The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-23
COL. BUT0sTIRTER's YIsIT TO THE
CENTENNIIL.

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himself to every man. woman, and child in the
county-in fact he looks upon u a. his
county. lie has filed, with credit to himself and
profit to the community, every Office within
the gift Of the people Of Roanoke, and now
stands ready at whatever personal sacrifice, to
serve the county or the Commonwealth In any
capacity or situation where the dut rs are light
and the emoldmonts large.
In the course OF some able remarks to the yeo-
many of Roanoke,a at recent meeting held at the
Court House, the Colonel after treating in n
spirited manner the great political issues Of the
day. expressed himself as being OF the opinion
that Gov. kemper had made a mistake in refus-
ing to allow Virginia to bold a reception day at
the Centennial In turn with the other thirteen
colonies. He. for his part, heartily responded to
the call. Virginia should keep step with her
sister States She Is not rich, but she Is not poor
enough to absent herself from this family gath
ering. At all events, Old Roanoke should be
represented, and he announced his intention of
taking part In the Great Tournament as Pow
hatan, the Black Knight Of Roanoke.
The Colonel Is very dear to the people Of Roam
oke. They had heard alarming accounts of the
prevalence Of diarrhna and malaria at the Cen
tennial grounds. They entreated him to use
every precaution against malady during the
visit, begging him not to expose himself to the
tlons constantly arising from the whole surface
Of the Centennial grounds. DIR. Carter eau
toned him more especially against the water.
said he, "The water IL not only bad per So, but
there IL always more or less danger to those not
| habituated to its use. Moreover change Of
water is dangerous under any circumstances"
The Colonel, however, was under no apprehen-
sion concerning his health. lie had of late years
| for hygienic reasons, entirely abandoned the
use OF water IA a beverage, and used IL very
| sparingly even for purposes Of ablutnn 1t did
| not agree with him. Having provided himself
| with a full costume of mail aud a visor, he
mounted horse aud Iourncycd In easy stages
toward Philadelphia to pariicipa Fin the tourney
lie stopped at the Continental. His charger was
| quartered at a livery stable hard 10y. The jour
| ney had been long, the las; stage fatigaing.
| The Colonel required setting mp. Immediate
ly after registering his name In full" Col. RAN
| dolph Bung-tarter, san Souci. Roanoke. Nir-
| ginia"-he asked to he showed Ia the harroom.
| he general appearance OF which pleased him
vastly He took at short intervals. thirteen sue
| cessve drinks Of various kinds. always carefully
| avoiding water made tlle acquaintance Of and
| treated everybody in the room Informed the
| crowd In neat little speech that he had come
| all the way from Roanoke to represent Virginia
| because he felt that much OF the moral eject Of
| state In the Revolution was absent. All those
| whom the Colonel treated assured him they
We're glad lie had come. and lac went to bed
| very, very happy.
| The next morning At ten. his charger was
| brought to the door. and the Colonel rode down
| to the Centennial show I'm gallant stvie. lie left
| Iucephalus in charge Of a boy. with Instructions
| tO d" keep him moving" a. " WA piercing cold
| day. These Instructions were carefully obeyed.
| The boy is no doubt -ttll son the move" The
| Colonel has not since been able TO catch up with
him. Buc.phalus Will probably never again
| know the green pastures through which How
, the placid waters If the lordlv Roanoke
The Colonel before leaving the hotel. had
filed his whisky flask 10 o,eraowing He ar.t
care on dismnnnting wa, To- fortify himself
| against the deadly malaria arising from the
| new ly-disturhed earth Ia and around the Exit
| billion grounds by "a cupious draught of wni,key.
| From the gate he went directly to the circular
railway. paid Ave cents, took his seat and rode
| around the grounds saw all the buildings, and
| got the hang OF the schoolhouse. His nearest
companion on the railroad journey assured him
most positively that the drainage was very
bad, and had produced much typhoid The
Colonel Immediately took another drink. Pre-
yention f. better than cure. After going rapidly
through the Government Building, admlring the
curious collection ~ instruments for catching
Gsh the army uniforms from early days, the
| ordnance, the Post once exhibit, the machine
for folding envelopes. the indian exhibition tn,
coast survey, and many more noteworthy things
with which he expressed himself highly de.
| lighted, the Colonel adjourned to the Troi.
freies aud tried the ah-inihe; finding It uncom
monty good. he took two successive drinks
Then suddenly remembering the dangerous cie
ment of water he had been obliged TO introduce
In these pleasant beverage, he took. by way OF
corrective, generous portion of whskey from
his flask, and Proceeded 10 examine the TIA
nisian, Moroccan, and Turkish ba1aars.
| The Turks. their trinkets. ornaments, an,
special products interested him vastly H.
bought one or two trncs from noble Looking
Turk, ~ whom he asked the latest news from
the scat Of war. Ali Baba was however unahl
to give him any accurate Information. haYlnl
been absent from his native land some eigh
months. Thercupon the Colonel asked him &
take a drink, which he politely declined, sayin,
he was n strict observer OF the laws 81 III
| Prophet and n rule he ah-fnined from stror
| drink, tobacco. and opium. The Colonel the
drank alone, drinking 10 the health Il A.