Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-16

EeN sestety ht~ms ofSss ~"
oaiy Esss and o,hss Great Mes Nys
nss Met
lCopJrishi, iss;. By Edgar W. Nysl
AsuEvIIIE, ". O., January. This has
been very gentle and balmy winter for
the native tar heeler As well as tho Cars
Cod asthmatic and bronchial whecrer
from the frozen home of the abolitionist
who may have been spending tho season
here.
Tropical growths are getting along
fir-t rate here II kept indoors, and such
pubtropical vegetation A. the John pine.
the jonquil and the horssrsdish are
growing in the open air
senator Zebulon ID Vance has returned
frvm the Holy Land with . new story
packed up on the Sea Of Galilee. u Il
uorker.
senator Vance is looking we'll and re-
turn. 90 his senatorial labors with re-
newci yigor and q travelled air which
W. North Carolina people alone lack 10
make us shine.
lie says that Baireuth Is pronounced
Byroit
senator Vance was there during the
Wagner imbroglio. I do no, know wha,
IN imbroglio IL. but think IL was that
IIo told several stories illustrative of
American humor while at Byroit, and,
~ ! understoc,l II. interspcrsed between
the Wagner selections They were not
well received.
lie told an anccdote Of ei-Goyernor
Iloar,i'.. ~ Wisconsin. regarding an er.
p.rience he hal while In the army.
After q forced march 81 eight weeks
during which the brigade did not touch
food. being anxious to clo-s the war.
they cAinp.d Que night nj a crossroads
where u wa. found tha, IN an old de-
s.rtsd tobacco warehouse there were 80
cre,.d three barrels % sparkling, home
made. Dent corn Ileidsick. grown on the
place.
The boys tired 20 get at u, but the
officer. saw al ono. that there would
no, bs more than enough Tor themselves.
and ~ placed q quart over the liquor
In the night the boys 90, into the base
men, ~ tho warehouse with eight clean
wa.htub- and an anger. and In the
morning II was found that two of the
barrels were empty and most Of the bri'
gais full
The following night. after aIollinaris
AMI family prayers. u was resolved 10
try and get the other barrel IN order 'o
soo,he that vague unrest and one thing
and another which one feels after an
undue indulgence In spirituous. yinous,
malt 10 fermeniei liquors. They did no,
know tina, the guard had put the third
barrel on two sawhorses a foot above
their augcr's utmost scope All night
they borcd holes into the nocturnal
bn-om of the scooting hour, all unmind'
ful that tho guard slep, by the barrel In
q new place on the roor.
Toward morning Governor Hoard took
Oh. anger with heavy heart and bored
q new hole In the bo-Om ~ the night.
lie did not strike what he sought, bui
there wa. Wild shrek from above. and
when the governor pullei the anger on,
he found on " the fragment ~ a gray
army shir, and birthmark. Leaving
the eigh, new tuh- where they were.
alsD over lO0.cco new anger holes that
hal never b.en used: they all went
away
senator Vance told u better than ]
have. but when he got through the Ger
man friend % vogner said
"Um-yahl vot kahn Of story va
da,y
That 1. a humorous story. Ths, l.
American humor.
mo, my frain; oicoo~s me. Dot vas
not yoomar. dot vas q tam lie"
The colorel people of Asheyille each
year celebrate on the ist of January
their emancipation from slavery. They