The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-16
Insane Visitors at the White House.

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OF some crazy person who finds his or
her way to the White House. Not half
the calls of people of this class at the
Executive Mansion are recorded. The
visits are almost the daily rule rather
than the exception.
Among these is an old gentleman
who lives . short distance out in the
country, near Bladensburg. He wears
. large soft hat, salt and pepper pants,
and q short black coat. His eyes are
blue and mild, with nothing wild about
them, and his hair is gray. He calls
regularly once in every two months.
He comes in the door solemnly. Being
asked what he wants, he replies, Il
have come to take my seat" He then
tells how he has been regularly elected
President and would have come to enter
on his duties sooner, but work on his
farm prevented his leaving home. The
ushers talk to him seriously about the
matter, and as general thing he soon
leaves perfectly satisfied.
A man comes down here from Penn
sylvania about five times q year. He
is about thirty-five years old and dresses
neatly and comfortably. He demands
to see the President. The Treasury
and the White House have been decided
to him, and he wants the possession of
both. The last time he called he wore
a pair of badly-used up shoes, and got
slightly noisy. When put outside the
door he said: s. will submit this time,
as do not wish to make Hayes house.
less; but the next time l come want
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out promptly. 1 hate to be so harsh,
but my shoes are wearing out, and
must have my rights. Just tell him
how the case stands"
A woman from Maine walked in one
day in dress like that of q Quaker.
She stalked into the east room and
spreading large Bible-which she
carried under her arm-on one of the
window seats announced her text and
began in loud voice to hold forth on
the necessity of being born again.
A man from Ohio called few weeks
ago. He had theory that the world
was coming to an end in few days if
he was not made Superintendent of the
Naval Observatory, in view that he
might, by his knowledge of astronomy,
avert the impending collision of the
earth with all the planets. He was
promised the position and left satisfied.
A raw-boned fellow from Maine is
seen no more at the White House. He
used to be a regular visitor. He would
march in every morning, walk up to
one of the ushers and hand him letter.
The letters were addressed to "R. B.
Hayes, from Ohio, President of the
United States, U. S. of America, West
ern Continent, White House, District
of Columbia. These letters were al
ways opened, but were such scrawls
that no one could read them. This
probably suited the man exactly, as all
he seemed to want was to deliver the
letters promptly at nine every morning.
The goddess of liberty just stepped
down from the dome of the Capitol'
has already been introduced to the
readers of the Star. She came back
the other week, and being refused adj
mittance to the Presidents room
threatened to bring down her Gre
serves" These consisted, she said, of
all the statues in the old Hall of Rep
resentatives and that of Columbus in
the east front of the Capitol and of the
group of the backwoodsman and In.
dian fighting.
A hard-looking male customer he
was about forty years old-came in one
morning. II am the man." he said
in q roar, "who closed the REBEL
ion. It is q matter of necessity that
I should see the President" He was
told that the President did not receive
visitors at the White House. He saw
everyone who called at No. Ala Tenth
street. This is the number of the po-
lice station on that street. The man
went promptly to No. 414 Tenth street
and took . seat. After sitting there q
while the keeper asked what he want
ed. "Oh! he said, have just called
to see the President" The keeper took
in the situation at . glance, and, say.
ing, "step this way" conducted the
visitor into one of the cells. As he
turned the key in the lock the man in.
side said: "lf the President comes Just
show him right in, will your "Cer.
tainly," said the keeper, and went back
to his desk.-Washington Star.