Some thirty of them assembled at the Revere House in Boston; they spread a table with viands from all sections of the country.

Mr.Capers sent watermelons, and another gentleman from Kentucky sent the wines of his State.
"They sat late at table; they renewed the old friendships and talked over college scenes, and when it was near midnight some one proposed that each should give a sketch of his life, so they went through in alphabetical order.
"Adams was the first.

He said, 'You all remember how I waited upon table in commons.

You know that I afterwards went through college, but you do not know that to this man [and he pointed to a classmate] I was indebted for the money that paid for my college course.' "Anderson was the second, and he told of his two wives: of the first, much; of the second, little.

Bowditch came next, and he said he would tell of Anderson's second wife, who was a Miss Lockworth, of Lexington, Ky.
"Anderson, a widower, and his brother went to Lexington, carrying with them a letter of introduction to the father of the young lady.
"While the brother was making an elaborate toilet, Anderson strolled out, and came, in his walk, upon a beautiful residence, and saw, within the enclosure, some inviting grounds.