The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-03-21
WHAT THEY WEAR.
SOME ODD LEGISLATIVE TOG-
gerry NOTED.
Quaint and Curious Hats Worn-Coats
of the Style ofWm. Penn and Nereus
Mendenhall in Evidence-Saddle-
bags and Saratoga Trunks-Leather
"Chists" With Hair Top and Brass
Tacks-LOge Harris Job.


"Chists" With Hair Top and Brass
Tacks-LOge Harris Job.
Correspondence Charlotte Observer
We were raised to believe that it is
that the Ruler of all
things for an assortment would create
a number of what Halifax man
would describe as ID fools, and
would further believe that in His wis
dom he would guard against over
Somehow or somehow
else the equilibrium was not maintained
in this Douglass Legislature. Such an
and with such costumes
and equipment, never before was seen
together. Some rich ones, like Vir-
gilius Sorehead Lusk, came with Sara
toga trunks. By the way this amiable
daisy must be very rich as he wears a
pure diamond about the size of a
Buncombe county buckeye. Some
had saGdlebags and some with the
old round top hair trunks with brass
tacks. Did you ever see one? If not
ask Col. William Johnston to describe
them. One fellow had an Indiarub
Der coat covering only a red shirt,
while others had the fashionable cut
coat called the very latest but really
the old shad- belly Quaker coat, as
worn by William Penn and Nereus
Mendenhall. Some had breeches with
flaps, a style, history says, first used
by the gallant Aaron Burr-lf you
have never seen a pair OF these get
Grat. Springs to describe them.
Some of the hats are unique. -Four
at least are worthy of the pen of an
artist. They were first seen in this
country when Gen. Baylus Edney i'm
ported his celebrated jacks from Per
nambuco. One Of these hats is now
worn by Rev. Baylus Cade, D. D.
Singular name that of Baylus! Won
der if it is of kin to that celebrated
importer, and did it ever strike you,
Mr.. Editor, that a man of same name,
only in the singular number, viz,
Baalam, imported the first talking
jack? Do not, however, imagine l
am confounding DR.. Chade with these
importers of imported. He is said to
be a clever fellow and edits the
Caucasian, a paper that does not en-
dorse the Douglass mourners. But |
am talking of hats. The mate to Dr..
Cade's is worn by the Rev. Needham
Cobb, reporter tor the Caucasian, and
though we old Calvanists do not think
it was foreordained that D. DIS. should
report proceedings of legislators who
mourn tor miscegenators, yet he did
that for at least he did not disgrace
his cloth when he reported the pro-
ceedings as they were and not as
Virgilius Sorehead Lusk would have
| them to be. DR.. Cobb, reporter tor
Douglass Legislature Drop that ID.
D. and come out Of that clerical hat
in which you look $50 cute" as the
Grid Iron Club said of Gen. Turk.
have diverged. The other hat is worn
by the Rev. Sol. Pool, D. D., who /:
here on back pay grab for services
when he was luxuriating under such
old oaks of Chapel Hill as were no.
needed for fire wood and waiting fol
some lonesome school boy to apply fol
admission. Old man 10. Turner l.
here working with him for an ole
debt, something about quad-m or al
m-quad-perhaps the legislators whe
did not let the printing to the loves
bidder can explain this. These two
wish to be settled when the "swallow
honeward hy." But our old friend
TO-, is not, as he tells me, a D. d.
and though he knew Gen. Edney
does not wear one of his hats. d.
not understand me by the following
that old DR.. Stakeholder Blacknal
conferred the D. D. on Bro. Pool o
, Bro. Cobb, but he would confer it O
l Bro. Turner tor love and affection
caused by pious articles written lon
ago but not for the Caucasian.
The last of the lot of hats importe
, as above is worn by the sage
=. changing Dog" IT'S said to b
l handed down and worn by every rep
( resentative from Cherokee. Poop
of Swain county will recognize it
: being worn by DR.. Whittier. KoI
, Elias wore it to Chicago when he non
, mated Cleveland. What a pity koI
). went. This hat SO long worn by II
s.Tall Idiots of the Hiawassee," is
r little top heavy tor the agile frame
its present owner, and at times Caus
), slight wobbling.
f But enough of "old hats CAP
k Tom Arlington, of the 4arboro, a.
; vertises on Monday next, or to Il
!, highest bidder, visiting statesme
4 oftice-seekers and tramps-paymen
made when Buck Kitchen votes +
|, Cleveland. Any one not satlsh'
= with his purchase can have Col. Ha
n Long put in for bad measure.
y member, l think, from Hyde count
seeing the smoke arising from
. pipes back of the capitol, was SO ca
ried away by the economy of this
J. form Legislature that he wrote 20
p constituents that hell had been tapp
IS to run dispensary and heat the bull
IS ing. By the way it is reported II
e. Judge Furches has been offered t
=, ~ professorship of elocution and belle
!. let,res a, the University-hls gre
attachments in these branches havl
been discovered by his reading
structures on the late Supreme Coz