New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-24

| nounceu1ent made upon that occasion, Of "the
| coming Of man, of a leader Of men, Inc
| restiveness in the Presidents Cabinet Is Illus
trated in a capital little series of anecdotes, but
the author rises with his theme. and il. Ike
most of Lincoln's biographers. he brings in
many stories it is only when they are apt IN
illustration Of his heros character. All through
this address his freedom from sectional feeling
is made manifest. Let no Southern man point
finger at me-" he says, because I canonze
Abraham Lincoln for he vas the one friend We
had at court when friends were most in need
he was the one man i'm power who wanted 10
preserve us intact to save us from the wolves
of passion and plumber that stood at our door"
Words like these serve to exhibit the seriousness
with which Colonel watterson has written his
pages and indeed. from the beginning 10 the
end of this volume find him in thoughtful
mood but his humor is constantly coming to
the surface he is constantly entertaining the
reader with tales like those which find in
The South in Light and Shade" 1t is from
that amusing lecture that we take the following;
There can he no mistaking the origin of the
story Of the traveller who asked Mississippian
whether Il was worth his while to carry a pistol
and was told: ''Well, stranger, you mout move
round here more'n year an never need
pistol but ef you should happen to need one
you'd need IL powerful" Equally characteristic
is the record of a well known Tennessee case
testified that he sent TO get a fresh pack
of cards, that he got them. and. returning, sat
down in the grass. Here he baked IN his
testimony and would go no further. 1t last,
after cross-exanning and coaXing had been ex-
bausted the Judge threatened him with fine and
Imprisonment. whereupOn he said: please, your
honor If / must tell why drapped I'm the Unison
weeds l suppose 1 must. 1t was just, your
honor 10 look over the kerds and mark the
bowers" The following no less reflects the
local color of the ante-belum days: Two Ken
tuckians went to settle their bill at hotel i'm
Boston. There being dispute about the
amount one of them grew angry and began TO
swear, when the other said: Remember, John,
who YOU are. Remember you a kentuckian.
Pay the bill and shoot the scoundrel-" Parson
Bullen in his funeral Grafton over the dead
body Of SUIT Lonngwood. observed:
I'VE air met. my brethering, to bury this
had chickens. an he fit EN-; he had kards. an
he played em. Let us try an ricollect his vir-
tues-ef he had any-an' fergit his vices-ef we
can. For of SIGH air the kingdom of Heaven
Such incidents these could not happen, and
therefore could not be humorously narrated In
any part OF the world except the South
we would like TO quote. Colonel Watterson is
vigorous and suggestive on the subject of jour
nalism in this country. on 'the new South" on
the virtues in a judicious provincialism and on
a dozen other themes having a political or social
bearing. He is full OF vitality and always read
able. He does not envy the makers of books;
he is happy in making a newspaper. But we
are glad that he has found time TO make this
volume