River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-05-06
Four Fresh Anecdotes.

A Washington correspondent of the
Louisville C5urier-Jounal gives the
story of the man who had been prom
Used she first vacancy in the post
Office departm One day while
l4zily Hauntering near the river, he saw
dead man dragged ashore. He look
ed at the face and recognized clerk
whom he had known in the post Office.
He ran all the way to the department,
rushed into the presence of the post
master general and demanded his APP
pointment. 81 only promised you a
place when there was vacancy" said
the postmaster general. "There is one
said the excited individual. II saw the
dead body of John Jones dragged out
of the river" Slowly the postmaster
general enuciated the following words:
You are too late. One hour ago the
place was given to the man who saw
John Jones when he fell into the river"
The Savannah NetCs says: During
the war General McLaNs, now post
master at Savannah, was riding down his
| picket line and encountered a genuine
son of the Old Pine Tree State on duty,
who had taken his gun apart with the
iF1VSIjttOh VI giving IL ~ bbOlOuSu SiShh-
ing. The general halted in front of him
when the following conversation en-
| sued. Look here, my man are you
not sentinel on duty?" "Well y-as,
| bit of one" "Don't you know it is
wrong to take your gun apart while on
| duty2' well now who the devil are
you?" The general saw his chance, and
with sly twinkle OF the eye replied:
I'm a bit of general. well, gineral,
you must excuse me. You see thar is
so many d--n fools ridin' round here
a fellow can't tell who's general and
who amt. If you will jist wait till /
git Betsy Jane fixed will give you
bit Of s'lute.
Belknap tells new story OF Grant;
They were ut the Boston Jubilee to-
gether. While resting in the hotel one
evening they heard band approach
ing playing some martial air. Turn
ing to Belknap the general inquired
what tune that was, adding that he had
been hearing 1t ever since he left home.
He was told it was Hail to the Chief"
aud they were playing it in his honor,
for the band at that moment stopped
under his windows. On the following
| day there was another serenade and re-
ception, during which Grant turned to
Belknap and said he was glad that
band had found something new, as he
was tired OF that old tune. Belknap
burst into hearty laugh, as the band
at that very moment was rendering the
inevitable Hail TO the Chief" and the
general did not recognize it.
While Jackson's corps was cautiously
moving to flank and rear of the Union
army at Charlottesville, the Confeder-
ate cavalry in advance became engaged
with the enemy. Soon a wounded
trooper was seen emerging from the
woods in front. After looking around
he moved in the direction from which
the infantry was marching, az if seek
ing the rear, or, as the average gray
jacket would say, the r'ar. Soon after
rapid firing explained that the blue
jackets had closed in behind Jackson,
and it was not long before the poor
cavalI5man was seen coming back
again,s When opposite the "Stonewall,"
another cavalryman front also arrived.
No. / at once recognized him and SAID:
"Halloo Bill-wounded2" YES" said
No. 2. "but rot bad. Let's go to the
Far" At which No. / exclaimed: "This
is the dsrnedes fight I've been IN yet.
II haln't got no r'ar."