The Washington critic., 1885-08-01

that OF these but the two last had mid
die names. OF all the twenty-ninG
Presidents only the second Adams,
Harrison, Polk, Grant, Hayes, Garfield,
Arthur and Cleveland had a middle
name.
Nv
He was leaning mp against the corner
at Wizards the other evening, a
gentleman, evidently Of Tcutonic eX-
traction, and mopping his face with
yellow handkerchief with Jim jun
border, addressed himself as follows to
to the byslanders, at least Murray so
reports him in the Indianapolis Times:
"You see, mine freu, don't want no
Office. IL yust gone down TO look
apout II any vacancy was not filed. Py
chiminy 10 was too hot to hold an Office
now. Veil, look apOut Inc to see Que
vacancy. Das vat is te madder. | hear
Clcfeland was very SLOW and folks mat
up my way apout he not fill up fast
enough. SO | gone down, aud py
chiminy everything vas full! Clrfeland.
my fren, ees not slow; he too tam fast!
[ did 90 to the pig piding Treasury.
yaas; and a man With prass puttons and
u club sthop me at the door. "'I wants
to see apout da Office blace,' says
|. Said he, Vat blace is dol:' Any
blace, says I. An py chminy he bush
me QUOT of dat pildng. Says he, We
vas fun here Says !, 'Eps dat so? an
vas discouraged. o, yaas, vent to
dat pilding some, too-make moneys?
yaas-an' da vas too full, too. | vas
ferry much discouraged, an ! got too
full too dat same day. Mex day vent
u little vile up to dat pilding ware garten
ccds--agriculture? yaas-- an say Il
uant Office blace, an a man say he
chiminy, | vas more sorry as he etler
vas, for he laugh ut me. vas madder
as | vas ven my mule he trod on me, an
shware py chimiuy mus haf an flee
blaze. Says |, Ware shall 90 dey not
so iull?' He say, 'postoilicc.' SO
yus tink will go to postolllce to see ei
da va' II vancany. Py climiny criminy
la vas full too got in some room,
and lots icilars an gals in dare, an
say, Il lo0g a here, vas ceS dis yOu gcevC
me? Folks lay Cefcland too slow fill
in 70 office blaccs, ven | gone here
cierythng ecs fun. Vat it mean? Mine
frien', | vas put oudt Of dat postoilict
blacc squickcr undt dot vas not tan
nIcc." ="
Nv
Concerning the name Of Gen IA
Grant, Mr.. G.. Il. House Of South Man
chester, Conn, writes US follows t.
the Hartford Times. "rhe first wife O
General Grants grandfather was aun
to my grandmother, Mrs. Daniel w
Badger, and Jesse Il. Grant, while IL
Connecticut in lS|l, made II visit IA
her house in Coventry. At that tim
he wrote a list Of his children's name
and ages, aud signed it with his nam
aud ad1res' which was then George
town, Brown County, Ohio Tn
name of his oldest is written III
' Ulysses, l2,' and the second IS. Simp
sou, o. The names Of two girls,
and years OF aye, are given, aud h
, adds--'my wife Uannah.' have ais
before me letter written from 'Bethe
Clermont County, Ohio, Decembe
; 20, 1Si0," to my grandfather, DAME
: w. Badger, in which he refers to h
visit OF six years previous, and in whic
occurs this passage "Mrs. Badger ir
D. quired the size of our family. | tol
her we had four children--two boy
; and two girls. Since that time we ha,
, had two more added--a hoy and II cir
! Our eldest is now in his 10Th year, an
have not seen him for near two year
He is much nearer You than me. Il
t is a cadet at West Point, and lear
. from the Official reports that he is su
+ cecding very well, being within seve
- of the head of his class" Gou will 81
!, by the above that when General Graz
/, was II years of age his father wrote h
s name II. Ulysses, aud that the name
: Simpson was given to the second so