Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-04
The Peculiarities of Senators.

Many of these Senators have peculiar habits
of amusing themselves while they sit in the
chamber. Senator HOar is always swinging a
bunch of KEYS, and he seems to be uneasy
when he does not have them in his hands. In
gals has two pairs of gla ses for his eyes
One Is pair of spectaCles which judge are
for near -sightedness, and the other Is a pair
Of go d eyeglasses which he uses to read by 9.
ingalls, Is very fond of playing with these eye
glasses. He holds them up by the black
string with which they are fastened. and
twirls them around between his thumb and
finger, holding his elbow on the arm OF the
seat while he looks about the Senate. Sena-
tor Mitchell is a great letter writer, and his
desk Is always covered with papers, He
scribbles away all day, and he seems
never to have an idle moment. VIII
liam NJ. Evarts is a piece of dried
up perpetual motion. He never sits
still, and hobs from one seat to another, carry
ing laughter with him, and bringing a broad
grin across the Jaws of every Senator he
meets, by his good stories. Malone Is another
man who moves about the Senate good deal.
His walk is a sort OF strut, and the atmOs
phere about him seems permeated with the
word game" He has a way of throwing
back his head and waving his long beard with
defiant AR. He Of en- pulls this beard, grasp
ing whOie handful at the chin, and twisting
the hair slowly as he goes downward the full
foot of its length. He affects some eccentrci-
ties of dress. he is noted for wearing clothes
of the finest quality, and he occasionally has
ruflies on his tine linen sh rts. He wears his
vest unbuttOned very often. and his coat is cut
in the shane of a bell, with skirts full enough
for hips twice his size.
As | sit here now 1t is curious to watch the
actions of some of these Senators. Cullom,
OF Illinois. is playing with string, and
Dolph, Of Oregon, Is tapping his knees with
his spectac les Eli SALISBURY, as tall as Jacks
bean stalk, is walEing about he chamber with
his hands in his pockets, and Senator George.
of Mississippi, has one Of the ends OF his gold
spectacle frame in his right ear. and he is
using this as an ear pick. Henry 3 Payne Is
pick ing his teeth with his knife. and as l look
in note that another Senator, who has been
performing the same operation upon his
molars. has taken the blade ont OF his teeth
and Is cleaning his finger nails with it.
Eyarts. when he laughs, looks very much
Ike the American eagle on "a broad grin. |
have noted that Senator HOar reads great
deal IN the Senate chamber. and that the
books often cover several different languages.
De Coon, De Possum an De Niger.
Fran the Ne1o Orleans Ptcayune.
coon an possum wuz talkin'
In de ioods de udder dav,
An or niger, stan'in' hind tree,
Wuz lis'nen wat dcy say.
De coon he say. 81 seed err iiel
War con es CROWN fine,
An wen de roas'en years gifts ripe
on dem we's gwine ter dine "
"Dqr's a hol' in de fence dat we kin crawl fru
Vile de tanners doun To has barn,
An once IN de fel' we kin MI ourse'fs up
On dat fahmer's good plantin uf com"
~ seed er gardin patch ter day."
De possum toll de coon.
"Whar we kin go an stun ourse'fs
Dis berry afternoon"
"De folks dey eats derc dinner late,
An ne kin slip up siy
An clean dem ont dere garden patch
Befo' dey knows we's nigh"
DE Niger n n de tree nc said
II like some pOssum stew:
coon stuffed We an den bake broun
ralish nightly too ~
So he TUX his gun an drapt a shot
Az de coon an. de p0ssum's head
Dey Civ one equeal an said no more
Kase boz M 'em wuz dead.
b. b. GARRISON.
RdyRe, 50. LfndrV Parish. Nay, 1850.