Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-03-05
A Call Upon President Wash
imgt0n.

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scription of hts voyage by sea. first to|
Halifax, then to Boston. thence passing
through New England to New York and
The English traveller reach
pur city on the 4.h of June, 1894, paying
five dollars from Paulus Hook to Newark
Friday, June 6, 1914, oar traveller had the
honor of IN interview with the President
Of the United States. He received mel
very kindly, and after reading my letters
l was aske to breakfast. There was lit
lie ceremony; of course the Amerfeansl
viii not permit this, nor does the position
Of His Excellency lead him to assume it,
The following as q picture of Washing
ton and his wife is excellent:
i confess l was stru.k with awe and
venera'ion when recollect that was
now in the presence of one of the greatest
men upon earth-the great Washington,
The noble and W Sc bene factor of the world, !,
as Mira'eau styles him; the advocate Of
human nature; the friend of both worlds.
Whether we view him a> 4 General in the
field, vested with unlimited authority and
power, at the head Of . victorious army
or in the Cabinet as the President OF the
United States, or as private gentleman
cultivating his own farm, he is still the
same great man, anxious only to discharge
with propriety the duties Of his relative
situation. His conduct has always been
80 uniformly manly. honorable. just, pa-
triotic and disinterested that his grcates,
enemies cannot fix on any one trait of hi
character that can deserve the least Gen.
sure. HIS paternal regard for the army
while he commanded it. his earnest and
sincere desire to accomplish the glorious
object for which they were contending j:
hrs endurance of the tolls and hardship-
of war without ever recossin4 tha laast
efn0lumcnt from his country, and his re-
lirement to private life after the paace,
plainly evince that his motives were the
most just and patriotic that could proceed
from q benevolent heart. His letter It.
Congress during the war. now lately pub
iishcd in England, as well as his circular
letter and farewell orders to the armies OF
the United States At the end OF the war,
show him 10 have been justly rasked
among the fine writers of the age When
we look down from this truly grest AID
,llnstri,us character upon other public
servants We find . glarng con rast; nor
can We fix our attention upon any other
great men without discovering In them ,
vast and nortifying diss:milarity.
The President, in his person, Is tall
and thin, but erect-rather Of IN engag
ing than . dignified pr sence. He ap-
pears very thoughtful; is slow in deliver
ing himself. which occasions some to con
cludc he is reserved. but il is rather. ap-
Iprehend, the effect Of much thinking and
reflection, for there Is great appearance to
me of affability and accommodation. He
was at this time in his sixty-third year, be
ing born Feb. II. 1882. O. s.; but he ha-
very little the appearance of age, having
been oil his lifetime 20 exceeding temper
ate. There is . certain anxiety visible in
his countenance with marks of extreme
sens,billty. Notwithstanding his great
attention and employment in the affairs Of
his well-regulated government and Of bis
own agricultural concerns he is In CORES
pondence with many of the eminent
genuises in the different countries Of Eu
ripe, not % much for the sake of learning
and fame as TO procure the knowledge Of
agriculture and the arts useful 10 hi:
country.
4 4 informed His Excellency in the course
|of conversation that ] was manufacture
from England who, out Of curiosity q
well as business, had made an excursion t
America to zee the state of society there
TO inspect various manufactures, and par
, |ticularly the w,Olen, with which / wa
hest acquainted. The General asked M
: what thought Of their wool. Iinforme'
him that I had seen some very good AMI
Ifioe at Hartford. In Connecticut, whicl
they told me came from Georgia, but thu
sin general II was very indifferent, yet frou
1.-The appearance of It ! WAS convinced
I vas capable OF great improvement; tha'
9 to my surprise, in course of travelling %
miles from Boston hither ] had not zee
n any A0ck Of moro thsa twenty to thirt
: sheep. and but few Of these, from whenc
concluded there was no great qusntit
9 grown in the States ~ - to answer an
'-Igreat purposes for manufacture. His b
= rlcellcncy observed thst from his own e.
e he believed II capable Of fmprOv
y meut, for he had been trying some expcl
! ments with his own docks (at Mt. Vernon
y that BY attending 70 breed and pasturaa
'c|hs hAd % fer improved his nes,es -
ll|hsvs increased them from two :, Elk "
but that sincs. from msitiplicil
eIOf other objects - attend ., they were.
lf|being neglected. goas back % halt the
D weight, bsing now scarcely three pound
q I iook this 0pportusiiy 70 ofsr him o
g lof ny publicattons on the .Ennouragems
|" LOT Wool which y sesmsd with pDeasu
'nI,0 rsaetvs. Ma WasAiagloa hsesa
BsInaAe - snd so6as q % o. ths n
AeI vao two smsll plates Of Sliced Oags
IeIdsy t0ast, bsead and butter. Sta, bat
oslasotld -. ass ~ asoeeal o1seom-
Nj l1io Uusais. ~ erand laaGhaeEs > PIE
nsliag yeung ladys = abost slStssa ~ =
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y ell1etos G cs6eis, aboat tso ysAfs cadse =
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