Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-05
The "Fat ContributOr's,' Interview
7'fLa with Gen. Grant. us z9

special Correspondence of the Cincinnati Times.
So WASHINGTON, January 16.
have just had an interview with Gen
eral Grant, and obtained some of his ideas
OF pubic men, not given in the opinions
published in the New York World, which
herewith send YOU. s43l g..'5e' -
Ben Franklin is unqucstionably a rapid
type-sticker, and his enterprise in collect
ing the latest news renders him inyalua-
pie to an almanac, but he is visionary. j
His theory about lightning rods protect
ing houses and barns during a thunder
storm is one of the most absurd things I
ever heard of. brnad 9iij fo .4aisia,rr q B.
Old Parr is a young man of brilliant
talents and ambitions but he ought to
take better care of himself fear that he
is Fastening to an early grave "a gii Il ..
Washington is an efficient, General of
Militia, and one of our most civil en-
gineers. Many have censured lin for
that little affair with his fathers cherry
tree, but I think it is time for, us to burr
the hdtc7tet.
: I have never seen Webster yet, thought
have read his dictionary. It is not sur
prising to me that a man of so many
words couldn't be President.
L consider Colonel Crockett to be our
greatest American humorist, next to Tup-
per. His telling the coon not to shoot, he
would come down out of the tree, is
equal to anything I have read in the
Globe. l,s, i~e F o~s Is.
George Francis Train is one of our
most noble women. His appeals in be-
half OF her sex are both powerful and
convincing No one can read her speech
es without being convinced he ought to
vote.
Brick Pomeroy is the modern Alexander
the Great, weeping because there are no
more WOrJds,to conquer. What profiteth
it man though he gain the whole World
and lose both his daily and weekly circula-
ton? III rs.f ,t.i,
| have nothing against JEFF. Davis in
particular, that l know of, although he
kept me away from my business at Galena
at sacrifice. But no matter tor that now.
Let us have peace
| have no idea of removing "Nasby"
from the Postoffice He must be sub
stantial addition to the revenue of the De.
partment, for his "letters pass through
every Postoffice in the United States.
Napoleon BoHaparte will proably never
mingle in public affairs again. SO will say
little about him. If, however, he had
been elected President of the United
States, and attempted to read all the petit
lions and applications for office that come,
ne would have been sent to the Lunatic
Asylum instead of st. Helena. He had
title luck, in that particular, at least
Brigham Young is a multitudious hus-
oand and a numerous father, who has GER
,ainly done a great deal for Utah. How
ar he is going to be allowed to edo" the
United States remains to be seen.
". n" is not as crazy as he might be-.
am not sure but he would make good
Secretary of the Treasury. He is in favor
Of deciding all the land back to the Indians,
Ind let the Indians assume the national
lebt. This would certainly be an easy and
rapid solution of our financial difficulties.
Peabody is we'll meaning man, of
much principle upon which he has real
zed great deal of interest His princely
gift to the London poor, fear, is working
harm. Men who were in comfortable
before that donation was
made, reduced themselves to abject beg
gary for the purpose of getting portion
Of the legacy, thereby setting very bad
example indeed
Dan Rice wanted to be President, and
he may be yet. If he was he would sell
out the public buildings, devoting the
proceeds toward paying the national debt,
and carry on the Government under a
canvas to the music of band. 1t is hard
to go back on the habits of a lifetime. i
should be more contented if there was a. s
lanyard back of the White House. r73yr'
Fisk is well-meaning man-toward
Fisk. He has great versatility Of talent,
and can run big railroad, IAN opera house
and the Springfield Republican all at once.
He is not temperance man exactly, but
he don't take his 5os0IS as much as he did.
There is q great deal Of useless talk
about Morrissey's having been in the
" ring" A member of Congress who isn't
in some sort of q "ring" nowadays is
very rare, indeed and there are few of
those rings" as respectable as the prize
ring. Big men have helped Morrissey TO
fortune. His club. house is said to be the
house that Vander- built.
Yours, etc,
.. FAT CONTRIBUTOR.
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