The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-10-12
Nasby.
MIR. NASBY WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY
FROM LOUISVILLE TO WASHINGTON.
WHITE HOUSE,

FROM LOUISVILLE TO WASHINGTON.
WHITE HOUSE, !
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. II, '66. {
| refined the presidenshel party at Loo
isville, and glad | am that did at thai
pint. His Imperial Serenity he'd bir
pleased ever sence he left Chicago, OF
rather sence he got near st. Loois, fol
two-thirds of Illinois wuz pizen and In.
dlanapolis WIZ pizener. From St Loois
the recepshuns wuz trooly corjel and even
enthusiastic. We got out Nv the region
OF aristocrats and he'd come down to the
bard listed yomanry. | seed holes thro
the hats Nv men, seed wat mite be
called the flag NV democrisy, wavin from
behind EN-, which, ez they generally either
had no coats at all, or if any, they were
roundaboutS, wuz alluz in view, saw
wimen who disdained stockins and dipped
snuff, and | felt to home | wuz among
democrisy. The cheerin for Grant and
Farragut closed ez we got into them re-
glOns, and NV the vociterouS crowds half
NV EN-, the younger ones, cheered Andrew
johnson, while the old veterans, them
whose noses wuz bloSsomin for the tomb.
cheered for Andrew jackson. His Seren-
ity smilingly acknowledged both, by maxim
Il speech to EN- and wavin his hat
With these preliminary remarks | re-
SOON my diary:
Louisville: There wuz magnificent
demonstration here. His Imperial Maj
esty who WIZ i'll 4 egggslent condition to
make crowds large enough, remarked TO
me as we WIZ ridin thro the streets ::
"Splen 'Splay. Morn ten 'unerd sous
and peOple-mor's ten million people
MORN ten unred sousand million people,
and all NV UNI sporters my policy. 'Rah
for me,''
His majesty undoubtedly eggsagerated
towards the last; but it is safe to put the
throng down AT a good many. That esti-
mate is entirely safe. There wuz the
finest display Nv banners and Sich | bev
seen Sence we started. The red, white
and red waz displayed from almost half
the houses, ladies waved their handker-
c4etS ez we passed, and men cheered
y plcaSln incident occurd here | no.
tlccd one gushin maiden NV thirty seven
wavin her handkerchief ez tho she wuz
gettln so much per wave and he'd rent to
pay that mite. recognized her to wunst
When | WIZ a citizen Nv Ohio and wuz
drafted into the service Nv the United
states and clothed in a bob-tailed blue
cCat. and he'd Il Ovstran muskit put into
my unwiIlin hands and forced to fite aain
my brethren, our regiment passed throo
Louisville and stayed there some davs
| wuz walkin one afternoon, when | met
this identical angel. She saw nv bloc
kote, end enraged, spit in nv face with
such energy That she threw OuI Nv her
mouth full set NV false teeth. | re-
turned EN- gallantly, wiped my face with
my handkerchief, and vowed that hand
kercher Shood hencetorth be kept sacred.
1t wuz. and when seed her waving hern
at our party, | wept like Philadelphia
convention. stopped the carriage, met
the patriotic female, called her attention
to the incident and handed her my hand
kercher, which he'd four years before,
wiped her spittle The incident gave
new vigor to her arms, and from that
time She waved two handkcrcherS, and
mine WIZ one NV EN-. | narrated the in
sident to the president and he wept.
There wuz a large perccshcn and a
great variety of banners. Among the
most noticeable, wuz u company NV sol
jcrs Nv the late war, each with a lee off,
dressed in the gray uniforms into wicll
they he'd bin mustered out, with this
motto-''We are willin to 90 the other
leg for A. Johnson" Another company
Nv solgers who he'd each lost an arm
carried this inscrip>hen. ''Wat we didn't
get by bullets we Shel get by ballots.
The president cut down his speech JUS
onc-halt herein swinging around til,
cirkle he omitted to menShen that Ii,
| found traitors on the Southern side Nv il
But he lett the coniooSlln on Their hand
cheertuily.
Cincinnatl.-A very enthusiastic re
cepshun-continyood and loud cheers fol
Grant. which the president acknowledged
\ msophisticated postmaster, who jine,
us here, wanted to know why the people
cheered for Grant instead Nv the presi
dent. to which his highneSs answered tina
they wuz considrit-they knew his mod
cstv, and wanted to spare his bushes
Another man, who WIZ also unsophisti
Gated, asked him, confidenshelly, eff h
didn't think there wuz 4 samenls in hi
speeches, and that ef he didn't think he,
do better to give a greater variety. Hi
cggslency asked him how there Good b
more variety. "At Cincinnati" said he
Il observed the fUllowin order:
l. swung around the cirklc
2. | asked who wuz the Saviour eff
wuz Joodis Iskariot
3. left the constitooshn, the Sc state
and the flag with SO stars onto it int
their hands.
Now at Columbus | shall vary it thu:
ly:
l. The constitooshn, flag and stars
2. The Joodis Iskariot biznis.
3. Swinging around the cirkle.
At Stoobenville, agin, ez follows;
/. Joodis Iskariot.
| 2. Swinging around the cirkle.
). Constitooshn, flag and stars.
And so on. Its susceptible of man
e chances 7 thot uy that when 7 writ th.