The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-15
Greeley as a Domestic Disturber.
j. From the Cleveland Leader.

[.SSRsxlaubL 1.-THE Lqfrors Of the PICS.
cnt political campaign will ever be
brought more directly home, or result
in sadder case OF domestic iHfelicity
than that which we record below
Most of our citizens have seen the
campaign Greeley fans with which the
city is flooded, and since their intro
daetion every boot-black and newsboy
in the city, as well as older persons,are
familiar with the ruddv features of the
axc-slinger Of Chappaqua, as they APP
pear surrounded with halo OF white
wool, and affixed to a stick for wind
propeiling purposes. As a correct
likeness of the most aspiring aspirant
for the Presidential chair that ever
lived they are success, and il our
readers have any desire to. make the
picture more vivid, let them follow the
instructions of an Eastern poet, who
says:
would you see the face of LII. G. arightf-
Take our study lamp and put out the light;
stand up against IL the Greeley fam
Add O white felt hat, and behold the man
Butto our story. Residing upon one
of our prettiest thoroughfares is man
named Stringer, who has from the
Cincinnati Convention became known,
allowed all the spare wind that escaped
from his political bellows to.shove it
self into shouts for Greeley. His wife,
who is young and pretty, naturally
partakes of his views in a political
sense, and knowing his intense admi-
raticn of the Graham bread philosO-
pher, purchased one OF the new Gree
lev fans the other day while out shop
ping. and took it home to surprise her
husband. Owing to convivial meet
ing that evening where confusion to
the Administration was drank in
sparkling bumpers of champagne by
Suinger and few boon companions,
the former did not return to his happy
home until about midnight. His wife,
who had retired to bed at the usual
hour, after tanning herself an hour or
two with her purchase ofthe afternoon,
finally laid it over on her spouse's pill
lar and dropped off to sleep. Stringer
entered his house without making any
noise, took off his boots, softly ascend
cd the stairs to his wife's apartments,
entered. and was about to disrobe for
the night. when oh horrors, what a
sight met his slightly inebriated gaze! !!
There. reclining upon his pillow, he
saw the features of bald-headed,
gray -naired man, whose flushed feat
ures betokcned guilt and poor liquor.
Stringer smellcd a rat larger than an
elephant ;he saw it all at glance. lie
had entered so still that lie had SUR
priscd the scoundrel who had thus poll
lutcd his, home. His wife snored a
peaceful snore, and that angered him
still more, and without stopping to
think whether he was sufficiently in
sane or not, the wronged and misera-
bic Stringcr pulled out his pistol and
fired two shots through the head of the
aged rascal. The noise awakened Ms.
| Stringer, who shricked, the gas was
turned up, and with his thirst for
blood still unqiienched, Stringer saw
he had made an ass of himself He
tried to make his wife believe it was q
| Joke: that lie just wanted TO haye some
fun that he knew it was Greeley when
he first came into the room, and was
| willing to stand s'anything to beat
Grant," but his wife said that story
did not possess the requisite thickness,
! and told a neighbor's wife, who attend
| ed sewing society the next day, and SO
it got out.