The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-08-30
The House Where Gen. Grant
'hi Before the War,

Vio the war, ls
The st. Louis corresnonaou,
Cincinnati Gazette gives tba s.u q
account of the former home ON lO !.
Grant: e OIL
The telegraph lately said ono ~,
that ex-President Grant had Id S;n uasa
a King and Queen in Beloinmu ued
great American went down - ing
with q Queen upon his arm I" ~. Y
Mrs: Grant leaned upon the ann ana
King. They walked through -
halls, and ate at a glitterinp hea,
account was striking, and w;lI nna
now by a contrast, showing What.
may do and become in a rennhl;s I
changes are magical. The Ga.s#'
respondent read the telegraphiics s sss
and then went out and STONED
Street car on the line which rms
andasouth throughout St. I,onis
rode south two or three miles a.,
Off at Barton Street, in modest y.
borhood devoted. to small sbo u i
residences. He entered a grocer \
and asked the boy if he had neve,! n
CT a house near there somewber.a
Gen. Grant had lived in before ths
"'Course 1 do" said the bow = M
a yaller house atween two big ma i
blocks I'D street,,
The place was visited. There n
tiny wooden structure vet re,,a;u;..
the improved neighbor6ood., Il n
between two brick buildings, and Il
ed at first glance like an out.haa,.
some kind attached to one Of them
was a single story with a sort # !,
above, and contained Just two rn,
though lean-to had been added. 4
diminutive structure, with its one \
dow, had been originally yellow
the paint was about worn away b, !
storms of years. The main body
clapboarded, the lean-to made of !
right boards. Old wooden steps with
any railing led down to the STREE
front, and steps equally untrustworI
led into the small yard at the side. n
yard was entered, and a group Of n
dren found there-not oyercleau !,
neat, but all healthy and merry. /
oldest, agirl, answered questions resdl
She said that herfather was a carpeuI
and his name was. Welcker, and /
they knew that "the President Ii
there once. The visitor was allowed
look around. A basement appeared
be used for dining purposes. In n
two rooms above the space seenI
chiefly devoted to beds. With fsn|
in an abode of such a size, the case col
not well be otherwise. The lean
seemed to be the kitchen. 1t msy3
terest Mrs. Grant to- know that l
housekeeping did not appear to be ID
Quoted upon the system when shs
provident and thrifty young wife,doal
less gloried in the spotlessness Of eva
thing about those two small rooms.
is not known whether Mrs. Grant ID
a garden, but if she did, it is to behop'
that she had better fortune with
morning-glories than the present ocs
pants of her old home. The vines
the yard were not thriving, and the
gle vine trying to find its, way ont
side of the house in front seemed strl
Cling against fate. ofE 9isI' 10 e
The visitor came out and took al
look at the surroundings. A boyW
a dirty face was washing his handsh
little pond, after which he used thes
of his trowsers for a towel, boy fashh
A gate stood open, and goat 50
wondering whether he should 60 il
not. An occasional gust of wind Id
up the dust of the unwatered street,
flung the powdered macadam over
little old Grant house, making it litt
and graver, and older, than ever. III
was no reminder anywhere Of q pal
at Belgium, and a King and Queen,
a banquet. .'i 'F"l '2
The house on Barton Street /
photographed during the war, but
dropped out of notice since, the 10
at the farm, in the suburbs, being
one always now described when the
Presidents St. Louis home is mentl
ed. The Barton-street house was
during the war under deed OF u
and now belongs to a fireman nan
Holloway. He takes quite q Pn0'
its history, and reads the foreign
egrams in the newspapers. ,t9t