The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-09-25

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was sitting ai his official table with i
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an ornamental sheet Ia which was c,
tanned a drat, of his response 10 soi s
honorary distinction which had be- u
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President, iutendipg 70 sign hy the
mark, placed his hand 70 the wrongrs'
per. and then handed Il 10 clork. wl1
mechanically obeyed his directions bi
supply the namo IN tho customary ofun
+. illiterato signor, then folded the doc
mont sealed il, and placed il In re
mail The intended victim Of the jol2
was willing to forego his object for tls
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denco that enc Of the most illustrious
\ tho American Presidents acknowledge
a compliment to his learning in doc
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name.
PBspENr HARmsoN. Tho oxtraortH.
nary cornestncss and preposterous G..
trayagance of zeal which chaiueterizpd
the political canvass Of 1910 will rema j
for ages ludicrous record among To
archives Of a people so intelligent anl
SO dignifed us ours During the heig'
Of tho excitement, while General lire
rison was passing through Ohio, tie
absurd and inorlinate manifestations
tho period reached at Lancaster pitel
of importantly that was nearly franta
among the enthusiastic adherents OF tla'
unfortunate candidate. One Of thal
bawled out: General Harrison, yon
must be elected, or you will kill us MI
by your defeat" Ho smiled in repl
and said, in tone which was audi
to but one person, who oomprehended
its significance, though not its uneoi,-
sciousprophocy; ut is you,gontlemc
who VIII kill me- il / am elected" And
they did
Wo clip the following characterisi.s
anecdotes Of tho late President, frosl
Mr. 7, B. Carpenters "Six Months 80
the White House"
Mn. LEoorN AND GESEnn PunInas-
When General Phelps took possessios,
Of Ship Island, near New Orleans, earl,
IN tho war, it will be remembered thr
he issued a proclamation, somowl4'
bombastic in tone, freeing the slayes..4
~ the sllrprise nf MANY peoule on bGil
sides, the President took no official me-
tice Of this movement Some time hat
elapsed, when one day q friend took hiii
To task for his seeming indifference q.
80 important matter
Wen, said Mr.. Lincoln, II feel
about that, a good deal as man whefa
! viii call Jones, whom / once knoy.
did about his wife He was one Of YOU
mock men, and had the reputation vi
being badly henpecked At last, orr
day his wife was seen switching him on
Of the house. A day or two afterwar,l
a friend met him in the street, and
said: Jones, ! have always stood np
for you, as you know; but am not %.
ing to do it any longer. Any man whp
viii stand quietly and take switching
from his wife, deserves to be horsC-
whipped Jones looked up with Il
wink, patting his friend on the back.
Now don't, said he; why, it didn't
hurt me any; md you have no idcA
what power Of good it did SaralI
Ann.
TT Is THE PEoIE's Business" RI,
August 1864, tho prospects Of the Tn.
ION party III Ttiefcbcs 10 tne IreElnef'-
tial election, became very gloomy. 4
friend, the private secretary Of ono of
the Cabinet ministers, who spent fcp
days in New York 1t this juncture, ~.
turned to Washington with so discoui
aging an account Of the political eitua
tion, that after hearing il, the secretaf
told him TO 20 TO tho White Houeo and
repeat it to the President by frion
said that he found Mr. Lincoln alon,
looking more than usually care-woia
and sad, Upon hearing the statemcn
be walked two or three times across thc
floor IN silence Returning, he sai
with grim earncstncss of tone aud mni
ner: "Well, / cannot run the poliiica
/ have enough Oh my hand
without that 1t is tho peoples busi
ness tho election II in thoir hands
II they turn their backs to the fire, nne
get scorched IN the rear, they win find
they have got to sit On tho blister"
There is a girl IN Jersey whose iirs
are 80 sweet that they stick fogethcs
l.yery f5to,.nirtr, In, fbr bourv thav H.