The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1883-12-01
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ne People he Meets oa the Road and
the Gossip he Hears.

I" I'opfr NJ Meets Ou the Road and
the Gossip he Hears.
ssrc'al Ct-~<rJ-ss.sf~.cr - m CsrssHsr1s
On THE ROAD, Nov. ~ Il wish coull
meet more rcople who enjoy kcenly the
hnmoF OF North Carolina life. IL bores
me to hear a man di.cuss with. a continu-
Gus solcmntty the ''chivalry OF the south
ern people for Instance The funny side
oi II Is The most enjoyable. o. course
The other day I met lady who WAS
discussing the social standinr OF the
Browns. who wene In old times her neigh
bors. The Browns YOU know. have b..cn
successful They are good people. but
yet they had, In spite 81 lack OF chivairv,
their coach and four We had | hap
pened 10 know that I'VE never had a
coach and four The good old lady T. the
victim Of deiusion and tradition
Down In one of the Eastern counties
they are soon IL have a tournament and
coronation ball" In which the
knights " will play the big part, aud 20
on and so on. Social life has many laugh
able peculiarities. every body knows. But
that coronation ball" after the creased
goose neck performance wouldn't il shine
in Puck
asked a man on the car, the other day
"A man who ought 10 kuow-whc ther hc
thought Capt Coke would accept the nom
ination for Lieutenant Governor II Gen
u al sNtiif - EhiHllt1tsu Tor fsDbsTHor.
Yes. IL hc thought General Scales would
die; IL NOT. not | has, seen General
Scales lately. and he Is as robust as Nt
Iilden WAS when saw him last winter.
lie may die. and 80 may Capt. Coke; hut
II either OF them is nominated for Cover
nor, he will live to the Cube ruatorial
honors become stale - stale stale anl
You may ask Governor Jarvis IL they are
not so.
| happened 10 be on the cars the other
day coming TO Raleigh from the West
when the train stopped NJ the Pcnltenti-
airy, and a white lad. who surely was not
more than sixteen, was led TO the rcni-
tentiary along with negro and two white
women. l. the future of that lad likely 10
be better for residence there II il sal
spectacle-very sad. And the women,
was told, had stole cabbages.
| wish to say word about Mr. Rancy,
who goes TO your Marlborough House. He
is an attentive landlord. | have known
him for several Years at the kmball House
Mt Atlanta My fellow travellers vii find
him what have found him-as good as
they make them.
What sort Of il complication would it
make in next years politics if the Re-
publicans were to be stricken with IL little
common sense and make vigorous cam
Daign on these two questions, and these
two merely-demand a railroad commits
sion and advocate a protective tariff?
From all that hear the legal business
in North Carolina is not AS prosperous as
tobacco farming and fruit growing and
stock raising | was told by "A good law.
yer that Col. Fuller in Raleigh, Mr.. Dortch
in Goldsboro, and Mr.. Geo. Davis in viii
mingtOn, and perhaps one or two more,
are the only lawyers in the State who are
really making money.
What one persistent effort will do j. well
illustrated by the experience OF Mr. Rein
hart, the stock raiser in Catawba | hear
him talked about everywhere. He must
have pinned lis faith to his business and let
other things go. IL you are looking for
hints, you can find one here.
What proportion OF the women In North
Carolina dO you suppose use snuff? ! have
been told that the snuff manufactory at
Durham persstently and continually lost
money until they happened to get the pc
culiar taste OF their article in favor. Then
it was plain sailing. And they are thought
to be getting rich without making much
fuss about it.
| don't know what the convention NAV
do nor do lay as much stress as the poll
ticians lay on the efficacy Of blata mt cam
pal gns but do know that Colonel Tom
Holt would make good Governor. would
be proud to be Governor, and would do for
North Carolina precisely what needs now
to be done, and that is to have business
men to the front.
l have heard something about Nh Julian
Carr that / can't withhold. His generosi-
ty to white and black is known everywhere
but, perhaps, every body don't know that
there are numbers OF darkey babies whose
mothers do them the honor to chrsten
| them 'Jule Carr" I know seven DOES
named "Zeb Vance, and a few white
children named s. Matt Ransom Tom
Jarvis have not heard of at all. By the
way, what is the prevailing fashion in this
thing? TALK