The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-02-16

The People he Meets ON the Road and
the Gossip he Hears.

THE TRAVELLER.
The People he Met. on the Read and
the Gossip he Hears.
DID you evrr observe that as soon az tho
cars run little into night the first men
who coil up for torturing nap ar--pre ach-
ersy Nature finds compensation In all
things, and the railroad thus gets even
with the pew.
\ man who isn't tobacco man asked =
company OF Us the other evening how if Il
that there arc half dozen men or more
in Durham who are worth quarter of =
million when all Durham county Is worth
only four millions.
met a curiosity this week In the share
OF a man with two eyes and head which
looked normal who firmly believes that
this United States Government VIII yet
pay the ex-slsve-owners for the loss OF that
peculiar property.
There Is darkey at 1.-THE only second
class hotel In America" who about the
smart hour OF can outsnore fog horn.
II you are at all "up" In such matters. by
the way. you have observed that Negro
can outsnore "A white man any night.
Gracious-what Is fame? and wha, was
haven't heard any body on the ears In North
Carolina even mention Wendell Phillips,
though all the rest OF the world l. talking
about him. Half the people In North Car
olna had entirely forgotten who he was
Maybe they didn't ever know.
Judge w A. Moore, of E.lsnton, tried
to give me plausible and good kepubli
can reason the other day why the fishing
season always begins at Easter; but he
could do no better than TO hit on the old
theory that the fishes, wise i'm their gener-
ation always wait In deep water till Lent
is spent. It's fact that whether Easter
comes early or late, tho fishes keep the
date.
have been beset by babies on the train
recently. There WAS charming lady
with four pretty little ones on the cars last
week, and she did one OF the ncatcst things
you ever heard Of. One little shaver fell
down in the aisle near good natured but
Just then half ,exed lazy fellow who in
the most deliberate way imaginable slowly
lifted up the baby As IL he were afraid To
touch 1t. The mother rushed 10 the scene
OF the squall and as she rescued her child
the fellow dryly hoped the little girl scsn't
hurt. "Oh, no, sir ~ was the MY >.rnal
answer. "Shc can't suffer much when she
receives such sympathy ~
Sometimes 1t is whispered that there are
rings in Raleigh. 1t must be that heard
Of one the other day-to run Mr.. j. j.
Litchford for Lieutenant Governor. ask
ed Mr.. Litchford about IL. "Well, what's
the use," he said, ''of being Secretary OF
the Executive Democratic Committee p
But suspect the reason he fances he's =
politician is because he gets so much gra-
tuitous ''cussin'" for the Raleigh Gas
i'm, ofyir livyx. nyfs my
that deluge OF abuse is an argument in
favor Of his aboundng popularity. Anoth-
er reason, maybe, is because thirty years
ago or more he used to be taken for Mr..
Holden.
There was young gentleman at Green's
borO who attracted attention last week by
, denouncing Governor Jarvis. A preacher
in the company modestly begged leave to
say that he thought the Governor a very
good governor. DO you believe that?'
| the young fellow asked Yes, sir" "And
| you are a clergyman 20 Yes" I've
got no more faith in you then ~ SO the
| Governor has at least way OF bcgetting
pretty decided opinions about himself,
whether l succeed in making him Vice
President OR not. By the way, am told
that the Boston Post, and Boston only
| knows how many other papers have taken
! up my boom and discussed it. The Pesl
| thinks the Governor wouldn't do because
| he is a-Southern man, IS il that were q
| crime.
| Mr.. George II. Hall, who now gives the
good old town Of Rockingham the pleasure
| OF his residence, / came near saying Is the
wag, but will say the wit, OF the whole
| Pee Dee section. Tall and handsome and
bachelor and therefore, OF course. not
more than 80, he has compressed az much
| jocularity into the years of his life as could
we'll be condensed into a brief score and q
| half But for his keen humor am sure he
would have been a lawyer; but law in
| Cumberland (where he had the honor tC
| be born) has OF recent years been too much
| mere memory OF greater things, toe
| much hope-fed and too lean thing fo
his embracing. The idea Of waiting be
hind shingle till other fellows get into q
difficulty-this method OF making living
| l am sure, seemed too ludicrous to him fol
serious consideration. So he preferred Il
make the shingle and became a lumber
man. Besides, the law requires patienc.
that tries such spirit and requires a sorl
Of martyrdom of his quick wits TO Ions
waiting. But / do not really know wheth
| er he ever thought Of the law or not, ex
cept as a Justice OF the Peace position
| that he cherishes as no other man among
us has cherished since Nathaniel MacoI
died. It is impossible to conceive OF di
vOrce after you have once seen him per
form the marriage ceremony, and he makes
the appointment of road oversecrs a mat
ter Of imposing dignity.
The Riches of the Gospel.