The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-05-25

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a minute later he handed out my
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Col. Fellows Enemy. |
detroit Free Press.l
: The other day sat down at dinner
In the Gait House at Louisville. Next
to me sat q gentleman whom at first
sight thought knew. The second
look and his own glance of unrec0gni-
ton at me showed me that was mis-
taken. After few moments saw
why 1t was thst thought recognized
him. He bore singular likeness to
the cartoons OF Mr.. John n. Fellows,
the district attorney of New York, the
man who defeated Delaney Nicoll.
aud the man about whom President
Cleveland wrote letter Of recon-
mendatioD, as It were. Fellows pic
ture had appeared ut the time in many
OF the comic papers, and my neighbor
at the dinner table bore a great resem-
biance to the cartoons. At last said:
edo you know that you look very
much like John r.. Fellows, of New
York;"
ayes" he answered. 81 have often
been taken for him. DO you know
4 him?"
emo, / do NOT; but have seen a
great mauy pictures Of him In the pa
pers. Do you know him?"
81 am slightly acquainted with him,
1 regret to say"
"Then he is not a friend of yours"
con the contrary, an enemy"
l S(Walo nnSt ho rulhor. onhor.
RAISING 10 look like a PERSONS worst
enemy" '"
"Oh, I don't know that Fellows is
my worst enemy, although perhaps
he is." ~s
ssThen imagine you didn't vote for
him on the occasion of that memora-
bic strugglea"
| aNo, sir; did not. Still did not
vote for Mr., Nicoli, so It Is sort of a
tsaw-off' between Fellows and myself"
'Well, I wonld have gono further.
l would have voted for Nicoli. My
sympathies were with him In the con-
test"
! "Then you are not New York
MANI" ftr os-t.r
s"No, I'm from Detroit"
"Ah, did not think local elect Ion
would have had any interest so far
west."
"Far west? Why bless you Detroit
is not far west. Detroit Is an eastern
city. 1t Is tho stability OF the East
with the enterprise of the West.''
"Must be a wonderful town.
"Oh, 1t Is. What Is N:coii doing
now?"
81 believe he is practicing law. He
is a good lawyer"
"I should think you would have
been sorry you did not vote for him
when you must have felt that 1t was
the right thing to do"
"WelI, none OF us do as we should you
know. Besides, a person seems to see
these things clearer after they are over
than he docs at the time. Anyhow,
it would not have made any difference
with the result"
"That's so. BY the way, what sort
Of a district attorney ia r. iiows max
ing? How does the average man re-
gard him."
.Welf, it's like this. Fellows is
very much like the rest Of us. He is
neither as good as his friends try to
make out, nor is he as bad as you or
might think him to be. In a word,
he's human. He likes his friends and
tries 10 give his enemies as good as
they send."
al suppose you know that:"
swell, ought to. Fellows has
done me good deal of harm In his
time, aud yet l will say this for him,
that II 1 wanted dollar don't know
of any man who would let me have il
quicker than John II. Fellows
al don't wonder that man like that
Is popular ....
| "Thats the sort of man he is. Now,
his knows very welt what l think of
him, yet he would'j just rs soon take a
drink with me as with YOU"
The stranger and myself then talked
on other subjects. l found him to be
! very we'll Informed man and most
fascinating talker. He was In fact one
OF the most genial men ever met.
The next day i was paralyzed TO
read the following item in the Courier
Journal:
"John II. Fellows, tho district ate
! torney OF New York city, passed
through louisville yesterday on his
way east. He stopped at the Gait
House, and left on the Louisville ana
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