The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-06-20

remark the wide berth that Governor
Foraker gives the Old Roman. The
declaration is freely made that, if the
two should meet on the stump IN this
campaign, and it is not unlikely that
they will, House-a-fre Foraker will have
convincing evidence that he is q plgmy
beside the logical and determined old
warrior. The Judge thinks Mr.. Blame
one of the brainiest men of the century,
but he cannot understand the wide
spread popularity of the Plumed Knight.
He spoke in high terms Of the Maine
statesman, but up to date has not been
able to fanthom the Juror with which
Mr.. Blaine's name is greeted.
The Judges old law Office IS one OF
the interesting spots in the town. A
weather-eaten metal sign, reading GO.
G. Thurman, marks the entrance. 1t
is one-story cottage, 20 by 30, and was
huilt for the Judge in 1851. Up to three
years ago he lived in a frame house adj
Joining, but business buildings have
crowded him into modest stone house
mile out. The Judge speaks with re-
gret of the change. The old home and
the old Office are treasures to him. His
Office is now on one of the floors of his
old house, and his old Office is tempora-
rily occupied by an old friend. 1t is
shelyed all around with law books, and
old-fashioned powder horns are hung in
the inches. The Judge says the Presi-
dent couldn't interest him in fishing
tackle, but if he wants to talk about
deer stalking and game hunting gener-
ally, Allen G. Thurman is the man
to come to. The Judge told of his
early successes as a hunter in Ohio,
when the houses were few and far
between. A noble picture of Sunset
Cox hangs over the Judges old desk.
French and Spanish books are plenty.
The former recall the sturday old Demo
Gratis fondness for French literatue, and
his service as 8 member Of the commits
sion on bimetalism. He reads French
like Partisan, and one of his recreations
is French hovel. The Spanish books
tell of the time when he first entered the
Senate and was made member OF the
committee on Mexican claims. At recess
he returned to his home and said he had
been put on one of the "measliest" COM
mittees in the Senate. How was he to be
of value on the committee when his
knowledge of Spanish was as meagre as
his acquaintance with Choctaw? That
was the question which confronted him.
He was Sc years old at the time. He
solved the problem by buckGng in and
learning the language, and to-day he
can roll off Spanish with the ease and
grace of nut-brown nobleman of the
Infant AIfonso's kingdom.
House-a-fre Foraker having pitched
into the Thurmans for providing delica-
cies for Confederate prisoners at Camp
Chase, few miles out of Columbus,
during the war, an old friend of the fam
ily remarked to-day the charity extended
was simply an infnitesimsi drop in the
gentle dew Of Mrs Thurman's goodness.
As Blue Grass beauty, she left many
old friends behind in Kentucky when
she came to Judge Thurman's home.
Many of the prisoners were sons of her
old neighbors, and some had been her
schoolmates. For auld lang syne's sake
she remembered them in their trouble.
Her charity extended to stranger Con
federates, also, and to the regiments Of
Union soldiers quartered outside the
camp. She was Union woman with
motherly heart for all. Many recall the
time when the Republicans of the State
were called sUnion shders," because
their pet remark was: ''Let the Union
slide" At that time the Democrats were
jeeringly referred to as 'sUnion savers,
from the fact that it was their one cry
to keep the Union intact. Judge Thur
man came under the ban as Union
saver.
The Judge is fond of athletic sports
and good sparring bouts. He remem-
bers Heenan and the stir he created in
Columbus. The Judge saw the big man
knock out the local notables, aud,
although the rufied and frilled ones Of
Larry" Godkin's association may hold
up their hands and shift their eyes until
they look as if they are cut on the bias
in mawkish sentiment, the Judge thinks
he had pretty good time that night.