Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1882 — Toledo. [ARTICLE]

Toledo.

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Hon. John A. Kasson, of lowa, is said to be a most accomplished 1 ins’ 1 l 8 f peeking dfcer*jt lanrecent luncheon he gav£ at his sodM half*k>*en gtfntfemeftwerfr invited, one of them being congressman Pacheco, of California, a born Spaniard and a scholar; another being a member of the French legation.a third a German member of the house, and a fourth connected with the Italian legation, Some one proposing a trial of linguistic skill,Mr. KasSon consented,and the polygot conversation begun. For some time there was a babel at the table. Kasson holding his own against the combines forces of the enemy.- -At last, ordering the servant to bring a book fiom the libraryhe picked out a passage at random and declared that he could render it in all the four languages on sight, to the entire satisfaction of the linguist.