The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-09
GOSSIP AT THE BRANCH.
INTERESTING YARNS PICKsD Up
ON THE PIAzzAS.


National Campsi9n-The Present Po-
litical Situation is Unprecedented.
Fronl the Net5 York advertiser.
LONG BRANCH, Sept. AIT the ssashors
resorts we do q great deal Of sitting about
on the hotel piazzss, smoking cigars and
talking Of men, women, politics and affairs.
Southerners are popular companions here,
as everywhere. No other GLASS Of men In
our country have 50 much good fellowship,
talk 80 well or tell so many interesting
stories.
sat the other day IN a group Of Ken
tuckians. Their native state was their
favorite theme II its men, politicians,
horses. women. To the genuine Ken
tuckiau Kentucky is the most favored
spot OF earth. You may always
know the Kentuckian by the pro-
nunciation OF the name OF his state. With
him it is not kentucky, but 'Kain-tucky,"
always with a gentle accent on the fret
syllable.
"A Kalntuckian once, Kaintuokian al
ways" said Gov. Crittenden Of Missouri,
himself born Kentuckian. ''No other
Americans appear to love their state so we'll.
L a okOtJ Lu( uuCit, OOuu y. OEIL-
tenden, used to tell with much effect in his
campaigns. Il was simple story, but he
knew how to throw pathoS into the recital
as no other man could.
Years ago g rough Kaintucky farmer
wandered out to California in search OF
gold. Things did not go we'll with him The
expected fortune did not materiallZa, All
his mines proved failures, and soon his little
capital was nearly exhausted. One day be
went into a frontier town and wandered
aimlessly about the streets. He was heartsick
and footsore. His thoughts were of the
blue grass country far away. Finally he
drifted into u little hotel and sat down. On
the wall hung a large piece OF paper printed
in colors, and be knew instantly that it was
map of the United States But being
wholly unlGttered it was all Greek to him,
and he did not even take the trouble to
walk up 10 it for closer examination. After
time two or three men passed before the
map, pointed out various places upon il,
and talked about them. Our wandering
Kaintuckan could sit still no longer.
'Gentlemen.' said be, lis the state Of
Kaintucky on that mapP
49, 1t is replied one of the strangers.
"'Then you kin do me great favor.
KANT read nor write, gentlemen, an will
one o. you be so kind as to place your finger
on the state Of Kaintucky on that ar mapP'
Zone Of the mel did so, whereupon the
Kaintuckian thanked him and exclaimed:
Gentlemen, that is Gods country, and
that's where am a-gwine. Good-by.'
This simple story heard my uncle tell
half dozen times at political meetings"
concluded Gov, Crittenden, land as be fin
ished l often saw score or more Of men in
tears"
Il can appreciate that story because l
once lived IN Kentucky myself" said Vice
Presidential Candidate Stevenson. II have
Y,vro cad m har A.
Herndon, that state, next month. Ii was
at Herndon | lived while boy, and the
barbecue is to he held in the yard of the
very school house where attended school.
I'll never forget the day told my teacher
I'd not come to his school any more. as my
father was about to remove to Illinois.
The schoolmaster was a very tall, lank Ken
tuckian, and he drew himself up so that to
me he seemed about 10 feet high. There
was an exp ression Of scorn on his face as he
exclaimed:
"'To go to Illinois, ehl 1 hope you'll
| starve therel Starvation Is just right for
every man who thinks Kentucky isn't good
| enough for himP"
what like about Kentuckians,n spoke
up ex-Gov. Campbell of Ohio. lis their
| droll wit. Some years ago ] was down at
| Lexington on law business and met quite a
nu uber of members of the legislature. AS
we sat talking in the hotel one evening a
member said to another:
So say, Sam, don't you think 81 Alexan-
| der the biggest fool in the stateP
Don't know about that replied the one
| addressed as Sam; he certainly has claims
but l CAN'T admit them. I'm already com-
mitted to a man from the Green-River
county,"
A dozen stories about Kentucky aud Ken
tuckisns we're told by members Of the group,
but have space for only one more.
During the last presidential campaign
was making few speeches in Indiana" said
Senator Faulkner of West Virginia, "On
a train in the southern part of the state
was much amused by little colloquy which
took place between two of nv fellow
passengers. One, evidently a stranger in
those parts, made inquiry after inquiry of
| the other concerning matters in Indiana
the campaign, crops, natural gas, ETC. The
replies we're not always satisfactory. In
fact, the man to whom they were addressed
"a tall, lank, slckly-looking person-acted
as if he was little bored. Finally the in
quisitive stranger, evidently to ma e sure
OF his ground, exclaimed:
"'Of course you are an Indianian. Your
appearance tells rne that much
"'Great God, stranger' replied the
other with more energy than he had shown
up to this time, do look as badly as thatg
am Kaintuckian, and have been sick for
six weeks"
Senator Voorhees,, the "Tall Sycamore of
the Wabash" was sitting near by. He did
not attempt to tell story but remarked in
puzzling sort of way that he hoped this
would be a dry campaign.
Have you, then. turned prohibftionist ~
asked one OF the company.
~ don't mean as to liquor, but as to
weather." replied the senator. do you re-
member what wet campaign we had four
years ago! lido, and have rood reason to
remember II. In that campaign | made
sixty speeches, nearly all of them in the
open air, and | was vet TO the skin forty
times. 1t is a wonder it didn't kill me.
When got through the campaign 1 was so
full of malaria that my skin looked like
rough tanned leather. My bones we're full
of rheumatism, and it is only within the
last month, in which / have been taking
what my doctor called "a little touch of
rest that l have got the poison out OF my
system Now feel like a new man and am
about to start west to go into another cam
pagn. After suffering four years with
rheumatism from my last efforts on the
stump you can imagine that am not
yearning for another wet campaign"
Our Kentucky friends now came to the
front again with talk OF their klnfolk, when
one of them made the astonishing statement
that whenever five or six prominent south
ern men gea together and have a little leis-
ure they amuse themselves tracing out