Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-14

The western Admirer Of the Presf-
dent Presents Him with q Stuffed
Goose. ~ 49,
From the Washington Capital.
Jones, who is an observant gentleman,
found himaelf questioned upon the Pennsyl-
vania Patent Screw and Augur line of cars
by a man from the interior of somewhere.
He was atall, raw-boned specimen of hui
mainly, costumed in the middle ages of the
West-that is, says Jones, as a middle aged
gentleman in Indiana, for example, gets up
bis wedding apparel. This middle aged
loan was accompanied by his wife and%wo
daughters, and he asked our friend where
the Presidents house was. $ r.
con Pennsylvania avenue, " responded our
friend. 49, - .s,..[s-- -sf--. 7
whats thu number" demanded West
ern innocence. lsrfs7 f,R ~
at has no number"
'fNo number" gasped the querist.
s'None whatever. 1t is the high privilege
of the President not to be numbered. He
Is not liable to number or grade. He is the
only man except Mullet who is above the
Board of Public Works. If the Board were
to order the Presidents house numbered,
or begin digging about, the President would
rise to question Of privilege, and then the
Board would be in devil of fix"
"You don't say so? Whatwould they do
to 1t, do you suppose?" .-4a
81 can't say precisely; we never had a
precedent, but more than probable the
Board would be split into kindling wood"
"Poor devil Well, stranger, want to
see the President" ~. F.
"Do you want an Office? If you do, you
must see Conklin."
tDon't want no Office"
"Do you want an order on the New York
custem-house for job?"
"Don't want that neither. What l want
is little secret between Polly and me-
Polly's my wife,"
''Yes, and it's putty big thing, can tell
you" -
swell, l have no wish to pry into family
secrets. / viii point out the house when
we reach it. 1t stands back in yard, with
a scarecrOw in front to keep the office-seek-
ers from the Presidents garden-sass. You
go to the front door and ring-no, kick on
it, and man will open it. That is not the
President; but he viii show you up to a
room where you will find small man at
tached to big nose. That is not the Pre-
sident, although be thinks he is. Nosey
will ask you for card. Don't give him
deck; he only wants your name on slip
Of paper to send to the President. Then
nosey viii say, sit down. You needn't be
in hurry to do that; you'll have plenty Of
time. After an hour, nosey will tell you
that the President is seeing Senators. If
you look sharp you can see them. They
will come in with their ebenazers elevated
as if they smelled bad smell. Then you'll
be told the cabinet is in session-to come
again next day. The next day you will be
put through the same performance, and the
next, and so on for week, and then the
door will be thrown open and you will have
the privilege of seeing his Excenency smoke
and say nothing for ten minutes.
"Great thunder! Polly, let us take our
present and go home.n
"Present! you don't mean to say you have
q present for the presidents
eyes, we have. Fact is we have a stuff
ed goose-the biggest goose that ever walk
ed. Its q perfect natural curiosity, that
goose, and Polly and determined to fetch
that goose and our daughters on and give
it to the president"
''No express charge on it?'' -
"Not charge; there it is, the biggest
nat'ral curiosity Of a goose"
"My friend, kick at the frontdoor; say
| present for The president and you'll see
him in three minutes, and before you can
get home, you'll be postmaster"
Jones saw the little family and big goose
disappear in the white house, and although
| The Star informs us that the president re-
ceived that day, no mention is made of that
| goose.