The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-28
THE NEW NORTH.
A Patriotic southsrrer Delighted WIN
the Progress Made by that benisn'so

Region.
II has been a cherished dream Of mine for
shsefgi wears 10 make careful. dispas-
sionate study OF that section o. our country
known as the North, In order that the wor'u,
might know how the people OF that part Oh
the United States are laboring earnestly 10
redeem II from the wilderness. ! have long
felt that ought 20 extend the right hand OF
fellowship 20 my fellow-men, who. In
the face Of 80 many diihculties,
have gradually learned to be refined
and civilized. Many persons VIII be aston
ished nj the revelations ain about to make,
and doubtless my yeracity will be some
times ifiipugned. Therefore desire to state
for once and all that labor under. a physi-
cal disability for telling a lie, and IL had
been in George WashingtOn's place when
the cherry tree was cut down, |, too, would
have been handed down to immortality.
Hoping that this little explanation Will DE
satisfactory, am, rs the Hon. John L..
Sullivan would say, yours truly, Hierony-
mus Cranque.
Swapping on a couple Of pistols and care
fully depositing bowie knife in each sock,
left Memphis last Monday. A number OF
sorrowing friends accompanied me 10 the
depot and tried TO be brave Tor my sake,
though | could zee that they feared the
worst. But laughed at their fears, for no
matter how savage found the terrible an
KEGS. thought could defend myself II the
occasion should arise. Moreover, was sat
isfied that when they learned that | had no
Interior designs on them and that my inten-
tions were honorable they would not seek TO
modest him.
The first city north Of Mason and Dixon ;
line which | discovered was place called
Cincinnati. IL was named after noble
old Roman farmer, whose story Is so
familiar and dear 60 us all. Cincinnati is Il
considerable town, and the native are not
without rude civilization OF their own.
Ii is great place for sport, and almost any
bright Tuesday morning the fiery huntsman,
clad in long crimson apron, can be seen
pursuing the savage boar and the merry I'M
famed pig until they land in the hot water
natatorium. They have hunting down to
so fine point that when the hog enters the
slot. he comes out rs ham, spare-ribs and
brains.
found the natives of the place TO be very
fond Of music. beer and sweitZercase. but
wofully deficient in gratitude and know !
edge Of history. | called ON Murat Hal
stead. the well-knOwn savage chieftain, the
other day, and in the course of an interest
ing conversation, | said TO him: "Why
have YOU no statue TO Cincinnatus, the gen
tleman who loaned his name TO this burgF'
THE last party who knew the history Of
the deceased" said he. "died about twenty
years ago, and neglected To leave any ac-
count Of the life Of Cincinnatus, 80 the story
has been lost, and the people know nothing
about him. Most of them think Cincinnati
an Indian name, like Minnehaha, but am
reliably informed that il Is not so.'
II regretted 10 learn the other day said
/. "that the white people Of Ohio have been
Outrageously unjust TO the holy and I'M
maculate negro. | hear that they refuse To
allow him to 90 to the same school with the
white children. Believe me, sir. Ohio can
never be a truly civilized and refined state
until she takes the negro in her arms, SO to
speak, and puts him in the white man :
home. where he can waste his fragrance IN
the paror air.
Hem" said the great chieftan. q" !
don't see what you have got 10 do with our
negroes. II we choose 10 spark them or Kiss
them, its our business. These are matters
that you SOutherners must allow us 10 set
tie for ourselves
Rapidly changing the subject 10 the pros
poets for fine lager beer season in 1870,
Mr.. Halstead spoke at length about the
progress made by his state. Many OF the
cities in Ohio have street cars, water-works,
dstileries, gas companies, electric light,
glue factories, city debts, missing cashiers.
Doodle aldermen, and various other efi-
dences of culture and refinement.
When Mr.. Halstead is not busy putting
down rebellion in the Southern states he edits
a paper called the COmD,ercidt-t'0-eftc.
Ii is a right interesting paper. devoted 10
horse-racing. baseball, prizc-hghtn., mu-
sic. and the drama. Dir. IIastead il a hard
student Of the dictionary, and he does most
Of his editorial writing. His paper circu-
lates largely i'm that section Of the country,
but it has a dead rival in the Enquirer, a
home journal published in the interest Of
the tiresdes, the female seminaries, and the
religious circle. These two papers cOnsti-
tute the literature Of the average OhiOan,
and they leave no room for the POtice Ga
zefte.
The natives Of Ohio have picked up a
GOOD many points on culture and polish.
and most Of them wore the garments OF civ
ilized man. OF course il Il Herculean
task for man like J. Il. Foraker to be on
easy terms with a bird-tail coat, but the
fearless heroism Of the man is shown in his
efforts TO be free and elegant in one of those
garments. Put Foraker in little breeches
and he cuts wide swath.
Perhaps in no way has the effort Of Ohio
to rise from its wild and w00lly environ
ment into the serene realm Of refinement
and civilization been more thoroughly eX-
empided than in the successful manipula-
ton Of the popular hen resort Of Mr.
Rutherford b. Hayes. This gentleman
has shed much lustre on Ohio by
his unremitting effort, to improve
the moral and physical welfare
of the Cochin China and the Shanghai rOos-
ter. and his name and fame are cO-eNten-
siye with our common country. In fact.
they are more cO-eXteQsiye. | am reliably
informed by a gentlaiaan in position to
know. who does not care 10 have his name
mentioned in this connection, that Mr.
Hayes was AT one ptime President Of the
L nited states. merely repeat what hear.
have been very handsomely treated in
Cincinnati, and was given an elaborate
weinerwurst supper over the Rhine, or over
the Left. or somewhere, by my many ad-
mirers.
| leave for Illinois. there 10 visit place
called Chicago, which is considered one Of
the most progressive cities Of the new
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