Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-27
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Senator George Frisbie Hoar was the
unconscious hero OF an amusing episode
which marked the commencement ex-
. erciseB recently neld at the State Uni
! versity Of Iowa.
The scholarly gentleman from Massa-
I chusetts delivered his address In a
tent, and the June ZephyrS were hav-
ing much sport with his manuscript,
which Threatened to blow away at fire.
quent intervals.
Finally, Colonel George II. Burnett OF
the United States army. ommandan
at the university, borrowed n knife
from Rev. DR.. George l.. Cady, chap
lain OF the university. This, as an
improvised paper weight. the colonel
placed upon the huttering leaflets at a
moment whCh the senator's back was
turned from him. at the close of q
particularly e4oquert period. Mr.. Hoar
stepped back and placed his hand upon
the manuscript, as if to turn n page.
His fingers came In contact with the
knife, closed upon 1T, and he thrust IT
into his trousers pocket, In seemingly
absolute observation-disclosures. Then the
audience, having noticed the incident,
burst into laughter, while a look Of sur
prise stole over the fatherly face or
the gentleman from Massachusetts. He
murmured something about the Jester
! never seeing the point of a joke and
proceed ed with his ADDRESS.
Later IN the day the senator was re-
preached by DR.. Cyrus Northrop, presi-
lent Of the University OF Minnesota, for
preaching honesty TO the boys of Iowa
and then setting them such an example
OF misrepresentation
The statesman's benign countenance
showed only ACCOMPLISHMENT until the
president explained. Then Senator
Hoar dived into Ids pocker and drew
.-..L - gI,,,r,.ra1If Entfn nn1 n
, knife case as well. The latter contained
an exact duplicate Of the instrument
he had taken in a moment OF abstrac-
tion--in q dual sense-and the incident
was fully explained.
Senator Hoax enhanced In interest
the story, and gave a touch of
to 1t, repeating It with JUNCTION and
frequency during his visit In Iowa city.
The romantic phase was impaired by
the fact that Mr.. Hoar had carried the
knife continuously ever since he re-
. ceived 1t forty years ago, from his be-
loved wife.
Who shall say there Is nothing In q
name-or in "a union of names-if wo-
| mans wit and beauty re-enforce the
position? Apropps OF the persistence
with which Miss Ruth Hanna has
worked her w sweet will In heT mar
, riage arrangements, they are telling In
Cleveland that. at the last and most
critical trial OF strength with her dis
tinguished parent regarding the date,
she brought the interview to an end
with an Ingenious use OF her knowl'
edge OF holy writ. -
Father said the young woman. Il
| am going to wed a mar named Joseph.
| If YOU will be good enough to read up
the histories of Joseph and Ruth I'm
sure you will see that no Mark of the
new ~dispensation can hope to have his
way against the two OF u.s."
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Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish has such az as.
sured place In gocieSS that she does
not hesitate TO tell OF her husbands
early struggles with the world. While
in Nice last spring she related at n
dinner party how Mr.. Fish worked his
way up to the presidency OF the Illi-
nois Central railroad. A German
princeling who was amor3 the guests
remarked. with just the trace OF a
sneer: II had always heard that your
husband came from q n family
Mrs. Fish met this thrust with perfect
good nature. "Oh, yes, he does. But.
YOU see. in America 1t ia not a disgrace
TO work. How much better it would
be II those conditions prevailed In Eu-
rope. We in America would be spared
so many titled nonentities."
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Joseph II. Choate told q story Mt e
BANQUET. Chauncey NJ. Depew arrived.
late and in his turn told the same
story. He did not understand the pre-
mature laughter and the lack Of tumult
when he O>.luded and asked his
neighbor what was the matter. You
told Joe Choate's story five minutes
after he he'd finished It." Mr.. Depew
laughed. "Choate's story?" he said.
why, Adam told that to the snake at
their first meeting. knew Shoato
would tell it, but thought he followed
ms,"