The San Francisco call., 1908-03-15

were some moral deficiencies about
cripples- His warning proved to bs
well founded. for the cripplA did inn
pose upon Fletcher and almost ruined
him.
THE last speech that Mr. Webster
made on Boston common was after his
famous 9TH of March effort in CONGRESS,
which diSpleased the abolftionists very
much. That was after General Scott
had been nominated for the presidency.
The abolition element of Boston was
so angry with Webster that the Bos-
ton authorities refused to give him the
use of Faneun hall for the purpose of a
meeting, and the reception to Webster
took place on the common. There was
a reviewing stand, a band of music and
a military parade witnessed by an i'm
mense concourse. The address OF vel
come was made by Mr.. Stevenson verv
eloduently indeed. In his reply Mr..
Webster thanked him and the citizens,
using something like these words:
Gentlemen, I thank you for this splen-
did reception. especially for the mill
tary turnout, for you all know that /
am no military chieftain.' That last
remark was at once understood by the
crowd as an allusion to Scott.
webster died soon after that. but
he was voted for for a long time after
considerable
drinking habit 1t was common report
that he liked his toddy overmuch, and
I have no doubt that the report was
true, but I never saw him Intoxicated.
He had all kinds OF liquor In his house.
such being the custom In those davs.
1t was generally known also that he
was overfond OF the ladies'
II well remember when Wendeu
Phillips. the noted abolItionist, de-
nounced Webster at a meeting In Bos-
ton. He called him a drunkard and a
libertine, and 1t was the most eIo-
Quent and CALLING speech I ever heard.
After he made that remark a man In
the hall. who wore shawl over his
shoulders, got up In the aisle ana said.
BY Godl Any man who would make
a statement OF that kind about anv
man would murder his own xran1-
mother The incident caused srcat
sensation at the time.''
When Mr.. Goodridge was asked con-
cerning the state of his health he
laughed and said:
Il can eat three square meals a dav
yet and still relish my regular toddtS
I drink the best whisky that I can fnd
I remember being drunk onlv once a.
my life. and that was when W.. a
years old, and some of the bows eave
me rum and molasses that I tho1ghs
was very nice"
IN
the ship Edward Everett in 1919 arri,,
ing in San Francisco on July AD,o,.~
his fellow passengers We're Louis r.
I4ull. secretary Of the Society OF cali
fornia Pioneers. and willard r. Far-
we'll, ar one time a writer on the AIta
California. He died two or three vsarv
ago. Immediately after his arrival NJ,
Goodridge enga ged in mining on tba
American and Mokelumne rivers win
home made cradle the primitive an
paratus of the forty-niner Notwttk
standing that two-thirds of the gold
escaped from the cradle he often
cleaned up three ounces per dav. ST,s
luckiest strike was s1.364 in go1a
which he washed out of a liffla 49,
of clay about eight inches wide 49,
he uncovered in turning over a borl,1a-
For many years Mr.. Goodridre' hs5
charge or the pattern shop at Ren.cso
and for Is years he was emnlo~a-s a.
the laboratory and assaying dara,.. ~
ment of the United States mint in +ts
city. he Is now living retired. happy
hearty and fearlessly avaitin~ ~
final summons. 'ne