The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-27

q German butcher and out Of curiosity
asked; What is the price OF sausages
1pIwenty cents,a pound, he said.
AFYou asked twenty-five cents this
morning replied.
'sYa. Dot was when / had some. Now
1 AMID got none l sells EN- for twenty
cents. Dot makes me q reputation for
sallingcheap undI don't lose noddings.
lFYou see j did not wanteany sausage
and the man did not have any. There
was no demand and NO supply aud still
the price Of sausage went down
The Scots don't like to be twitted
about the surgical operation ana the
joke. Here Is Mr.. Depew's account OF
what happened at Q Scotch dinner in
New York;
Speaking at a st. Andrews Society
dinner, ! remarked that il my jokes
were not always appreciated immedi-
ately by the scotsmen, by the time the
next yearly dinner came around they
had always seen the point. y don't
think that's avery funny thing to say"
growied q handsome old Scot, who was
sitting beside me. "0h,,p saidI, 'tthat's
all right. You'll see the fun in ita year
from now
In Mr.. Depew's ~rccollections of his
friendship and friendly meetings with
President Lincoln and Horace Greeley
he has a stock Of stories on which he
draws occasionally. Here is one that
strongly illustrates one of the features.
of Mr.. Lincoln's character:
John Ganson was DEMOCRATIC Con-
nyhakaNF Maui VRRtr.HHA
was q war Democrat, and when became
TO Washington he rather felt that the
Republican President was under oblt-
gationsto him for supporting him. Mr..
Lincoln was anxious TO please this
class OF Northerners, and the relations
Of the two men became quite intimate.
AS the war went on, however, disas-
ters continued to come, and in the.
darkest days Of the trouble, when ca
lamity followed calamity and when
Congress- was asked to vote money and
men only to see the first apparently
lost and the latter destroyed, many
OF the members became anxious to know
what the Presidents policy was. Gam
son was among them, and he called at
the white house and had an interview
with President Lincoln. Ganson vas
peculiar in that he had not a hair on
his head. His pate was as bald as an.
ostrich egg. His face, whether from
shaving or from nature, showed neither
a hair nor q bristle.
He came into President Lincoln's
room, was received cordially, and made
a most earnest plea for information.
After saying what he had given for the
cause Of the Republican party and for
President Lincoln, he continued:
"Now, Mr.. President, youtknow what
have done for you and for the Union,
Idon't want you to do anything for me,
but / do want you to take me into your
confidence. Yon are lawyer and l am.
alawyer, and you know youlcan trust
any secret to me. Now, won't you tell
me your plans2s AS Ganson said this
his bare, sober face became more sober,
than ever, and the serious look in his
ewes seemed to crawl up over the front
Of his forehead until his whole bald
Uranium became the personifcation of
anxious inquiry. .ss
Ihe President looked at him half q
minute, and then his homely mouth
twttched, a laughing look crept into
his eyes, and he leaned over and, put
ting his hand on Ganson's knee, said in
the mostuuizsicai tones: Cams how
clean you shave!" That was all Ganson
could. get out OF him. Il
This story about MI. Greeley has
been often told, but Mr.. Depew was
the first to tell IL andEhe was o witness
To Interrupt Horace Greeley when
he was in the throes of bringing forth
an editorial was q danger which no,
friend, no enemy, no one but a fool.
dared TO encounter. | was once in his
editorial sanctum when the TOOL was
there. He was one Of those itinerant
and persistent gentlemen with 9 sub
scription book. Hekept presenting il,
while old Horace was writing away with
his pen upYto his chin. Horace had g
habit when any one would interfere, OF
kicking, and so he kicked at the sub
scription fiend. Finally, when he saw
hecould notiget rid,of the intruder by
this means, he stopped in the mtddieso of
a sentence, turned around, and said
raspingly, in that shrill voice ot1his
9What do you want? State itlquick,S
and state it in the tewest possible
Words
aWell,n said the subscription fend,
81 want a subscription, Mr.. Greeley to,
prevent thousands Of my fellow.human
beings from going to hell wont
give you a damned cent said Greeley.
"There don't half enough 80 there
now"
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