He talked all the way about the next nomination for the Presidency; about the prospects of the various candidates, and the probability of the success of the Democratic Party if they had a candidate who would be satisfactory to the Republicans who were disaffected with the present policies.

It was evident that his great man had this subject, to use a cant phrase, "on the brain." This was before the Chief Justice had his paralytic shock.

He was in the full vigor of health, a model of manly strength and manly beauty, giving every evidence that his great intellectual power was undiminished.
Not long afterward a friend of mine went to Ohio with his wife.

In those days it was necessary for persons going from Washington to the Northwest to cross Baltimore in a carriage-- the Washington station and the Ohio station being in different parts of the city.

A friend of my friend went to Baltimore to see his wife, who was going to Ohio, across the city and then to return to Washington.