, 1880-03-27
n PRONOUNCED T1lunn 1nan. "Old Hlleihy"
will Ito liur work Wrl1. r. f. IL



ifuil Of hls friends, anl to liso hfs own words,
tho Errntest nnM III Kentucky since the tlcatl,
bf Hurry Clay. CertnlMiy NJ nun Is better
Known or more widely respected thrnlghuut
the lcngth md brcullll, OF the old ru,nlllotl-
wealth t1tan tlits octoge,tnrEntl specimen Of
Od-fnslIfpnnl warriors md statesmen WHO
jDnrisllcd ut n ttnin Wien Drawn nilu brain
wont III company md tho sword and the peli
wcrn Weapons with which their ready hands
were equally fnmIliar. Ills oucu erect atul
commanding form, nav bent with nge md
snpp0rto.l by n tall stall, cnm be seen almost
my tiRy bll tic streets OF The city. Tho Gei,-
oral loves the l,uro air md the sunlight. and
th1ras tic weather Ia too illc'e,neilt 1c takes
his constitutional promenade daily 1t Is said
TINT lle llas isevGr beun known to wear
MI overcnnt. lilo writer llas known hiu, for
fifteen yenrs, nntl III that ttmU has seen lin
exposed Ia weather tint ordinary nlrn would
shrink from fnclng Without tie protection Of
the war,ncst clothing; but 1t seemed to make
but little difference to him In his not very
l,payy walkihg-sntt. III his old aRu l'e has
met with adv1rsEty enough to swA1np tho
cDnrnpp Of yoNnEDr men. At one time uu'te
wealthy, Ills property dwindlett TO n Iome-
steatl, n beautiful resid1Mce to be sure. upun
tho malt street In Lexington md upon the
adjoining block to the old pliEnlx Hotel, Mr..
q. i. Huntingdon nnh his raiiroad oniirt for
the Chesapeake & Ohio bothered tho old
gentleman very much, for the Inc Of
the road run clusc to hts property. For Ills
AS SOON NJ. lv WIS paid tho money hc went
a''u,lt town n yeercl, Of eyerylnly tu wilnii,
lie wns l!itlul,tett that he might pny wliat 10
So',s Son ,cft II MfeK Sa thN iN " @ o1
Of the oldest If LcxinEtons lntNiinnr'ts, was
destroyed by fire. md with 1t Gen. C0,nbs'
beautiful resi,lcllcc. l!c bore l!lS loss VII,
ccivGt ths Insurance. sGit tho tllsmn,itlcd
lnniision mud lot for so.GW, and ho toid me
with n stntl0 tn-tlay TINT he owu', no inan II
SSn oSnaea I nxst fsT n'rss ssast ls a fhs 5 rnSad sd
company for g, 100. lIcte Isl
STUDY FOl TIL: r1stSd dENE1ATtON,--
| n MIN wl!U. has mingled IN polltics mud
| knOwii wnr Ill Its worst forms, who las
| oxnlted ppsiIions throughout. i long ljfo IT
| 1uMrly fottr senr1 years Md tell, Mi,l yet
| nll,il ail tho trfas aid temptations to wllcl
ho was exp9sctl. preserved ;ll!s personnl
I,pnar .i ~, nnsullied aid Ills Integrity "l1".
| When, Ms = representative Of TnE THIN.
uNE, called upon hin t0-tlny, he received
MO very cordially, md, III answer to COM
,nce, IlU 4al,l ie conl ,'ot help luoklnE well,
l,ucni,sc hs fHit we'll. lie IS n til,e CONVERSE
tlnmlist. aMlit was not difficult t2 lead i,t.ll
tn,o cons.loratlGl. 0f politics. Throwing
elllIlclatlon Of his political doctrines III
an Il, olt!.lno ,lI T5lsn ' oI.y WaAig' Inn II,
I5sGas; nf's9sf sfnI Ist Hfb b:eSs Sa'M's II uis nH1 a.
!ion, geaLl!lon, Or sucesston. ! tlink !he
Unitea Ssntes ts tue gse!'test country y the
world. 7;nnl,ea, mind. out nut worth blank
Gy issif: i thi,,E Ksatacky ii y lie tiinsst
State In tho UnIoi, right In the celltre with
whisky~in tho, world. You cannot mike
wnter gives tho bonu to the whisky, and IT
cant be Nlatle with my other water. 'We
arc right ierg with, mountains, mil hils. and
t!ales; no hill SO high TINT yon cnil't got e
tls si ,,op ~ s ot3on 70 soy SO deep TINT you can't
Thu Gcnrrai rattlcd, OIL this with y gnsto
that seemed to do hiM good, mid II yon tlo
,Dt tlm tiiat every wor o{ L. y pars r
Since he wns n, boy Mu Inns mixcli OLD bonr..
bon or It's equivalent will his opinions Of
public aifalrs, and tile memory Of mnn run
neth hot to the contrary.
PRESIDENTIAL.
Hc was about to 10 into H. history Of the
Wnr Of 1872, which, h0weyvr interesting, WIS
l not wllut Nlost desired to lfeAr hfIr Ills
ct,.isNu upon, md l mn sorry to shy tllnt
bros Into r.. the sHfy tl asslof tiss'y
what are I ,,, your vlows upon the Presidential
- Invent got any worth mentioning, l
nil, not q politician now; lGave all thnt
SORT Of tilt!IE to younger ni0tl. l used u
tauey s,tcl. things .yeara agu, when WIS =
boy, but not now. ! try nut to think n.ncl!
about them. ,for, dun't want to by pvrplexetl
Hna n1yf;l ;atSl. wlt u attors that no longer
"Auatls the Democratic .asptrants for tho
Presidency linyc YOU no prefcrenco?".