Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-02

for a speech he shook his head. When
they shouted at him the most extrava-
giant utterances OF praise he simply
looked at them in amazement, but he
was not ~unresponsive. He was simply a
modest man saying in effect to the peo-
pie, i am not worth it.
There were times when the crowd
broke through the line of major-generals
and brigadier-generals n colonies
about Grant and got hold of hin On one
occasion, after shaking hands with
thousands of people, the committee in
terfered and the general stepped back a
few PAGES so that the people, moving by
in solid columns would understand that
he was not to shake hands. AS he stood
there, with his hands in his pockets, a lit
the girl slipped through the guard of
honor about him, went up to him in an
awe-stricken, childish way, took one
hand out of his pocket. kissed it and put
it back. She was going away as quietly
as he had come when the general, with a
trembling of the lips, caught her up In
his arms and kissed her. Then the crowd
poured over the guard and on to him.
and for ten minutes the people had their
way.
Another time, when school children
were passing in a long procession, the
committee, as an act of courtesy to the
general, had him retire beyond the reach
Of the little hands held out to him, and
men who had commanded divisions in
the army said brusquely to the children,
You can't shake hands with the general;
he is tired But as the high-school girls
came through one little miss took off her
glove, and looking straight into the gem
erals eyes, held out her hand. Looking
into the girls eyes he understood the
look, and. in answer to the pleading, tho
general stepped down and took her hand.
Instantly, with screams of delight, the
girls were upon him, and the guard of
generals retired, admitting their defeat.
This does not mean that the girl kissed
the general; they simply caught his hand,
touched his shoulder straps, reached for
ward in ~ecstatic delight to put their
hands on his head, and then they went
away satisfied.
when General Sherman came through
the country he was responsive to all the
manifestations of devotion and affection.
1T was his nature not to hid his feeling.
When he disliked a man he showed it.
When he was pleased with the people the
people knew it, and SO it happened that
women who were content to touch
Grants hands ave Sherman a kiss. At
ter one experience of this kind Sherman
hesitated to depart from the precedent
esta blished. He knew what he was ex-
pected to do, and he did it.
when Grant and Farragut came
through the country with President
johnson and his cabinet the general and
the admiral were the centers of interest.
On n occasion, Farragut, walking
through the rOtunda of the state capitol
at Columbus, was stopped by a group Of
women. One of them asked, Are you
MI. Seward?' Farragut, with a twinkle
in his eyes, said quickly, oh, no; 1 am
a much handsomer man han Seward.
My name is Farragut.' The elederly
woman took his hand in both Of hers and
said simply, I am so glad of this. / want
my little daughter to shake hands with
you The little girl came up as though
she were approaching a saint, and Far
ragut stopped and said. She shall not
only shake hands, but 1 will give her a
kiss to remember me by and then he
went on. ..#t H. F-rt. e13s
when Gen. Sheridan came through
the country after the war in a hurried,
informal way. he looked Upon the, propas-
sition to give him a reception as a. great
joke. He left the car quietly at Column.
bus with two military friends and START
ed up the main street of the city. AS
soon as Sheridan was recognized a great
crowd gathered around him. He was
forced to shake hands and was greatly
amused to see with what orderliness the
men, women and children arranged
themselves in a line; but in five minutes
he bolted. He could not escape, however,
and was compelled to take position and
shake hands with the crowd that had
pursued him with the wild clamor of an
army stampede"
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