The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1865-10-18
A Good Story Of the Tribune Philosophsg

One of our neighbors printed on Saturday, aa ae
count of an alledged wonderful cure of dum5Aegs5
brought about by exravagant Indulgence II ssea5s
dtq4z adding with characteristic simplicity that
he does not know whether that means corn or rye
whisky With the help of AinsWorths Latin die.ioae
ry we are enabled to assure him that "secae means
srye aud is the botanical name for that muehahsad
vegetable; but we don't expect everybody to a&se a
Ainsworth. The incident, however, reminds 15 2L ?
story and here it is About fifteen years age, Eaea
the Temperance furore was at it's height in tbs STATE.
our GOOD friend of the .secale antiquum" was 5ba
grand champion of total abstinence not only II Aaort
but Ito his honor be it sad in practice and he made
his influential Journal SC conspcuously Trtuons III tA5
regard that nine in ten of all his country were
ready to swear that every man on the paper 4Eofp .
No. to Zed, rampant ced-waterite, ano Weat I
church three timesand-a-half every Sunday besides
Thursday night One day in ponderous leader 5atlI5
fayorte hobby the governor betrayed his inaoeeaG3
of tppling, by writing, that on specified occasion
certain persons had been drinking brandy aAslEs
champagne and Heidsick" The morning on VaIe -.l5
zapssss-somethng was printed, found US TN Vases
there) in grand chuckle over the oia 7 ma 1
der in saving champagne and Ueidsiek." most q
us had known Charles Heidsiek, in the shapa q sa%
headache too often to forget him in hurry In 94E
seyenby-nne editorial room which held Us al n Soaas
days, we laughed hugely over the mistake Ere ha:
the future assistant secretary Of war,keen, areas
Misunderstanding on his tall bench, with his asa
ing green shade his eyes, saying good thsa 9ae
third sweet and fve-thrds btter there was tle thsa
incipient Ulysses-the far-traveled but not He# a4
unconseionabe liar as the Trojan humbug theE5 "as
the gentemanly professor, rotund and dIgn1Ae4l ss
ready to shake his glasses out OF their fraHtz5 ~
number one oke there was the reatoE there YVES sa@
quiet man of all work. who is at present anQylnR
sixth of the city, by sending IN Uncle Sans taN p
there was lastly and greutestly, the coureous 4h "
portant moueYman good fellow, a gouraan& ny
education, and perhaps coming as near as at% oA =
to the lawful example, for the old mans nouns ~
we satand haw-hawed over the leading editor
until that 7erabe individual appeared, his -Elaf'eo
hat perched on his coat collar his thin, axea &l a
covered with the pages Of smashing eadeF q. .46s
before breakfast and ammed Into his hat, aseso oE
the rocket his hands full OF letters andpap l 91Sgs
disorder and his whole SELF slouchng in Wit tHe iofca
peculiar to him alone, his clear, chd-iike ace a4a
innocent eyes beamiug with that mild inquHHg COZ
that oyercomes malice and almost dissipates se4a,e
Conspring to confound the old man, who NJ. no ore
confounded US for lesser sins we put tofth t@a &9l
naand as our spokesman and he in hngsh t=lf ss''5
far its mathematical precision (is mind WI c@ta&z
cally constructed rallied the chief upon ths a1&ae
mistake he had made, in representing Schamnas2 a3
ssHeidsickn as distinct tippes and then We
Gus, and again we guGfawed. Looking arou 'tal 1ae
crowd in his quiet way, ard (as Hamlet, sen esa,s1
the morning air. seeming to scent the norm 59e@S"'
the champion of teeotasm crushed US undeR ss Guy
reply "Now did l? Waal, I reckon, i'1 tl q.
writer oB this paper who could-make such otaa9s-.
We subsidized. And down to this day. it w1454 ep2es
that the old man is oblivous Of the common a5LlLe
ton in the catalogue of potables. Sccale!
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