Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-03-04
San Not he roo t,nretnl.

Bill Nye who Is now starring it through
the west, was in st, Paul and Minpe-
apohs recently. The Sunday New York
World contains letter from his pen
which mentions as follows hitherto un-
published bit OF history:
IL was here in Minneapolis that Mr.
Cleveland was iniQdlcious. He aud his
wife we're panied to read the following
conversation in the paper on the day
after their visit to the Flour City:
Eyes; like the town pretty we'll, but
the people-3ome of 'em-are too blamed
fresh"
'Do you think SO, Grover? thought
they were very nice indeed, and still I
like st. Paul the bess. 1t is so OLD and
respectable"
"Oh. yes; ;respectability is good enough
in its place, but it can't be overdone. |
like Washington, where responsibility
Is not made hobby"
''B It you are not erJ sying yourself
here, honey p
mo, l am not. To tell you the truth,
am very unhappy. I'm so scared for
fear I'll say something about the place
that will be used against me by the st
Paul folks that almost wish / wes dead
and everybody wants to show me the
new bridge and the water works and
speak of our great and phenomenal
growth, and show me the population
| statistics, and the school house, and the
Washburn residence, and Doc mes and
Ole Forgerson, and the sawmiii and the
boom, end then walk ne up into the
| thirteenth etory of flour mill end pou,
| cornmeal down my back and show me
the wonderful growth of the city debt
and the sewerage, and the West hotel
and the glorious ozope and things here
that it makes me tired. And nave &c
look happy and shake hands and say il
knocks st. Paul silly while [ don't thinh
80 at all, and | wish conld do some.
thing besides be president for couple
of weeks and quit living almost entirely
except when l went a fishing
"Bat do you think the people here
are very cordial, darling ?"
"Yes they're too cordial for me alto
getheT. Instend Of talking about III.
wonderful hit have made as O presi
dent. and calling attention to my re
markable administration, they tall
about the horr output and the electric
plant and other crops here, end allnde
feelingly TO number one hard an
chiniz bugs and other horn and fauna o
this country which, TO be honest will
you. do not and never did give dam,
for"
/ s'Grover!'
"Well, I beg your pardon, dear, on,
I onghtn't to speak that way before you
but if you knew how much better fee
now you would not speak so hafshiy
me. Il ie, indeed, hard to be ever ga.
and joyous before the great rnssses VII
es general thing, do not know enoua
to pound sand, but who are still veste
with the divine right of suffrage, and 81
muss be treated gently and loved an
smiled at till it makes me sche.'
Mr.. Cleveland WAS greatly annoye
by the publication OF this conversation
! and could not understand it until
Minneapolis man told him that th
pale naughty coachman who drove th
> presidential carriage was reporter. B
could handle team with one hand an
remember things with the other.
And 20 / say thst as o president "
cannot be too careful what we soy.
hope that the little boys and girls VIII
read this and who may hereafter be
, come presidents or wives of presidents
will bear this in mind. and always hay
kind word for every body.