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Gcnerhl Spinner nw «\ Religious Eutliit-IIThe i Treasured of the United States is i■ , I , ithe homeliest irem on earth—as any on'e•ins *° his likeness on the re stamp0. Winn I whsomay see by refer fifty eent pbsta introduced to hiijn at breakfast, he smiled i 04 ! . i • ! '-—and he broke w saucer. In the course of j Si his remarks he clirtnced to smile agHin-~ 1 and it j broke a plate. Out of sympathy tSl for the landlord, d checked this calamitous S cheerfulncs3, by floftly changing the subj- • s j act to funerals. But it was another mot* 1 iter I wished to speak of. Now, many peo- : ° pie tiro not nw;re of it, outride of his j d church, hut Gen.j Spinner is a devout and 1 « sensitively conscientious Methodist, in iv-j( t ligion, and in politics a Radical. But|jri even the^pure.t of us are not safe fromjj calumny—as I know from experience. It|* rlt; began to he whiWrcd about that under!! h very trying and txtniordinary,circumstan-ijces, Gen. Spinner little, sometimes.was guilty of swearing a hThe church took theslutlV.matter in hand quietly as possible, and appointed a disenkt si.-fc-r (the grieving mourner of a husband nnd throe bravo brothers slain in the war.) to inquire into ] clt; the matter. Instead of gat hering evidence at second hand, she wont to headquarters ; 1 n she posted herself among a crowd of wait- !; iing ones in the General’s office. The old' sii » j,man was absorb? ! in business, an I work- vi I Ijag away like n fijteam engine. ‘File after1 file of Tijen passodj before him, nnd he shot tlt; liis decisions at them m*sliiirp, curt senfen- j e ccs nn4 they moved on. Finally, a tall, Ihandsome man approached, nnd handed iliis documents for end rai^ his eyeinrexamination. The Gen- ! s]down the pages, and a j thunder clou 1 settled poitentubusly upon 1 a his countenance.j lie threw down the i t! papers ;.and she ok hi 9 fist fiercely in the ; i‘lt;grnticinan’s face rind said :44Youoare comet to me with this! You, j h you sneaking hojund of a deserter ! You ! bring a jpaper benj signed by the President ! of the United States, setting forth that earmvnwhen you deserted from the regular• { j 4 * , •* |to go and fight four years against your , ° country, there we^o four months’ ,pny com-1 h ing to you from iho government- you so ^ outraged, and ordering mo to pay to von m those arrearage*’] j’d see you and ’the jtt. President a hundred million’miles in Ac shottesthole in-mongy,' lying, ti!haitorous .son of ft horse- cl thief, aiid the* I s ronldu't do it ! Vamose «the ranch !’V ' ' ' I . ’ • j Glt;And the in;oun er of Union dead went ’ T back and reported. She said no, the Gen- ’b cral didn t sw« ir-Lthat is he didn't swear j s #TC!*ctlv-p-an I -yet jlidn’t exactly pray: but1 the wohi? hvsoil wore the nlt;xt most! toothing words• tb a beautiful prayer she| wrwbojfcd in all her hf3 * ■ ifc
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Wellsville Free Press
Wellsville, New York, US
Wed, Mar 18, 1868
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