The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-04-10

amusement, became n General while Jack
was st!It Captain. There's no telling, and
"or all the words OF tongue or pen.
The saddest are--I might Aure lcen."
Ulysses s. Grant was born on the banks
OF the Ohio, about 20 miles above Ciucin.
matt. at the village of Point Pleasant, IN the
county Of Clermont, on the 27lh day Of
April. 1922 In this country it is of little
consequence who n mans ancestors
were, or whether. in fact, he Ind any
at all; but as n matter of qualification
to tho curious, il may bo recorded that
Grants grcatgrandiathcr, Noah Grant,
commanded 4 company of tn1ite and black
men. in 156, and tell at the battle of White
Plains. as go did his brother. Solomon
Grant. Tho Generals grandfather was q
Lieutenant under Washington, and fought
lrom the beginning to the close OF the Roy.
olutiouary War. The father OF General
Grant was born in Westworeland county,
PENNSYLVANIA, January %, 1894, and is still
living at Coviugton, Ky. lie learned the
tanning business with his halt brother, at
Maysvllle. Ky, aud in 1920 settled at Point
Pleasant. Ohio, where be set MP his trade,
and soon arcrwurd married Miss Hannah
Simpson, tho mother OF General Grant, who
is still living.
Grant had five brothers aud sisters, Ono
brother and one sister, both single, died OF
consumption during the late war of the
others. n brother lives in Chicago, another
ia Gaena. aud the younger sister at Coyiug-
ton, with ,her father. Macy stories are
told OF the precuciousuess OF Ulysses, aud
his father thiuks G,aut was "A great little
hoy indeed he would be poor father If
he did not but remembering the fate oi our
bco fighter, we hesitate about relating
these aneodo,es, Reid is responsible ior
the following;
The absence oil fear WAS always char
actorisiic ot Ulysses. When two years OF
age. while Mr.. Grant was carrying Ulysses
| in his arms through the village on a public
occasion, n Young man wished to try the
| effect of pistol report ON the child. MIR.
! Grant consented, saying, 1.-THE boy nevcl
saw pistol or gun before in his lie
The baby hand was put on the lock and
the tiny finger curled around the trigger
, and pressed upon it until the hammor tell,
aud The charge exploded with loud re
port. Ulysses hardly stirred, but delighted
with the loud noise the powder hud made
pushed the pistol away, aud, clApping his
hands, cried =" lick HgHiu tick again. a
bystander sn:d "that boy will mako n
General some day. he neither winked nor
lodged" Sono will question hut that the
prediction has been verified, aud this man.
living, can safely claim precedence over
| Mr. Washhurne in having dlscoverej the
military talents of General Grant.
While Graft was still lad, his parents
who were then living at Georgetown, IL
Brown county, Ohio, sout him to the village
school, aud from all we can learn the
future conoueror was considered dul
boy, but Lurke tells the following anecdot'
of him during the period;
One day Grant was puzzng his brains OF
sum in arithmetic, when the teacher cam'
along, aud seeiug his perplexed look, sale
to him kiudly
"W,n. Ulysses, can't you mas or it?"
"Can't" returned Graut, what does tha
mean ?"
"Why, why, whom we cant do n thing
we say We cant" replied the teacher. Tht
class had been studying definitions, anC
Grant took up his dictionary, and ate
looking through IL for some time, said,
cart find it there is no such word in m,
book" The teacher was struck with TIT
boys reply, that lie commended him for il
and wound up by saying, You are quit
right Ulysses, aud il in future struggles %
your lie, any Que asserts that you cant d.
thing, that you have set your mind to do
aud which is lawful and right, tell them a
you have me, to day, that there is no suci
word in your dictionary" 1t is said tha
Grant never forgot the lesson of bis in
s,ructor, aud that his reply to PtmbertoI
and Lee, was Ouly his old answer to hi
teacher in another form"
This is a good story, if true, but hardl!
, up TO the hatchet anecdOte-about Wash
ington We have Il precarious lad in on
hotel, who thinks George was stupid bo,
for cutting down the apple trees in summe
time, when, if he had Only let them alUn
until fall, he could have had a Jolly tin,
stealing the apples. He is also of the opin
ion that he could have licked Washicgtoi
; aud cheated him ont of his eyeieelh II
swapping juck.kmves. WIN thls youth b'
President? We guess SO.
Abbott tells the following story abou
Graut: "When Ulysses was twelve year
old his father sent him to a neishbol
VI inc farmer to bay horse which he ha
been bargaining for. Before Ulysses starte'
his father said to him:
"'You can tel Mr.. Ralston that hav
sent YOU TO buy the horse, and that vii
give lin, $50 for it. II he win not tax
that, you may offer him S55, aud rathe
than come away without him, give Mi
/, Ralston 500 for the horse
"Ulysses, getting The matter right in III
mind, set out. but on arriving at Mr.. X is
TOMS his plans for htrtering We're kuoekr
out of balance by Mr.. Ralsion asking hir
directly How much did your taiher sa
you might give for the horseY
! Grants mother had told him he mus
never tell q lie, aud believing it would b
wrong to Prevaricate in this case he r'
Piled; 80
"' Father told me to offer you $50;
that would not do, to give you 500, al
that lie would be willing to give SKI
rather than not get the horse Ell
replied farmer Rslston, cun not sell III
horse for less than sixty dollars ! al
sorry for that vas the reioiuder OF yonn
Grant for since have seen the horse a
though father said might, lave deter
mined not to give more than htIy dollar
for him"
! MIR. Ralston took the Gfty dollars, an
Grnnt rode the horse home.
Mr. Grant had a brother who had settle
in Canada, aud as there was no school i
the neiahhGrhood, he sent his son doh
over TO Georgetown 90 hoard with Ia
nncle aud go 10 school with Ulysses. tn
Canadian youth was strongly liuclured wit
, British preiudices, and one day the con
versation tuned upon Washington, whe
John denounced The father of his cOunir
J as "a rebel who had fought against hi
, King" ,,,
UIysses had been taught by his mothe
, IN revere the character OF Washington, an
was indignant at the irreverent languag
{ : of his cousin. The boys soon came I
= blows aud after pulling hair and pumme
! inq each other for some time Jack oau