The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10

sent rom faEe[tSFl4r 10 n, great
WIS meeting here Oh tn occasion q.
Nh. Clay visit The ctas ; not large
enough to give you All 4 slice hut waeu j
at it I VIII think Of you all
| heard the remark. a. stated IS ;
former article. but aid not remember
who made I. BY the way. would "a
glad TO be reminded by any OF the -oll
boys OF such incidents O: the long ago,
a. may occur TO them. while reading -lese
sketches. There arc many things WORTHY
OF 2 place in history said and done ~
those who have gone on before Is tina.
VIII be lost uDle9> speedily written, and
tor the sake of the pleasure tho living
may derive from such history. let Us
make haste 10 write ere the inc!feu.> u
forgotten.
Speaking IF Mr.. Badger. | make BOLD tc
say our people nave not lone INN justice.
II he had hailed from some Northern
State, instead OF from North Carolina.
where We rave not yet learned to prop
erly appreciate our own great men. :
shaft would long ago nave been reared
10 his memory. and our school books
would nave been filled with extracts
from some Of his great speeches. .ua
instead OF that, a name once 80 familiar
Ilol O.lIy III -NOElu 1dIOIilld- DII III OEFE
the United States as well. i but little
known to the children of the present day.
George E. Badger was q native uf New
Ben, born in 1895. His father came from
Connecticut and married a daughter or
Richard Cogdell. who in ITS, was i
member of the Provincial Council or
Safety for the New Bern district. lie
was educated at Yale College and studied
law With the Honorable John Stanly. and
entered the legislature III 1916 from the
town Of New Bern, serving one term q
two years. He was elected Judge Of the
Superior Court in 1920, serving until 1925,
when he resigned; was Secretary Of the
Navy under General Harrison IN 1871,
but resigned upon the death Of the Presl-
dent, was elected United States Senator
II 1916, and again in 1913, in which ca
pacity ne took position side by side
With the greatest men of that period
Webster, Clay. Calhoun, Benton and 9th
ers whose names arc cherished and ho.'
ored by the people of the States they
SO ably represented. / remember to have
seen the statement made BY Chief Justice
fancy to the effect that las a statesman
and Orator, Judge Badger was the equai
Of Daniel Webster, if not his superior
When Will old North Carolina erect a
shaft to the memory of one whose great
ness was so apparent while living, and
the iustre of whose greatness still Il
lumines the horizon, though q third OF Il
century has gone by since his sun Of HE
went down?
Judge Badger, though q very great man,
was as genial and familiar on the streets
as an old farmer, and would chat pleas
antiy with any person We. rlgn
mee5, whether preacher, doctor, lawyer.
merchant or mechanic, and he invariably
left sunshine in his wake. He was font
OF telling anecdotes, and no one coulc
tell one better than he. He used to tel
about eating Daniel WebStcr's turkey.
while as Senator he was living in Wash
lngton. Mr.. Webster bought a turkey al
the market, but the delivery wagon car
red it to Mr.. Badgers residence instead
of to Mr.. Webster's, and of course i
was cooked as Mrs. Badger supposed i
was ordered by Mr.. Badger. The conse
guence was Mr.. Webster had no turkey
for dinner that day, while Mr.. Badge!
did, though ne knew not how 1t happened
But a day or two after Mr.. Webster Wa
telling some Senators how a turkey that
he had purchased in the market failed
TO come 70 his table, but doubtless, Went
to the table Of some other Senator, anG
remarked mat II, through mistake, soma
bcdy's turkey had been sent to MS house
he would have sent it back to the mar
ket, and had the mistake corrected. A.
dressing Mr.. Badger ne asked: "HON
wourd Won have done. .Judge?" Mr.
Badger replied: "If a turkey ever light
on my table, III be sure 20 eat MIN q
l did yours
Mr.. Badger was by no means an early
riser. He generally came down street
49,. 49,, ,p] claw, in no morning
! having Just finished his breakfast. Hi
habit of late sleeping was we'll known, ano
it was no uncommon thing for some one
to remark, in a jocular way, as he would
PASS along: Judge, you are out rather
early this morning" In reply to q re
mark like this, he told OF a trip he made
to some court, stopping for a night at a
country house. Before retiring, he tod
the landlady he wished to make an early
start the next morning, and asked ne
what time she could have breakfast
well, Mister she said, I'll have =
as soon as | can. / have a sight to &c
OF a morning. BY the time make =!
fires, milk tho ca--s. e"ess the chlldre-
and get breakla., &c suns mighty nigh
up For mercy sake, madam saie
he, don't call me UP Tor breakfast; carry
dinner will be soon enough Tor me AEd
So sad MT. BdUSeI, Hulle CIoN ioo6A-
ed, Il got my breakfast as usual, abou'
eleven o'clock, and went on my way re
jcicing.'
After Mr.. Badger left the Senate he
was made q magistrate and for severa
years he, with two other magistrates
(Tnomas G.. Whitaker, my father, BENG
one of them), presided over the Count
Court OF Wake, IN which capacity ne &c
invaluable service to the county. and
made himself very popular with the Law
vers. the officers of the court and TIE
people generally. Mr.. Badger was {
member Of the convention which passed
the ordinance Of secession in 1861. and
he and Judge Ruffin We're very enthusi-
astic when. on the Goth day OF May, North
Carolina. for the second time, declare
her independence. l was not IN Ralels'
thar day, but heard the booming of the
cannon at about moor announcing the
fact that the "Old North State had JUS
stepped out of the Union, and had taken
refuge in the "Confedera-e States OF
America" l was soon summoned TO DIN
ner aud | remember so vell 4 ren1ar.
NV = -ber. made at the table in replt