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PECULIARITIES OF MISSISSIPPI STEAMBOATS On Board U. S. S. _Mississippi_, Oct. 1, 1907. DEAR ARCHIE: I am now on what I believe will be my last trip of any consequence while I am President. PECULIARITIES OF MISSISSIPPI STEAMBOATS ON BOARD U S MISSISSIPPI OCTOBER ONE NINETEEN O SEVEN DEAR ARCHY I AM NOW ON WHAT I BELIEVE WILL BE MY LAST TRIP OF ANY CONSEQUENCE WHILE I AM PRESIDENT
from various river cities. The people are all out on the banks to greet us still. Moreover, at night, no matter what the hour is that we pass a town, it is generally illuminated, and sometimes whistles and noisy greetings, while our steamboats whistle in equally noisy response, so that our sleep is apt to be broken. Seventeen governors of different states are along, in a boat by themselves. I have seen a good deal of them, however, and it has been of real use to me, especially as regards two or three problems that are up. At St. Louis there was an enormous multitude of people out to see us. The procession was in a drenching rain, in which I stood bareheaded, smiling affably and waving my drowned hat to those hardy members of the crowd who declined to go to shelter. At Cairo, I was also greeted with great enthusiasm, and I was interested to find that there was still extreme bitterness felt over Dickens's description of the town and the people in "Martin Chuzzlewit" sixty-five years ago. LED WITH DELEGATES FROM VARIOUS RIVER CITIES THE PEOPLE ARE ALL OUT ON THE BANKS TO GREET US STILL MOREOVER AT NIGHT NO MATTER WHAT THE HOUR IS THAT WE PASS A TOWN IT IS GENERALLY ILLUMINATED AND SOMETIMES WHISTLES AND NOISY GREETINGS WHILE OUR STEAMBOATS WHISTLED AN EQUALLY NOISY RESPONSE SO THAT OUR SLEEP IS APT TO BE BROKEN SEVENTEEN GOVERNORS OF DIFFERENT STATES ARE ALL ALONG IN A BOAT BY THEMSELVES I HAVE SEEN A GOOD DEAL OF THEM HOWEVER AND HAS BEEN OF REAL USE TO ME ESPECIALLY AS REGARDS TWO OR THREE PROBLEMS THAT ARE UP AT SAINT LOUIS THERE WAS AN ENORMOUS MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE OUT TO SEE US THE PROCESSION WAS IN A DRENCHING REIGN IN WHICH I STOOD BAREHEADED SMILING AFFABLY AND WAVING MY DROWNED HAT TO THOSE HARDY MEMBERS OF THE CROWD WHO DECLINED TO GO TO SHELTER AT CAIRO I WAS ALSO GREETED WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM AND I WAS INTERESTED TO FIND THAT THERE WAS STILL EXTREME BITTERNESS FELT OVER DICKENS'S DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN AND THE PEOPLE IN MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT SIXTY FIVE YEARS AGO
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