New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-06
4 MODERN CINCINN1TUS.
Parker VII Learc Hayrake If HIS
Party Calls Him.
my TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUHE.l

Fsopus " Y. July 5.-CauGht In a severe thun-
der shower to-day Chief Judge Parker had II good
opportunity to test the usefulness of the lightning
rod he has had in preparation for many days
Strange TO say. despite the fact that the judge
braved the elements. galloping through wild
burst OF the back of his favorite horse,
the thunderbot did not reach him. and still drip
ping with rain he took dip In the HUDSON ana
then retired to his mail.
Even the agricultural pursuits OF the Fourth were
laid aside temporarily to-day. All the nay had
been gathered in while the sun shone yesterday
To-day Judge Parker duly watered his livestock
and lived up to his rustic reputation. wandering
among his fields and medtating on rural surround
Ings He means that the little incident which
made Cincnnatus famous shall be repeated In MS
case II the nomination does not reach him. while
ne Is at work upon his farm It will he because it
comes in an hour when even the political farmers
rest His heart is laying down the hayrake
al the cali of insistent convention and emulating
the Romans example
The only thing that is absolutely tabooed ut
F1soprs IL political discussion. To every guest the
Judge is equally hospitabe. shows him his live
stock his horses and the view from his piazza but
on the subject Of politics he holds communion only
with himself To be sure. he has untold thousands
OF letters and dispatches from st. Louie. To-
night he had a whole basketful to peruse. but the
only form of mail that he degned to discuss to-
day was epic poetry 1t nigh: be imagined that
pastoral! rather than epic. poetry would interest
the farmer of Esopus. but to-day the epic muse
was forth In his mail letter from England.
which contained a heroic burst of description OF
the chief Judge as he appeared 10 foreign eyes
To be sure this foreign signer, Mabel Parker
Grant, described the judge gray haired which
he is not but despite this and other si3riar slips
of poetic license the fair writer Enclosed her own
photograph and a description of q tennis game in
Long Island City in which she defeated Miss Ellen
Roc-~~N IT, her victory due 10 her mid
die name the apparent conclusion. which Was
doubtless intended for omen
Tomorrow Judge Parker will work on the farm
he will take a swim in the Hudson at precisely
o'clock: re will breakfast az :; at he will ride
a horse that he has had FOR seventeen years. which
is lust seventeen hands high during his ride he will
Of Theodore Roosevelt The animal is collOquially
Inn ctance to TIL public to know that Chief Judge
/ Pave, who IL TO be the Democratic stand
ard bearer. versbody in Esopus affir1ns has
replaced his famous bull with younger and even
tails are solemnly proclaimed at Esopus; only
politics is banshed.
For the time since he became one of the
most prominent figures the Democratic stage
photogra phins to-day. Finally. when the insistent
photogra pher snapped the sage of Esopus coming
out OF the barn d truly agricultural garb, pa
fence gave way precipitate flight, and the pct-
reveals only an ndistinct haze That does not
dimly suggest oVeralls- -
II the nomination comes to- morrow II VIII ma
Chief Judge Parker calmly seated amid his fields
deeply engrossed IN the contemplation OF epic
poetry or pastoral scenery. The new Telegraph
operator whose duty Il Is to hear to the Chief
Judge the from the battle. is already trem-
bling lest he shall interrupt some important study
OF agricultural problems with an III timed an