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ROME'S EXPOSITION
Rome, Ga., October 2.—[Staff Correspondence
Consttution.] —This has been a great day for
Borne and an auspicious one tor the exposition.
When the water Logan to come down in
•beets, the cavalry broke ranks for a minute, ;
but reformed again in a drenching rain jti.,t in j
time to sec the captain appear on the veranda :
•nd give orders to break ranks and get in Dr.
11. dmes's big brick stable.
Tbo color b< arer of that troop was a unique
character. His name is Terrell Speed, and
he is a hunter and trapper by profession, but a
candidate for the legislature for the time be
ing. Ike wore a high white Cleveland hat, a
rod necktie made'of a Thurman bandana hand
kerchief. and he carrrlcd a small United States
flag, which fluttered over his shoulder os he
galloped along the road.
“Governor Gordon,” said he, "my name is
Torrell Speed and I used to bo one of your sol
diers.” General Gordon's response to this was.
