Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-24

ABOUT HOW THINGS DO MOVE
psnsser Vance Back Frssn me Holy Lad.
esli Meets Big Lirr,e nr. Essf-
osher nysiah Jssssngs-

AsdxtuLE, ~. G., J1nuAry.-Ihls has
bean = very gentle and bAlmy winter for
tne laklve Tar heeler a. veil a. the Cape
ia asEn11atse and bronchial wheezsF
Uen tas trszen home Of the asoiitioaist
Who may have been spndins the season
here.
Tropical xrowrhs are getting along
nrst r-ts hers IL kept Indoors. and such
sI3tFepse..i ~csstsrion "a tas John pine,
us lee.zl Aad the hsrseraelsn are
growing ~ les open air.
5enasos Zsosz1oz Z. Vance has returned
ffona tho Holy Land with a new story
piek~i up GA the sea % Galilee. 1t Is a
eorker
Senator Vance - looking well and re-
tnEns ~ hts - .zcorial labors with re-
aewe. sigoF arz = travelled air which
Ne North c1x5ma people alone lack TO
maze ~ saine.
10 lays thai 2zircuth is pronounced
Bfrcit
Senator Saasie was there during the
Wagner inaro ylio- DO NOT know what
IN .a-Drogllo is. bat think II WAS that
He told several stories illustrative Of
American hnmer while at Byroif, and.
- underwood it. interpreted between
Sho Wagner selections They were not
well received
4 Ne told an anecdote Of Ex-Governor
Hoard'z. of Wisconsin. regarding an ex-
per.sace be had while In tho army.
After forced march Of eight weeks
during which the brigade aid not touch
feed. being anxious TO close the war,
they earnped one night at . crossroads
where IL was found that in an old de-
serted tobacco warehouse there were SCI
GREETED three barrels OF sparkling. home
made. Dent corn Heidsick. grown on the
place.
The boys tried to get at it. but the
ofhcUs saw at once that there would
not BE- more than enough for themselves.
and so placed guard over the liquor.
In tbs night the boys got into the base
|snent Of the warehsuss with eight clean
-washtu6s and an anger. and in the
@srnins it was foand that two of the
barrels were empty ana most OF the bri-
gsds full
The following night. after apollinaris
and family prayers, 1t was resolved TO
cry and get the other barrel IN order 10
sDothe thss vague unrest and one thing
and another w1<rh one fcsls after AZ.
undue indulgence IN spirirnous. vinous.
malt or feraisnsed liquors- They did not
know that tas guard had pat the third
barrel on two sAwhorsss = foot above
their augcr's utmost scope. All night
Shey bored holes into thu nocturnal
bosom Of shs scooting hours. all unminl-
fal that thu guard slept BY the barrel in
new place on tho floor.
Toward morning Governor Hoard took
the anger with . nsavy heart and bored
. new hole in tho bosom OF the night.
lie did not strike what he sought. but
--assxe was q Wild sarick from above, and
when the governor pulled the anger out
he found ON 1t tho fragment Of gray
army shirt and birth1naxk. Leaving
She eight new tubs where they were,
also over s00. 900 new anger holes that
had never been Used: they all went
away.
senator Vance told it better than l
have, but when no got through the Ger
rsan friend Of Voynex said:
"um--yah' vot kahn Of . story vas
dat
THAT is humorous ytsry. That is
American humor."
"So. my frain. oxcsose me. Dot vas
not yeom&r. dot vas tam lie.
Senator Vance viii. during this ses-
sion. move the passage Of an act author
axing the city Of New York TO buy tie
street bonds OF the city Of Asheville.
The city has bean authorized OF course
some time ago to sell. but New York
has nos bought the bonds. TO doubt feel
fng some hesitation without congress
sioual authority. but this viii be soon
xumedied by act Of the national legisla-
turs and all viii be- well.
The colorsd people Of Asheviils each
year celshrsts on the lat Of January
1hsix emancipation fssm slavery. They