Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1866-10-02
Chaplain Nasty With the Presidential
Party-From Louisville to Washing
ton
WnIrE HOUSE,
WAsnINGroN, DC. Sept. Is, 'G6 I

WASHINGTON, DC. Sept. 10, &c I
| refined tho Presidenshel party a.
Louisville, and glad | am that | die
il at that pint. His Imperial Seren
ity he'd been pleased scncc he lef
Chicago, or rather soncc he got pi
zen, and indianapolis was pizoner
From St Loois the rccepshuns wul
trooly cordial, and even enthoosias
tic. We got out of the region Of arts
tocrats, and he'd come down to the
hard listed yoomanry | seed holes
thro the hats nv men, | seed what
mite be called the fac Of Democracy
waven from behind EN-, which
ez they generally Gather he'd 70 coats
ut all, or if any, they wore rounda
bouts, wuz allnz in view. | saw
wimen who dsdained stockins and
dipped snuff, and | felt to home |
wuz among Democracy. The cheer
in for Grant and Farragut closed cz
we got into them regions and Nv the
vocilerous crowds half Of en-. the
younger ones, cheered Andrew johns
son, while the old veterans, them
whose noses wuz bioosomn tor the
tomb, chccrcd for Andrew jackson.
His Serenity smiiinly acknowledged
both, by maxim speech to EN- and
wavin his hat.
With these preliminary remarks
| resoom my dairy
IOoIsVIIAE-Thore wuz 4 mag
nificient demonstration here. Ills
Imperial Majesty, who wuz in eggs
lent condition to make crowds large
enough remarked to me rs he wuz
ridin thro the streets; "Slpen
'splay Morn ten 'uncrd sousand
people-mor'n ten million people
morn ten 'urerd million people
morn ten unrd sousAnd million
pcople-and aIluvum spQrtcrs my
policy. 'Rah for me !"
His Majesty undoubtedly eggsagcr.
ated towards lhe last but it is safe
to put the throng down ut a good
many. That estimate is entirely
safe. There wuz the finest display
Nv banners and sich | hcv seen since
we started. The red white and red
wuz displayed from almost half the
houses, ladies waved their handkcr-
chiefs cZ we passed, and men cheer
ed. A pIcasin' incident occurd
here noticed one ~ushin maiden NV
thirty wayin her handkerchief
ez il she wuz gettin SO much pei
wave and he'd rent to pay that Mite
| recognized her to wunst. When |
wuz a citazcn Of Ohio, and drafted
into the service nv the United States,
and clothed in q bCb tailed blue coat,
and he'd a Oystren muskit put into
my unwilln hands, and forced to fife
gin my brethren, our regiment passed
thro Louisville and stayed thar some
days. | wuz walkin one afternoon,
when met this identical angel. She
saw my bloc kote, and enragcd, spit
in my face with SIGH energy that
she threw out Nv her mouth full
sett NV false teeth. | returned EN-
gallantly, wiped my face with my
handkerchief and vowd that hand
kercher shood henceforth be kept
sacred It wuz and when seed her
wavin hern at our party, | wept like
a Philadelphia Convenshen. | stop
ped the Garage, met the patriotic
female, called her attention to the
incident, and handed her my hand
kcrcher, which he'd, four years before
wiped her spittlc. The incident
gave new vigor to her arms, and from
that time sho waved two handkcr-
chcrs, and mine wuz one nv en-. |
narrated the incident to the Prcsi-
dent and he wcpt
There wuz a larg perceshun and
great variety Of banners. Among
the most noticible, WIZ company
Nv solgers NV the late war, each
with leg off into the gray uniforms
into which they he'd bin mustered
out, with this motto-'we are wilIin
to go the other leg for A. Johnson"
Another company of Southern solgcrs
who he'd each lost an arm, carried
the inscripshen, swat we did't get
by bullets, we shell get by ballots"
The President cut down his speech
just one half herein swinging
around the cricklc he omitted to
menshen that he found traitors on
the Southern side NV it. But he
left the Constooshcn in their hands
ehoerfuIly.
Cincinnati.-Avery large enthoosi-
astic recepshun -continyood and loud
cheers for Grant which the President
Acknowledged A unsophisticated
Postmaster, who iined us here,
wanted to know Why the people
chccrcd Grant instid nv the Presi-
dent, to which his Highncss answer
ca that they WIZ considrit-thcy
knew his modesty and wanted to
spare his Bushes Another man.
who wuz also unsophisticatcd. asked
him, conidenshelIy, eff he didn't
think there wuz a samenis in his
speeches, and hat cf he didn't chink
he'd do better to give greater vari-
city. Ills Eggsloncy asked him how
there cood be more variety. cat
CINCINNATI, sed he Il observed the
, followin' order
!. / swung around inc circkle.
? | asksd who wuz tho Savior ct
wuz Joodis Iskariot2
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