The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-30

Gentlemen. said the Georgia coll
onel. who had been on the right side Of
the stock market and was entertaining
a group Of listeners in the palm room
OF the Hyphen the other night i sup
pose you have all heard what the gov
ernor OF North Carolina said TO the
governor ole juth Carolina. Have you
ever heard bat the governor Of Geor-
aia said to the governor Of Virginia.
No? Well the only difference in the
stories is that the governor Of Georgia
was q r0ok-rlveted temperance man.
You remember what a blizzard Wash
ington experienced the second time
Cleveland was lnaugurated2 Well, the
wind blew sixty miles an hour The
snow cut the face like a knife. and
froze TO the mustaches Of the soldiers
as they waited in line In front Of the
capitol. The bar-rooms an along the
line made big fortunes that day, and
the doctors had their turn next day
with pneumonia cases. The governors
OF the different states were al the head
OF their troops. with their STATS just
behind them. on Capitol hill, during
the Inauguration ceremonies. The gov
enor OF Georgia had brought. even for
the South. an unusually large stan
with him 70 the inauguration. / was
on his stan at the time, but as there
were only about forty other Georgia
colonels there. don't suppose you re-
member seeing me. Washington had
never before had the honor Of seeing
so many Georgia colonels There were
so many OF Us that. even with horses
touching as We marched abreast up
Pennsylvania avenue. we stretched
from curb to curb across the widest
avenue IN the country Al times. how
ever. there was barely a cOrporal's
guard around the governor Of Georgia
Many and varied were our excuses for
a few minutes absence from our posts
on the bleak and bitter hillside None
OF us dared to tell our governor openly
what were our real reasons for our
somewhat frequent absences, for the
governor of Georgia was a famous tenn
perance orator He had never been
known 70 take lntoxicants Ia any form.
and on an occasions had publicly ad-
vocated the temperance cause. He sat
upright and stin upon his horse in
front Of his troops. a dignifed and 81
lent figure apparently completely un-
aware Of the piercing icy blasts that
swept over Capitol hill. We began to
think him more than mortal. for we
felt as IL we we're rapidly freezing to
death. Suddenly an aid from the stan
OF the governor Of Virginia dashed up
70 the governor OF Georgia and said.
eith a salute. Governor. I am going
TO get something hot and strong for
our governor, and can't I get some OF
it ion you. too?r The Georgia colonels
were astounded by such rash ignorance
and we an settled down IN our seats.
prepared 70 hear temperance lecture
from cur governor as a rebuke for such
audacity. Imagine our surprise when
our governor thanked the Virginia
colonel for his kind ofler. and said that
he would be glad to take whatever he
could get TO drink. The Virginia aid
dashed on on his quest. but a Georgia
aid. not TO be SO outdone. dashed on
too. In a very few minutes back came
the Virginia colonel bearing a huge
cup Of hot punch At the same time
from another direction the Georgia
colonel rode up with even a bigger cup
OF stoaming liquor The governor Of
Virginia who had also ridden up. in
tending 10 offer a toast 20 the new
president. called oat to the governor
Of Georgia: Now. governor, which
drink are you going to take? The tenn
peranoe governor Of Georgia dropped
the reins. held ont his half-frozen
hands and said: Governor, / shan
drink both And he did. draining the
cups. too. while we all nearly fell OF
our seats in astonishmept The local
instinct had triumphed over principle. ?
Beverages.
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