PRESIDENT GRANT ON PROFANITY.
The Washington Evening Star has the following:—“On Friday, before leaving for Long Branch, the President dropped in to see a well-known citizen of Washington. During his stay the daughter of the gentleman referred to remarked that she had heard a pleasant thing about him (the President). The President inquired to what she referred. ‘I have been told by an officer who served with you in the army,’ said she, ‘that he had been with you under many trying circumstances, and that in no single instance, no matter what the provocation, had he ever known you to make use of profane language. I was delighted to hear this, especially in view of the fact that profanity is said to be the rule, and not the exception, among army officers. Will you excuse me, Mr. President, if I inquire if what I heard is true.’ ‘It is, I believe,’ modestly replied the President; ‘I have always regarded profane language as unnecessary, to say the least, and as I am a man of few words I have never been able to understand the necessity for useless expressions of the character referred to.’”