North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-06-10
Oeaeon Gre mt.

We have seen the old gentleman for sew.
eral days in succession. He is u very
tender specimen of mature humanity.
This vas we'll known to all who had his
acquaintance il now IL well known by
all who read his dotage history of 'Ulys-
ses" in tho columns Of the New York
Ledger. We do not call the old father to
account for lack Of sense, but We insist
that Gen. Grant himself knows as little as
his father while permitting the parent to
publish such twaddle "a that which cma-
mates from tho fathers pen. On sight of
the 6rst number of the series, we had too
much respect for the General and his
friends to believe the article was anything
but bogus but they kept coming, and We
had to admit their verify. Below is a
specimen. Is it not prima Jacie that if
Grant and Wa.hburne iG.'s general man
aser) will allow the deacon" to publish
such history as argument. that they place
! low estimate on the sense Of the Amcri-
can people? The radical papers don't re-
publish the dishwatcr by a long shot. They
know better. 1t is proposed to get up a
pamphlet for campaign circulation, en-
hodying these letters. No document
would better show the softness Of the
Grant breed. Please read the smcH pro.
duction of the venerable parent Of the
silent candidate. More extracts hereafter
from the Ledger History "By His Father
One morning in the early part Of the
month of June, when Ulysses was about
twelve years old, had cow which de-
sired to have driven to neighbours place
about two miles away. As it was impor-
tant that the cow should be driven over at
that particular time, called Ulysses. who
was out back of the house digging fish
worms preparatory to going fishing.
Ulysses answered "What!"
told him that l wanted him. He
wanted to know "what for z" told him
to help drive the cow away. He wanted to
know what l wanted to drive the COW
away for7
relate this to show that even in early
life he was never willing to undertake
anything without first fully understanding
not only what was to be done, but also
all the reasons why it should be done.
So we turned all the other cattle out in
TO the lane which led to the pasture. and
then turned the COW out into the road, and
started her in the right direction. She
acted very wild at first, and tried hard to
get by us and 60 to the yard, but after he
had driven her about eight rods she walk
ed SO well that Ulysses though he could
drive her alone, and so returned home.
do not think had been in the house
longer than FIVE minutes when on looking
out of the window | saw the cow coming
back towards the house at furious rate,
with Ulysses holding on to her tail. How
the boy could hold on has always been Il
wonder to me. do not think he touched
the ground oftener than once in twenty
feet. His hat was OF, and his hair was
streaming in the wind.
just in front Of the house was a mud
hole in the road, which had long intend
ed, but as long neglected to fill up. Com
ing to that, the cow made an awful leap,
actually jerking away from Ulysses, and
he fell headlong into the mud. He was
completely submerged, SO great was the
force with which he fell. He was SO much
out of breath, that he could scarcely ex-
tricate himself alone, so went to his as
sistance. lie was indeed in sorry plight.
Not only was his clothes completely cover
ed, but his eyes, nose, mouth and ears were
literally filled with mud.
! asked Ulysses what this meant.
He said the cow tried to run by him, and
he tried to head her of, but could not
stop her, 30, as she passed him, he grabbed
hold of her tail.
only relate this incident to show the
bull dog pluck and tcnacity with which
Ulsysses always held on when he got hold
Of good thing.
Is not the above rich treat from a
fathers pen to twelve year old boys in.
telligence Ulysses would not drive the
cow away until he was told why that seer
tain time was necessary! That cows
tail is ominous Of the fate Of Ulysses in
Presidency hunting he will drop off in the