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Show HARD ON BOTH SIDES. Disappointment Thst Seemed to Be About Equally Divided. Melvlllo K. Htone. ao long the bead of the Associated I'resa, tells a story of Con. George A. Hhi-rliliin's encounter encoun-ter with an aiiilleuce In an Illinois town whore ho waa acliedulcd for an address. ThroiiRli a local printer's nilstako. It seems, the populace had teen led to expect Ocn. 1'hll Sheridan. Sheri-dan. When the an. Hence assembled, the bigwig of the community introduced intro-duced tho speaker after thla fashion: "Ladles and (lenllemen Permit mo to present Oon. Sheridan not Ocn. Phil Sheridan, whom wn eipcctcd to hear, bowover. Let us hope, thouRti, that our visitor may say something to make us forget our disappointment." Oen. Sheridan was boiling with rago, but showed no trace of It In face or manner as, bowing to the big gathering, gath-ering, ha began aa follows: "Ladles and (lenllemen I was fed to believe Uutx 1 houlrt mmo !, progi usaive, cuMurud city, end can cardly express my aatonltthincnt In Indlug what Is little bettor than a mud-hole, whose people seem to bear no maxks Indicative of menial brightness bright-ness or culture. Still, I'll do the best I can." |