Show BEECHER IN HIS YOUTH great man compelled to own to corn mon failing I 1 remember a delightful little sup per which took place at the fields residence while the war was still in progress the guests of the occasion were mrs stowe with one of her daughters henry ward beecher and myself mr beecher had occupied part of the evening with a stirring lee ture on some topic relative to the crisis of the moment there had been talk of a new federation of states from which new england should be excluded the lecturer had said I 1 take it that there will be patching and darning on our national map when ew england Is left out in the cold lie had also humorous ly commented upon the grandiose style of yankee lying in comparison with that of our english relatives at the supper which followed mrs stowe said to her brather henry when ou were a boy you used to he in that lordly yankee fashion of which you spoke in your lecture just now to this accusation mr beecher lameh angly pleaded guilty amusing with sone anecdotes of his mouthful mis chief jul ward howe in the read er magazine |