The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-04-07
AN OLDSTORY RETOLD.

AN OLDSTORY RETOLD.
What the Governor of North Carolina said to
the Governor of South Carolina.
A great many years ago the gov.
ernOr of North Carolina received a
friendly visit from the governor of
South carolina. After a 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 Caro-
lima corn whisky, copper distilled,
within easy reach. s'There was
nothing stuck up about these COVER
nors,' says a North Carolina state
historian, in the homely but vigorous
language of his section, 6 There they
sot and smoked, and sOt and smoked,
every once in a while taking mutual
pull at the demijohn with the aid of
gourd which they used as demo-
cratic goblet. 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 they got in the
jug the dryer the governor OF South
Carolina got, who was square drinker
and a warm man with about million
pores to every square inch of his hide,
which enabled him to histe in likely
share of corn-juice, or other beverage,
and keep his carcass at the same time
we'll 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 if nature had measured him by
the gourdful. Well, they sot, and
smoked, 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 par
ticular to give his distinguished guest
three drinks to one, and gauging his
own dose with great care, for fear
that If he didn't he might lose the
thread of his argument and the demi-
john might run dry before the COVER
nor Of South Carolina should be ready
to dust for home, in which case it
would look like he had not properly
observed the laws of hospitality,
which would have been self inflicted
thorn in his side for years to come,
and no amount OF apology could ease
his mind or enable him to feel war
ranted in showing his countenance
to his fellow-men, especially in his
home district, where for generations
it had been a main point with every
gentleman to keep his visitor we'll
supplied with creature comforts, and
to hand him good gourdful as
stirrup-cup when about to take his
departure for the bosom of his family.
Singular to relate, the cautiousness
manifested by the governor Of North
Carolina was of no avail, for at one
and the same moment the Jug went
dry and the governor Of North Caro-
lima, much to his subsequent mOrtifi-
cation when he learned the fact after
ward, dropped off into a quiet sleep,
while the governor of South Carolina
continued to keep on with his argu-
ment, holding the empty gourd in his
hand in close contiguousness to the
demijohn, and wondering at the appar-
ent absent-mindedne Of his hitherto
attentive host. to whom, after min
ute and half of painful silence, he
made use of but one remark. "Gover-
nor, dom you think it's a long time
between drinks - the remark being
overheard by George, the body-ser-
want Of the governor Of North Caro-
lima, who, knowing that there was
something wrong, took to the woods,
where he remained in seclusion for
three days, but the governor Of South
Carolina, receiving no reply from the
governor of North Carolina, mounted
his horse and rode sadly homeward
with an irrepressible feeling at his
heart that there was coming to be
hollowness in friendship, and that
human nature was in danger Of drift
ing into condition of chaotic mock
cry.
Ever since the occurrence so touch
ingly described by the conscientious
historian, a common form Of inyi-
tation to join a social glass has been.
GA the governor CT South Carolina
said to the governor of North Carolina,
it's a long time between drinks
The form is as efficacious as that
used by the itinerant minister when
called upon to turn two into one at
short notice. Jine hands,
Mines at Midnight.
An old Ruby Hill miner, who has
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