The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-03-04
SANS CULOTTE.
Hon PIcasanton WAS Surprised in
His Shirt

The naughty Don Piatt writes this
to the Cincinnati Commercial:
The other day General Plcasanton,
a delicate, sensitive little gentleman,
was dressing for dinner He had di-
vested himself of every garment ex-
cept the one spoken of by Hood i'm
that melancholy song. called "The
Song of the Shirt" He was sailing
about under bare poles, when he
heard knock at the door, and sup
posing il to be his nIan-whO ought
to have been there, and was not-he
sang out, .Comc in." To his utter
CONSERVATION that constitutional fe-
male knownas Mrs. Woodruff, with
a peaked hat and man's overcoat,
terminating in mmistakable crinolinc
stalked i'm. As she did not immedi-
ately stalk out, but stood looking at
the Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue. in the abstract, the last named
gentleman, hiding behind an armchair,
suffered out, "EXeuse me, madam!"
81 want to see you on business, Gen.
Pleasanton."
"Well, madam, won't you be so good
as to come to my office. / am not in
a condition to see any one on business
just now and | beg of you to dcsist
and come to the Bureau
IL don't care anything about your
condition, Gen. Pleasanton but it is
a matter of sGmc importance that |
wish to see you upon, and this is as
good an opportunity as any,"
any God! madam" exclaimed the
agonized Commissioner, shifting his
financial person from one leg to the
other; ''won't you permit me to dress
| for dinner"
I'll have no objection to yoIr dress
ing for dinner, but what | want TO
know is, what are you going TO do
about this Vanderbilt case! The
Vanderbilt case is great outrage,
sir, and can see that somebody is to
be swindled out of halt a million of
dollars" and here followed state
ment of the Vanderbilt case, that oc-
cupied just twenty minutes by the
clock, and was very fOrcible and en-
phatic. AT the end of it, when the
strong-minded constitutional Wood
hull paused for breath, the Commits
sioner said:
81 don't know anything about the
Vanderbilt case, madam. L have not
looked at single paper. have not
heard anything but what you have
told me l have not had time. My
God, | don't get time TO get OH my
breeches. don't want TO be rude, but
l wish you would go away and let NE
dress
All this moment a knock was heard
at the door, and Pleasanton yelled
louder than ever he gave command TO
battalion, "Come in The door
opened, and the substantial figure and
handsome face of our Commodore AL
den appeared upon the entrance. So
soon as he did this, the Commissioner
chassezed from the rear of his arm
! chair to the back of sofa, and Alden
thinking that he was intrading upon
some tender scene between the Gen.
| eral and the female, beat hasty re-
treat. But the Commissioner was not
to be forsaken, and he ran TO the door,
ierkcd it open, and with the tail end
of his linen flying in the wind, seized
Commodore Alden, and brought him
back, when the cool and courageous
Woodruff rose in majestic manner,
and wished them a good day. Pleas
anton sank exhausted into chair,
and begged Alden for little brandy,
to try and rally from this tremendous
attack of woman's rights made upon
him.
with the brief garment ola weak defense
lie stood appalled,
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