St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-03-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[Sneclal Correspondence.l

les of the civil war; They are three
bullets Just sent to him by Captain
Joe Reisinger of Franklin, Pa, which
the latter has kept all these years as
mementos of his service at the battle
of Gettysburg They are nicely packed
IN handsome plush box and are han
died by the junior Keystone senator
with great care.
Captain Rcisinger was a noncommis-
stoned officer of the One Hundred and
Fifth Pennsylvania volunteers and had
charge of the colors. First he was
struck in the right foot and knocked to
the ground. Jumping up quickly he
rushed to the head of his regiment and
was soon hit again, in the right leg
above the knee. Again he went to the
head Of his regiment, when another
bullet hit him in the deshy part of the
field fainting from loss of blood. The
bullets were all extracted in the hospi-
tai, and Captain Reisinger has pre-
} served them as personal treasures.
He has forwarded them to Washing
ton now as mute testimonials Of his
right to a medal of honor. Senator Pen
rose is trying to get it for him.
Not Known at Home.
Mrs. Cortelyou, wife of the secretary
of commerce, was asked at reception
given by Mrs. Depew how she liked
her part in official life.
"My part does not amount to much"
she said, land | do not like the official
life Of my husband. The best position
he ever had was just after we were
married, when he was clerk in the
postotfice department. He went to
work at and quit at 4. | knew him
pretty we'll then. Since he has been at
the White House he goes to his Office
soon after breakfast. If he comes
home to luncheon at all, it Is in a great
hurry, and when he comes home to
dinner it is very late. At 10 o'clock he
returns to the White House and fire.
quently remains until after midnight.
The children hardly know him by
sight"
This was before he became a cabinet
officer. Now he will have the cOnven-
tional hours Of the department en-
ployee, which extend from 9 until 4,
with little addition to the latter hour
to give time for signing letters.
The Walk of the Justices.
Justice Holmes of the United States
supreme court has been broken into
the regular afternoon walk Of the older
members of the court down Pennsyl-
vania avenue from the capitol to Four
teenth street, which is approximately
mile.
All the justices walk down on pleas
ant days, and they are rather inclined
to insist that newcomers shall join
them Justice Holmes likes to walk,
and it was easy to get him. Justice
Day, the new justice, does not like to
walk He will be taken in hand by
Justice Brown and Justice Harlan and
told how necessary this traditional con-
stitutional is. He will soon capitulate
and will come sauntering down with
the rest of the learned judges.
Seth Bullock at n Musicale.
President Roosevelt invited Captain
Seth Bullock and his wife to a musicale
at the White House recently. Captain
| Seth was the first sheriff of Deadwood
and has a record for eliminating many
bad men from his community by the
simple eXpedient of shooting them. He
is an old friend of the president.
After the musicale the president said:
"Well, Seth, how did you like the
musicT
ut was too far up the gulch for
me-" Seth replied in the vernacular of
the west that delighted the president.
"NeXt time you come" said the pres
ident to Mrs. Bullock, you'd better
take Seth's gun away from him, so he
won't shoot fiddler"
A Hearty Welcome.
A member of the house was talking
the other day about welcomes that for
eign rulers give to our ambassadors.
AT one of the public receptions in
the White House recently" said he, 81
bchcld greeting by President Roose-
Welt which Outdid anything Of that
kind | ever read about. The new Ger
man ambassador, Baron Won Sternbrrg,
had just arrived in Washington. The
president observed him approaching.
Hello, baron said Mr.. Roosevelt
Delighted TO see you. We feel you here
already
ut was at the height of the Nene
zuelan negotiations, and the president
words were sufficiently loud to be hearC
by other diplomats back of the line
His words produced Il decided impress
sion among them
Invitation ON n Slab of Gold.
What is designated rs a golden inyi
tation has been extended by the Blacl
Hills Mining Mems association to Pres
ident Roosevelt asking him to atten,
the mining congress to be held at Lead
s. D., next September. The invitation
is engraved on slab of eighteen
! carat Black Hills gold, five inches Ion
by two and three-QuarterS inches wide
1t has been forwarded to the Sout
Dakota congressional delegation a
Washington, by whom it will be pre-
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