The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10

Guilty with the mules that his patience
gave out, and he began to swear, and
the worse the roads became the more he
swore Finally the President leaned over
and said, IN his sweet way Driver. my
frend.' The driver looked around and
the President asked, Are you an Epis-8
copalian?' Naturally the driver looked
very much astonished. No. he said. Mr..
President. amt much OF anything: II s
/ go to church at all, generally go to
the Methodist Church. oh. excuse me-
said the President, i thought you must
be an Episcopalian, for you swear just
like Seward, and he is church warden.
"a few weeks before the death Of Abra-
ham Lincoln met him at theatre and
he shen said to me: ,iy 453li
+ "'Colonel, did I ever tell you Of the /
story OF Grant at the circus?. He said:
No. Mr. President, i am sorry to say
you never did Well said Lincoln,
when Grant was q little chap about ten
years old the circus came to the place
and the boy went to his father and asked
him for a quarter to go to the circus.
and the old tanner would not give 1t to (
him, SO he cra,wled under the canvas as
used to do. for I never had a quarter
when was little chap. There was a
mule that had been trained to do tricks
In the circus and he was taught tn Z
throw his rider, and silver dollar was
offered to any one who could ride him 1
round the ring without being thrown. AZ,
great many applicants tried to win the 4
silver dollar. but they were all thrown
over the mules head Into the tan-bark.
AS the beast was being taken out In
walked Master Ulysses and said. i would
like to try that mule He mounted the I
mule and held on a great deal better than !
any OF the others and got around about
seven-eighths of the ring before the mule !
succeeded In tossing him over his head,
Ulysses jumped on his feet, got the tan
bark out of his mouth. threw Off his coat,
and said: I would like to try that mule
again This time he resorted to STRAIT.
the mules tall instead of his head. and
that rather demoralized the mule. Tho
boy went around the ring and won tho
silver dollar. And, said Mr. Lincoln,
just so he will hold on to Bob Lee.'
Fourteen days later General Lee sur
rendered at Appomattox,
"a long beard, and having generally tho
appearance OF n back,country farmer;
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OF the North. on reading OF their Gem
eral was seer, riding hither and thi,heI
With cigar IN ms mon V Ca on the ne great
thing, like 10000 cigars, which kept him
ed 1t Improper either to sell or give them
away, He enjoyed a good story and
used to tell with evdeent ENJOYMENT one
march with Jackson, stonowall had come
to a stream, tho bridge over which was
tiers were summoned. received their or
ders. and the engineers retired to pre-
pare their plans Two hours later the
carpenter waited on Jackson and satd,ss
General. that bridge Is finished. but
them air pictures amt come yet
the books and the whskey on one OF
General Tayor's, rapid marches In Mex
leo There could be found no room for
the young officers books In the single
regimentai wagon, but the Colonel was
pleased to say to the adtutant who plead
ed for n little keg of whiskey.
= Oh Hoskins, that's all right; anything
In reason. but Grant wanted to put In
books.