But he left the constooshn in their hands cheerfully.
CINCINNATI.--A very enthoosiastic recepshen--continyood and loud cheers
for Grant, wich the President acknowledged. A unsophisticated
Postmaster, who jined us here, wanted to know why the people cheered for
Grant instid uv the President, to which His Highness answered that they
wuz considrit--they knew his modesty, and wanted to spare his blushes.
Another man, who wuz also unsophisticated, asked him, confidenshelly, ef
he didn't think there wuz a samenis in his speeches, and that ef he
didn't think he'd do better to give a greater variety. His Eggslency
asked him how there _cood_ be more variety. "At Cincinnati," sed he, "I
observed the followin order:--
1. I swung around the cirkle.
2. I asked who wuz the Saviour ef I wuz Joodis Iskariot?
3. I left the Constitooshn, the 36 States, and the flag with 36 stars
onto it, in their hands.
Now, at Columbus, I shel vary it thusly:
1. The Constitooshn, flag, and stars.
2. The Joodis Iskariot biznis.
3. Swingin around the cirkle.
At Stoobenville, agin, ez follows:
1. Joodis Iskariot.
2. Swingin around the cirkle.
3. Constitooshn, flag, and stars.
And so on. It's susceptible uv many changes. I thot uv that when I writ
that speech, and divided it up into sections on purpose.
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