ANN ARBOR.--At this pint the train moved in to the inspiring sounds uv a
band playin "Hale to the Cheef," and vocifrous cries uv "Grant! Grant!"
His Majesty smilinly appeared and thanked em for the demonstration. It
was soothin, he remarked. The air their band wuz playin, "Hail to the
Chief," wuz appropit, ez he wuz Chief Magistrate uv the nashen, to wich
posishen he hed reached, hevin bin Alderman uv his native village, U.S.
Senator, etsettry. The crowd hollered "Grant! Grant!" and the President
thanked em for the demonstration. It showed him that the people wuz with
him in his efforts to close his eyes on a Union uv 36 States and a flag
uv 36 stars onto it. Ef I am a traitor, sed he, warmin up, who is the
Judis Iscariot? Ez I'm swingin around the cirkle, I find Thad Stevens on
the one side and Jeff' Davis on the--
The conductor cruelly startid the train, without givin him time to
finish.
The crowd proposed three cheers for Grant, and the President waved his
hat to em, sayin that he thanked em, showing as it did that the people
wuz with him.
BATTLE CREEK.--A large number was assembled here, who, ez the train
stopped, yelled "Grant! Grant!" Affected to tears by the warmth uv the
reception, the President thanked em for this mark of confidence. Ef he
ever hed any doubts ez to the people's being with him, these doubts wuz
removed.
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