The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-08-06
THE NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSO.
CITATION.
IIulnbCrtOn RobcsOnian. I

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AS our readers have already been
Informed, we attended the convention
OF this body in St. Paul, Mimi, last
week, or rather, we went there attend
ing them, but a telegram from home
announcing sesious illness in our fam
lily, was received the night after reach
ing there The other members from
This State who attended were Mr..
Joseph p. Caldwell, president, and
Mr. J. Il. Sheriff., secretary of the
North Carolina Press Association. Mr..
and Mrs. II. y. London, Mr.. ". X.
Colcy and Mr.. W. I. Tomlinson.
This was the third session that
We have attended, having been at
Detroit IN 1850, and at Boston in
1890. We always enjoy these meet
lngs and hope 10 be permitted to at
tend them as iUng as we are able. The
gathering this time was the largest vet
held, and was the only one in which
every State and territory in the Union
was represented. Our North Carolina
crowd was very pleasant and agreeable.
but to Mr.. ]. Is. Sheriff. we were
placed under special obligations for
kindness shown. The Trip was literally
an innovation throughout At Chicago
on Sunday afternoon carriage drive
OF eight or ten miles to the site of the
Worlds Fair and through the most
beautiful part of the city was rendered,
while on the route to St. Paul on
Monday, the citizens of Milwaukee,
Waukasha and Madison showed us
marked attentions. At the latter place
we were the guests of the city for sew
eral hours; were rendered Il carriage
drive around the beautiful city and a
reception in the State House where
speeches were made by the Governor
OF the State, Ex-Governor FairChild
President Stevens and others. During
the stay at St. Paul we were the guests
OF the city in the fullest sense of the
term, and all seemed disposed 10 do
Us honor. The railroad lines also
over which we rode were all well
equipped, the conductors very clever
and all disposed to add to our com
fort.
We like the West better than the
East or North, but the people are very
alike in some respects, especially in
their treatment of ladies. They make
but little if any difference between
men and women. Several times it
fell to my lot to be assigned to the
upper berth in the sleeper which is not
desirable place to person of our
age and size. Twice when we had
lower berths we gave them up to Ia
dies. The first time between Balti.
more and Chicago when we gave it up
to 4 gentleman from this State who
was accompanied by his wife, but the
second time was between Chicago and
Washington on our return home and to
ladies whom we did not know. The
latter case was somewhat of depriva-
ton as we had lain over in Chicago
several hours because we could only
get an upper berth on the first train
that lett the city after we arrived and
We went to the city Office some time
before the train was to leave so that
we could get lower berth, and sue
ceeded. We left Chicago at c:55 D.
m, and soon formed the acquaint-
ance OF the conductor, who is a South
Carollnian, and like all the conduc-
tors we met on the trip, was an exceed
lnSly clever gentleman. When the
hour for retiring had about arrived. he
Came and asked us if we had any OBJ
lection to occupying an upper berth.
we told him that we had, that we had
tired them several times on the trip.
ana OF what preCaution We had taken
to secure lower one that time. How
ever, II 1t was to acComatc a lady, We
told him, we might be induced tc
make the exchange. He told us that
was the reason he asked US; that there
were two ladies and baby who had
been assigned to an upper berth, and
that | was the only man on the train
to whom he thought it was worth
while to speak. When we told him
that we would readily make the ex.
change, he told us that be wanted u.
to have whatever of honor or credit
there was in exchanging with them
and pointing out the ladies he told u.
to go and tell them about it. The
look OF qualification and surprise
which greeted US was ample compen
satlon for the inconvenience to which
we were subjected. They correctl,
judged that we were from the South
and upon their statements of the Gus
toms OF the people of that section &
regards ladies, we told them that ",