Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1883 — Daniel Webster and Lord Brougham. [ARTICLE]

Daniel Webster and Lord Brougham.

Mr. Webster was an admirable racounter, and some of his reminisoenoes of his visit to England were very entertaining. One morning in London, after a breakfast with Rogers, the banker poet, he left the hogse in oompany with the celebrated Sidney Smith, and as they passed the door of Lord Brougham, Smith proposed a call, to which Mr. Webster assented. On entering, Smith introduced Mr. Webster as “Mr. Olay.” Now, Mr. Olay had not long before denounced Lord Brough, am in the United States Senate; so, to use Mr. Webster’s words, “Lord Brougham did not say a word +o Mr. Olay, nor Mr. Olay to Lord Brougham.” Smith and Webster soon took their leave, and as they were crossing St. James Park the former all at onoe became silent and then asked: “Did I not introduce you to Lord Brougham as Mr. Olay?” Certainly you did,” replied Mr. Webster. No more was said on the subjeot, but Smith soon excused himself. That afternoon l£lr. Webster found a card from Lord Brougham inscribed, “For Mr. Webster,” and they became intimate friends.