New-York tribune., 1899-12-30

SHOWcu lneH 1dCllOll WIS dt ITO ldol baSP i'' ''"
tied Boston recently and was agreeably surprised
to learn by personal observation that many OF the
most refined people there who had at first been
prophets Of that city were now repudiating those
opinions
II WAS down South shooting" said Frank Wig
gins of Buffalo at the Hotel Imperial last night.
"and I met Of the strangest
GOLF IN A characters there that ever saw in
WILDER my life. This farmer, and
NESS. owned thousands upon thousands
Of acres of wild land In North
Carolina. He was a former New-Yorker. college
graduate and man OF education He was a
Southerner by birth. and fell heir to this land He
went the pace when he lived In New-York. got
into financial difficulties and finally became a
pesslmst. and decided that nothing In the world
worth while He gave up everything ana went
TO his wild estate He took little money. and de-
veloped certain portions Of It, He built a sub;
stantial and comfortable house, commodious and
comfortable stables secured few first class SER
wants and started in to live the lie or reciuse c
The old habits hung to him, however and he took
the various magazines published as well as some
dailies. and with what little was lett 10 MN to-
he managed to struggle along. When got down
there with friends was stunned to see upon
this apparently deserted wilderness wei idln oue @
golf links with signal flags and all When we
asked permission to shoot over his grounds the
man nearly fell upon our necks lie asksH Pv Pats
sion join us insisted upon our being ms quests
and said that he never had any COMPANY any rP bstev oe
good things to eat several sets OF golt cllDs, go'u
guns and dogs and thoughtful servants. Inc orly
thing he seemed to hunger for was company ana
gave him all Of that he could stand we Va nhd i,
royal time. Imagine playing golf IN the Mlu .i..s
Of North Carolina and sitting down 70 ulhner thdc Az
for mode and excellence could not ne surpdSSeu III
New-York II wouldn't he fair 70 mention naihts,
but Il was great We tried 10 win MN pack 70
the world and he has promised 10 come up dllu
SOC MS and am interested 10 see whcther ne Goes.
II he doesn't going to go back there ana nfEg It
another fling I think should he "A recluSe IL g.
could have all the comforts and happiness that he
apparently has.
II am expecting visit from Dewey to-rnorro"
said Samuel Reardon on board the steamer Chal-
mette yesterday. NO not the Au-
mral This particular sailor IS Il
TRAMP cnt. and. take H. nc IS "po'' Wv
CAT. only felin" tramp on r'coiu
was not always "A Vagrant though
For so,oraI wears he lived contentedy on FL Nor'e
~ tho Morgan Line and as respectable cat
ne Won could imagine He was the pet OF Coriho,
Ioro TTaUthorn, OF the line-the Commodore, you
p. member was lost of cape Canaveral whrh lu'
General whitney went down. a snort liilc p'loI.
that FL Norjc had been put INTO inc 81
VS. manned bv the Naval Reserves Ihat "lS
TOO much FOR the cat. He was too good slllQr -
sta nd for the sor. OF things he saw some OF To-, To-
amateur tars doing So he lett the SNIP aHu baIn
The peculiar thing is that he won't STRIP on any
hut old vessels. and he never makes 4 se'ptt ~
voyaCe on thu same ship. As soon as ne gets mo
mort he sclIttlcs and boards all the snps M Mtie
Zoos au over from scullery to cabin and by ms
ke.n sense Of smell Is able 20 tell Whtthcr Wv
boat Ia new or old. He IS on his way mere now ul.
ri sud which is new vessel but he would not
to an hoard you NAV 10 sure. II he was not III
soon "a she reaches ;he pier. That = why an
sure ~ a visit soon from my old friend Dewey.