Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-11-04
Great Generals in Citizens Clothes.

Groat military geniuses are remem-
bered by pictures that have been seen,
showing them in gorgeous uniform, 80
that it is not strange that when seen in
plain citizens dress they do not inspire
the beholder with awe. George WASH
ington is impressed upon the hearts Of
his co%untrymen as a great, big man,
with a Continental uniform on, a cooked
hat, powdered hair, mounted on a dap
pie gray stallion. If he could be met
in the road, between Mount Vernon
and Alexandria, in homespun Virginia
clothes, mounted on o mule, as he was
often seen the later years of his life, if
lie could be observed that way by men
Of the present day, the first thing they
would think OF would DO that it was
Barney McAuley, in the character of
"The Messenger from Jarvis Section"
If Bismarck could be set down in the
door OF n Cincinnati saloon in his shirt
sleeves, with q white apron on. the
average citizen would pass him without
o thought, or go in the saloon and say:
Come, Iutchy, give us q glass of
lager" and Bismarck would be so mad
he would pull a Krupp gun out OF his
pistol-pockct and lombard the works
Of the visitor to the saloon. Ii the
Prince OF Wales should sit in a smok-
ing car, smoking q short pipe. dressed
like an ordinary travelling Englishman,
nobody would think OF speaking to
him unless they wanted to borrow a
match. The Emperor Of China, in q
Chinese w~ash-house in q basement IN
Milwaukee, squirt ng water from his
mouth onto shirt-bossoms, would at
tract no more notice than Wah Lung,
unless the crown on the sidewalk
would told who he was. These people
want to be seen where they belong in
order to be appreciated. This idea
was illustrated in New York. There
was to be a reception at tine Five
Points to a member of the Legislature
who had done something to endear
himself to his constituents. Gen.
Mcclellan and Gen. Hancock, who had
been dining in the city, concluded they
would like to see the gang, so they
wandered down to the points and SO
cured u position in a convenient door
way. Hancock weighs over 500 pounds,
and Little Mac is smaller than the
average man, a little red-headed chap.
They were in citizens clothes, and
t tfsxaa only wabptts gh ta- R is,} let alone; The
streets, and it was a sight to see. and
the two Generals were ENJOYING it very
much. Suddenly a tough who had
e e Mcclellan before recognized the
little nan and pointed him out 10 the
girl IN OF his arm, and said: "That is
the great Gen. Mcclellan" The girl
looked at him. Her ideas OF the great
commander of the Army of the Poto-
mac had been formed from o grand
picture behind the bar in the Bowery.
She looked at the little man who did
not look greater to her than the young
fellow who sold suspenders on the
street, and she said to her Teller. loud
enough to he heard by both Generals:
"Whateryer givin' US? That sawed-ofl
chump Gen. Mcclellan? That little
red haired shrimp the great McClel-
Ian? 0, you make me tired" And
the fellow evidently thought he might
be mistaken, for the couple walked
off, leaving Hancock laughing at Little
Mac, and calling him q "sawed-off
chump." Mac was not very we'll
pleased, but he laughed, as q fellow will
when he has to. Pretty O o another
fellow with q girl saw Hancock, and
knew him, and told his girl, "That big
msn is Gen. Hancock" and they
stopped right IN front of the General.
Hancock looked a little pleased at
first, but when the girl took q good
look him, as he stood two steps above
her. and almost filed the doorway,
and said, "Say, Jumbo. why don't you
get back to your dime museum ?" he
almost tainted. Gen. Mcclellan
laughed, and after looking at the crowd
for q moment Mac said, Come, let's
go back to your museum" and they
went of, Hancock frequently abiding
to "sawed-off chumps," and Sshrimps,"
while Little Mac was solicitous rs to
whether it paid to be a freak in a mu-
scum. The two Generals stopped at
the Astor House, and over o bottle of
wine they laughed for some time over
their experiences in Five Points. In
battle, in uniform, on horseback, these
two men were awe-inspiring. In a
doorway in the Five Points, in plain
sAek-coats, they were not. Such. is
ife.--Peck's Sun.