Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04
Nasty.
MR.. Nasty WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY.
PROM LOUISVILLE TO WASHINGTON.
WHITE HOUSE, }
WASHINGTON, d, c.,
September the 18th, 1866.

September the 18th, 1866.
refined the Presidenshel party at
Louisville, and glad am that did it at
that pint, His imperial serenity he'd
bin pleased ever since he lsft Chicago,
or rather since he got near st. Loois
for two-t thirds of Illinois wuz plzen
and indianapolis wuz pzener. From
st. LoOis the reCepshuns wuZ trooly cor.
jel and even enthusiastic. We 90 out NV
the regin NV aristOcrats and he'd come
down TO the hard listed yomanry. seed
holes thro' the hats nv men, | seed wat
mite be called the flag Nv Dimocrisy,
wavin from behind EN-, witch, e. they
generally either had no coats at all
or eff any, they We're roundabouts, wuz
alluz in view, | saw wimen who dis
dained stOckins and dipped snutf, and
felt to hum. | wuz among Dimocrisy.
The cheerln of Grant and Faragut clozed
ez we got in them regions, and NV the
yoclierous crowds half NV EN-, the young
er ones, cheered Androo Johnson, while
the old veterans, them whose nozes wuz
blosSomin for the tomb cheered fur An.
droO Jackson. His Serenity smilingly
to EN- and wavin his hat.
With these preliminary remarks l re-
SOON my diary
LooIsvILLE.-Vhere wuZ magnificent
demunstraShun here. His Imperial
Majesty who wuz in Il eggs ent condition
to make crowds large enough, remarked
to me as We WuZ ridn thrOO the streets
'Spleu 'splay Morn ten 'unerd SOU
sand people-mor'u ten million people
morn ten uuered sousand million peO-
Pile, and alluvum 'sporterS my policy.
'Rah for me ~
His Majesty undoubtedly eggsagerated
towards the last, but itz safe TO put the
thrOng down at good many. The es-
innate IL intirely safe There wuz the
finest display NV banners and SIGH hev
seen senCe we started. The red, white
and red wuz displayed from almost half
the hOuZes ladies waved theil handker-
chiefs IL we passed, and men Cheered.
A pleaSin incident occurred here. |
noticed one gushin maiden Nv thirty
seven, wavin her hankerCher ez tho she
WIZ gettin 50 much per wave and
he'd rent to pay that mite | recognized
her to wunst. When | wuz citizen Nv
Ohio and wuz drafted into the service of
the Uuited States and clothed in a bob
tailed blue coat, and he'd a Ostryan mus.
kit put into my unwillin hand and forced
to fife agin my brethren, our regiment
passed through Louisville and STAYED
there some days. | wuz walkin one at
ternOOn when | met this Identical angel.
She saw my bloc kOte, and enraged, spit
in my face with such energy that she
threw out NV her mouth a full sett Nv
false teeth. | returned them CALAMITY,
wiped my face with my Handkerchief
and vowed that handkerchief shood
hencefOrth be kept sacred. 1t wuz, and
when | seed her wavin hern at our par
ty, l wept like Philadelphia Conven-
ton.
I Immediately stopped the carrige,
met the patriotic female called her
attenshun to the insident and handed
her my hankerCher witch he'd four years
before wiped her spittle. The insident
gave new vigOr to her arms, and she
waved two hankerchers and mine wuz
wuu NV EN-. narrated the insident to
the President and he webt.
There wuZ a large purceshun and
great variety NV banners. Among the
most noticeable was company of SOL
gers of the late war, each with q leg of,
dressed in the gray uniform in witch they
they he'd bin mustered out, with
the mOttO-"We are wllin to 90 the
other leg for A. Johnson" Another
Nv sOlgers who he'd each lost
an arm carried this inscripshun, "wat
we didn't get by bullets, we shell get by
ballots"
The president cut down his speech
just one half herein swingin around
the cirk!e he omitted to menshun that
he found traitors on The southern side
Nv it. But he left the constitooshun in
their hands cheerfully.
CINCGNNATL-A very enthusiastic re-
Cepshun-cOntinyood and loud cheers
for Grant, witch the President acknow-
LEGGED. a unsOphisticated Postmaster
who jined W here, wanted to know WHY
the people Cheered fur Grant instead NV
the President, to witch hiZ Highness ans
wered they WuZ COnsidrit-they knew
his modesty and wanted to spare his
bushes. Another man, who wuz also
VI oSpAlIGbiCdbCbJ ESSNCu MN tOuLuGu~
shally, eff he didn't think that there wuz
a samenis in hiz speeches, and that eff he
didn think he'd do better to give a bet
ter variety. His Eggselency asked him
how there Good be more variety. "At
sed he, 1 observed the fol-
lOwin order.
l. swung around the cirkle.
2. I asked who was the Savior, ell
was Judis Iskariot ?
3. left the constitooshun the So |
States and the flag with 36 stars onto
heir hands.
Now at Columbus 1 shell vary it |
husly;
l. The constitooshun, flag and stars. |
2. The Joodis Iskariot bznis.
3. Swingin around the cirkle.
At Stoobenville agin ez follows:
l. Joodis Iskariot.
2. Swingin around the cirkle.
3. Constitooshun flag and stars.
And so on. It's susceptible Nv many
;hanges, thought Nv that when | writ
hat speech, and divided it up into sec
ions on purpose
JoHNsTowN, Pa platform fell down
INTO witch was 400 voters, KILN a dozen