Show HARD ON BOTH SIDES disappointment that seemed to be about equally divided melville E stone so long the head ot of the associated press tells a story of gen george A sheridan Sheri dans s ter with an audience in an illinois town where he was scheduled for an address through a local printers mistake it seems the populace had been led to expect gen phil shen sheri dan when the audience assembled the bigwig of the community intro deuced the speaker after this fashion ladies and gentlemen permit me to present gen sheridan not gen phil sheridan whom we expected to hear bear however let us hope though that our visitor may say something to make us forget our disappointment gen sheridan was boiling with rage but showed no trace ot of it in face or manner as bowing to the big gath ering he began as follows ladles ladies and gentlemen I 1 was led to believe that I 1 should find a live progressive cultured city and can hardly express my astonishment in finding what is little better than a mud hole whose people seem to bear no marks indicative of mental bright ness or culture still ill do the best I 1 can |