You say 'Ca, ca, ca,' when you want a cow to follow you; and you say 'Glorious old party,' and 'Intelligence of the people,' and 'Preference of truth to victory,' and so forth, when you want the people to follow you." "An ass, a sheep, and a cow," said Abel.

"To what other departments of natural history do the people belong, General ?" "Adders," returned Belch, sententiously.
"How so ?" asked Abel, amused.
"Because they are so cold and ungrateful," said the General.
"As when, for instance," returned Abel, "the Honorable Watkins Bodley, having faithfully served his constituency, is turned adrift by--by--the people." He looked at Belch and laughed.

The fat nose of the General glistened.
"No, no," said he, "your illustration is at fault.

He did not faithfully serve his constituency.

He was not sound upon the great Grant question." The two gentlemen laughed together and filled their glasses.
"No, no," resumed the General, "never forget that the great thing is drill--discipline.