Something of men I have known : with some papers of a general nature, political, historical, and retrospective . R. G. INGERSOLL. PETER CARTWRIGHT ROBERT G. INGERSOLL 287 tion, I inquired, Are you happy? To this he replied, thathe was somewhat in the condition of a very profane youthwho had just got religion at a backwoods after his conversion, the preacher, taking him affec-tionately by the hand, inquired: My young friend, areyou very happy? Well, parson, replied the only half-converted youth, I am not damn happy, just happy,thats all. His only brother was for many years a R
Something of men I have known : with some papers of a general nature, political, historical, and retrospective . R. G. INGERSOLL. PETER CARTWRIGHT ROBERT G. INGERSOLL 287 tion, I inquired, Are you happy? To this he replied, thathe was somewhat in the condition of a very profane youthwho had just got religion at a backwoods after his conversion, the preacher, taking him affec-tionately by the hand, inquired: My young friend, areyou very happy? Well, parson, replied the only half-converted youth, I am not damn happy, just happy,thats all. His only brother was for many years a Representativein Congress from Illinois. Clark Ingersoll was himself ableand eloquent, but overshadowed by the superior gifts of hisyounger brother, the subject of this sketch. The death ofthe former was to Colonel Ingersoll a sorrow which remainedwith him to the last. The funeral occurred in Washingtonin the summer of 1879, and of the pall-bearers selected byColonel Ingersoll for the last sad service to his brother, weremen well known in public life, one of whom but two yearslater, while President of the United States, fell
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