The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-09-28

There wuz the finest display Nv ban
ners and sich / hev seen since we
started. The red white and red wuz
display ed from almost half the hou-
ses, ladies waved their handkerchiefs
ez we passed, and men cheered. A
pleasin' incidnnt occurd here. I no.
ticed one gushin maiden NV thirty
seven, wavin her handkerchief es tho
she was gettin so much per wave and
he'd rent to pay that mite. recog-
nized her to wunst. When / wuz a
citizen nv Ohio and wuz drafted into
the sci vice NV the United States, and
clothed in bob. tailed blue coat, and
he'd Oystran muskit put into my
unwillin hands and forced to fite agin
my brethren, our regiment passed
thro Louisville and stayed there some
days. WIZ wallxin one afternoon,
when / met this identical angel.---
She saw my bloc kote, and enraged.
spit in my face with sich energy that
she threw out NV her mouth full
sctt Nv false teeth. returned en-
gallantly, wiped my face with my
handkerchief, and vowed that hand
lSercher shood henccforth be kept
sacred. 1t wuz, and when seed her
wavIn hern at our party, wept like
a Philadelphia Convention stop
ped The carriage, met the patriotic
female, called her attention to the
incident ane handed her my handker-
cher which he'd, four years before,
wiped her spittle. The incident gave
new vigor to her arms, and from that
time she waved two handkerchers,
and mine wuz one Nv EN-. i narrat.
ed the incident to the President and
he wept.
There wuz large perceshen and
great variety of banners. Among
the most noticeable, wuz company
NV solgors NV the late war, each with
IL leg off, dressed in the gray uniforms
into which they had been mustered
out, with this motto-''we are willin
TO 90 the other leg for A. johnson"
Another company Nv solgers who
lad each lost an arm, carried this in
scripshen, ''wat we didn't get by
bullets, we shel get by ballots.
The President cut down his speech
lust one half herein swingin around
the cirkle he omitted To menshen
that he found traitors on the South
ern side NV it. But he left the con.
stitution in their hands cheeriully.
CISciNATI.-A very enthusiastic
recepshun-continyud and loud cheers
for Grant, wich the President ac-
knowledged A unsophisticated
postmaster, who jined us here, want
, ed to know why the people cheered
for Grant instid NV the President, to
wich his Highness answered that
they wuz considcrate, they knew his
Lmodesty, and wanted to spare his
bushes. Anuther man, who was al.
so unsophisticatcd, asked him, conf
denshelly, ef he didn't think there
wus a sameness in his speeches, and
that ef he didn't think he d do better
, to give a greater variety. His Eggs
lency asked him how there Good be
more variety. "At Cincinnati" sed
he, 81 observed the followin order:
/. swung around the cirllle.
.. asked who wus the Savior ei
I wuz Joodis Iskariot?
! 3. l left the ConstiLooshn, the 36
( States, and the flag with 36 stars onto
> it in their hands.
= Now at Columbus shel vary it thus
!, ly:
, l. The Constitooshn, flag and stars
% frhn IlA1;p Iolx htznia
B. Swingin around the cirkle.
At Stoobenville, agin, cz follows:
/. Joodis Iskariot.
Q. Swingin around the cirkle.
3. Constitooshn, flag and stars.
And 50 on. It's susceptible Nv
many changes. thot Nv that wher
| witt that speech, and divided it vi
Into sections on purpose"
JouNsrowN, PA.--A platform fel
, down, onto wich wus 400 voters, xii
lin dozen NV EN-. His Eggslenc.
> felt relieved when heerin NV the axi
I" ldent, at bein asshoored that ther
wuzn't wun nv his supporters on TIL
fplatform. He considered it spesl
Providence. The condukter ovel
n hcered the remark, and answere
" That ef eny NV his supporters wa
killed in that seckshun they'd hev
import wun for the purpose.
MiTELIs, PA.--A enthusiastic in
diviijile who wants the Post Oriis 4
this place very much, fell on til
Presidents neck and wept, haili
linn ~ the apr, server nv tho Union
The President thanked him for tn
spontaneous triboot, and left in h
hands the Constitution, the flag, an
I, the appointment he desired.
% B,LTIMoRE.-There wuz spol
s. taneous recepshun here, wich WI
gratifying to us. TIE perceshu
at wuz immense and the notices G!
id pressiye. One division wuz heade
ty by the idedtikle indiviioeel who fire
.lt the first shot at the Massachuset
ar men in 1861 He is a ardent SUI
lis porter of President Johnson's polio
IL One flag wuz one capchered from q
in Injeany regiment at the first Bu
81 Run Mt wich the President wept.-
nv "'rhings is becomin normal" sed
to when the people will stand that
Ell Wat love!--wat unity. The tias
ed NV both secshuns wich wus late
'1. borne by foes, now minglin in Il
IN. same proceshun, and all Nv EN- chee
ad in NE"
re AT last we arrived at Washingto
hevin swung entirely around q