New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-29

To tell you tho truth, my friend, It -was he
who converted me- Smoke, did you says
Yes. / do smoke. Thank you. I have
General Grants-bey, what you call EN-
habits. Very fond Of cigars and horses.
Used to keep horses myself; but nova
DAYS some how it costs so devilish much.
In these days of locomotives and steam
boats gentleman has no chance to drive
his own horses. Make my friends keep my
horses for me-hey! Used to be able to
turn my tandem on a dollar; now I'm not
able to turn dollar on my tandem. See ?
the vicissitudes Of life. Uranus dun
ririnus-hey!"
''How long do you honor New York with
your presence -l ~.
'.Not long. You see l must hurry back
to Washington as soon as Congress opens.
Have some heavy lobbying to do for the
Southern Pacific Railroad. I'm to lobby
that through, you see. Then they give me
what they like for commissions. General
Fremont is an eng ineer."
"Do you take much interest in current
politics. Mr.. Hickman"
80. yes. Always go to those conventions
especially presidential Thought of going
up to Rochester. Have attended tie
national conventions for the last thirty
years. Don't care so much about these
State politics.
y
last Congress r
"Now. to tell the truth, I don't think
much of en- A stupid lot. Cadet brokers
and Pacific slopcrs-that's what | call en-
hey, They amt so lively and gentlemanly
now -a-days as they used to be. They all go
in for cheap board, and all that. They save
their revenues to speculate in lots. Not
half so genteel as good square game OF
faro, or seyen-up. That used to be the
game in my day. l was a contemporary OF
Henry Clay; had the honor OF being born
down near where he was. They boast that
old Hanover county produced three great
Americans, Patrick Henry, Henry Clay,
and you know the third, hey! There's no
need of great man being SO devilish mod
est, you know. I'm not what was, though;
that's a fact. Used to be a great beau with
the ladies at White Sulphur Springs-well,
let me see, about 1880. There was ID
upstart there. some count or other called
the beau of the season. | swOre it was
shane to America to have to import our
dandies. The afternoon got there, just be-
fore dinner, out on the yerandah. where
everybody could hear him. he called out to
his valet, Here, Jim, bring me my ninety
second waistcOat for dinner Then called.
out louder yet, to my boy, Bring me my one
hundred and ninety-second pair OF panta-
looms and fifty-sixth coat He bolted by
the next evenings train. Bottled is word
from the turf, you know. l saw him and
went him one hundred better as they say
in bluff. That's the way l came to be called
Beau"
The Standard reporter here making a
demonstration toward the door, the distin-
guished parsonage above described inquired
if lie knew what ''chips" were. Processing
ignorance and a teachable spirit. he was in
structed to the effect that the Beau calls
81 bill "white chip" S. bill ''red chip"
$40 bill ''blue chip" A half dollar he calls
'spit chip" These phrases, he informed
his auditor, he had borrowed from the
gaming room to designate the amounts he
was accustomed to levy upon all gentlemen
who '.were introduced to him, or introduced
themselves to him, or to whom he introduced
himself" The reporter took the hint and
handed the Great Interviewed the "chip,'
whereupOn they parted.
All frequenters of Washington hotels
know Beau Hickman, and those who do not
know him may argue themselves unknown.