St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-07-11
A New Davy Crockett.

An editorial correspondent of the
Washington Star who accompanied the
congressional party on its southern
wanderlngs writes the following ac-
count of Congressman Crutchfield of
Georgia At Grand Junction we left
the rough diamond of the cOngressiOn-
al party-HOn. VIM. Crutchtield, the
newly elected member from the Chat
tanooga district. Since the days of Da
Wy Crockett, Tennessee has ALWAYS
managed to have at least one mountain
eer character i'll Congress and Crutch-
field, the latest, is said to resemble
Crockett more in originality and stvle
than any of the intervening line. He
Is Il sunburnt, wiry little man, with
foxy hair and whiskers, and though, by
report, of considerable means, wears
the cheapest of homespun suits, IA good
deal frayed at the edges, and with il
pilr OF heavy well-greased cOwhide
brogans that were the perpetual de
spair of the Pullman boot blacks. He
Is not only mighty hunter, like Crock
EFT, but Is moreover shrewd business
man. lie built the ''Crutchlield House,
at Chattanooga, which was sold during
the war for sos, 200 in confederate mon
ey, and the proceeds prudently turned
at once into real estate in the shape
of valuable farming land. In the same
prudent way Crutchtield invested con-
federate money as fast as it came into
his hands, i'll tobacco, which, on the
advance of the Union troops he sold at
Sl.50 pound i'll greenbacks. Know
ing the country and the people thor
oughly, he was of great service to Gen
eral Sherman as scout. When he
was put up for Congress nobody sup
posed he stood any chance of being
elected, as the district went democrat
ic at the previous election by some
5000 majority, but his neighbors took
hold of him and elected him by about
l5'U majority. Crutchtield, by his
quaint remarks and racy narratives of
mountaineering experiences, had made
himself vastly popular with the whole
party. and when he left the train. at
Grand Junction, it was conceded that
we could have "better spared better
man So there was general demand
that he should make a parting speech
while the train waited, and he mount
ed platform barrow and proceeded
about as follows: "Gen-tel-men: We
air about to part after having travelled
about a good deal hyar and thar: but |
hope to meet YOU, next winter. over
thar ut Washington. My friend Hyne
(of Arkansas) give me some good ad-
vice how to keep from bein seasick.
when we war down thar on the Gulf.
1t war to lay my head back and look
up. think my friends, in these mo-
bi-lier times, that will he good thing
to do when get to Washington. Tire
mendous applause. Gen-tel- men:
We have been through a great country.
Napoleon Bonypart truly said when he
threw down the pen after deciding
Louisiana to the Americans: .Thar's
the heaviest blow Great Britain ever
gotn Applause. -tel-men wish
You could have gone up home with me.
am the little dog in big rye up thar
have got the smartest old woman and
the finest brats You ever sOt eyes on.
We've got the tallest mountains and
the best whisky you ever sampled.
Applause. Thar is Lookout noun
tain, from which You can see four states
tnr"~>,c, -Al..I.','.". GcUrSia and
the drunken state. Gen-tel-meu: If
ever you"-here the engine gave Il
snort and the train moved off, amidst
loud cheers for Crutchtield.