The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-23
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Am Interesting Chat with she Rx-Pfesi
siig deaFe Aslaiable EgiE6.
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Deslser 1Fi6.ute.
Ma. Grant was found TO be delightrnlJ,
0h;hand and pleasant She talked riEh
and LETT. and 6Esany Mt q time, ,.lauRhfny
aud chatting without cessation and spps
fently without Hiring, ss's.s'i 5:t
This will be your fiFst visit 10 Den
yesr some ono suggested, inqairiagl,
no il,;alss55stii have been he1s s~io,
/. , s5S almost as great M t srassler q
Yes; I generally 30 with him." .
Were YOU Rith him during Tho war r.
II was part Of she time With him. bEI
not as tho pepets haveip presented. "A
had q paper gatss tpe the other day with
an article marked, Ia which was repre-.
sented as boing much better than I am
and as doing many things which were
impossible. For instance It was stated
that AFTER battle Ia which the General
was engaged invariably, hurried 10 the
I front "a be OF what service I might Now
I that was not true at all. The Geaeral
fwonld not have put up With itat ALL, lie
would have been very angry IL I had
| appeared AT isnch sRitllne, iand I knew
litass ssA J {1Zss a,f,f, My is.i 1.
"It was also stated that ] had busted
myself in hunting out poor people upon
whom TO bestow aims. This iyas also In.
correct. Enough of such. people always
found me; 3 did not have TO peek then,
outsy gu;nls sfss; III IL h. a}I ~ ~
ia.Thon wasreported as busying my.
SELL ia AeekinR pos tlons for worthy young
ladies ipftle Treasury Depsr rtf16nt; and
for, other applicants in other places.
Now, my husband would not allow that.
I did snothingfof the kind to influence
him. Edon't think, in fact, i am sure
z don't, that In she whole two terme In
which be was President I obtained
moro than two appoint ntpeents, SO you
pee, the newpapers were wrong. y q
~ remembaEl 10 have seenjit stated that
long before the1war you often predicted
that your hushapd would be President,''
interrupted eohie one. ;i,.a ! I. / gstli1
"YSs,.sI know such statements have
been made, but they were utterly without
lopndet etiolli i did net dream OF my hust
band becoming President any length of
time before heIwas actually called 20 the
position. nfaot,s tyas not ambitious TO
havs him illl tho position until they began
to. 2bGss him. fIhl. was pcEisetly, ;sRtisfed
to have him remain GetieEAl bgg the Army.
About two weeks before the Convention
which nominated him enoke To- him
about the reports that were being scirc;i.
lated thaS he.;;yfauid receive the nomitia-
,,fl sa1tnA 4.
iyvonld he ,hominated. and .he said Il hH9
chosen he would be elected. I.asked him
he replied that he thought ho con.d doso
as well SIS most others" ..Ei 81 s.5f aE2
GYou. OF, confsss. enjoyed y0pr tip
abroad y said lome .ones .ehanging The
subject. ~ "a ,1.g.s.s .,,s fs, =, j,
q Beingl led off in,this direction, Mra.
Gyant talked very freely OF their expert
snce in the far East and in Europe. She
spoke Of their visit to eheynrious places,
snd told oftheir meeting with tho greatof
the world The General, she safl, had
Thought q great deal Of Ganbetla, sSe
Ffsnch atateha,an. ttOnIy yesterday,
che eaid, lsshe. WIS reading OF Gambstin's
recent aucceas, and said that he was clad
to eee that tho French were beginning to
aliow ain apprcciatiop OF This reaiiy.grIeat s
nansp4 oh, yes, they alw Primes Biz
Both Wsre delirEtfuliy bisasant. Biz.
mark called upon her. al he aid also upon
tho General. and tliey dinea, ne his house.
This was alraro m Texperience.-.so insornni
and agreeable, they were such pleasant
ISeopie skht She was reminded Of her
homo folks. The Prince led iies 70 the
:dyessi,;;t.foon,. and tf6 Princess folded
her fehSWl aborit her as ltenderlys as her
mother could have done. el',.i s. S,s'.
Bnt; oel tha Jlaces visited she epioyed
mono rithan Japan. The psopl.,
there were anxious to'Iearn Of the Amer.
icans. and vera Feailv pr6pressive. Bns
10 tell nll she aaW ieud enioysd thsfe would
Yeauire TOO n,rlclil npafe. a,si : ,,s Il I
The yisits,to MeSico and NaY Mexico
yero referred to4gitli evidently SleliRhtftil
Had she irlaet ts Cen. Law 4 9alIacef No /,
but she had read kla, noytl, ne Rsir
I God, and had been yer p much ters
timed by itaE Turning ,fier listeners che
asked had they,reRsi Ju lge Tourgee,s "a
Fools,s Erran3 ?np, Nearly oil had 81 That
she thought. an excellent thing The
General Rad also read It, and bfoiioanced
Il very correct picture of thb iife repre-
:aented. ~. y llit .'ali
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