The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-06-14


THE PEOPLE He nEgTs AND rmE
GOSSIP HE mkA1S.
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asa snail Task AAess AL 0osss oG
Sshtccss Ftckea ~ all Over sAe 0enee.
The season Of the summer cxcuruion hna
come and the darkey can no longer b. d.
pended on
BY the way. have not yet heard any
one express fear of bloodshcd up wcsf,
the whole week long.
And the campaign hae opened: clse why
are your brethren In the West calling one
another naughty names and showing .
disposition To fghtf
This is really the first week our summer
resorts have had good chance, and the
flow of people To them has begun. Where
are you going for tho Summcrf
One thing fool. though no tc blind,
could see in North Carolina to-day: and
that is that Tildcn is the choice Of the
North Carolina Democrats
The fellow that can stand and without
fIinching eat an unpcalsd peach II fit for
treason. strA:egem and sIsoils. | saw n
pair OF jaws under = stove pipe hat do
that very thing al Durhm.
There arc some remarkably fine looking
girls see going home from the female
| schools. II Is Fortunate no doubt; else
| what would our next generation Of ora
A Republican friend Of mine in a low
| voice when heard Of Blaine's nomination
predicted that York will not accopt the
coalition nomination. BY the way the
whole crowd ia slow sending in their lot
letters Of acceptance.
The main front building Of the tobacco
works Of Messrs. W. Duke Sons h Co.. nj
Durham has becn moved back to leave the
space clear to build their magnificent
brick building; and, while Il waA moving,
the operatives did not stop work at all.
The fact that few Of the Rcpubli-
can candidates for State Offices have
done the formal propriety Of accepting
their nominations Is beginning TO bc talk
ed about good deal and, since Mr..
Duke has declined to run for treasurer,
what will they do for candidate
At last the man has appeared who will
strike responsive chord In North Carroll
mans. He is a gentleman who has writ
ten an article for the International Re-
ciesc wherein he deliberately takes the
ground that temperance 10 an evil and
the habit OF drinking hne old virtue.
Several of Nash's neighboring counties,
have been told, are slowly but pretty
stubbornly preparing TO dispute It's historic
claim to pre-eminence in brandy making.
The Wilson county people will demand
| that Wilson brandy is rs good as Nash and
has been for a hundred years. Every an
| gel wants his due.
There is classic and venerable phrase
-'twixt the devil and the deep sea-
which describes precisely tho geographical
position Of our North Carolina Repnbli-
can bosses. If Blaine should be elected,
| they have the former before them; II not,
| they will 90 as the scriptural swine went
over precipice into the sea.
met bright and saucy Republican
| follow this week who predicts that Tildcn
will be the next President. "Then," said
he, "the revenue service will become pop
ular and ex-members Of the Legislature
| will be collectors" He was going west
fighting brethren up there and get his re-
! ward.
| On almost every train I get on now /
see one or two of the Office bound Demo
cratic gentlemen who always bob up se-
renely just before the people dispense tho
aims of Office. 1t must be that we are on
the eve of a campaign. Some look seedy
and statesmanlike and others wear fine
clothes and demagoguery. Pity the sor-
| rows Of an Office-seeker!
Governor Swain was not thought beauti-
full in his day. Under his portrait which
hung back of the rostrum at the commence
ment exercises at the University sat two
prominent gentlemen who in their faces
preserves our old landmarks" and looked
as ugly as the great portrait above them.
The other dignitaries sat in the 'bull pen"
and debated the comparative beauty of
the living and Of the dead.
| The Commencement season has brought
two remarkable preachers into the State
DIR. Hawthorne, of Baltimore, who now.
however, will remove TO Atlanta, and Mr..
Stakely, of Charleston, 8. G.. And cler-
| gyman who has heard them both and been
fascinated by them both remarked that
by some i'll luck we have fewer great
preachers in North Carolina now than we
have had at any time for many q year.
We have many good ones, but eloquent
| or great ones are scarce.
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ENGLISH POINT OF VIEW.