The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-08-08
;. Whoever heard of an address

on immigration being announced
without trying to escape from tire
auditorium? He talked Oh that sub
ject for an hour and he kept the aud
dience in a roar all the time. 1t is
charged that he did not mention I'M
migration once. but he did-towards
the last. That address was unique.
Every sentence bristled with wit and
humor of the most original kind. 1t
ought to have been taken down by a
short hand reporter. Bill Nye would
die of envy reading it. Christian had
only to stand up, twirl the baseball
nine on his upper lip, and pull his ear
to start the laugh which never ceased
! till he sat down. He complimented
Eldridge upon having advanced
thought, the first one, he claimed,
with which Eldridge had wrestled
since he had been in the convention.
elm one thought ahead of Christian,
them retor.ed Eldridge. '@Then,"
said Christian, "we are two souls with
but a single thought, for l claim
half-interest in that thought by right
of discovery" That is just sample
of the cutting and thrusting that was
kept up all the time and that made
the Lenoir people laugh SO much that
they all have acheing sides yet.
And again, Eldridge suggested a
motto What fools these editors
(mortals) be- Christian objected.
Editors are not mortals. If they
were they could not live on what little
they get.
Scholarly Haydn, quick, witty,
satirical, eloquent, kept the audience
changing from one emotion to another
and the interest in his words never
tagged. Handsome as Apollo-snd
he knows the has ali the poses of
an orator and all the graces too.
IA lady robbed him of all the ro-
nance that suffused itself around MIN
when she asked him IN a company of
pretty girls if Mrs. Haydn had come
back from Wrightville yeti. He and
Christian yoked themselves together
to have some fun at the expense of the
Convention and to tease it. Deal, of
Wilkesboro, tackled them and dealt
them some sledge-hammer blows. He
was the only man who got the best OF
these two mad wags.
Joe Caldwell, sterling Joe Cald-
. well, one of the heaviest weights Gil
not the heaviest) in the Convention,
always commanded attention. 1t
was very affecting when with few
words that betokened his emotion, he
paid feeling tribute to the memory
of his old friends Yates and Jones
But it is only a step from grave te
gay. Upon another occasion he had
the house in a roar when he apologizeC
for not coming to Lenoir in the
. Golden Chariot-the Duke of Ca
) tawba wouldn't come. And when he
| pleaded for Sta,esville as the mex
S place of meeting for the Convention
!, he sad Statesville was not to b'
sneezed at and proceeded to give ;
a bill of particulars Of her glories, he
II "marble top bureaus" and othe
e splendid appurtenances. He wa
: Joe Caldwell off on lark, giving full
E swing to his "sui-generisness." tt
borrow a word from Christian, ant
was charming.
Joe Daniels was full Of himself, ;
!, boy at play, forgettul of the Grisson
0 trial and of all other worries ane
i seemed to have good time. Hi
remarks upon the death of Majo
Yates were very eloquent. Mad
II upon the spur of the moment, though
, out by him as he stood, that speed
: was remarkable for its beauty of sen
timent and clear, discriminating man
ner of expression. To think out
> speech and memorize it, bringing GU
n all the different shades of expression
If at leizure and to speak and think ex
r temporaneously, bringing out thos
n shades-these are two different things
" That speech was gem, and 10
O Daniels proved himself not only to b
' great editor but one with the max
n ings of great orator in him if he will
give himself half chance
Brother McDiarmid, the new Presi
: dent, is another genius. He nc
only laughs himself-and if he can
v nobody can-but he is great at max
T. ing other people laugh. He is jus
. as funny as he can be and some O
IS the heartest laughs the audience hat
d were at his droll sayings. We reall
q believe that the Convention love
brother McDiarmid.
, The outgoing President, Thad X
" Manning, of the Henderson Coll
LEAF, is a splendid fellow and every
a body is sorry that he intends to leav
:, the State.
/. ]. b. Sheriff., ''the best Secretar,
IS the Association ever had," serve
l. another year deservedly. John is on
% OF our boys and needs no "character'
Is from the Topic.
l. Charlotte had three Of the brightes
n men in the Convention-Ha
l. Christian, Dowd. Jerome Dowd, TIT
e Associations Historian, is a man O
r literary taste and a strong writer.
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