The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-08-31

ES tn ei veteran, s0l<li licrS -Af,toe .s4NlVss,t
3sY xsp ,!gpiis ,!ghpiis ,,pIop2sisioa..:. wy .PAl
dhey acclaim 1t with Uqanimous
Amen. Do not they want this sacred /
ablsga tiun to be perf6rsihed fh .eheStsotSti
dag. anei iiganesa,l0np sGbear srAuksraxel \
fssA 4 ,thinnanIg,. out apd, the, OppprtnnltNA /
d, nersonal ,pasticipaiion Ia its fQlhn'
rhaennitt il gliding away. from t6sir reach.
ssIietsiheM rlaith IT, therefore, as+thS
lhstapris ilese they aski 10 bc.the" palise
beaners of,this ela Cotn mapdec fr0m slsls |
neglected, grave. at RtNeEside .:to. the
of the heroic dead at
Arlington. The' country win 6ewith
them in this movement" at,'"f'f S'
,;.,s .a,. .I,-si "a y ii.lss.ss .sa4S 4
+, ,;ps aua;, t,iDILnLARDS..,i ~ ssafs RS \
fhe Death eqth of..PpE,', shs :,s; GEeat GplfS55ed f
,.s.. sa,!l'a.disstt al9s S g!hsEle.'enA. l. y. I'D
i: .,"a ..'s'1ricashnel - E'r.,.t'' Hs9
: TneYe are. sry few old Charleston-f
ihas, says the News and Oouries;' and
thanW young ones, toe, who, did mot
Anpw "Rug,''i' and who Will learn, with.
regret OF his death, which occurred
Yesterday at hIs' fresfdence' III Market
Street. ;.1.Pas's" baptIstnal' maine was
James ,i1eanlsosl, but very few, Of ihis.
host of white friends knew. hin BY
s'hsE SlEcR HsEs nsa bsa eos.ss
dsthtfy'iivdd '5s years!! TIE Hwas the
asaavs lofs .thet late' ID r. Bakerg'e "Pug''
vas, without exc reception, 4 he. most, 'ex-
pegt coIorsd, hllllliiaEd, player. that has
I.been seen, certainly in the United
I;states. In his young days be Used to
I knock aruuud the 'largeC Cfyetai Billiard
Saloon that stood In the "a uadrangie
Eitsida ihe Charleston, Hotel. ., This was
\ }'Before the war, and ~ was there f9at
be learned TO handle the cue. "Pug's"
4: kealutes were not hahds6me, bur no
y One who knew him'everis saw him with
t tauything but-a.yieasast~snile upon
? them, and no. " bite .snan on boy ever
/ had occasion to regret playing u game
fof billiards of,pool with him. :. lie was
one of the few men OF his race whq
\ semaInhed Just the same after t'ireedom
4 tanle'' as'he was before t6e" war" HE
4 WIS .eiways polite and pleasant, ard on
4 occasions could be Il, witty, and amps
I ing .cpmgapipn.,, 90. j.. ,l.., e. ~ .ys,.,.t
7 He learned the game Of BILLIARDS, q!
i'ttfe. war he:was Billiard Keeper ut Ban
'faen sap's on Meeting street, 'nearly op'
\ posite the ,hotel, a salaon. that was very
4 popular among the. y99nlp y99nlpg maen. IN .tRi
sixties and carly in the seventies, De
lore tho lnoderh' uG1Gbs'' were come
ihtpr !eshiob.i Ths young men. WHIT
n visjisd Isadenhop'siwere aIl fastfriend
tef apug,n. and, many q, billiard Rxper
IN Charleston 10. day received his frs
lessons ffom him. Every one wht
sne% him looked upon him as a pleas
ant, humble friend and companion
: and noua, ever had occasion to regre
/ tthe Intimacy. ..s t,.t..,s.. ,..al ~ q
81 'tPug" did not go MUCH with hi
owvti race. Ho was b devoted husban'
, and an 'affec,ionate father, and hi
= white friends rarely met htn,. latcrto
!. in life, without ssk ing after t.the fam
and sending @ sup TO tne chi.
al arcn. lie never meddled with polite:
= even 'When the temptation 10 one
, his race aud ability WAS great. ]
;, wonld have been, impossible for hin, I
- have Hgope back,'. on his whit friend
and eomp96lons and he did net cal
60, become ais active Democratic polit
'aE aEticJau. lie simply went on living b
t duiet, transformations life, 'und provit
j. tug iVr,, his wife and schildren. 1t
z probable. thai 4" Pog' ''wes the mort G.
g bert eolored billiard player in The Ur
], e<l,Slates in. 1s70-75, and had he lty,
10 fn. al .northorn city the aprobabiiiti
ID are that he would. have made "a, n
8. tiouai reputation. His white virien
Of often advised him to go north and G
o, hibit" hjs plsying,, and some g! The
he p offered to furn ish. the, necessary fun!
lg but he always deoiined--he preferred
4auiei, life ia old Charleston, his NAT
. e n0DG...- .,-a ~ ts t..-r s.tf.a- v.' 8
is Just alter the war nPug" woI
L. 'diamond cue offered by one Of the
am iiard Ieanufacturers. for a. complies
to- sbOt,on a. tourpocket table The q
rs was. .sio Gagofn and pocket ths two
- balls. in the same pocket, one OF