot the Age next!
Lewis a, D One of the early and
promising poets OF the race was a
young man, student ar Howard Uni
versity named IaIsy Walden We think
he was Of North Carolina Hewas blind
He published S0netin in the Seven
ties while q student p small hook Of
noems which was sOld for his bene at.
In this little book is cont aimed the first
oOem he ever composed aa a little slave
, bov which was about a. follows:
Poor old Dick he died quick
He died all in q Minute
/ THEY'VE dug pit several feet deep
And they have thrown him II II.
a. . IL, 4,