The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-05-10

IN New OK gwen Ia us HOHOT vi.
Hav bewailed the fact that he could
not claim the honor OF being native
son. He said:
81 am man without a state. |
vas born in Indiana, grew up In
Illinois, I was educated in Rhode
Island. and there is no blame to
that scholarly community that |
know so little. | learned my law in
Springfield and my politics in Wash
ington, my diplomacy in Europe,
Asia and Africa. | have farm in
New Hampshire and desk room in
the District of Columbia. When |
look to the springs from which my
blood descends, the first ancestors
I ever heard of were a Scotchman
who was half En- glish and a German
woman who was half French. or
m y Immediate progenitors, m y
mother was from New England and
nv father was from the south, In
this bewilderme Mt of origin and ex-
perience / can only put on an as
pect of deep humility in any gather
ing of favorite sons and confess am
nothing but an American.
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,
accompanied by Mrs. Beecher and
his two sisters, Catherine Beecher
and Harriet Beecher Stowe, were
stopping at the Twin Mountain
House one summer. A photograph
err came along and said to Mr..
Beecher, Who was sitting on the
piazza: IT understand that your
sisters are with you and l would like
to take family group"
Mr.. Beecher turned to Mrs.
Beecher and said: "My dear, get
the girls down, as this man wishes
to take our pictures.
His wife replied: 81 can not dis
turb your sisters now, as they are
engaged in their NOR ming devotions .
'sAll the BETTER" said Mr.. Beech
err; hurry them down before the
heavenly look has left their faces.
A colored man in the employ of
Representative james D. Richard
son of Tennessee was detailing to a
friend the particulars of relative S
illness, when, according to the con-
gresham, the following dialogue
ensued between the two darkeys:
eyes, street. exclaimed the negro
first referred to, ''Mose is sure a
sick man. He's got EXPLANATORY
rheumatism.
lyon mean infamatory rheuma-
tism." exclaimed the better inform
ed colored man; de word 'exclama-
tory means to yell
eyes, sir, l knows it Does" quick
| y responded the other in tone of
decided conviction, "and OATS jest
what de trouble is-de man jest yells
all de time. Success.
The story is told of Congressman
Foster of Vermont, who, during the
Mckinley cam oaign, was called up
on to speak before gathering of
Italians. He protested, but this
had been assigned for him to do, so
he looked up italian history and got
a few pointers about one of their
prominent men which he proposed
to bring into his address by com
pairing him with Mckinley, and thus
make it more interesting for his
listeners.
Thus encouraged, he went to the
hall. He found an irsigniican
looking Italian. who could . talk En-
glish, in charge of the meeting.
This man spoke briefly 20 the audi
ence in his own tongue, and tnen
intr oduced the congressman.
During Fosters speech they en-
cored him and cheered for Mckinley
at just the right time, which sur
prised Foster, because he had no
idea they understood him well
enough for that. He was quite en-
thusiastic over his success and pro-
longed his speech nearly an hour.
After it was oyer he turned to the
man in charge, who had taken a
seat back of him, and spoke to him
about the interest they had mani
tested in his speech, the intelligence
they had shown, etc.