Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-09-03
A Coed story Of the Tribune Phil
oSOpher and his Associates.
from the New York Times. !

IFrom the New York Times
One of our neighbors printed, on
Saturday, an account of all alleged
W, nterful cure of dambn-ss brought
about by extravagant indulgence in
sccale onsiqusm, adding, with charac-
teristic simplicity. that he does not
know whether that means "corn or
rye whisky" With the help Of
Ainsworth's Latin Dictionary, we
are enabled to assure him that use
Gale" means "rye,' and is the bota-
nical name for that much abused
! vegetable; but we don't expect eve
rybody to have an Ainsworth. The
incident, however reminds us Of a
story, and here it is: About fifteen
years ago, when the Temperance flu
rore was at it's height in this State,
our good friend of the "s.cale anti
quum" was the grand champion Of
total abstinence, not only in theory.
but Ito his honor be it said.) in prac-
tee; and he made his influential
journal so conspicuously virtuous in
this regnrd, that nine in ten Of all
his country readers We're ready to
swear that ev.ry man on the paper,
from A No. ! to led, was a rampant
cold watcrite and went to church
three times and a half every Sunday,
besides Thursday night. One day.
in a pond.r"us leader on his tavorits
hobby, the Governor betrayed his in
nocence of tipping by writing that
on a specified occasion certain per
sons had been drinking brandy.
whisky, champagne and Ii.idsick. p"
The morning on which this iapSus
something was printed, t und us
| Che writer was th-r-) III a grand
! chuckle over the Old Mans blunder
I in saying champagne and Held
sick" Most of us had known
/ Charles Heidsick in the shape Of
/ sick headache too often to forget him
/ IN hurry. In our seventy niue
editorial room, which held us all in
J th"~" days. We laughed hugely over
I TIN. mistake. There was the future
I Assistant Secretary OF War. keen.
/ sarcastic. irnperiouS, sitting on his
/ tall bench With his everlasting green
/ -hnd" over his eyes, saying good
! things. one-.hlrd sw--, and five
/ thirds bitter; there was tn" then in
! q pioni Ulysses. III. far Travelled hu:
not such az unconscion"hl" liar as
! III" . fnH hnmbn@; thor" was 'h''
g"ni'"" riN Professor, round ana
I digHitir.a Vet ready 20 SOAK" li-
I sl.->.r "ni ct their frames ut a mum
/ boron" J"a"i ih"r+ ""S N" r".a'"r :;
mr." wa the an'"t man OF al! work
I VII" - At present annoying sixth
1 Of TIA" city by sending In tnci-
sam : tax bills; there was. lastly
! an! Srcat"-'ly, the courteous and I'M
/ portrait mon v-maf, 90" fellow. It
/ g"nr'nand by "h" ii'"H' aud perhaps
| couiug ~ near ~ any Of IL to TIL"
/ awful r1anpl" tor th- Old Man :
! toHiiirs. :" "" -"t and haw-haw"d
/ over the leading .G'' 'rs mistake,
until that v"litabt" 'ndtvldua: ap-
( p"ar"d- his crumr!"d hat p"rch"d on
his coat Collar ms tam HaN"n hair
, hat c"'"r"I WITH tn" paG"- OF a
>ma- hing !-adrr, written tr'"r"treak-
/ fast, and damned int" the hat Instead
Of the pocket his hands tul! OF let
tiers and papers IN utter disorder :;
AM his whole -rIs sloueh'ng IN "tth
the !urch peculiar TO him alone, his
clear, cMid-hke face and innocent
eyes hramInG with that mild, nquIr-
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