The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-07
A Good Thing on Greeley.

A writer in the n. Y. Times relates a
readable anecdote about Horace Gree
ley. In the days when the Philoso
pher was the grand champion of total
abstinence, not only in theory, but Ito
his honor be it said) in practice; and
ne made his influential journal so con.
spicuously virtuous in this regard, that
nine in ten Of all his country readers
were ready to swear that every man on
the paper, from A No l to Zed, was a
rampant cold waterite, and went to
church three times and half every
Sunday, besides every Thursday night
One day, in ponderous leader on his
favorite hobby, the Governor betrayed
his innocence of tippling by writing
that on a specified occasion certain
persons had been drinking brandy,
whisky, champagne and Heidsiek."
The morning on which this Lpslls
something was printed found us (the
writer was therel in a grand chuckle
over the Old Mans blunder in saying
champagne and HeidsielI. Most OF
us had known Charles Heidsick in the
shape OF sick headache too often to for
get him in a hurry In our seven by
nine editorial room which held US in
these days, we laughed hugely over the
mistake.
There was the future Assistant Secre-
tary of War, keen, sarcastic imperious,
setting on his tall bench with his ever
lasting green shade over his eyes, say
iug good things, one third sweet aad
fye-thirds bitter there was the then
incipient Ulysses, the fsr-traVeled, but
not such an unconscionable liar as the
Trojan humbug; there was the gentle
manly Professor, rotund and digniGed,
yet ready to shake his glasses out of
their golden frames at No l joke;
there was the relatOr there was the
quiet man Of all work, vino is at this
present time annoying sixth of the
city by sending IN Uncle Sans tax
bills there was, LASTLY and greatestly,
the courteous and important money
man, good fellow, gourmand BY ed
ucation, and perhaps coming as near as
any other Of us to the lawful example"
for the Old Mans homilies. So we sat
and haw-hawed over the leading edi-
tors mistake, until that Veritable indi-
vidual appeared his crumpled hat
perehed on his coat collar, his thin
haxen hair half covered with the pages
of a smashing leader, written before
breakfast, and ammed into the hat
instead of the pocket, his hands full Of
letters and papers in most admired dis
order; and his whole self slouching in
with the lurch peculiar to him alone,
his clear chlld-like face and innocent
eyes beamiDg with that mild, inquiring
look, that oyercomes malice and al
most dissipates prejudice. %.
Conspiring to oonfound the Old Man,
who had so often COMPOUNDED US for
lesser sins, We put forth the gourmand
as our spokesman, and he, in English
remarkable for its mathematical pre-
oision, This mind was commercially
constructed rallied the chief upon the
ridiculous mistake be had made in re-
presenting ''Champaigne' and "Heid-
sick as distinct upples, and then we
felt victorious, and again we gufFawed.
Looking around upon the crowd in his
quiet way, and las Hamlet, seuior,
scented the morning air. seeming to
scent the morning cocktail, the cham
pion of teetotahsm crushed US under
this quiet reply: Now, did ~ WAL, /
reckon, m the only writer ON this pa
per who could make such blunder."
We subside. And down to this day, it
would appear that the Old Man is
oblivious of the oommonest distintious
in the catalogue Of potables.