Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-06-06

The Adventures OF NoEslg Jesse
Grant and His Boon Companion
7n san FranciscO-A TrcNen.
dOsas Game Of Billiards.
From The San Francisco Chrl

a son of President Grant is in this
CITY. but nevertheless such is a fact.
In order to post the public upon the
of his youthful highness,
a Chronicle reporter took Il suit OF
rooms Immediately adjoining the
apartments of young Grant, who is
now stopping at the Lick House, IN
company with the son of Senator Cole.
Grant and Cole are great chums, and
on terms of such familiar acquaintance
that they think nothing of appropri-
ating each others shirts, collars and
stockings.
Early in the evening the two young
gentlemen were INDUCING in a social
game of billiards. Both are very
poor players, and the time of the
game, by the Chronicle reporters
watch, was sixty-five minutes, Grants
largest run was six, made up mostly OF
scratches, and Cole managed, by
great effort, to score eli Int without
stopping. Grant can 'tmake round the
table shots, and Cole has deep-rooted
adherence of draws. Grant got
beaten three points, and both quit dis
gusted with the game. AS the two
turned to go, the hawkeyed attendant
who holds the Office of internal rcve-
nue. collector for the hall, stepped up
and tapped young Grant on the Shout
der. II believe you lost that game, )"
eyes, yes that's SO" and pitching
the man four bits, he went out with
out waiting fer the change. Cole tried
TO make out that his friend was at
tempting to blk the house, but the
bystanders were satisfied that it was
merely a piece of dignifed absent
mindedness on Jesse's par.
At ten o'clock the young gentlemen
betook themselves to room 80, and
prepared to go to bed. Grant got I'M
dressed first, and took the right side
of the bed. Cole objected to this,
urging that he was accustomed to that
side himself, and sleeping next to the
wall was played out with him. Grant
responded that if he didn't like sleep
ing on that side he was at liberty to
sleep under tho bed, on either side, on
top of the washstand, or out in the
hall. Cole got mad at this ill-timed
levity and rang the electric machine
for waiter. A stalwart individual at
once made his appearance, of whom
Cole ordered bed. In a few minutes
an elegant mahogany bed, with rose
wood trimmings, spring mattress, and
necessary fixtures, was brought and
set up in the room, after which the
waiter departed. In a few minutes
Cole rang again, and the following dia-
logue took place:
Cole-I see this bed hasn't got any
casters on. Bring me a bed with
casters.
Waiter-Yes, sab. Won't some east
ers put on this bed be enough?
Cole finally assented. and the re-
CURED change was made.
In about an hour everything was
lovely in room 80, when Cole suddenly
sung out, 81 say, Jess, everything s
all right now; let's have something to
drink"
Don't care if I do" and in another
moment waiter was flying down to the
bar with an order for two wiskey cock
tails. In a few minutes he came back
followed by the handsome barkeercr,
who, with a polite oriental salaam,
handed Grant the following official
telegram:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE SEAT OF Gov
EMINENT, WAsHINGTON, April 20, 1873.
To the Barkeeper Of the Lick House:
SIR You are hereby commanded to
furnish no spirituous liquors of any
kind to my son, Jesse Grant, during
his soiourn in San Francisco.
Z. S. GRANT.
p. S.-Mild fve-cent cigars viii be
allowed at your discretion. {. S. G..
The walters were now angrily dis
missed and council of war was held,
and the two deliberated as to how
drink could be obtained. Cole thought
that if he could only get to his fathers
carpet-bag he might find something
there, but he wasn't sure. Grant knew
a man who roomed on kearney street
who would gladly contribute a whole
bottle of the ardent if he could only be
found. At last they gave up the idea
of having 81 cocktail, and both took a
long drink of cold water.
The Chronicle reporter was OF half a
mind to tender the acceptance of his
private flask of old Cutters best, but
being little difiident about intruding
upon strangers, he relinquished the
idea.
Both young men now turned into
bed, and at exactly twenty minutes
past eleven Gyant began to snore with
remarkable energy, when Cole woke
up and sung out:
Il say" (hitting him with pillow,
81 can't sleep with this racket
Grant started up with "Cheese that
now; / want to sleep"
so do [, and I want less snoring"
Il wasn't snoring"
"You VAST
81 say L was not"
''Well, [ know You was.
well, know better"
After agreeing not to snore, Grant
went to sleep, and so did Cole, and
then they both snored together At
2:2O young Grant rolled over III bed
and asked what time it was. Cole
woke up and made some remark about
Il locality which was suggestive of the
idea of warmth, the general purport
of which was unintelligible to the
reporter. Grant was anxious to know
the time, as he had understood that a
new bar-keeper came on duty at four
in the morning. This idea interested
Cole, and lighting the gas, they COM
pared time pieces.
Grants watch denoted ten minutes
past l, while Coles was fifteen min
utes past 5. Each one was positive
that his watch was right, and they both
put up coin to the amount of twenty
i've cents to pay back their respective
views, after which they went to sleep.
At 1875 the morning sun got around
On that side of the house, and the two
young gentlemen got up. Cole, on
going to the door, made the startling
discovery that the door had been I'M
ocked all night. "Graciousr' re
marked Grant, ''some of these Frisco
might have slipped in
lere and taken everything we had
Both boys manipulated the cutlery
If the breakfast table at II: 80. Grant
;ook boiled tarantula spider on toast,
while Cole INDUCED his ravenous APP
petite with sea-loin steak, done rare, I
both using pepper and salt, regardless
If expense. After breakfast they
slipped off somewhere, and the re-
porter lost track of them.
Mr.. George Alfred Townsend, in the
Chicago Tribune, says that Col. Mos
~ informed him, in late interview,
that he favored three terms for