Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-10-02

TIM Philadelphia Times has Ken
lucky correspondent who seems to b
resurrecting and revamping all th'
old Jokes and stories that have beer
told on local politicians nr the las
century. One Of his last publications
Is taken from the Sunday Argus O
several years ago, and was written by
Col T.. Polk johnson, then It's editor
from an actual occurrence which ",
related TO him. The true version il
as follows: Gen. Williams was stop
ping at the Myers House, Stanford,
before his first election as u. S. Sena
tor, and had invited a party to his
room to partake of some liquid re
freshments. He had imbibed pretty
literally himself, when Capt. Ton
Richards, who was bugIer in his regi
ment during the late unpleasantness,
having conceived the happy idea Of
serenading his old commander, arriv
ed in front of the hotel with the band.
Thinking to awaken the memory Of
the General, he sounded the call for
"boots and saddles and repeated il
over and again, but instead of il ava.
kening memories, the old warrior, who
had been kept in ignorance of the
compliment to him, turned to Colonel
W. and asked, "What stage is that
this time of night and what in the hi
makes the driver toot so muchf" The
Colonel politely informed him who
the tooter was and suggested that the
party expected a speech from him.
"H-l" said the General and straight
ening himself up he marched to the
door overlooking the crowd and COM
menced, his voice trembling with
seeming emotion. 81 knew that bugle
call the instant l heard il, and the
memories Of the past came crowding
to my mind. Often have heard it
calling the old First Kentucky to
fields of carnage or exultingly sound
ing the notes of victory. [Cheers.] l
would have known it even had / heard
it in the painless wilds of the West
for no man under the sun can evoke
such sweet notes from bugle as can
dear old Tom Richards, the bravest
and the best man that ever went to
battle" Long and loud cheers fol-
lowed this and the effect was electri-
cal, till Col. W., unable to keep the
true inwardness of the business long
er related and vouched for its correct
ness, though he has never succeeded
in making the Capt. believe that the
General could thus dissemble. A
shrewder politician or keener dema-
gogae than Gen. Williams would be
hard TO stir up, and if his ways are
DARK. his tricks are never vain. One
of them, and it never fails to take, is
to get with some acquaintance and
walk around a town. This is not for
the purpose Of being introduced but
to get his friend to tell him before
reaching a crowd, "who is that fellow
with the beaver on?" "The old char
with the spectaclesf" "Or the young
rooster with the moustacheI' Then
he goes up to each, calls him by
name, says something pleasant and
it tickles the average man 10 death tC
think that the General remembers
him so we'll. This kind of dealing
has made the. General exceedingly
popular with the masses, who are un
BILE to see through the business, an'
he will always be hard man to beat
He claims that he is as good as cho
sen as his own successor in the Senat'
but the prospects are that he will hav'
no "walk over" even if his ambition
is realized.