The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-12-19
OLD AnE,S LAsYsPEECH.


The New York Heraidcon,aiii- a lengthy
aid somewhat particular ACCOUNT OF pro-
ceed.nss at the White Iious-, on the day
or our recent national Thanksgiving. ls
appears thu, President Lincoln had invI-
ted select Ia:ty OF frienos on the occA
sion to unite with Kim in celebrating the
national festivity, amo,.y whom. were Gen.
| Meagher, Miles % Reilly, IKE Irish soldier
ami poet, and the whole OF lis cabinet.
During the entertainment, the subject ct
the next Presidency came up for discuss
ion, when, being called upon by all pres
eut, President Lincoln a-ose and delivered
hims If as follows
Mr. Lincoln replied that lie was happy
to see private . Reilly, but did not care TO
MAKE set speech In his position it WAS
not wise to talk ioolishly, and he would.
| therefore, but rarely talk at all As 10 IN"
| war for the succession, about which the
Herald and Mr. Wendell Philips appeared
crazy, he wouldsay some few words. Men
ottenest betray and defeat themselves by
over anxiety to secure their ojjec,, just ~
the widow Zollicotfers Niger dic, away
down. in Bourbon county, when he had
been eating her cranberry jam Lough-
teri The widow, while making her jam.
was called away to a ueshbor who was
about increasing the population Loud
| laughter Sam, you rascal, she said,
you Il be eating my jam VIXEN ] III awav.
Sam protested lie Il die first; but tho
whites of his eyes rolled hungrly toward.
| the bubblIng crimson. See here, Sam
said the widow taking upa piece of chalk.
"lll chalk your lips. and then on my re-
| turn ii know II you We eaten any. 30
| saying, she passed her fore finger heavily
over the thick lips Of her darkey, holding
the chalk in the palm Of her hand, and
not letting it toucn him Well, when she
came back, Sans lips were cialked 4
quarter Of an inch thick aud she needed
az ,inst him no other evidence (Laugh-
teri Now, it is much the same about tks
/ Presidency. (Rerewcd mirth) A good
! friend of mine declares that he wouldn't
take it at anv price; but his lips were
thIckly chalHed when he came back from
Ohio. (Grcat merriment, in which Mr..
Chase joined hartiiy) So were General
Fremoits out in Missouri, when Gene
/ rails Batler's were not only chalked, but
had tn j.m on, and had it thick. Secre-
tarv Sew ard once clialEed veay badly, but
had given it up as of 10 use since his our
rel with the machine proprietor Of hi. own
State. (Loud laushter) Mingled chalk
and jam ght be seen on the lips Of Gen.
Banks while the same compound formed
tiiikt f0Stc aEOIHl l.iS tilTOuSh
which his good friend Governor Seymour
supplied the wants Of nature. (Roars o.
laughter) He had never seen any chalk
on on the lips of Secretary Stanton, or
General Henry w. IIalleck; bnt with
these exceptions, tiere was scarcely man
connected with the army who did not
chalk his lips (Contimu|d mirth, the
foreign diplomatic corps join:or heartily
He believed many OF the generals would
compromise for n brigadieIs commission
in the regular army; but these were mat
ters too grave to be joked about. Hs
would now Introduce 10 all present private
Miles o Reilly, of the Tenth army corps
IN arUv corps which had done we'll under
Ges Gilmore, having been magniticently
disc; plinrd by Gen l!unter--peThaps the
s;rcte-t field officer in the service. Mr..
L'Eccin would now conclude by bidding
the bard of Morris Island welcome to tho
White House, at the same time extending
his haui !or L hIenGy shan-.