The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-08-16
taking The Votes or the Passen,
GerS.

on tAe PRESIDENTIAL question. The re
suit y frequently published in news
/ papers as "A straw" though I hay,
observed that no newspaper eve
prints straw that does not show til,
| political wind to be setting III chat iii
rectlon. Wien | essayed to take ;
/ vote Of the passengers Of the Genera
/ IHtleV The, plfer night, Lytte did
think ftlle embaFrassinefitS wolllt
epcoanter in securing it. | am iio
much " politics, though | am prohi
bly, as much in politics politics i; ii
me.
began with the captain ofthe Lytlt
as a starter. Captain Written, 'sail
l, ''wllo Is your choice for President. 2
';Well, replied the bold comman
der, thougltfaliy, Captain Pearc,
has been as good Il Presidentas the oil
Mail Line ever had. Reckon he'll dS
for some years yet"
lie thought was talking about the
Presidency of the Louisville Mall Line
but put down one vote for Pearce.
next tackled the mate who was be.
low experimenting some perplexing
manellyer IN freight.
"Mate," said / cheerily. trying ia
get out Of the way of his men, aud
getting in their way worse than ever,
as matter Of course, who are you
going for.''
.'Who am ! going for9'' roarcd the
mate angrily; Il am going for youiI
you don't get ont Of tlfs.n
got out Immediately. l lMd toadc
it, or become his mute.
assembled to the cabin. A scholar.
~ looking man was leading bya table
lie was reading by a lamp, more
| properly, yet he was by a table, too
my lriend,"I remarked blandly
as | produced notebook and pencil
do yon favor HOraces'' Ole did, fl
vor him a little in his feet.) Il ne
"I'lat is a fair question, . said TIN
scholarly looking man, laying dow
his book. which Iperceived wasa latil
book Of some kind, ..aHd will answe
it without undue cirenmlocution
While many of the odes of Horace ar
uneScelled either in his own language
yet his verses lack the heroic rin,
wliicha poetic Tyre gives forth when
Virgil sweeps the strings.n
| ~ told him that Virgil might swee
the strings but could he sweep til
South? That was the question.
'YOnr language my friend, contir
ned |, satisfies me that you are i
reality a Greeley man.
''IIow so:n inquired the man of lei
tiers.
"You call Virgil poetic lWe."
Down went tile scholarly man 70
Horace.
am man of letters, as this lette
will show. Ii she showsanytling else
why letter.
1t may not be generally known, b,
the way, that letters were invented il
Phn9nicia, but they were. That
the reason you can't Phpnicia edu
cation without them. See it! Finisl
We. ehg HOw's thatg Hal
While | was gathering pmy straw
two men, somewhat intoxicated, go
very much excited in discussing tn,
relative fitness of Grant and Greeley
for the Presidency. While one insist.
ell that Glssrit knew nothing whatever
about farming, the other inquired con.
temptnoHsly, .What Greeley knew
'bont war 7 lie never fired (hic) two.
hor-lumber wag'n." lie seemed To
think that settled Horace.
MY friends" said |. " let us have
peace. Why this strife, this conten-
tion, this bitternessofspirit9 Andall,
as Shakespeare says, for Iiecuba. What
is Hecuba to you, or you to Hecllba 7"
"Oh, (hic) you bed-d, said tile man
of gin. ''Anybody to beat Grant"
My next experiment was among the
ladies'. | approached a dark eyed
daughter OF Kentucky, and in a father
ly and Inotlefly way, which the DIFF
ference In ellr years warranted: (:
daughter, If you could be Grant or
Greeley, which had you rather be-
"B. Gratz Brown!n she replied
with proud toss of the head.
There Is something | admire In these
Kentucky women--they never 60 back
on a native Kentuckian.
Il am TOR Adams, cried an angular
old maid III sllrill voice "4Adams il
my man." The ladies ought certain
ly to favor the Adams movement, since
Eye was the original Adams woman.
Il support Grant" put in blawny
IIOOsier farmer. 'and the country will
him. too"
"Well," returned a sinister chap.
''the country may support Grant, but
yon can't expect the country to sup
port all OF Grants relations into the
bargain; this relation business is played
out.
| afterwards aScertained that the
sinister chap had recently run away
from a wife and six children In the
East. lie don't beheye In taking care
of relations, he don't.
II am waiting for the Baltimore
Convention. +" said a man whom re-
member to have seen at fairs with a
fascinating little game called three
ard monte. = | iold him he needn't
wait for the Baltimore Convention.
lie might pick up quitea little game
'tthe Philadelphia Convention, II he
would 60 there-lots Of folks to 20 Cor
M Philadelphia, Thinking to moIIIty
lim, fcr he scOwletl fearfGlly | said;
Come odd high ball, tell me who |
sliall pnt year down f0r." WA
lIemOFsli angrlly aMay,and IheafSl
him mntter remark about putting