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Editor Greeley

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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
July
Year
1887
Copyright
Public Domain
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Horace Greoley, liuding himself in Washington on Thursday evening, soon after the eleetion of Colfax as Speaker, determined to attend the Speaker's reception. He accordingly arrayed himself in his usual neat and fashionable costume, boots like young gunboats, pantaloons rather the worse of the wear, of Chatham street stock, and a couple of inches too short at that, vest cheap and old-fashioned, black eilk handkerchief, tied around his neck at you'd tie a wisp of straw around a bundie of cornstalks, overcoat long, threadbare and dirty withal, the whole surmounted by a hat of the fashion of twenty yearg previous, hung on the back of his In-ad, and inclincd at an angle of forty-five degrees. He made his way to Four-anda-half street, ascended the steps of the Speaker' s house, and feil into the rear of a larga and elegantly-dressed crowd of ladies and gentlemen, pressing their way to the parlor. On such occasion there is always a good deal of trouble uil h bdeknM. They will insist apon dUregarding the rules ia these casos made and provided, that they shall move to the other side of the street as soon as Üiey are relieved oí their gay an4 precious burdens, so as to prevent a general bloekade, and to inaké way for those who are yet to come. Sometiines there is a row between the in.istcrs of thi) outside ceremonies and ui obstiimlo Jehu who attempts to ignore or dluregiuri the rules of vehicular discipline. Mr. Greeley was quietly waiüng his turn on the occasion referred to, or, rather, was leisurely waiting on the doorstepa for the "rush" to cease, not laking much notice of what was goiug on arouud hiin, coinpoulng a tariftf article or an aiunesty pronunciamento for the Tribune, iwerliaps, when a Milcsian gentleman, who had been ofliciating as a sort of outsido usher, dashed at hitn in a íit of groat rage, and told him f ha didn't move on hiblanked oll hack ho'dstart his team for him and let them go to the warmest of place if they liked. The Tribune philosopher rominded his assailant that lliis was a clear case of mistaken idenfcity. '-rm not a hack driver, sir, you ue mistaken al t)gether." "Ain't you theownerof that pair of graysP" inquired the ofliciating Ilibernian. "No, sir; my name is Greeley; I've coiuo to attend the reception." The truth flashed upon tlie Irish mind that he had grossly insulted the editor of the Tribune, and he commenced apologizing. "You see, sic," said he, "we have a great dual of trouble wifcU thes back drivers, and upon my lionw, sir, wlien I saw you standin' there I tlionght you were the man that dhniv up that pair o' horses." Grccloy langhcd, said no apology was necessary, und walked in to see Colfax and the reception.- Bn: Pcrley Poore, in Boston Jiudget. - The late industrial developnient in the South is somethiiijj wonderful. -

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Ann Arbor Courier
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