Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-09-27

| LooKpoRT. The President is improvin
wonderfully. He rises with the occasion.
At this pint he mentioned that be wuz sot
| on savin the country wich he'd honored him.
! ia for himself his ambishn wuz more than
satisfied. He he'd bin Alderman, member
Nv the Legislacher, Congressman. Senator,
Military Governor, Vice-President and
President He he'd swung around the en-
tire circle Nv offises, and all he wanted DOW
wuZ to heal the wounds Nv the Bashep. -
He felt safe in leavip the constoeshUn in
their hands. Ez be swung around the cir
kls-
At this pint interrupted him. ] told
him that he he'd swung around the cirkle
wunst in this town. and ez yooseful ez the
phrase wuz it might spile BY toe much
yoOse. t.'r
At Cleveland we begun TO get into hot
water. Here is the post to wich the devil
nv Ablishnism is chained, and his chain is
long enoueh to let him rsnee over necrly
the whole State. / am panied TO state that
the President wuznt treated here with the
respeck due his station. He commenst de-
livern his speech. but wuz made the sub
jeck nv ribaid laffture. Skasely he'd he got
to the pint Nv swinein around the cirkle,
when foul moutbed niger lover yelled
Veto" and another vociffersted Moo
Orleens," and another remarked Mem
phis" and ono after another interruption
occurred until His HiQhness WE complete
ly turned off the track and got wild. He
forgot his speech and struck out crazy, but
the starch waz out nv him and he wuz
worsted. Grant. wich we he'd tskin along
TO draw the crowds, played dirt on US here,
and stepped onto boat for Detroit, leayin
us only Farragut ez attraction, who tried
twice to git swey ditto, but wus timely pre-
vented. The President recovered bis ckani
nifty and swung around the cirkle wunst,
and lesvin the constosshn in their hands,
retired.
At the next we wus sstounded at saein
but one man at the station. He wuz Dress
ed with a sash over his shoulder, and wuz
wavin flag with wun hand, Grin saloot
Hail to the Chief" on a mouth organ. all
to wuust. who are you, my gentle trend?'
sez he. "I'm a perccshun wsitin here to
do honor to our Chief Magistrate all alone,
sir. There wug twenty Johnsonians in this
hamlet, sir, but when the commishun came
for me. the other nineteen wuz soured and
scd they didn't care d-p for him nor his
policy, sir Where is the PRESIDENT" An
droo wuz goin to swing around the cirkle
for this one man and leave the constooshen
in his hands, but Seward checked him.
At Fremont we he'd handsome recep-
shun, for the offses hevn't bin CHANGED
there. hut Toledo didn't do SO well. The
crowd didn't cheer Androo much, but when
Farragut was trotted out they gave him a
rouser, wich WIZ anything but pleasiu to
the Cheef Magistrate nv this nashen, who
blpeves in bein respected.
Finally we reeched Detroit. This helm a
Democratic city the President wuz hissef
agin. His speech here wuz wun Nv rare
merit, He gathered together in one quiver
all the sparklin arrows he had used from
Washington to this point, and shot EN- one
bv one. He swung around the cirkle-he
didn't come to make speech-be he'd bin
Alderman Nv his native town-he mite hev
been Dicktater but woodent-snd ended
with poetickal cotashun wich l coodent
ketch but wich ez neer ez Good understand
wuz:
"Kam wun-Kum all-ihis rock shell fy
From its firm base--n pigs eye"
Here we repose for the mite. Tomorrow
we start onward. and shell continue swingin
around the cirkle till we reach Chicago.
PETROLEUM " Nasty, P. M.
roa i.f (wich is Postmaster.)
rr (likewise chaplin to the expedishua.)