The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-02-09
THE TRAVELLER.

THE TRAVELLER.
The People he Meets On the Read and
the Gossip he Hears.
Al the great chicken show in New York
were there any North Carolina game roos-
| ters, They bes. the world As their pecu-
liar vocation Did you know that.
In As much as the tri ricentennial of the
landing at Roanoke Island In = pertinent
| topic. / wish TO know why we got the name
BARLOW" for the .'sorrcsf" knife In the
world.
That was An expressive phrase that cool
and familiar friend of the Governor used
in . confidential though somewha; irreve-
| rent mood the other day. .'Old man Jar
Wis.," said he, "has more bara-yari scnsc
than the whole crew Of the other fellows."
Mr.. David Anderson-not the worst
company you can encounter, by the way,
behind tall dirt pipe in a smoking car
for Mr.. Anderson and the Ereaiag T,si.
tor OF Raleigh. hurrah For they say to
our energetic folks. Build n cotton seed oil
| mill; and strsightway IL ought TO Do
built.
THE CHRONICLE editorially declared
the other week that ''us folks" didn Z know
the pretty uses of gaudy colors. Uphugh
saw a fellow with yellow cravat accom-
panying girl with a red dress and green
hat-gear who carried blue accordon-
and the trio got off at Salisbury the other
night.
observed the other day when Judge
Gilmer entered the train land nearly eve
rybody knew him and bowed TO him) that
there was an ominous look and quiet re-
| mark by an occupant OF very nearly every
| seat TO his neighbor, rs much rs TO say
something about the Governor. | suppose.
He Is a threateningly popular man, Judge
Gilmer is. all over North Carolina.
There is one powerful and proper force
at work for the Exposition Of which you
have not spoken. II may be pardoncd,
l beg leave to say that Mrs. Secretary
| Fries Ito use the language OF Washington)
informs ms me o. tha, IS, she is going to & talk a and nd
with Mr.. Fries on his trips to different
parts of the State ?'' ''Just as often AS
| can. you may be sure"-an additional and
attractive reason why the people will wei
| come Secretary Fries wherever he goes.
All round the little circle OF our life this
| Exposition touches us.
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| State man several weeks ago who pleas
! antly made me nominate Governor Jarvis
! for the Vice-Presidency and now, 10
the Charleston Neps and Courier comes
with an editorial extension OF my little
boom, putting the glory OF it all On an un-
known small journal printed beyond the
! mountains. So il the Governor becomes
Vice-President and should ask for for
| eign mission because first gave publicity
| to the happy suggestion, in will pop your
little mountaneaf and wish to 90 to the
Court of st. James's! Republics are un-
grateful.
the champion butter milk-drinker Of the
continent is. He is an affable fellow Of
large form, large heart, large humOr and
| small voice. He once went to hota. In
the Pee Dee section. the hostess OF which
is Mrs. Blank. When our buttermilk re-
pOsitory entered the dining-roOm Mrs.
Blank met him and was all smiles and
bows. She took especial pains to seat him
within reach of the earthen pitcher which
held gallon OF his nectar. He apprecia-
ted the compliment and drank it all. after
a prOdigiOus and painful effort. AS he
left the room the thought occurred to him
that he ought i'm some way to express ap-
probation of such kindness; so he stopped
| at the door and turned and smiled at Mrs
Blank; ''but Mrs. Blank" he says In his
small soft voice, ''did not smile at all, con.
found her."
And so General Grant has not smoked a
cigar since December 20; and this reminds
me of two things, to wit: that he was the
most vigorous smoker we have ever pro-
duced, and that his sudden cessation after
SO many years illustrates most admirably
his peculiar greatness. l once had the
pleasure to attend dinner at which he
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four cigars while l smoked one. lie
puffed, puffed, pulled straight forward In
the most business-like way imaginable.
He smoked with his whole strength. TO
stop after lifetime of such excessive In
dulgence-well, it is not easy. That tries
the most of us worse than the loss of for
tune, be it said to our shame. But when
General Grant makes up his mind to do q
thing he always does it. For ull-dog te-
nacty doubt whether he has had q supe-
rior these latter days; and that is the man
in nutshell.
was on the cars the other day with
J Rev. X. .. Burton. now one OF the Oldest
members of the North Carolina Confer
ence. His presence reminded me OF a
noteworthy fact that have often thought
of-how very spiritually vigorous that
passing generation Of itinerant preachers
have always been and are, and how doubt
full it Ia whether their successors are their
equals. do not mean to say anything dis
paraging about the younger preachers
Many OF them are more cultivated and
: more pleasing preachers than almost any
of the older heroes, but somehow they
don't seem to have acquired the conquer.
: ing force ef conviction. There is a down
: right old-fashiOned converting power In
t one of these fathers-so they impress one
8 at least-that seems rarer in the world
than it used to be. Children and sinner
are not afraid of the younger as they are
and always have been OF the older.
On the train that came into Greensboro
: the other day was a meek little lady alon'