The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-09
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which he was placed by an admiring
nation; and in throwing himself from it he
has failed into the mire from whence he
came, and in which he properly belongs.
Il ia case of the SOW which has returned TO
her wallowine 10 the mire. Grants song
now should be Home again" for he il
once more where he has been q greater
part of bis life, and from which he emerg-
ed only by accident, aud through no merit
OF his own.
General Sloeum says that if Grant said
so and so, he is a liar. Grant did say 60
and so. and. therefore. he is what he is
charged with being by Slocum. But il ia
not the first time that he has had this
infamous charge rammed down bis throat;
and therefore, there 10 no reason why any
body should lbe shocked that such accusa-
|tions are being made. Grant is no demigod.
he was for SONS years disreputable kind
/ of an old hummer around st, Louis
after being dismissed from the army:
and then he was tanners clerk-and
a very poor one-in Galena. Then the
war came aud he alternated between
big drunkssand big defeats, till there came
time when, by giving three lives for one
rebel life he managed to secure some vic
GO&IGSs HEEG 10 uUtNtUE O1 ku0 dCIuA$UU, LII ali
this: hence when within few days people
see this man lying ike an ordinary char
aeter, slandering a brother officer. and
showing himself to be capable OF envy and
malice and meanness, and all that sort of
thing. there is no reason for any ones be-
ing 10 the least surprised. It is Grant
getting down to where he belongs. He
received thin gloss while he was travel
ing around the world; a thin gloss of
politeness and sregard for appearances;
but this was very soon scratched off when
he came back here and went to running
around in his native woods. When this
was rubbed off there remained the original
Grant There is no reason why any one
should be in the least astonished
Grants transfer nation is very admira-
bly, illustrated by story which is told by
the versatile Storrs. There was q man
who owned q coach and horses and who
wanted a coach dog. After great deal
of trouble he managed to obtain ones beau
ty, and which was spotted to an extent
and in a manner which made it the supts
rior of all the coach-dogs. which ever fol-
lowed the heels of pal. of horses, Things
went along very charmipgly: and the
owner of the dog was the envy of all his
neighbors. One sad day there came up
RAIN. W06u tue Jog was apTOau. anu tucu
it was noticed that a change was coming
over the dog. First, his beautiful colors
began to run together in a sort of an
unsightly blotch. and then they began to
drip away until there finally remained no
spots or colors of any kind only a very
poor, mean, NANCY cur of the most dis
tressing kind. 1t was while gazing at
this remnant that there suddenly came to
the owner the meaning of a remark which
was made to him by tramp who stood
leaning against the wall of the building,
where he bought the dog. and which was
to the effect Stranger, there's an um-
brellar always goes with that air kind of
dog
Grant is an "um brellar" dog. He has
been painted for seme time; and while iu
this condition he has been noted for the
beauty of his spots; aud the world has
come to admire him as one of the finest
animals 10 existence. The present cam
paien has. however. been in the nature Of
shower, aud all the paint has beep
washed away. leaving only to view .
mapery cur without q single redeeming
feature.