Year: 1874

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The Columbus correspondent OF
tue Cincinnati Enquirer relates the
following amusing incident on our
Senator which occurred on tine occs-
sion of the recent visit of our Legis-
lative Salons to Cincinnati


SENATOR Goodhue is the pleasant
hammered and genial old Wax Figger
whom introduced to the public few
weeks since in connection with rhe-
torical flight he made at a crusaders
| meeting here. The Senator seldom
misses an oportunity to sound his
loud timbreI DER Egypt's dark sea, 10
encourage the women in fighting
Whisk-ee, and his utterances on the
temperance stage in this city have OBJ
tained him considerable reaown at his
home in the Reserve. Senator Burton
is passionately fond of the game OF
whist. 1t is statemanlike game, and
fatters himself that he is the champion
of the Sfxty-first General Assembly in
its playing. He never loses an oppor-
tunity to take a hand, DO matter
whether it be in his room at the hotel,
in the paflor of a friends house, on
the cars or stag ee-coach, or anywhere
else.. In fact, 1 believe he would
rouse himself up from the gentle slHm-
| Der he indulges in every Sunday
morning at church to take hand In
good game of whist with pleasant,
agreeable partners. Yesterday NOR
ming the Senator decided to accept
Mr.. Pendleton's invitation, and with
party of friends started toward Gin
cinnati in Pullman car. A whist
party was presently made up, and the
Senator took his seat and soon became
interested in it. As he warmed up in
the game he laid off his hat and over
coat. A waggish member who had Z
finished his first bottle quietly slowed
it away in the Senator's chapeau, and
presently another bottle only partly
emptied was put in the pocket of his
overcoat, which hung over the arm of
the car seat The Senator continued
to play, and warmed with the task.
He reached down to his nat to get a
pocket handkerchief with which to
mop off his feYered brow. The empty
flask was the first thing his hand
touched. Holding it up with the few
drops of cordial gently trickling down
his sleeve, he gave expression TO a
deep sigh Well, I'll swear that's an,
insult" and threw the bottle to the
after-end of the car, breaking it into
fragments. , s3ai 5si8ia ~


."What's the matter, Goodhue," said
one of his partners; you've emptied
the bottle, have you, and now put an
air of Innocence over it? That's what
you were going back to the saloon
so often for. You. didn't want to
share your bitters with US"


SITS darned mean jokE," said he,
sand you know it. It was a put-up
job on nae, just because made those
temperance speeches. You know I
am goin' to canvas the State on that
business, and it'll ruin me if this ever
comes OUT


"Well, you needn't put on SO much
virtuous indignation" said another;
~ shouldn't be surprised if you had
bottle in your pocket STILL"


The Senator next dived his hands
down into his overcoatand drew forth
another flask, and this one only half
emptiedl 1t wSs in vain that he pro-
tested he didn't know where it came
from its presence alone was evidence
enough. The boys had their Joke on
him all the way down, and when they
arrived at Cincinnati the Gazette cor
respondent, who happened to have
heard it in another car where he was
sitting, was hunted up, aud besought
with tears to suppress the story which
he said he had already written out.


OF course, ] would have promised
the same thing if had been along, but
as I wasn't there is no obligation laid
upon me. This being absent is an adj
vantage to one sometimes, you know,
when it comes to being thrashed or q
promise to keep secret.