Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1892 — An Unpopular Trip. [ARTICLE]

An Unpopular Trip.

Col. McCrory was once traveling on a railroad train as a plutocratic occupant of a Pullman. In this car were two people with whom he was acquainted. One was Miss Rachel Sherman, daughter of “Tecumseh," and the other Gen. M. C. Butler, now Senator from South Carolina. The Colonel, naturally, with his wellknown gallantry, djd all in his power to. relieve the tedium of the young lady’s journey, until certain acute cravings drove him *to the smokingroom, where he found his old friend, Senator Butler, too willing to join him with a cigar. During their conversation the Senator asked: “Colonel, who is that nice-appearing girl with whom you were talking when I first saw you?” "Why, that young lady,” said the Colonel, “is Miss Rachel Sherman.” “Any relation to the Senator?” asked Butler. “No; daughter of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, ” answered McCrory. “Well, I’ll be dinged,” said Butler, who had known of Sherman during the war in a way that was not always agreeable to him, “I’d like to meet her. Will you kindly introduce me?” “Certainly, with pleasure,” answered the Colonel, and he threw away his cigar and took the Senator into the car and introduced him to the young lady. They-began to chat on different subjects and were very much interested in each other’s observations. Finally Miss Sherman said: “Senator, I am much interested In the South and want to know more about it than I do. What is the general condition of affairs now and how are things getting along?” “Well,” said the Senator, with a comical side glance at McCrory, “we are doing very well now (with an accent on the ‘ now’), but some years ago, when your father went through the country, he created a good deal of dissatisfaction. ” —Minneapolis Journal.