Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-03-16
WINSTON, N. c., THURSDAY MARCH 16- 1882
Arkansaw vs.. North Carolina.

From the Chicago News.
The crowd gathered together on
mill day at San Gabriel, Tex, were
natives of many different States,
and told jokes at the expense of
Arkan saEs, "tar-heels' and others.
One North Carolinian got after the
Arkansans hot and heavy. With
other yarns he told the following
An emigrant preacher went into
the Boston mountain region on a
prospecting tour. Coming to
four acre corn-pa1ch, he fought his
way through a dozen or more
hounds and ours to windowless
cabin in its center, entering he COM
menced a conversation with the la
dy OF the house by inquiring into
the state Of society Whereabouts.
The woman did not seem to under
stand his general inquiries, so he
began to particularize: 'sWhat re>
ligion is most common around
here?'' Still she did not seem to
understand. ''Are there many
Presb yterians around here?" he
asked. Il don't know" she said.
"My man John has hunted around
here right smart for nigh on SIX
teen years, and | don't reckon he's
killed airy one "Ah, madam !"
said the good man, IL am afraid
you live in darkness here" eyes"
she replied, glancing at the unbro-
ken log wallis, eyes, but John allows
to cut out a window next week. :"
This was received with applause,
and true blue Arkansan had the
floor for reply. 81 was travelling
once in the Old North State," he
began, land as l was riding across
an opening like, 1 saw man some
little distance ahead OF me, pointing
as l thought, a long gun at some
thing up in persimmon tree. l
reined up my horse to wait for
him to fire. After waiting some
time and no firing done noticed
the man did not seem to be taking
any sight, bpt appeared to be
shifting his piece from time to time
SO | hailed him and asked him what
he was up to, "Raising pork fol
market" answered he, without
turning to me. l rode up, and thai
tar heel had a little spotted shoa1
tied to pole, holding it up to ea1
persimmons.'
Thoughtful public men say tha
never were Democratic prospect
brighter than at present, exec p
alone in 1876. The recent cleo
ton in New York, in which vi
beat down very large majority il
a Republican stronghold, and elect
ed our nominee to the New Yorl
Senate, is only a straw shown!
how the wind blows. The Boston
Herald says:
"The Democrats at w ash;ngtol
have determined at the recent con-
fercnccs to make desperate effor
next fall to carry every doubtful
State. They say they propose t.
perfect an organization in ever,
such State early in the summer
and that they will move forward t
victory. They have fixed thei
longing eyes in particular on Main
and Massachusetts. They vii
they assert, carry both States, til
former by 5000 majority. Penn
sylvania they are certain of, an
they depend on factionai fights i
the Republican party in othe
} States to give them in all twenty
five majority in the next Hous'
The Southern leaders say they wi
kill whatever is left Of the libers
! movement in their several State
next summer by liberalizing the
4 own platforms and bringing til
S young men of the party to the from
' They express themselves as MOI
: sanguine of success than they ha,
t been for years.
a And we think they arc righ
q The people up North and out We
l have heretofore been afraid to tru
: the "rebels," but our sympathet
: action when Garfield fell by I'll
Q assassin's shot has corrected tn;
J. error, and the scales have falle
. from their eyes. They admit tn
y they did us an injustice by the
> suspicious and now thls prelude
= is gone.