The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-09-27
Pa"E CESr~.
THE TRAVELLER.
THE PEOPLE HE AEGT~ AND THE
GOSSIP HI HEARS.

luL ihA ELLEk.
THE PEOPLE HE MEETS AND TIL
GOSSIP HI HEARS.
kumoT>s Iarts. Taneir<. Speculation
and Small Taik ibsnt all Nasf. :,
>nhicets Picked mp all otvr tn. state
The people ~ every county haze few
good iuen who ars faXs,ri,e< with every.
tsody not mere pets Of Tsppularty. bu,
/ god strong men whom il Il a pleasure
and sort Of duty to honor. MAJ. ". A.
/ aarSien, og Grcenc i such nasAr. wha,n
tho Democrats have nominated FOR the
legislature.
Nanceboro j. reputable and excell.ns
town IA Eastern Carolina, and It's good
name. as we'll as its good character. has
hitherto given II good repute but now IL
turns oui that they have Greenhackers al
Naucctoro and M only thls. bat that
they have organized a Butter Club. Tho
marvellous variety Of our products
!ha; i an .E.icnssting offer made hy an
Ohio ladAi,s this afternoons Gnso~IciD--
10 give directions for making a silver and
gold plating machine in exchange for an
addiiionsto her cabincf ~ curioSitirs.
About plating -TaE CHRONICLE knows
nothing but abou; cnriositiaS~ the land
i fun OF them
There j. joke on President Primrose
that j. too good Ia keep. 4 suspicious
gentleman iu one of the hack counties
looked ii the picture Of the Exposition
building and saw that the railroad ran in
70 it. There. said he don't YOU soc
that gamcf That railroad runs right
smack into the house. That Yankee Prim-
rose viii get all our things in there. load
EN- ia the night on the cars. hitch an en-
gine 10 it and run away with the whole
thing 10 lankecland
llarper's Weekly for this week has
capital cartoon OF Blaine standing nj
" Fort Doodle. gun IL hand behind
breastwork of money bag illustrating
senator Edmunds's assertion. When
ever Thurman and have Joined hands
against Jay Gould and fellows Of that
sort in the senate, James q. Blaine has
invariably started up from behind Goulds
breastwork. musket IN hand.
The Lincoluton Press tells Of the finding
of quart flask buried near its town, the
cork of which had dccaycd. and the con
tents OF which was coffee, The Prcss--so
il was found along he line Of Cornwalliss
march, il may have been dropped by
British soldier during the revolution
Why man, no quart-ilask In all this good
common wealth ever yet lay idle so long
a time n that-not by 10, 600 majority.
The Virginia Tobacco-ieaf sings a song
in this metre
The brightest Gem III the worlds opinsyn
l. the gold leaf Of the old Dominion,
The Young tk. old, the dude the sensible,
Pronounce it al once quite Indispensable. F"
Which needs a chorus like this
We all know this little game
For forty years you've stole this fame.
We grew the leaf YOU gave the name.
And got the credit Just the same.
And now Your gloryis turned 10 shame,
For the brightest gem IN the worlds opinion
l. the yellow product Carolinian
Carried to the old Dominion,
And sold with labels Annaniniau
Here i where yon missed il You didn't
drive the plane IN your youth. nor learn to
use the saw II YOU had. you could get
rich now almost anywhere in North Caro-
lima. That energetic little Englishmau
who has built modern Oxford-h name Ii
Field-has the audacity 10 advertise in
Raleigh for a dozen carpenters or two,
when Raleigh needs hundred. Besides.
if Raleigh didn't really need them, any
fellow who can drive nail il an IDIOT To
90 away now: for some who can't drive
nail value their services in the present rush
Of worl. al prices that make our very mil
lionaires vince. If this thing continues,
Yankecdoodle can't see North Carolina for
the houses.
Yes therc]l bo animals. too; it is n me
nagcrie a well as a circus So you may
k1If -I,i la lao. srit.
ton box tomorrow TO carry the children.
And what'l YOU bet John Henry don't
coax YOU into the tent where the girl will
turn and fly and leap. and the clown have
a high time Of it
You have been reading, the last day or
two about the meeting and dining Of the
three Emperors-of Russia. Prussia and
Austra--a pretty piece Of ndGsense: but the
latest news il the best When they parted
they gave one another leweicd snuff
boxes and other effete evidences Of esteem,
and the Emperor of Austria kissed the
Gar and kissed the hand Of the Czarina
What despicabIe taste the Emperor Of Aus
tria has
There is one youngster at Chapel Hill
who is born journalist. He is Fresh.
and the sorrows of Fresh are his. He
had expected hlacking for week, when
the delegation Of Sophs came around to
collect % cents 70 buy watermelons.
The Fresh money thus collected went TO
pay for 100 melons, the rinds Of which
the Fresh We're TO receive in battle. This
| particular youngste- gave his quarter and
| decided to spend Saturday in the woods
and in the woods he wrote letter oi
/ good humor and extraordinary calmness
! TO the Clayton Bud about Gods handi
work around Chapel Hill. This is equa
/ to the feat Of the elder Bennett who
| bleeding from his wounds, wrote sensa
tional description Of fight in which hs
was licked.
BY the way, the electric light is tn,
softest light ever desvied. We are accus
toned 10 make judgment Of it too mucl
from its outdoor use in lighting streets
The light on the capital dome at Washing
, ton, for instance, by the help of the grca