The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-02-17
AN OLD STORY RETOLD.
What the Governor Of South
Carolina Said to the Governor
Of North Carolina.

A great many yeaI ago the Gov
ernor of North Carolina received q
friendly visit from the Governor of
South Carolina. After real North
Carolina dinner of bacon and yams,
the two Governors lit pipes and sat
in the shade of the back veranda
with a demijohn of real North Caro-
lima corn whisky, copper distilled,
within easy reach. There was
nothing stuck up about these Gov
erDors, said North Carolina State
historian, in the homely but vigor
Gus language of his section. "There
they sot and smoked. and sot and
sot and smoked, every once in a
while taking a mutual pull at the
demUohn with the aid of q gourd
which they used as a democratic
goblet The conversation between
the two Governors was on the sub
iect of turpentine and rice, the sta
pies of their respective States, and
the further they got into the sub
ject the lower down they got into
the jug, and the lower down they
got into the jug the dryer he Gov
ernor of Soath Carolina got who
was a square drinker and a warm
man, with about million pores TO
every square inch of his hide.
which enabled him to histe in q
likely share of cornjuice. or other
beverage. and keep his carcass at
the same time well ventilated, and
generally always ready for more,
while the Governor of North Caro-
lima 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
gourdtul. Well, they sot and
smoked and argued, and the Cover
nor of North Carolina was as hos
pitable as any real Southern gentle
man could be, for he ladled out the
whisky in a most laYish manner,
being particular to give his distin-
guished guest three drinks to one.
and gauging his own dose with
great care, for fear if he didn't be
might lose the thread of his argu
ment and the demljOhn might run
dry before The Governor Of South
Carolina should be ready TO dust
out for home, in which case it would
look like he had not properly OBJ
served the laws of hospitality, which
would have been a self inflicted
thorn in his side for years to come,
and no amount of apology could
ease his mind or enable him to feel
warranted IN showing his counte
nance TO his fellow-men, especially
In his home district, where for gen
erations it had been a main point
with every gentleman TO keep his
visitor well supplied with creature
comforts and to hand him a 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 Carolina,
much to his subsequent mortifca-
ton when he learned the fact after
ward, dropped off into a quiet sleep,
while the Governor OF South Cato-
lima continued to keep on with his
argu ment, holding the empty gourd
in his hand in close contagiousness
to the demijohn. and wondering at
the apparent Observation-Disclosures OF
his hitherto attentive host, to whom,
after minute and minute and q
half of painful silence, he made use
of but one remark: Governor,
don't you think its long time be-
tween drinksT the remark being
overheard by George, the body-ser
want of the Governor of North Car
olina, who, knowing there was
something wrong, took to the
woods, where he remained in seclu-
sion for three days, but the Cover
nor of South Carolina receiving no
reply from the Governor of North
Carolina, mounted his horse and
rode sadly homeward with an ire
pressible feeling at his heart that
there was coming to be hollowness
in friendship, and that human ma
ture was in danger of drifting into
q condition of chaotic mockery."
Ever since the occurrence so
touchingly described by the consc,-
entious historian, a common form OF
invitation to join a social glass has
been, CAS- the Governor of South
Carolina said to the Governor OF
North Carolina, it's long time be-
tween drlDks." The form Is as eff
cacious as that used by the timer
ant minister when called upon TO
turn two into one at short notice
'Jine hands"