The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-08-23
Intercte,o aoith Grant.
His Recent TOur---He PrOpouiids a COnuHdrum-.-
Fighting Ii Out ON One Line.

His Recent T6uF---He PrOpounds a ConuHdrum-.-
Fighting Ii Out on One Line.
Correspondence of the New York Telegram
One THOUSAND ISLANDS More or Less),
August 3, 1872. I
| sent my last letter to you when the
President and myself and the rest of our
illustrious party were about starting for the
Thousand Islands. We are now among
them, and between boating, fishing and lie
ing under the trees; the time passes agree
ably. find that Grant is fond of Fish, al
though at times | have some difficulty in
determining whether the fish don't think
the real bait is on the other end of the line
and angle accordingly. Nearly all these
Islands are surrounded by water, but right
around this Island ON which | am writing
there is now more whisky than water. The
President says he'd like to sit under long
branch here and fight it out with line all
summer. He prefers it to Long Branch
by the sea side-everything is so n-ice and
cool, and the ''straws' tell which way the
wind blows. ...... -..--.# .--.
While the General and Iwere OH tramp
the other day, lie startled me with a conun-
drum. We had started out in the morning
for founders in the harbor, but the day
promised to be 50 warm that when we came
to a little pond in the woods, near a mill,
the General said he guessed we had better
stop under the trees and catch our founders
there. So we each baited our ho6ks and
fell to work. There was pleasant spirit
Tin glass concern that held a pint about
the place that made it comfortable; and we
sat talking very contentedly till the Presi-
dent said he felt a nibble. lie whipped up
his hook and found it was caught on the
bark of an old log. He pulled this of, and
tried again. The next time he landod a
small, still looking dUg-witlIout any bark.
He laid him one side, in a melancholy way,
and tried again. This time he shared AM
old shirt, tied up and full of young kittens:
The President looked stin sadder at this,
and, winding up his line; began to muse:
He said he guessed he'd go. | asked him
what he was thinking of. He remarked,
Colonel the calls me Colonel now if DIR.
Greeley was here why would he say this
pond was like my Cabinet?' ?'' | said could
not think unless because he had kept Shurtz
out of it. mo lie said, Its because IL
seems to be full of corruption laughed,
and the General added that he thought We
might as well leave the pond and 30 home,
for he didn't believe that even Justice her
self could find a scale III it. When We ia
out so, we talk over politics a good deal,
and generally agree ON most points. The
President says he thinks most of my ideas
are very sound, and he has promised when
he gets back to Washington to make a
change in the Cabinet.
The General feels quite hopeful as to tie
success of his ticket this fall, made up as il
is of tanner and a shoemaker. He says
it will be tough ticket to beat. / sug-
gested that the Convention might perhaps
have done better than to put Wilson on, for
it seemed a little like getting down to take
cobbler for Vice-President. He said he
didn't look at it in that light, for he rather
liked cobblers, and it didn' make straw i
difference to him, if they only drew well.
PAUL PEPPER, Z. L.