Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1886 — Raising Pcars in the South. [ARTICLE]

Raising Pcars in the South.

General George Sheridan has often been mistaken for the other General of the same name. He was at the White House once daring the Hayes administration when a delegation was announced. It was a horticultural convention which had called to pay its respects. President Hayes asked General Sheridan to -accompany him to the reception-room, where they engaged the ruralists in conversation, most of them thinking it was P. H. Sheridan to whom they were talking. General Sheridan finally became reticent, and the President sought to engage him in further talk. The conversation between them ran about like this: Hayes —General, have you much fruit in Louisiana ? Sheridan—Oh, yes. We have oranges, and apricots, and grapes in profusion. Hayes—Do you have any of the hardy Northern fruits—apples and pears?” Sheridan—There are a few apples raised along the northern boundary of the State. Hayes—Do you ever raise pears? Sheridan—Always, if we have three of a kind. There was a moment’s icy stillness, and then a big, fat fruit-grower, 'With a roguish eye, unable to hold in, began to snicker, and. in less than a twinkling of an eye they were all guffawing. The President himself_ laughed with the Tesi.—NewYdrkTrWun&.