The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-03-29
"Reminiscences Of Sam Houston
by ii Texan lady.
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
When / first saw General Sam Hous"
ton his second term Of office as Pree,
dent of Texas had not long expired. OF
course ! had heard of him. There was
not human being in Texas who WIS
not fl miliar with his name, and from my
very infancy ] had been taught by my
father to honor and love him When
therefore, one morning, us was trulg-
ing along to school, | heard General
Houston was in town I determined to
see him. The city OF Houston was at
that time the proud possessor of one
biick building, known to all as "the
! blick office" 1t was small Onc-story
house, containing two rooms, the front
one being used as a lawyers Office, but
| knew this lawyer very well, and when
he asked me what ! wanted in his genial
way, | answered promptly
"I want to see General Houston"
"But the General is engaged Just now
and don't think you can see him" But
voice, rich, sweet. sonorOus, called ont
from the back room, "Who is it wants
to see me?" "Only little girl, General"
&c Certainly / will see her." and as he
spoke the realization of all my dreNms--
Loland, Bayard, Wallace and Washing
ton, all in onc--appearcd in the doorway
and came toward me with outstretchcd
hands. was greeted as courteously as
if hal been a princess. | introduced
myself. sab! the daughter of my old
friond--my good friend. am very glad
to see you"
1 soid :-"My father published song
about you"
"Indeedl can you sing it?" eyes, sir;
l came here to sing it to you" Several
gentlemen had followed the chief from
the inner room and my ingenious con.
fession was greeted with a laughter
which mortified me no little until,
quickly looking mp into my hero's face,
| saw there only pleased expectancy
which convinced me he only spoke the
truth when he suid:-"I am very glad
Come, now sit on my knee and sing it all
through" which / did. 1t was only an
adaptation Of "Brucc's Address" to our
own circumstances and began:-
"Texanei who with Sam uston bed
Texans! whom Rusk has often led"
| ana was sung ny III uuluHbuJ lltllO Blfl,
but if L had been Sontag OF MaiIran
and the song had been the most famous
of arias, no more profound homage could
have been rendered than and my sim
pie parody received. Proud, happy,
intensely Hattered, 1 prepared to go.
"Won't you be punished for being lnte
at SCHOOL," asked the lawyer. ~ lellcon
so, but I've seen General Houston ~ WIS
the answer, whereupon the friend of
Jackson, ex Congressman and ex Gov,
ernor. OF Tennessee, hero OF san Jacinto
and ex President of Republic, asked
somebody to give him his hat and ctne,
and said:-"I'll go with you, little
daughter, and make your excuses" and
actually went with me to the school
house and obtained ready pardon for
my lateness.
di not see him again for nearly two
years, when | met him on the street one
day and was instantly recognized by him
and greeted by name. All the circum-
stances of my visit to him were recalled
as freshly as if l were person of i'm
portance and he had nothing else to
think of since. Cannot the reader see
in these two of the causes of his I'M
bounded popularity? He nev,r forgot IL
name nor a face. At the time OF my
! second meeting he was ON his way to