Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27
THE GREAT ULYSSES.
Som ethIng About Ex-President Grant and His
Family From the Lips of Relative.
Washington Letter of "aath'ss to Cincinnati e.

Family From the Lips of q Relative.
Washington Letter of "Gath'sv to Cincinnati En-.
quirer.
Meeting a relative of Ex-President
Grant day or two ago, | asked about
that mystic mans intentions as fol-
lows
"How long will the president re-
main in Europe p
Indefinitely. He expected when
he went away TO stay good while,
but thought he would have to fight
home sickness. ! hear that he is very
well contented at least better off in
mind than he thought to have been.
Grant is studying and learning civil
institutions. lie is the only president
we ever had who was not too old or
too obstinate to go to school again af-
ter he had administered the govern
ment as long as Washington
will he come back in a year p
1T is entirely indefinite. | am sure
he will not come back while this quar-
rel between the party and Hayes
goes on. He doesn't want to be mix
ed up in it. You may make up your
mind that while there is conflict in
side the Republican party here Grant
will keep abroad
DO you know what he thinks about
this muddle p
NO. He wouldn't tell me if he did.
He is stout party man by nature,
but approved of the Southern policy
of Hayes. He gave the civil service
people-Curtis &c.-a chance and
found them a id set Of hypocrites
and fools. But | suspect he is study
ing civil service administration on the
other side.
Where are his children?'
Jess is with him. Buck is in O. law
office in New York. Fred is out with
Sheridan. Nelly is with Sartoris'
family in the south of England
sHow does Nelly feel about living
all her life over there?'
sShe likes the United Ssates the
best. SO does Sartoris. But he is
now the oldest son, and his parents
are old. They both have to stay
there. Nelly has had two children
one is living
Whom does Grant depend on for
society 70 his more lonely travels?'
'Badeau is with him a good deal.
Grant finds him sound and useful.
yet he is, by profession, a newspa-
per manl'
sThat doesn't matter. Grant got to
like a good many newspaper writer's
before he left here He found the
Bohemians more reliable than those
wearing a little brief authority. And
the respectable men of talent got to
like Grant. Of course the pretenders,
pimps and detectives didn't like him.. ,
sHow came he to fancy Badeau p
Grant Is very strong for a man if
his sympathies are aroused. Badeau
was on The staff of T. w. Sherman
not Tecumseh-that Sherman was
very rough on Badeau, and Grant
gave the young fellow relief on his
own staff AS soon as he got there
Porter and Babcock took dislike to
him and undertook to drive him off.
The -natured justice of Grant was
aroused and his sympathy excited.
He found Badeau faithful and made
his fortune
'You mean by helping him and pro-
noting him ?
Yes; he gave him the valuable and
original materials of his life instead of
trying to make some profit ont of it
himself. He sent Badeau consul to
London, whero he married lady of
property
Does Grant keep his older faith in
Babcock p
Grant is silent on that point, but Is
think not / think the Development
of that trial at st. Louis staggered
Grant. I think he saw that if his
confidence had not been abused he
had not been told the truth
Us the president independent of the
world p
'He is comfortable His wants
were never great. He has naturally
fair, medium, bold business pluck.
will Grant come back here and let
any of the old crowd meet him?
Not one. He won't give one of
them a chance. There are people
now crying, Grant! Grant, who
could not get within gunshot of him
if he had any political influence again.
GATH.