Telegram-herald., 1889-06-22
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"AsHIseToS. Juns ~. Senator Wade
HAMPTON Is god stoTy teller IA far
Is u knO~n he Is up 70 this tine the OHls
man Who has lad the tenerity - Tell tbs
presidsnL al Ia piosls tale. and Gen H4T-
rlson was actually very much pleased
with the narrative. Il always dld IKE
army stOrisss he says. and yoa cant
exPses army stories - bs good enough 10
tel = sunday school class. for
gave the profanity Of Senator HAmp-
tons story out OF consideration FOR
is Wit" The president Is still rather
fond OF army "reminiscences and mill
t~ry matters IN general You can
ses that Ia the soft side which be Is
ever ready 10 turn toward veterans of
tie held. III the correctly military salutes
which be makes IN the presence Of Off
GERS passing before him la procession, IN
the old military slouch hat which he IN
variably wears while taking his consti-
gurional srrolls The story Senator
Ham pton told was an army story-not
particularly new and fresh, but new 10
the president.
"One day during the war" said tho
senator, the colonel Of South Carolina
regiment was making = round OF inspec-
ton. Sitting lazily on rail fence.
whiting At a piece OF shIngle. he found
u man whose face was not familiar 10
him. The colonel was indignant. APP
preaching the loafer he called out 10 him
with all proper severity; Who the -
are you, sitting here in this fashion? Il,
sir. responded the man on the fence,
continuing his whiting. 'am the chap
lain Of the st regiment. Now, who
in - are you?
That the president has a strong sense
OF humOr, despite his habitusl dignity
and that poise Of manner which by some
Is mistaken for coldness, Is becoming
rapidly apparent During one OF the
many discussions which have been had
AZ the White House about the status of
the colored men of the south. u new story
was told by Col ParsoS. of Alabama,
and greatly enjoyed by the president
Col. Parsons was contending that the
people Of the south know the colored
man batter than the people of the north,
and really like him better and treat him
better. To illustrate his point he related
q story which was first brought To Wash
ington by Maj. Jones, of Pine Bluff, Ark
Maj. Jones is a colored man himself, but
a rich one. He is, in fact, the richest
man in Pine Bluff, where he owns the
street car line and is interested in other
large enterprises. Maj. Jones. like Col
| Parsons, believes the south is the place
for the negro. and that the people of the
north, with all their sentiment about the
freedman, are not one-half SO ready 10
give him practical help as the men of the
south.
There was a niger named Sam who
used TO drive a street car for me in Pine
Bluff" said Maj. Jones "Sam could
re ii, and in the newspapers he had seen
so much of the love the people of the
north bear for the colored man that he
/ concluded the north was the place for
/ him. He talked to me about it, and said
he was going up to Iowa and see if he
couldn't do better. ! advised against it,
but he would go, and go he did. In
Iowa no was pretty we'll treated. The
folks up there called him Mr. and shook
hands with him, and talked politics with
him as if he were an equal. But they
didn't give him any work. Nobody
seemed anxious to have Sam work for
him
This went on till the little money Sam
had taken with him was all gone, and
he then concluded the best thing he
could do would be to go back to Arkan-
saw, where white men might call him
hard names, but at the same time give
him something To do and eat So he
started, on foot, hoping TO pick up
sgh food on the way to keep him
goIag. The first place he struck for
grub was at n farm house where a man
from New York lived. The farmer was
very polite to him, but when the grub
business was mentioned. said times were
hard and he didn't believe he had any
thing to spare. Sam trudged along to
another farm house, and another, and
his experience at the first was repeated
at each OF the others. Everybody was
polite, but nobody gave him any
chuck. For two or three days Sam
hadn't nouthful TO eat, and his
belly was fairly hanging up against his
backbone when he came to place where
a man was out in the front yard moving
grass. To him sam told his now old, old
story of leaving Arkansas. Of his bad
luck in Iowa. OF his desire To get back to
Pine Bluff. and Of his great hunger. Be
fore lie had concluded his story 40
farmer interrupted him: You Id
black idiot be exclaimed. why didn t
you have sense enough 70 STAY in Arkan-
sawy Sans face frightened instantly.
He almost fell on his knees for foy. and
cried out: Boss. you dunno how glad |
is TO SEQ you. When did you leave the
sOuf yOuself? Oh. boss. bat | is glad to
git 'mons friends agin.' Go in the
Z house there. you black fool, an git some
chuck. Perhaps you wiz know enough
another time 20 stay where you belong.
And sam did 60 in and he filed himself
with chuck. And he staid all night, and
started out in the morning with bag
full OF bread sad meat 70 keep his belly
OF his backbone while he journeyed on
toward Pine Bluff.
Barnes, q Georgia. the 800 pound con
gressman, and the heaviest man who sits
in the United States Capitol. - another
good story teller. Indeed, story telling
appears 10 Be one Of the accomplishments
0f southern statesmen. Barnes ia not m
Washington now. being at bis Georgia
home drinking butteTmilS- Probably
Congressman Barnes drinks more butter-
milk than any ether man II TIE United
States. For twenty years OF more Barnes