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The Daily Dispatch: May 29, 1863., [Electronic resource], A Feature of Yankee Excellence. (search)
he world." There is hardly anybody in this world — and impossible that there is any one in any other either above or beneath it — who will deny the truth of Beecher's portrait of his own people. It brings to mind a celebrated trial of skill at the World's Fair in London a few years since. Hobbs, the Yankee lock manufacturer, went to the fair and challenged the world on locks. A famous London mechanic unwittingly took him up. We forget his name. It may have been Brown, or Johnson, or Smith — he was certainly a locksmith. He presented his lock in comparison with Hobbs's. How was the question of relative merit between the locks to be settled? Hobbs said "easy enough."--"I'll undertake to pick your lock and you undertake to pick mine. If I pick yours, and you can't pick mine, of course mine is the best, and vice versa." The Englishman was green enough to accept the terms — he was not posted on Yankee cuteness and skill! The result was inevitable. The Englishman's lock was p
The Daily Dispatch: May 29, 1863., [Electronic resource], Virginia State election. (search)
fferson Ward.--For Governor; Thos S Flournov, 251; Wm Smith, 124; Geo W Munford, 119. For Lieutenant-Governor Madison Ward--For Governor: T S Flournoy, 377; Wm Smith, 173; Geo W Munford, 217. Refugee vote — for SmitSmith, 207; for Flournoy, 107; for Munford, 45 Lieutenant Governor: Samuel Price, 470; J D Imboden, 386. Refugee vovernor: Thomas S Flourney, 410; G W Munford, 223; Wm Smith, 181. For Lieut Governor: Samuel Price, 418; Johna. Reg't, May 28. For Governor — Flournoy, 62; Smith, 31; Munford, 8. Lieutenant-Governor--Price, 58; Imbourt-House.--For Governor: Thomas S Flournoy, 422; Wm Smith, 173; Geo W Munford, 134. For Lieutenant Governor the city proper resulted as follows: Flournoy, 424; Smith, 165; Munford, 14. Price, 459; Imboder, 100. No opty for Congress. The vote for Governor is divided. Smith and Munford run ahead of Flournoy. [second Disier 684, Gholson 242. A. M. Keily elected to House. Smith 535, Munford 176, Flournoy 160. Imboden 179, Price