The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-16
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interesting Gossip Cleaned Among Employees
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Typographical Jones Completing Map Of Section Around
CoIumbia-Coonel John v Wright, of the
Land Office Ex-Member of Congress-

soidiers put the general in his carriage
and started to MiiledgevitIc The party
moved 10 era SfordsvilIe. where lived
Alexander H stevens. the vice presi-
dent Of the ConfedeTaC=. the great com
moneT" Of Georgia The old statesman
walked on clutches 10 the piazza and
welcomed the soldiers, saying that he
knew what they came for There were
several negroes about the place. and
they were ordered 20 take the horses
in charge. Sherman's army had made
the feeding of horses a mere empty for
mality in that section, but the men Jared
better, and got good meal After a
nights rest at Liberty Hall the soldiers
resumed the march Mr. stephens was
placed in the carriage with General
Toombs. This was probably far from the
liking of either of the eminent men, but
they had 10 submit They were inveteT-
ate enemies. having represented in many
a fierce debate the respective claims Of
the aristocracy and the common people
| General TOOmbs was a strenuous oppo-
nent Of so-caIled popular rights, and
was a fiTebTand for secession The dis
tinguished prisoners were put in prison
at MilledgeviIle, but were soon brought
to Washington. where they took the
oath of allegiance.
Colonel Miller is now living at Bristol.
Tenn, at an advanced age He has
some OF the dies and plates captured at
/ Anderson. His command was at Wash
ilgtOn Ga when Gen Joe Wheeler's
men were paid for the last time BY Sec
/ rotary Of the Treasury judah P. Benja
min They were paid in coin and bought
q great quantity of clothing from the
/ Union troops. who had captured immense
- ha T-7FN
/ troops gave the Confederates lot OF
the Confederate trousers secured in
/ Augusta
Miss Mary FIaherty ard Mrs. Smiley
/ Peekham. OF the blank division Of the
Government Printing Office. have gone
on a vacation trip to the North They
will go 20 Buffalo and thence into
/ Canada, returning by way Of Niagara
( Falls
Mr.. P. H. Dorset. Of the Agricultural
/ Department. is a tireless worker in the
division OF flowers and shrubs He is q
florist and botanist Of high repute. The
Government has recently published one
OF his pamphlets. treating of the disease
Of spots on the violets. This is appar-
entity trivial subject, but that disease
has ruined thousands Of dollars worth
Of flowers every year The experts OF
! the department have made studies Of
/ the diseases Of even the humblest flow
ers-
! There is a Georgian in one OF the
downtown departments who has polit
+ zeal history He used TO range the
+ Georgia hills in search Of votes. and foi
many years he kept himself supplied
with a good Office. This tireless servant
I Of the people had great many ezpe-
+ rieDces. some comic, some painful and
many absurd il various ways.
He was running for sheriff once
/ against man OF great popularity, and
/ up TO that time invincibIe- There was
( ore district in the county which the In
cumbent was due TO set in lump unless
the new man could stir up something
( One day in the fall he anchored coffee
sack on the back Of his faithful mule
and invaded the enemy's country. There
+ was a part Of the district situated IN a
/ cove. and in the cove were many voters,
the chief OF which was one RCdwine.
This patriot with the bibulOgs name
reached under the bed when the caudi-
Gate came and offered him jug. That
candidate goes 20 Sunay school now,
but he knew ar once what was in that
jug, and il he had been the supeTintend-
! e1t Of fourteen Sunday schools he would
have taken a pull at Il Il would have
: been breach OF manners 10 have re-
fused and, be5ides, he didn't want 10
refuse Redw ne took some. too. and
/ pretty soon both took some more IL
der this genial Influence the me1 soon
/ agreed that they were the pest people
in the world. anyhow, and wanted TO
meet a man who would deny II. Then
the subject I'll mod to hogs.
The host and the candidate welt t.
4 see the prize hog, the hope and pride Of
the household AID the boast 81 the neigh
/ borhood- The old man said that rs
/ the tax hog. watch meant nat The nCe
must be sold 10 raise mouey 10 pay
taxes soCn coming due. The 0t4lcr can
didate. il appeared, had, in ais blindness.
refused to buy. The new candidate
/ traded for it and paid for il on the spot
! The candidate was stiu feeling good.
and he made this offer:
Mr. Redwine, ] got lois er hawgs at
/ home and don't need this one You jest
keep him here good and ct, and tell the
boys that ne goes to the NAN who does
. the best work for me in he election"
The candidate who oHEcI the hog was
elected The next day -n=sseuzc~ frcm
( Redwine came in and said there was
trouble in he cove; that SIX men eli
claimed the hog. and that the new sher-
~ would get chance 20 hang the sur
{ giyoTs If he didn't stop Jns luss- The
sherih-elect hurried TO the cove ard
found interesting things waiting for him
/ He heard all the claims and asked Time
70 thiek- He walked around selemnly
while the people admired his Lightly ard
judicial mien- Finally he said.
Boys I'm sorry YOU cant settle his
thing. You all done good work for me.
and / wish I kaC we'd w'l3 done the bes1.
( But ; can't decide, All III compromise
the matter by taking the hawg myself %
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