New-York tribune., 1886-05-16
OUT OF THE COMMON RUN.
ODD BITS OF TALK AND ANECDOTES COL
LECTED HERE AND THERE.


humorous side story toli yesterday by Colonel
H. woOdard OF San Francisco. 1t was an occurrencss
his last trip from New York to tho Paohc Coast In Do
oembeP 1888. In tho two ladies nom Boston
old maids OF tho New England schoo-that IS, charm
Ing educated ana refined women Tney .were going oU
IN tho Coast 10 teach school get married. and prob
ablv had not occurred them which they would prefef
Among ther baggage was Ittle pot with Gala lilyu
fui bloom The plant was not above eight or ten nchse
I'm height They cared for the flower 40 tenhery asfn
were frat born baby. II WAS bitter cold In tho Eae
and there was snow tho ground Tho Gala made
r,ybt amt I'm the car and they were proud or IT, Tns
,an .ncd along day day until one night Shen they
retired they we're told that the next morning wo1 oDs
therp into the beautiful San joaquin valley when
ornine broke the train seemed to have been trans
no,,ca into a new country. Tho air was warm an(
bnmy The face Of nature was entirely change'. rhe
beaKness OF winter had given place 10 the warmth ana
bloom OF spring Tho Boston ma'dehs were "'"Rs
early They did not tire OF the seenc Dut tney
sonebing that called them together I'D huftea con-
sultaon They oh served few miles grea' CROWNS
Of tall white flowers. They were strangely ike cai"s
r,v hcv ,cere three and feet tall and TIA" flowers
were smuly enormous They whispered more than once
over this spectacle and II was hhaiy uuioiS'o' '~'
they recoe the flowers as caiias I"en 'oy oesa
70 look furtively at their little plant IN pot was
oracapt enough beside these queens OF the western
,. cud1onIv one OF the women raised the window
.hue the other with quick movement seized tho pos
and quietly dropped It ont OF tho wihdow. "' '
done in an instant and no one but Colonel "oouaru "
4, and he had too much feeling for them to say shyt"S
about It,
There ,s tale told brokers' In New-fork OF nov
ccrtain officials In Washington decided 10 go "oo sA"
or,pu and came out OF their adventure badly shorn
bearn II from Mr. Ballou, who said: Inc statcspen" "
| w. .,i,g,on who went into a scheme to bear Pacno
Railroad stock sick enough. They mao IL a.,
that there should he series or attacks ny pn'' e'
,,oos and newspaper articles, which 1t was expecea
| Tnq paNys 4
| ,no,oo. want along all right. four OF nve column
| ,,ic,e on the Pacific roads appeared In some of
| the New York papers. The bills aud reSo'u'io"' "
sprnng and duly advertised. But for some reason al
these things failed 10 have any elect on tue naAe'
| Y p stock ON which they went short heavily at 40
| 49, .. so Now they are all squealing and kicking. II
&, Good iole on the wasAngtonians who were IN the
| project"
,hn1 from, an old New -Englander. who was broughs
| nm with Daniel Webster and enjoyed MS irienusnPa
story about tho great statesmaps hrs ascent Vi o"
| Washington It In the days wheh t"o 'riP up NV
maintain meant tiresOmc tramp WITHOUT tnc ass''"
NJ railroads and other modern Improvement" ""ch '"'
marty had returned their sta ting point soIc vi"
aseed Mr. Web,ter how he hal en Dyed. the Trip iis
reuly WAS Il woudn, have missed 1t Tor SooOo' o"'
wouldn't make the ascent again Tor @oo'ooo' A"o ~
man remarked to me about rre,dcIt nn Prident;
that we ha 70 had within my knowleds9 were aaV ~
tue RESPECT that Az yIey rt St chance TO De placed They
were Mr.. Pierce and General Artn'r in. % . im
re,rinded me of Mr.. Pierce whenoVer nave net a nm,
Tney wers alike other respects put cDeny "a . ae
nuoity OF their personal greeting TO otDer men anu c
personal relations with their ieIo"'iDe"'
have often quoted the sharp sayings OF ex-Coec'or
po1rov " Daniels OF Buffalo He Is as quick al rep
,,oe rs he is caustic IN his expressions about puoio
, affairs youug newspaper wrCer OF MS acqu'ni"o:
whose work has been among the leading po'c''hs Vi
th country showed Mr.. Daniels the other dav ieoes M
rom the elitor OF Western paper askna h,lD .o
sye, Of letters the criminal Glasses 81 tie county
r You are just tae man 70 uo ,, s,a' "a "o'"' ''N
You know all tie biz Criminals
rhs,rd Yesterday in a group at the Windsor Hotel
.,orv OF erlshofer the dead bear iealef OF wal.
street He had been ont to dinner party "itn 'r'"t
who had looked on the wine until MS own race wa" ~
or a, least flushed They hal started for nome on ioo'
~ s,ord NOT IN the best condition for walking As they
,el along the cornwall mao insisted on talking apous
e balance OF trade with foreign countries an rs onecs
on .o tr against Us stocks VIII do Sn" Never
mind abOIt the Dait itnce sl ado, saa az. -. nora
but please try and keep your own oa'ance 40 "''''
? | important thing.
1no manuer in which Clark O'Brien. the a1ueducs
contractors avoided strike last month mas NUMEROUS
e aide TO IT, 1t was told by MI. OBren Ihe him re'
n ceved information early in Api that strike was con-
t.npated by day laborers They coud not ahotd
| Ia ,ha waees that was certain How TO avoid the
~ camille, was the problem. OBrien solved by starting
- out five with instructions to hiIe l'ooo new ei 10
to repace the hands, but tc be put Oh as an az
re dtonol force He argued that the old meu would "
10 1 ~ ieIav theil strike st least until they could or
o ,,nila the new into their raiks Ihoh ne tooh tn
Isc.ution ID distributing the new men 70 NIX then VI
10 maoualites II old gang was largely compose
ii of Trisnmen. he put Ger mans Win lIel aiu ,
III II they were Italians, he sprnkled III lIis ana & IV
tn eolored meu Every large gang OF men oeca ne tn
mixed IN composition. with the result tnt tnsy new
in afterwarl could come any agreement; Mhat on
as nationality wanted another did not want Inc tuicA ue
~, cisi N of the irish the slow minded oerui 's
y nv he time the Germans had dec led to agree TO VIVA
e. tIo irisn wanted those Eercurit people had decide
III upon sSmes ,ns and swaiss added t. the
he there has strike and is not likely to TO any,
ce oneral Ben Buffers presence in the city has revive
the sory that he counsel in the background Ill III
ig aehne case 1t has also started the relation Vi s'oe
Ell NJ his sharp practice and shrewd course IN Naro
hc cunts y r. Loring told yesterday oI a case 4
N cb.rlestovu where will being contested. VII
be senator Hoar defending and General Butler Trying
Jet nreak IT, TLe Witnesses had nearly all oeeh eAae'
when the family doctor put on the stand venei
le l man He was asked few questions and Sstalne
lie tne theories defence Butler took MN ID na ~
nd bn hnally DuIst oIt WITH General You ought to
to ashamed TO try and break this will IT. All rSht. ~
lgs Was not what Butler wanted by long odds and he quck
as ti: ina. viii do doctor, that Will no. ana eAeHse
he him Everybody III tho courtroom was ~ m
iaI the General would get around me aocI9r & , ~
Ia n was the one big stumbling block Ihey lounu o.
when the enSra me1 b is ce SeIs to the Ger
ch temen OF the jury" lie sald you ko" now ~ 70
m x"rr him about the disposition OF his property al
III harry bun aud fret him until he Is Nips 10 'as az
70 tn, for n little peace. These are the real nhehie
or Bn they cannot make showing oi strength III t
nefroIs position unless they can oe supper eu py son
emnently respectable authority fhe more emihenO
MS rs,ueea6e II il the better Now have known tne io
ian r rs fnr forty years That's all right isn't IT, do"o
the AMI nave respected him all tuat time, as DO now,
ed is honest conscienu uous generous TO the ot 1 oe
ard inc every t.,iy hOnest AS hnscli wa
nov 1 respec able precedent But ger tlrneh oI
ess Jury II was so."- - Ill ths doctor woul be the nr
ing man would lick He ia the KIND o man you q
ald always fool because ho is 50 Innocent I"o "eh'f
eat wnn h,s case
# | -. ,,,,,or y, vorpon. was chatt
by Co onel EeoFRo "" iioo'' " .,. r,,.non % mn,
hat with me about the fuphy tnlns' 'H'' "'Pi ~ r. &f
the men, wien he told NE OF rel y he once lhue ~ ~ V
To u,, 7. in an election contest, which hai the l'Vo'
cts huuor He was for the Legislature on 'he
ack "u'"o' ,,, ON the last d,y before election
ne. " roorback Was s'arlo' o' '' ~ -, -. \,