The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-27
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49, PICKED UP

II EDWARD Everett Hale in his 'sMenl-
! cries of a Hundred Years" now publish
| ing in the Outlook adds to his own mem
cries those of his father and of others
Some of these anecdotes go beyond the
limits of the century: in the installment
Tor January, for instance, are collected
several "reminiscences of Washington. In
relating these DR.. Hale says:
An old parishioner of mine once told
/ me that the day when Washington eli
| tered Boston in triumph, that is on the
! 18th of March, 1776, he took I'm his head
| quarters at the best public house in Bos-
| ton, which was at the head of State
| street, until then called King street Ac-
| cording to my old friends account, Gen.
! howe had occupied the same inn The
| mother of my informant was a little girl
Playing about the house, and, of course.
interested in all that passed Washing
ton, with his usual kindness to children.
| called the child to him and said ''You
! nave seen the soldiers on both sides.
which do you like best?" The little girl
could not tell lie any more than he
| could, and with childish frankness. she
| SAID she liked the redcoats the best.
washington laughed, according to my
| friends story, and said to her, Yes. nv
| oear TIE redcoats do look the best, but
| II lakes the ragged boys to do the fight
ing" This is one of many we'll anthem
ticated anecdotes which disprove the old
dem1god theory that Washington never
smiled
When was in college Jared Sparks.
always near friend was lecturing on
American history. I stopped after the
lecture to ask him some question. and
he told me this story Of the battle of
princeton 1 dare not call it my personal
touch with the Revolution, but it removes
me from it by only one gap. Sparks told
me of the Massachusetts officer, whose
name he did not give me, who was at
| princeton on the day Of the battle There
| is certain bridge, which the well in
formed reader will remember, which it
/ was important to destroy Washington
| instructed this Massachusetts captain to
| take file of men and destroy the bridge
| The captain touched his hat and said.
| Are there enough men," and Washing
! ton said, Enough to be cut to pieces
| This man told DR. Sparks afterward that
| as he went back to his men he pinched
his cheek for fear they should see that
he was pale; and they destroyed the
| bridge.
Clarence Kenyon, Of Indianapolis re-
Gently attracted attention in Washington.
! d. c., as "a man from Indiana who did
/ not want anything With Senator Bev-
| eridge, a personal friend, he called on
! the president, to whom he was presented
| by the senator.
Il just want to shake your hand" said
Mr.. Kenyon to the president. Il am from
Indiana, but do not want anything either
for myself or my friends"
Mr.. Kenyon the president said g
am truly glad to meet you and [ will say
that it is refreshing to meet a man who
does not come to ask for something"
Then President Roosevelt began to ask
questions about the various applications
for the federal circuit judgeship the call
having been made prior to the appoint
ment of a judge.
The usual company of newspaper men
were lounging about the reception room
when Senator Beveridge and Mr. Ken
yon emerged from the presidents room.
Senator, who's your friend?" one of
them asked with the familiarity of a
Washington correspondent
Gentlemen" replied the junior senator,
this is my friend, Mr.. Kenyon, Of In
diana
What does he want?" came an inquiry
from another part of the room.
Il am glad to say, gentlemen" said the
senator, smiling, ''he is an applicant for
no place either for himself or his
friends. -
''WeH, for heavens sake came an ex-
clamation from a correspondent wto had
been sitting quietly in corner of the
room. "A man from Indiana who doesn't
want anything? Let me see him"
Did you ever hear the story about
Senator Krum, Of Schoharie, and the col
ored boy who held the senator up for five
minutes on the strength Of a pun?" a 10
cal politician was asked, according to the
New York Tribune Before the latter had
time to say that he had never heard the
story, no other person than the Schoharie
legislator walked up the corridor of the
hotel on the arm of one of his upstate
friends. The senator appeared entirely OBJ
nvious of the attention that he had at
tracted, and the first speaker continued.
'Well, it was at murder trial up there
in Schoharie. There was a young colored
boy on the other side of the river from
where the murder was perpetrated, and so
he began by asking his witness.
:" My boy, do you live over the river?'
No, sab, was the prompt reply.
What's that?' retorted the senator,
who had become convinced that the boy
did live the other side of the river.
What's that you say? Do you know
that you must tell the truth?'
:" OATS what 1 does, said the boy.
But L knows dat L don't live over de
rivah.'
Do you know that if you don't tell
the truth you can be sent to state prison
for perjury again asked the senator
somewhat irritated.
Oats what does. I knows wat dey'l
do to me if Use caught in a lie. But Use
be tellin de truf when l done said dat [
don't live over de rivah.'
THE senator paused moment and
then his silence was broken by the young
neNo, who said with chuckle:
Say, don't you see? l couldn't have
live over de riVah, for where would nah
ceIlah be?'
1.-THE senator looked at his witness as
if he had formed some opinion of him
suddenly, and then he continued the pros
ecution.
Of Dr. Bellows wit, says the Boston
Herald, DR. De Ncrmandie gave two eX-
amples. On one occasion DR.. Price, an
English university professor said to Dr..
Bellows; Il believe you have here in
Boston a rather singular sort Of church
Kings chapel, I believe you call it. And
it is there they have, l am told. the Eng
Hsh liturgy, er a-a-sOrt of watered, you
know Is that SOP
Rather, washed, if you please" DR..
Bellows answered.
At a convention DR.. Bellows and this
same DR.. Price came together again.
ct would ask you, Dr. Bellows" Dr.
Price asked, regarding what may be .
the Unitarian belief concerning heaven" g
DR. Bellows answered. Heaven, sir,
is a grand and glorious realm, with all
the glories the eye can see and the mind
desire, and, sir. without money and with !
out Price, sir" Whereupon the incident
was regarded as closed.