hewasalwaysbright，andoftensuggestive;buttooreliantuponastylewhichisnowoutofdate，——frequentlysummoning\"alliteration’sartfulaid，\"andresortingtootherdevices，fashionablethen，butnowdiscarded。Perhapsthebestofallhissentenceswastheoneonthethreegreatstatesmenofthatperiod，totheeffectthatWebsterwasINductive，CalhounDEductive，andClaySEductive;whichwasnotonlywellstatedbuttrue。Veryvividlycomesbacktomeasupper—partygivenearlyin1875atthehouseofJamesT。Fields，incelebrationofBayardTaylor’sbirthday。BesidesMr。andMrs。FieldsandTaylorwerepresentRichardH。Dana，eminentinlawandletters;Cranch，thenknownbothasapainterandpoet;Mr。Osgood;andmyself。Taylorrecited，asIhadheardhimdoatothertimes，fromtheproductionsoftheGeorgiapoet，Chivers，andespeciallyfromthe\"EonxofRuby。\"Chivers，accordingtoTaylor’sshowing，hadbecomeinfatuatedwithPoe，andadornedhisverseswitheverysortofbeautifulwordwhichhecouldcoin，theresultbeingasnonsensicalamedleyaswaseverknown。Earlierintheevening，Taylor，Fields，andmyselfhadeachofusbeengivingalecture，andthisledTaylortospeakofarecentexperienceofhiswhileholdingforthinoneofthesmallertownsofMassachusetts。Thechairmanofthelecturecommittee，beingseatedbesidehimontheplatform，andwishingtoentertainhimwithedifyingconversationwhiletheaudiencewascominginremarkedthattheyhadhadratheratryingexperienceduringthelectureoftheweekbefore。
OnTaylor’saskingwhatitwas，thechairmananswered:\"Thelecturerwasseizedbyaviragoonthestage。\"Hemeantvertigo。
DanatoldgoodstoriesofoldDr。OsgoodofMedford，whosehatredofDemocracywasshownnotonlyinhiswell—knownreadingofGovernorGerry’sproclamation，butinhisbittersermonattheelectionofThomasJefferson。AtthissomeonegaveastoryregardingourcontemporaryDr。Osgood，theeminentUnitarianclergyman，who，towardtheendofhislife，hadgoneintotheProtestantEpiscopalChurch。Ihadknownhimasamanofmuchabilityandpower，butwitharatherextraordinarywayofassertinghimselfandpatronizingpeople。Hehadrecentlydied，andalegendhadarisenthat，onhisarrivalintheNewJerusalem，beingpresentedtoSt。Paul，hesaid:\"Sir，Ihavederivedbothprofitandpleasurefromyourwritings，andhavecommendedthemtomycongregation。\"
Ourhost，Fields，wasespeciallydelightful。HegavereminiscencesofhisstaywithTennysonontheIsleofWight——amongothers，oftakingawalkwithhimonedarkeveningwhen，suddenly，thegreatpoetfellonhisknees，andseemingtoburrowinthegrasscalledoutgutturallyandgruffly:\"Man，getdownonyourmarrow—bones;hereareviolets。\"FieldsalsogavereminiscencesofCharlesSumner，showingthegreatsenator’sutterlackofanysenseofhumor，andamongthemastoryofhissummoninghisoffice—boytohispresenceontheeveoftheFourthofJulyandaddressinghimonthiswise:\"Patrick，to—morrowisthenataldayofourRepublic;itisadayforpublicrejoicing，atimeofpatrioticfestivity。Youneednotcometotheoffice;
gooutandrejoicewithourfellow—citizensthatyourlotiscastinsohappyacountry。Herearefiftycents;IadviseyoutopassthedayatthecemeteryofMountAuburn。\"