Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-07-19
THE DECLINE OF SOUTHERN
CHIVALRY.

thine has wrought many changes in
Kair.ucky," said Senator Brown, o.
Sinking Fork. Men an not disposed
TO extend to enc ar5.h-r thai profound
courtesy they C-ce exercised. The cnlV-
arous spirit Of the south, sub, is passin
ava, an VII soon exist in tradition
only. Although | am no bleed drirkeh
myself. and have always le3ahNSd HE
a mas dearest possession next TO ali
eXceptn' his pussonal honeh, | KANT
ascri5o the exi5dn' condition Of pubic
and private mannehs to anything but
The suspension CT the code d1e-2, an
the sub ,itu,ion OF TIE cou't q tJ15h.
"Yo' al have travelled some, 1 axe
IT," co-lirucG the Senator, an sucl be-
in the case. must have remarked mat
in t11ze sections and does ricts whah
mon wah pheih guns on the outside po-
literees an human kinGlcss Go most
T-eva; The six-sa0Otor is III great
refnin' influence. Aio-. suh, an mucf
mo- inclined TO make request than a
demand when they know cartridges are
liable 10 explode su11squc1, to IN in
per.inence.
"S.aCe men have laid up taa.r pistols
an PASSED their pu soral hone n oven
to a committee foh s2 ekeepin they an
hecomin' muct sassier When OF Cash
Clay was spreadin' a benefc5nt Aboli-
ton doctrine Oveh ,his imperial state
Ct Kaintucky, a man Who denomlnaed
anothoh a boss thief aw Nah did so a.
his own peril, an so understood. the sill
w Ill b.
WOOlieys, an the John tons were on the
uppeh side of the blue grass it was @
pleasure an a pride to be a native OF
Kaintucky Now yo seat yo'se'f a. u
hotel table, an yo neighbo' mos likely
says very naughty an contemptuous
lego that salt ef yo'-all all finished
twenty years ago he would have
said: sub. viii yo' kindly shove the salt
this-a-way when O'-all have done used
it?'
That's the diff ,runce between the old
an the new, an sub, b'lieve me aW not,
I've actually seen ladies stan'in up TO
ride in these yere trolley kyahs in Loo
eyville an Lexin'tOn ladies a-hangim'
an a-sWingin' to these Cay'lish ahm-
stre;chin' straps, while ab.e-bodied men
was a-illin' the seats. | changed the
custom a little in LCOeyyile, an the Wo-
men had seats TO the end at the trip, but
I'm a nggeh If they didn't make me
pay $40 ON a change OF disruptin' me
peace | then an theh concluded THAI
| was but one man with the world agin
him. an | would confine myself solely TO
a-beUailin' the decline of chivalry an
take no fur,heh paint in improyin' TIE
mannehs of the gin'ral public.
Whats the cou't of honeh ! speak
Of? It's this: In days when Kanmcky
gentlemen had three subjects TO beast,
the character of the women, the braei-
in OF the hOsses and their own priya'e
records, an expression Of adverse opin-
ion on amy one was sho'ly hatch that
called TO- shCotin'. Now if yo' attack a
mans veracity aw integrity, aW in any
match aw fohm asperse him all yo'
have 10 do is to call faw jury an LET
them draw up papeh TO yo' signature.
Yo an the man yo' have ma.igned sign
up an its all off. Il saves funerals,
mebbe. but it makes folks keerless in
their talk. II wasn't long ago we had a
sOu't of hJneh at Lexington Henry
Duncan. the Mayor, had been attacked
TO- alleged missusin' o. city funds. He
gifts hack at the eGditeh with some
strong talk. Duncan does, an they both
cauries shCt-guns around lCOkin 70
one anotheh. | met up with Ben Har-
din. Of Harrisburg, enc day when