Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-28
ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN

ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN
Who Played Prominent Parts in Geor-
Ei@ Many Years Ago 49, Nothing so
Pretty rs Yourself.
Judge Nathan &. Sayre was at one time
Judge OF the Northern Circuit. His home
was sparta, Ga, where he lived in ease
! ana elegance, leading a bachelors life.
IL was not his fault that he was bache-
Tor, for he was engaged three times, and
strange to say, the ladies backed out, one
while on the floor, if all reports be true,
the lady Directing to his small size, he
not being over five feet four inches. After
that he concluded that bachelorship was
his fate, and so it was.
In summer he went North or to Europe,
being a man of means. When on his
European tour he visited the tunnelunder
the river Thames. In the tunnel are
number Of little shops to sell curiosities
and mementoes of the place. The Judge
was great admirer OF beauty in every
thing, but especially in woman. In
passing little shop he was struck with
the pretty face Of a shOpkeeper, and
stopped TO look at her, but seemingly TO
look at her goods, but asking for nothing,
she said to him; what can | show you
that is pretty, STRIP
The Judge, with pleasant smile, said:
II don't think you can show me anything
prettier than yourself"
She blushed at the compliment and
SAID; II do not think you are a French
man, and know you are not an English
man; you must be an American"
why do you say SOP" asked the Judge.
"YOu do not look like Frenchman,"
! said the shOpkeeper. sand an Englishmau
would not have paid ne sach a eompll-
ment; thus take you TO be an American"
"True," said the Judge. 81 am an
American and a SOutherner." She was
none the wiser for his locality, but
| thanked him for the compliment. The
| Judge bought penknife.
THEIR JURIEs.
Maj, Joel Crawford was also in Eng
land at the time, and, being a lawyer,
visited the English courts. Upon his re-
turn home, passing through Milledgeville,
he visited the Recorder office, and in talk
ing with the editors, gave his opinions of
the people and countries he had visited.
Said he: "While in London thought
would visit the courts and take a look at
the Judges and iuries. was struck with
both. In the jury box saw men of intel
| llgence-men who looked intelligent--Rnd
before whom it would be a pleasure to
argue case. They did not look like any
OF your d-n rag-tag-and-b0b-tail fellows,
such as we have ON our petit juries and in
criminal cases. There a man could look
for sensible verdict
WILL DO NOTHING OF THE KIND.
When the Southwestern Railroad was
completed to Oglethorpe every one
| thought, of course, that It would go to
some point on the Chattahoochee rlver.
The people Of Southwest Georgia intended
to have railroad facilities, for they had the
wealth. Committees or delegates from
Americas, Albany, Cuthbert, Fort Gaines,
Blakely and other points met in Macon on
a certain day to meet Mfr. r. X. CuyleT,
President of the Central Railroad, at the
Lanier House.
All men feel their importance when they
know that their word is power or fate.
Perhaps Mr.. Cuyler was no exception TO
the rule. The committees waited upon
| Mr.. Cuyler, each making a bid for the
road to 20 to their town or county.
Maj. Joel Crawford, representing the
interests of Early county. told Mr.. Cuyler
| what his county would dOif the road We're
| built 10 Blakely. Mr.. Cuyler, in his pecu-
| liar way, said he would expect so-and-sO;
that he would demand so-and-so if the
rOau went IN JnaL UlfeCLlOn-iOE MS IAN
guRge partook of demand.
Maj. Crawford listened patiently to all
Mr.. Cuyler had to say, and when he had
finished. Maj. Crawford said
''Mr Cuyler, do you take the people of
Southwest Georgia TO be a set of d-n
fools? We will do no such thing"
That ended the conversation. II has
been within few years past that Early
county has had a railroad, but that is at
tributable to the late war;
WHAT is LUCK? CHANCE.
DR.. VIM. Terrell, for whom Terrell
county is named, was prominent man
in his day, as a State legislator and
also as a member Of Congress. He was a
man Of fine practical common sense, be-
sides being well-read man. On one Oc-
casiOn your writer, in talking with him,
spoke of "luck."
Said he: young man, is there any such
thing as 'luck?"
81 presume there is, doctor, for it is a
very common expression"
"YOu are right said the doctor, but
not one man out Of a thousand knows
what luck is. / will explain to you the
difference between luck and chance, for
there is a great difference. Suppose buy
a lot Of land with the intention Of making
plantation oft. | 60 to work, and in
digging for well | come upon gold
vein, and soon find have gold mine on
my lot. That is ''luck," for l did not buy
the land expecting TO work a gold mine.
bestowed no thought in the matter, and
hence it was my ''gOod luck"
"Again, / take a chance IN a lottery
ticket and draw the capital prize. There |
is no luck there, for know some one /
might draw the prize number, and took !
my chance and won. There was thought |
In the matter, and ! was not taken by
surprise. My gold mine was a surprise. !
again, buy land thinking IN time, as
population increases, the land will be |
valuable. Population does increase, aud |
/ sell at q large profit; that is judgment |
and calculation. But a railroad is run |
through my land, a town is built upon
one Of my lots, and sell town lots and |
not acres. That is luck, for did not buy |
with any such Intentions or expectations.
The industrious man is never lucky. he IS /
only successful. II should will $4,000 |
10 a drunken loater in Sparta, and he |
should get II, that would be his |
luck, for he had no right TO expect IL.
Do you see the point, young manp
SOMETHING OF A MISTAKE.