The Washington critic., 1886-09-02

| card him orate. But Bob Taylor
could play the fiddle. He was asked
by an Italian musician upon one occa.
sion If he could play the "wloleen.'
"Wioleen ~ he calculated, 81 never
heard of the thing But I'm h on
the fiddle" lie could play the fiddle
with his left hand as well as with his
right His friends said Of him, one to
the other "Bob Taylor can draw
more music out of o fiddle than all the
balance of the world, including Gen.
eral Jackson and the army" After
his nomination, Bob TAYLOR was not
inactive. lie proceeded at once
TO enter upon n vigorous campaign
against his Republican opponent
man named Pettibone. He bought a
carpet bag of tremendous proportions
and as fiat as a pancake. What he put
into II nobody but himself ever knew;
but II was believed that there was more
of nothing than anything else hid away
in ies capacious interior. lie went
among the free and easy mountainccrs
of his district and held sweet COM
muDion with them. He would begin
by playing tune with his right hand
and follow II with one played with his
left hand. Then he would abuse Petit
bone. Another tune followed, sue
coeded by little diversion of a politi.
cal nature. He advocated free liquor
aud plenty OF It.. He shook hands
effuslvely with the mountaineers. com
plimented the women until their bushes
caused their checks TO glow with even
roster hues than those produced by
mountain broezes, and Kissed every
baby that he could find, provided IL
was without color--that is provided it
was white. All the world knows the
result. Bob Taylor was elected to Con
gress.
a#s
Says Towlc of the Boston 1rarc'icH
Senator kcnna of West Virginia and
ex-Congressman Phil Thompson of
Kentucky, who are here running the
Democratic Congressional Committee,
are always seen on the street together.
They are the wnrmost of personal
friends, but Thompson hash succeeded
in curbing the Senator's hobby quite
yet. The Senator is an ardent enthusiast
upon the subject of photography. lie
has photographs of everybody he can
get TO stand up in front Of his camera,
and has done some really fine work He
has large collection of pictures Of the
picturesque scenery of West Virginia,
which attest his skill. Kenua IS a
great sportsman. He is handy with
the rod, first class shot, and loves to
go into the woods for days at a time,
but he would as soon think of leaving
his hat behind as he would to start out
upon one OF these expeditions without
his camera. The Senator is not much
of hand to give away campaign Sc.
crets, but he will talk photography
with any one, and, what is more, he
will convince his hearers that he has
mastered the art.
~
Mr.. Mccarthy, Washington CORE.
spondent of the Hartford Times says:
Bay Ridge, pleasant seaside resort,
near Annapolis. has one of the rarest
curiosities in the way of a snake. 1t Is
perfectly white, and said to be the only
perfectly white snake that has ever been
seen. The owner of the snake wants
to sell it to the National Museum, but
he charges such an eXtravagantly
high price for it that it is likely
that the sale will fall through The
chief of the snake division of the Ma.
tional Museum recently was sent to Bay
Ridge to fix price for the snake. He
reported that $500 would be good
price for it, and he recommended that
that sum be paid The snake Is owned
| by a Presbyterian minister who lives
near Easton, Md. When the minister
was asked his price he said he would
not consent to dispose of his snake for
less than $50 600. OF course this put
an end to the negotiations in regard To
the sale OF the snake. The snake Is on
free exhibition at Bay Ridge"