Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-12-27
GENE:lsAL GRANT.

There is much in the boyhood lite OF
General Grant worthy of attention.
We doubt if even the General himself
remembers all the incidents of his youth
or the men and women with whom he
associated thirty years ago. Does ne,
for instance, to-day, when surrounded
by applauding thousands, call TO mind
the time when he drove two young la
dies across the swollen Ohio in wagon
and nearly drowned them? Does he
ever think of the days when he ground
bark in his fathers tannery? Does he
recall Mr.. Hamer, who sent him 10 West
Point? Does he remember poor John
| ME Gore and the six hundred dollars
they lost in Mexico!
An old army officer recently,in speak
ing OF Grant, said: 81 knew him up in
Oregon long ago, but | guess be has
| forgotten me-" We hope not, and that
the great General often recalls TO mind
both the incidents and friends OF his
youth. That he does so is evidenced
by an anecdote recently related by an
ex.member Of Congress. When the
General was Lieutenant General of the
Army at Washington he gave one win
ter fine party at his house, and among
| the hundreds of guests who came was
Mrs. Blow, of ST. Louis, whom Grant
had not seen since the time when he
lived at st. Louis. After shaking the
lady warmly 6y the hand and express
ing his delight at seeing her under his
root, the General remarked:
well, Mrs. Blow, times have changed
good deal with me of late"
"Yes, replied Mrs. Blow, not wish
ing to refer TO the Generals days OF
poverty ard thinking she spoke of the
war; "ae have peace at last and l sup
pose YOU are glad Of it, as You can rest
row"
Il am indeed happy TO think the
country Is once more united, but did
not refer to the war when | spoke OF
the times having changed with me. l
was thinking Of when | used to haul
wood to your house in St. Louis and
YOU gave Tie orders on Mr. Blow at
the office Don't you remember it?
HOW lie lad JACK CHANDLER BEFORE A
COURT.
Grants handsome dispatch recent
sent all over the country on the death
OF Hon Zachariah Chandler, OF Michi-
gan, recalls an early incident in the life
of Grant as connected with Mr.. Chan
dler. In lS49 Grant was stationed,
with his regiment, at Detroit, Michigan,
where Mr. Chandler was thee mer-
chant. Iu the Northern cities the snow
and Ice lie on the ground for many
months in the year, and, as everyone
knows, the corporation laws o. cities
require the property-owners to keep
clear their pavcments. Mr.. Chandler
neglected to clear the ice away in front
of his house, and one morning Graut, as
he WAS coming into town from the fort,
slipped, fell aud hurt his leg severely.
I knowing that the ice should have been
I cleared away aud aueered by his hurt
Graut entered complaint before the
! town authorities against Chandler. The
case came upand Grant appeared against
! Chandler and testified TO the ice being
on the payment in violation of the city
| laws. Mr. Chandler in person defended
his case, and among other things asked
! Grant how he knew there was ice upon
the pavement.
Il Tell on it and hurt myself" replied
Grant; "besides, saw it as drove
home in my cutter.
Chandler, assuming to have misun-
drrstoud him, said: "Oh, YOU saw it as
you fell in the gutter, did you?' And
then, to mortiiy the young man, Mr..
| Chandler added "lf you soldiers would
keep sober aud stay at the fort you would
not fall on peoples pavements and
break your legs.
This made the why little man very
angry and he wanted to pitch into
! Chandler, who WIS about twice his size.
1t was with great difficulty tae Justice
restrained Grant from making person
al assault on the tall Michigauder Some
papers have asserted that Grant, on this
/ OCCASION COW hided Mr. Chandler, or
rather struck him with u riding whip,
! but this il mistake, as the above is the
whole of the story as related 10 the
/ writer by an officer who was serving
with Grant atlhe time OF the occurrence.
! Mr.. Chandler was fined and made to
clear the ice off his pavement, but he and
Mr.. Chandler soon became good friends
aud their friendship continued unintcr-
ruplcd up to the lime OF the Death Of
the great Senator.
TIE HERDS SMILE LOVE STORY.
With the name of The good woman
and faithful wife who today accompanies
General Grant 10 our city there is some
romance connected. While Grant was
cadet at West Point he ha6 a friend,
or "huuky," as the "plebes" say, for
whom he formed strong attachment.
When leaving the Academy in 1913 his
young frend invited him to pay visit
10 his home and the invitation was &C
cepted. On being gazetted to his regi-
men., the Fourth Inta",ry. Graut took
the usual three mouths cadet leave and
went to see his friend aud classmate.
Frederick Dent, who lived with his
father, Judge Dent, at ST. Louis. 1t
was here Grant saw, for the first time,
Julia Dent, his friends sister, she being
then girl of seventeen, The little
lieutenant laid seige TO her girliSh heart
and soon won her consent to become his
wife. The Dents lived about -four miles
from Jefferson Barracks, and Grant, TO