The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-03-17
AN OLD STORY RETOLD.
What the Governor of South
Carolina Said to the Gov
ernOr of North Car
JOlina.

The Retailer.
"A great many years ago the gov
erDor of North Carolina received 8
friendly Wait from the governor OF
South Carolina. After q real North
Carolina dinner of bacon and vans,
the two governors lit pipes and sat
in the shade of the back verandah
with demijohn of real North Car
olina corn whislNey, copper dis
titled, within easy reach. There
W. nothing stuck up about these
gc' srnors, says a North Carolina
hIs- -oriany in the homely but Sigo-
rous language of his section.
There they sot and smoked, every
once in awhile taking mutual
pull at the demijohn with the aid of
gourd winch they used as a dem
ocratic goblet. -5ts-s
"The conversation between the
two governors was on the subject
of turpentine and rice, the staples
of their respective states, and the
further they got into the subject
the lower down they got into the
jug, and the lower down into the
jag the dryer the governof of
South Corolina got, who was 3
square drinker and q warm man
with about million pores to every
square inch of his hide, which ena-
bled him to histe in likely share
of corn juice, or other beverage,
and keep his carcass at the same
time well ventilated and generally
always ready for more, while the
governor of North Carolina was
more cautious drinker, but was
mighty sure to strike bottom at
about the twelfth drink, like as il
nature had measured him by the
gourdful. Well, they sot, and
argued, and the governor of North
Carolina was--as hospitable as any
real southern gentleman could be,
for he ladled out the whisky in the
most liberal manner, being particu
lar to give his distinguished guesI
three drinks to one, and gauging
ais own dose with great care, 10,
lear that if he didn't he might los,
he thread of his argument and the
.,emijohn might run dry before the
..oveTnOr of South Carolina shOul
Ie ready to dust out Tor home, !
eould look like he had not pr1per
observed the laws OF hospitality
nlch would have been q sell ID
Iii ated thorn in his side for years
- come, and no amount OF apology
could case MS mind or enable hIH
III feel Warranted in showing has
JunJenance TO his fellow men, es
)eciaiiy In home districts where TO
seneratIons 1T had been a nair
goint wIth every gentleman TO keel
rs visitor well supplied with Great
ure comforts, aad TO hand blm 3
good gourdful as a stlrrup Gu
when about to take his departurf
i5r the bosom of has family. SIs-
{ular To relate, the caution sness
manifested by the governor oi
North Carolina was OF NO laval;
Tor at one and the same moment TIE
Jug went ury and the goveraor OF
North Carolina, much to his subse
quent modification when he learned
.he fact aiterward, dropped of into
a quiet sleep, while the governor OF
South Corolina continued to keep
ON with his argument, holling the
empty gourd in his hand in close
contagiousness to the demijohn,a and
wondering at the apparent absent
mindedness of his hitherto attentive
host, to whom, after minute and
half of painful silence, he made use
OF but one remark: 'Governor,
don't you think it's long time be-
tween drinksP' The remark was
overheard by George, the body ser
want of the governor of North Care
lima, who, knowing that there was
something wrong, took to the
woods, where he renamed III seciu.
sion for three days, but the govern
or OF South Carolina receiving no
reply from the governor of North
Carolina, mounted his horse and
ode sadly homeward with an Irre
1ressible feeling at his heart that
here was coming be a hollowness
in friendship, and that human ma
ture was in danger of drifting into
condition ofchaotic mockery."
Ever since the occurrence, so
touchingly described by the con
scientious historian, common
form to join social glass has been,
''As the governor of South Carroll
ma said to the governor of North
Carolina, it's long time between
drinks This form. is rs eflica-
cious as that used by the itinerant
minister when called upon 70 turn
two into one at short notice
"JIne hands"