Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-16
HAND.smAKINa.

schsracter pf the man by the manner
! and style Of his shake. Without fol
lowing the T,ibune's reasoning, which
is good, we confess that we we're dis
appointed in the general drift of the ar
ticle. At the first glance we certa inly
Thought that it would wind up with q
Joke which General Kittrell used ia
sometimes tell on himself before he
won the title of General. K:ttrell, IS
is we'll known, lived for several years
in White Pine, where he " stood i'm
for the District Attorneyship as often
as. election times rolled around. By
way OF parentLesis, 1t is also proper to
state that Kit was always successful as
! a candidate and made a most excellent
prosecuting officer, as a considerable
number Of his constituents now serv-
ing terms in the penitentiary will read.
lily attest. When a candidate, Kiitrell
was always noted over in White Pine
rs the most cordial and affable person
in the district, and when it came down
to genuine business as an enthusiastic
hand shaker he stood without a peer
west Of the Rocky mountains. Nor
was the now General any respecter of
persons at these biennial periods. He
had a profound and abiding interest in
the state OF every mans health he met.
without regard TO race, color or pre-
vious condition of servitude." He has
been known to "shake'' with the
same individual nine times in a single
day.
notwithstanding Kit was, and is yet,
tor that matter, the most ultra-South-
ern man in the State, the colored o
ers we're always his meat. Among
this class in Hamilton, in the days OF
which we write, was one of the blacklist
individuals tina. ever nlunched a paw
|. paw or freed a oon in the Mississippi
.swamps. His name was Jack, and he
kept a b~oot-black stand. Kittreil
never overlooked Jack when All cleo
tion was on, wagging his rusty paw
with the utmost cordially, and taking
a shine with him almost daily.
ThM suited Jack immensely, but
it finally .dawned across his dark
Vision that Kit somehow made
himself . little scarcer as soon as the
election had passed. GThis, OF course,
was mere fancy on Jacks part, for
Kittrell Is Distinguished wherever
known for the anfiinching devotion
with which he clings to a friend.] But
right or wrong, Jack imagined that his
friend had gone back on him, and he
determined that at the next election he
would not put a scratch on the regular
Republican ticket for any Democrat on
top of ground. Kittrell, learning of
bis disaf Fiction. improved an early OPP
portut ity to renew assurances of the
kindly regard with which he dotted
upon the descendants of Ham in gen.
eral and the aforesaid Jack IN pariicu
lar. Coming To the scratch blandly n
seating himself smilingly for a polish.
he was in position for business. Jack
Thought he knew a thing or two, aud
thinking he concluded to give his
patron of former days to understand
that he had stumbled to his racket"
He was not lost for expressive terms,
and as he industriously applied the
Day q Martin to the we'll arched in
step of his distinguished customer, he
took occasion to deliver himself OF
pointed interrogatory; "weil'
Massa KIttrell, amt it a gitten almos
han shakin' time agin?", Kit felt the
full force Of the reference and straight
way started in to reconcile the
ssble brother. He poured tor.
rents OF eloquence into Jacks star.
board ear but it was no go. Jack was
relentless. TO be treayed ~ IA maj
and brother " just prior to election was
All well enough. but he didn't like the
idea OF being ignored all the balance OF
the time And surhe discussion con-
Timed, Jack all The while waxing
warmer and getting further from the
marx proportionately. He was IRE
'c~oncilable, and Kit had about made up
his mind I abandon the job in dispair,
when Jack all of a sudden volunteered
the pleasing intelligence that. notwith-
standing they differed SO widely in
political views, that fact, so far as he
WAS concerned, should never In any
way disturb their social relations. Kit.
trell used to tell this on himself to adj
niring crowds of Fogonippers, and the
indident being recalled by Brother
~Parkinson's Misunderstanding article, we
Concluded to shove it into print.
Naught in malice, General, is here set
down.
a-fw-Vy "--- etf,
An English lady, visiting the
Philxdelphia Exhibition, saw a "Great
Sale u Domesiics" advertised in the
newspaper. BLESS my 'eart," said