Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-08-08
The Two Farms.

Ing entered the army Grant was very
: poor He acquired some of those
broad acres duIing the war, some af
: ter the war closed and before he be
!, came President, and some since he has
occupied the White House.
A correspondent of the Worldat St.
Louis has sent to that journal alb
stracts Of the deeds by which Grant OBJ.
tanned his title to the premises in ques,
ton. From these abstracts the follow
ing facts appear;
In May, 1868, for consideration OF
1925, John @. Dent conveyed to Julia
b. Grant, wife of Gen. Grant, forty
acres Of this farm. In September,
1868, for a nominal consideration of
81, this same Dent conveyed to Mrs.
Grant forty acres of this farm. Why
this land was decided to the wife in
stead of the husband does not appear.
In April, 1866, for a consideration
Of $4,000, this sameJohn G. Dent con-
veycd to Gen. Grant himself eighty
six acres Of this farm and in Decem,
ber 1866, for a consideration Of $685.
220. this same Dent conveyed to Gen
Grant three hundred and twelve acres
more.
Now, who Is this John G. Dent d?
He is the brother-ln-law of the Presi-
dent, and under his administration has
held the lucrative post Of sole Indian
trader for New Mexico, u position I'M
derstood to be worth at least $780,
600 per year.
In September 1868, for a considera-
ton of $500, Frederick Dent convey
ed to Mrs, Grant forty acres Of this
farm, Precisely why he decided it to
Mrs. Giant is not apparent on the
face Of the papers. In October, 1868,
in consideration Of $l,410, Frederick
Dent, through the Sheriff, conveyed
to Gen. Grant what would seem to be
about two hundred acres of this same
homestead
Now, who is this Frederick Dent?
Is he not the father-in-law of the Presi-
dent, and has he not had his finger
in some of the fat and rich pies baked
at the Executive Mansion in the form
of land jobs ont West?
In July, 1866, for consideration of
what would seem to be $4,000, James
F. Casey conveyed to Gen. Grant
sixty-fve acres of this farm; and in
January, 1867, in consideration of
$1,000, said Casey conveyed to Gen.
Grant eighty acres more.
Now, who is this James f. Casey?
Is he not that favorite brother-in-law
ofthe President who, in spite of the
general cutlery of the people of Louisi.
ana, has long held the office of Colec.
tor of the Port of New Orleans, and
tried to break up the Government of
Louisiana because Warmoth would
not let him run it solely in the inter
est of Grants denomination?
In May, 1867, in consideration of
S1,S00, George w. Dent conveyed
twenty acres of this same land to Gen.
Grant
And who is George w. Dent? He
is the Presidents brother-in-law, and
holds the lucrative place of Appraiser
of the Customs at San Francisco.
In June, 1867, in consideration of
1852, Frederick T. Dent conveyed
seventeen acres ofthis identical farm
to Gen. Grant.
Who is this Frederick r. Dent?
He is the Presidents brother-in-law,
and all through Grants administration
has been chief usher of the White
House, where the leh-handed pick
ings and stealings are believed to be
enormous.
In April, 1870, Alexander Sharp,
in consideration of $1,000, conveyed
to the President of the United States
fifteen acres of bis st. Louis home
stead.
And who is this Sharp? He is the
brother-in-aw of the man to whom he
conveyed the seventeen acres of land,
and from whom he received, ere he
signed the deed, the very valuable
office of United States Marshal for the
District of Columbia.
Is it not queen that all the grantors
by whose deeds the President holds
his splendid st. Louis farm should get
fat offices at his hands? Can any
body doubt that in some way or other
these offices have something to do
with these deeds?
1t cannot fail to arrest attention
that two years before he became Presi-
dent Gen. Grant had by some means
got hold of a good deal Of money to
invest in real estate out West From
the ten aforementioned deeds it APP
pears that he was able to pay his faith
er-in-law and his brothers-in-law the
snug little sum of S46,20S for a por-
ton of this st. Louis estate, and this
as early as June, 1867. Where did
he Get the money?
BY how different tenure does DR..
Horace Greeley holdhis acres at Chap
babua! They We're all purchased of
strangers, and were all paid for in
hard cash out of the honest earnings
of the hard working philosopher.
Behold the two farmers Which s
10 the American people prefer?
Speaking of Horace Greeley, the
Boston Time says: "He is as young,
ls fresh and virnrnns 10 day. after q {