The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-01-12
& FOUR (ly r. srORYl5-TELLERsi..
All Crest, bit the Greatest is John jim
Allen, Of Mississippi. =,

Allen, Of Mississippi. ri aaI |.
he Others Are Laidlaw, Of New York,
Tarsney or Michigan and Mason, !,
Of lllinois-specimcnso of
d. r.g,, Their style.
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wAsnISGToS, DEC. "a a.-.There are
our storytelling suns in the house Of
Around them revolve
! sc0rG Or more OF planets. The; suns
rive Gxit a light Of theirow Ii peDe,1
ira e 10 every nook, and Granny Of the
house. and makes them welcome in
every & cloak and COMMITTEES room. |
The pianels reflect the light Of the sun,
aud tome. IL 5d0wHs when too rgarisb.
The celestlal ebedies in the world Of
remlniseenGs are ( Qua,ly divided be-
tween thserepublicaps aud democrats.
John Allen, Of Mississippi, and Timo-
thy F.. Tarsney, of Michigan, are rep.
resestastxa I4ocofaco narTators, and
William uE. Mason, Of Iliineis, and
William a.. LaidlHw,9 Of New York,
fill the hill on, the Republican side,
The udost brilliant of the suns is the
Missiysippiap The light Of his ;hamor
is as clesr ard spark ling as the light 81
an old, mine diamond. His stories
bear the stamp Of genuine originality.
They. sTe darwin from tic pages OF his
personat experience, and are nntnaichr
cd inascopgfess. Laitilaw is fully MS
quaint pd pp tertaining When copfinipg
himself tO. Ibis recoiiections of Chsu-
taudda county. Outside Of that boun-
dairy, however, his stories arc usually
reset GENE. The setting is always
mora brilliant than the jewel. Maspn's
tales remind you OF Florida beans
swinging from watch chain. aun.
known persons gather them from the
sands sof time, and the Chicago con-
gresham ipolishes them. Tarsney's
remtpJsEepces have a celtic flavor.
phey,o recall scenes from Harrigaa's
plays. enYou can aimos. hear the iid-
diea Id sDaye Brahain's orchestra while
ne recitasl Them. The planets are OF all
anak0teudes, from pohderoas Jupiter
dodH IA The asteroids. r." ,ilti.
Tjl0,best OF stories are usually gene.
rateuReiu the. heat of election contests.
The. Tate presidential fight was uh-
doubt eddy ,as fruitful as ever, but little
Of tue ntdt has been brought back 40
the shouse. Much of that little is
brutaea and speckied. The remainder,
hoWeevsr, Ia sound and OF an exquisite
fiavtA: y When the house debates are
long. and embarrassing, and When
theae ara -iettiods roii-caHs, the story
teller sls incr his element. He either
fuda j sofa In the rear Of the half O,
he oOcupjesa a o chair. near a glowing
Kratv Ia aecionk room. His audience
IL piDportloned 10 Its melloWness. l
righk1 mellow, the "Reminiscences are
rare andE racy. The laughter OF he
bysta1dsrs frequently interests the
galleries. At times the, speaker, is
au0oyed.e A sharp rap of the gavei
may scatter the crowd. II NOT, a word
Of warotng is heard. a. ~ 81
At the opening of the present session
thesfepublicans were exceedingly jubi-
liant. Their presidential success had
been capped BY u reported majority in
the next congress-. Each member told
how II was done. Many claimed that
therapeutics of the "rebel brigadiers"
hadsi6cfeased their pluratities. James
8. Sherman, Of Oneida county. N. ",
said that John Allen had secured him
q Thousand votes. John had turned up
at UtiG6 aboard Of an Erie canal boat,
aud everybody had turned out to hear
tho ssoopfederatel brigadier. When
qussltdned concerning the result, john
replied: 81 reckon not. The boys
were with me. captured them "a,
onee.5 I told them, OF course, tina, /
had, served through the war, but not
rs q confederate brigadler. l was only
a little mite ia the army--a nn.account
rebel lpriyate=--.and,' said I, 'ifS, You
Yankees really knew how very little
harm did 70 the union army I am
sure there is not one among you who
would not gladly forgive me- This
brought down the house, aud stopped
the brigadier cry IN Utica .1.''fs'Hi
Laidlaw's favorite seat is IN u corner
Of the republican cloak room. He sits
there surrounded by Chas. l.. Baker,
John Kean, ST., JAS. J. Balden, Step
hen Il. Hopkins and Others. All
smoke BeIden's cigars and are good
listeners. Laidlaw frequently trenches
on the domain of the negro minstrel.
The other day his listeners were in IL
quandary. He had Put this question
"Why IL Grover Ikea maple tree :"
Even Kean gave II up. =
"Because he, leaves in The spring."
was the reply. .~las All -
"George Thatcher would say that
this conunbrum is based upon the
survival of the fitest,'' Baker remark
cd, but certain It tis that Laidlaw claims
to have been the first to apply i, TO the
president. So
Two weeks ago 3bushy-headed Will
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