Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1881 — Blaine’s Memory. [ARTICLE]

Blaine’s Memory.

Oath. Mr. Montgomery gave me att impressive instance o> the power of memory of Secretary Riaine. . . “That cabinet,” ne said, “has all suffered a good deal 6f Wear‘*lhd tear by theaocidenttcfthe Ptesidea*. When 4 to w them at long Branch I remarked on every jnsn »n increased pafe ness or skin, to* mingled inffnehce to bad climate, appreheneiou and uncertainty. A lady witu me spoked Mr.' Blaine, but was not immediatiy recognised, whereon I said;- ‘You have not got that famous memory in perfection s you used to have Whenyou recognized William lawrence, of Bedford.' “Here I flaked the question, 'What was the recognition W Dswrence. of. Bedford?’ ‘Well, LaWlwiee, who has : picked up a considerable fortune ot late yeui% went to school jjith Blaine twenty-n ip tf years ago, at Little Washington, Pa. Coming to Washington City 6nS time, he heard me say that I was a going to see Mr. fifatffre. *1 wonder,’ nC eaW ‘ff Mr. Btaine would kuow me now. aftef twenty-nine years?’. ‘Certainly he will Know yotijsa*J, Montgomery. *T5e last nlghtf’ continued Mr. Lawrence, ‘Blaine wt* in town I sat Up with some half a dozen boys who agreed ttf HtfMto the night nut until the stage came along to take him off to the Ohio river, and IhenCa to Kentucky, where be was goiDg to tCaCWsChoof. Toward morning, when t was Ktotft time ttf go,-1 said to him: “Blaine, will yoff give mC os much as you are going to giVe that nff&er boy to carry your hag down to the £ tofton T 1 “Yes,” said Blaine, “I will give ytfo fust the same if you Will carry the bWa?" <‘How much are yon going, to give the Kiefer?” “I was goihg to give him a levy,'' ‘‘All right. ifwUl carry the bag f.»r the IcVy.” J “When we went to Blaine’s house/’ said Mr. Montgomery, “Blaine knew LawranCa of course. They sat down and taikffd a considerable time about this man and that, never having met face to face in twenty-nine years. Finally I said; ‘Mr. Blaine, i am glad to have brought you two gentlemen together, because I Want to see;an ancient subject of com... plaint between you settled.’ -BIsJl. looked around sos a minute, when ljß eyes flashed and besaidc ‘BUI, I o'.i ut i to have given you a quarter instead of a lev* for carrying that bag down sos me.’" ’• »- it ■: n 7