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Show OEECHCn IN HIS YOUTH. Great Man Compelled to Own to Common Com-mon Falling, I remember a delightful little tup-par tup-par which took placo at the Klcldt' reatdence while tbo war waa atlll In j progreaa. The gueata of the occaalon ero Mrt. Slowo, with ono of lnjr daughteri, Henry Ward Uccchcr nnu mytclf Mr. Ileechcr bad occupied part of Iho ovcnlng with a stirring lee-turo lee-turo on somo topic rolatlvo to tho crisis of the moment. Thero had been talk of a new federation of states, from which New England should be excluded. The lecturer bad tald- "I take It that thero will bo patching and darning on our national map when Now Knglnnd Is loft out In the cold " He had alto humorously humorous-ly commented upon the grandiose itylo of Yankeo lying In comparison with that ot our Kngllah relatives At tho tuppcr which followed Mrt Stowe aid to her brother. "Henry, when you wcro a boy. you uird to Ho In tbtt lordly Yankeo fashion of which you tpoko In jour lecturo Jutt now," To thlt accusation Mr. Ilcecher laughingly laugh-ingly pleaded guilty, amusing uawlth aomo anecdotes ot hit youthful mlt chief Julia Ward llowc. In tho Header Head-er Magazine |