New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-10-26
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH

! Defiant. disrespeetful and sacrilegious tattered
boy OF the street. one OF the Borough Hall gang -
| sat astride tho shoulders OF the Henry Ward
Beeeher statue In the little park IN front OF Bor-
| ough Han last Monday night His legs were t%ined
| around the venerable minister's neck his arms
were clasped around his massive forehead. the I'm
| gers cIutched In the eyes 10 help 20 maintain the
| somewhat precarious seat OF the youngster. This
| unusual and somewhat shocking sig. attracted 4
large crowd around the base OF the Beecher statue
! which Is landmark in Brooklyn. II seems that a
crowd OF the street boys had gathered In the park
| because or rumor that Bird 5. Coer Democrats
| candidate for Governor. was going 10 speak from
| the steps OF the Borough Hall. A group OF the
| BOYS had clambered up the pedestal OF the
80 iy stttue thanking 10 obtain coign OF
SSaSS M.eh a pohceman started 10 drive the boys
~ OUIoeL tIan the others by skiltul
defiance az the minion OF the law below The Iafter
adequately threatened and pleaded with the boy
Yves heard that the Birds going TO sing VS.
vne hS1aGGy relolnder "and ives come hear him
th BY climbing climbing on fellow patroman's shoulders
him down from his lofty perch After be 1 p sif
lowed 10 go. He is likely 10 risk a renetItjor
OF his punishment in hurry.
Ex-congressman and ex-Register James R. Howe
Is plain man OF the old school. who does not nut
on any frs- This characteristic helped hin, great
ly In his campaigns for Congress In the Eastern
District. where he received a good majority IN a
normally Democratic district on two occasions
4'''S year ne Is again running in a Democrats
district. the Id somewhat more Democratic than
the old one. As matter of fact # has been TO-
ured that the district is Democratic by a majority
OF ten thousand. but this has not frightened Mr.
Howe in the least
1 would not have taken the nomination" he said
recently, except that knew II meant a stir 6gb+
have had political honors enough. but am NO,
too old yet to relish good fight
The odd mans" plainness is well Illustrated ~,
an occurrence at a meeting composed largely Of
nd
In the audience cried Take off YOUR ..T Sne
the coat and I'll keep If Off so far ana ,6 on came
palgn Is concerned until the votes are counted on
EVERY autumn the chrysanthemums in the prt-
vate conservatory OF William Brown on ~
grounds OF his home. No. 723 FIatbusbo,,a -
afforded a great deal OF pleasure to his friends
1his fall. however. the public will have an onnor
tunity to enjoy them. they will be nIacad on ax
Hauls Church, Flatbush. The exhibit viii onen or
The lssIs NoyTo b ~ and win continue through
yn VIII receive with Miss Grace Brown the da9gH-
John Woodruff son of Lieutenant C;overnor
timothy L. Woodruff. reaches his majority this
year. and has already displayed the noli,ica1 an
stinct which distinguishes his father ana dis
tnguished his grandfather John woodr,,, If
Connecticut, after whom the young man Is named
The Lieutenant Governor had forgotten that his
boy. who is junior in Yale University. would be
aDiS 10 cast MS HTSt vote this year when he
eeived telegram saying that John was coming
nome nome TO register , He did register and will
ing great pride in the political tendencies 81 his
son. and It is not at all unlikely that Woodrnff Sd
may some day be a prominent political figure.
Recently some one in Norwalk Conn sent the
Lieutenant Governor a faded Clipping from aThe
Norwalk Gazette of March e. 1885. in which old
John Woodruff's candidacy for Congress is spoken
Of AS shown in the following extract he had not
fba fnrT ra
his son. but he was an able man who represented
his district in Congress for several years and at
the time of his death the choice Of the Re
publican caucus for United States Senator:
1--WE notice that there is quite futter in the lid
Congress District over the nomination of John
Woodruff. We presume the difficulty arises from
Mr.. w. not having sprung from among the first
families Didn't graduate at Yale and didn't
rufttes on his shirt. etc. Never mind, gentlemen.
Mr.: W. is a hard listed, honest hearted mechanic,
and, although taken from the ranks of working
men, ms natural aoii Ives may well put to n1Sn
disciples OF Blackstone"