Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1895 — Embarrassing Popularity. [ARTICLE]

Embarrassing Popularity.

At one time the Duke of Wellington’s extreme popularity was rather embarrassing. For instance, on leaving home each day he was always intercepted by an affectionate mob, who insisted on hoisting him on their shoulders and asking where they should carry him. It was not always convenient for him to say where he was going, so he used to say: ‘‘Carry me home, carry me home;” and so he used to be brought home half a dozen times a day a few minutes after leaving his own door.