The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1894-08-29
HONOR BELONGED TO GEN. GRANT.
Colonel Says He Was Seen by More Per-
sons than Any Other Man.

The military gentlemen who occupy
the seats around the billiard-room at
Wizards discuss everything available
for conversational purposes, but some
times they get out of topic. This hap
pened to a Colonel and Major Of
something more than local reputation
last night, while a young Treasury
clerk was playing with his member of
Congress for a 81 supper after the the
ater.
The Colonel stuck his knobby cane
up under his grizzled mustache and
bent his watery orbs on the table. The
Major reversed his toothpick and null
tiplied the Coloneps silence by two.
They sat this way for fifteen minutes,
when the Colonel suddenly slapped the
MAJORS knee, and introduced what
man standing by has since regarded as
an absolutely new proposition.
%Majah, there are a good many fel-
lers looking at this game and that boy
there is the center of observation"
"Very manifestly, sab, assented the
other.
"Well, now. this suggests to me to
ask you a very interesting question,
sah."
"All right, Cunnel, let's have it"
"Um-m-m! Tell me, if you can, what
man in all history was seen by the
greatest number of human beings from
first to last during the conrse- of his
natural life."
Gee whiz! Cunnel, let me of. That's
too much! Why don't you go down and
tell that to Teddy Roosevelt for the
Civil Service Commissiong"
well, its fair, bony fdy, real live
question and there's an answer to it,
that you and /, as Kentuckians, never
liked so powerful much, but it's a true
answer as sure as your hVin', an kin
prove it, too"
"Well, Cunnel, if you'll just spin
ahead and answer the thing yerseif. I'll
give up. My intellectuals need scrap
ing little tonight; they're kind o.
| gummed-up like"
"Gin'ral Grant,"
"Gin'ral Grantp"
"Yes, Gin'ral Grant"
"Ye don't say-Gin'ral Grant! I'd
never thought he was the man."
"Well, he was. More people laid ther
eyes on that man than any other man
since time began way back among the
star dust.
"Well, come to say so an think SO.
perhaps, begosh, it is So"
"Yer bet, Majah. First he was seen
with that everlasting cig-yar O. his in
the Western army and in the Army Of
Virginia Then he was President. In
these twelve years he was seen by at
least 15, 100000 people. They say on
an average 500, 900 people visit Wash
ington every year, counting in inaugu-
rations and big blowouts. Then think
of his travels away from Washington.
Why, 1 was in Philadelphia when
George W. Childs gave him that recep-
ton before he sailed down the Delaware
to go around the world. The people
just seemed like the sands of the sea
shore and the leaves of the forest. Just
think of that journey round the world
first to England, then France and
Spain, and Scotland, and Germany, and
Turkey, and Egypt, and all through
India, Siam, China, japan, and then
that tremendous welcome in California.
Think of the big cities that turned oui
to see him. Why, the Gar had Granl
review his whole army. l reckon moi
less than 200, 900, 900 people saw Grant
first to last. Alexander the Great
Napoleon, Bismarck, Queen Victoria
well, what's the use of talkingp They
weren't in it with Grant. y Washington
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