| Show GOVERNOR CLEVELAND AMAZED AND AMUSED A SHORT snort time since captain bedford rhu phu a british naval navai officer and ex member of parliament paid a visit to thi city the fact being noted bythe by the local papers at the time recently he passed through albany ont onn his bis way from this part of the country and there had ail an interview with president elect cleveland the circumstance embodied some amusing features as will be seen by the following account of it purporting to he be as related by bv captain pim pirn himself to a new york herald reporter tho the governor received me very kindly ills his hander mannen manner was pleasantly les ies gantly cor dial et theli Thell the first impression which canneto cat neto me was ivos the superiority of the original to the p pictures ic llad biad I had seen displayed in campaign lithographs and banners while I 1 was tall talking dil dai g to him strangers came into the roam aud and stared at ai him sometimes with almost rude cur curiosity iostY losty yet the natural dignity of his manner was nevar broken and there eherd was none of that attempt at posing sometimes to be detected in public men i isaid to him your ayour ex excellency el lency I 1 am anxious to direct your attention to a railroad which it is proposed to build between cheyenne in wyoming territory and hudson bay in the tiko north of canada which will exert beneficial results upon the general intercourse of the two countries I 1 have here some papery on the subject which I 1 would like ike vod tod to look into at some time tillie when ta the 16 opportunity may present itself the thu governor replied in a quittman ner 1 I will read them carefully every word 11 I 1 lle ile lie ile asked me if I 1 were going to make any stay in albany and I 1 replied no that I 1 was oln oin going on to new york and and thence to new bri orleans eans cans 1 6 I wish fivish he answer edwith a tired lo 10 look ok that I 1 was makin making that journey too tod As I 1 was taking my leave t remarked ro mir ked your excellency would doubtless be glad to take such u action actions as would tend to further increase the feelings of amity andwood and good will between two such guch creat crat nations as america and england has it not to your excellency that this nond dond of amit amity yand and good will might be further strengthened by a certain step on oil your part pardon me what std step ask asked askel el his excellency looking 0 at me rather blankly by marrtin marrying some english woman of portion I 1 I 1 I 1 replied with the them ut most gravity some english marchioness or countess for in instance rince sinco your excellency 17 ills his excellency stared at me for a moment aghast and the next moment broke into hearty laughter |
