Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1885 — Senator Willard’s Wife. [ARTICLE]

Senator Willard’s Wife.

[Jap Tupea la Kakomo Diapa ch J To one who would hear of Indiana, itpoliUcal complications an I the ec:en- ; tricities of its distinguished peopl*, MrsWillard, the wife of the Senator from Lawrence, la a most interesting peri n. Before her marriage she was much tn public with her father, one of the most eminent surgeons of the c -untrv. I Since becoming Madam JVillard 1 meet her husband no place where she is not. A learned shoemaker once <»f • tryed to me: ‘A gentleman always takes his wife with him-’ Sitting in the Senate Chamber during the day. Mrs- Willard is very useful to the newspaper people, by whom she is in erviewed, She keeps a complete run of the business in her mind, and can alwavs impart something of importance to Snacks. j can’t see how we could run the Senate without her.

Many of her suggestions are made to do duty in the way of padding out th'* legislative g>-s : |of the press- On the night of the filibustering two years ago wne Lieut.'Gov. Hanna was recognising Republicans only, who were speaking against time, .Mrs- Willard shared her husband’s lies’.. H uina Was lounging in the c oak-ro >m- when Hilligass moved that Willard hj elected President cf the Sena e- Itjcarried in a storm and of course createdthe wildest collusionWillard started struggling through the crowd for the d< s.<. His wife pushed with him. ‘Please stay Kate, I can take care of myself,’ he said. ‘I know you can, Jimmy’ but I want to help you,’ was her reply. They meant business. Ten seconds more and Willard would have! been in the chair and, pushing the Temporary Chairman aside, have adjourned the Senate. But Harina out of breath, gesticulating almost incoherently, and as pale as a chaplain when a hattie is on, was in his place- Realizing that revolution might be met with violence was not conducive to the tranquility ot the temperature. To make a long story short, Mrs- Willard accompanied the Senatorial expedition to see Jack How rad-

Referring to Daniel Webster in a recent interview, ex-Benator Tuurman, of Ohio, said : T haves heard him sneak and I have never heard his equal. Whenever I think of Webster I leel that I appreciate the remaric once made about him by Sydney Smith- Webster was in England on a visit and somebody asked Sydney Smith if he bad seen the great American. He said he had- Wall, what did he think of him? ‘He is a cathedral,’ he sa'd. That is just my idea of him- 1 never saw such a play of ideas on any man’s face whilespeteking. The cavernous depth ot his seemed to be actually on fire. He had a most grave and solemn expression of o«iuteuance, but Vinton, who knew him intimately, told me he had a great fund of humor and good jokes, ana that he could tell a story as well us Tom 'Corwin ”

Judge Dougherty of Alabama, was noted for eccentricity am sarcasm quite as much as for impartial ..•dministration of justice. During au of court at Montgomery a young m: was tried for petit laceny—taking a poc s -t book. The next case was for murder. The evideiim in the former was slight, .a the latier conclusive, yet the jury convicted in the first and acquit ted iu the second, much to the surp.ise of the fudge, the audience aud the prisoners themselves. In the first case the judge said to the prisoner. ‘Young man you have not been in this country long?’ ‘No, sir,’ replied the young man. ‘I thought so. You don’t know these people; you may kill them but don’t touch their pocketbooks.’ The Mobile Register tells this anecdote.—Ex.

Joel B. Johnson, who was one of the founders the city of Woodstock, 111-.Jand has always been a staunch democrat, a few days since received from George W. Renwich, of Elgin, a half-gallon of wine that has a very interesting history. It was made by the last named gentleman in 1857. and was a part of one ot three husks of wine that were made at time ito celebrate lhe nomination,! election, and inauguration of Stephen A- Douglas as president of the United States. The ■first cask was used after nis nomination, but as he was not elected, the second, cask was used by the boys in blue in 1862 and the maker avowed that the third should be kept until the next democratic president should be inaugurated. That time having come, ilhas been distributed among his trier ds.