The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-06-27
STILL AT WORK.

General Grant Finishing His Memoirs as
Life Slowly But surely Ebbs Away-Ths
Work All Done But Neutrality-suspicious.
to the Mount-The Patients Condition.
Mt. McGREGoR, N. Y, June 24.-Yes-
terday'S cool weather, in which Monday
was reproduced with variations OF an
overcast sky and marrow-searcbing wind
has proved blessing to General Grant in
the line of work accomplished. His first
thought after rising turned toward the
notes that had BEEN prepared for him
that he might amplliy certain parts of the
unrevised memoir proofs. Going to the
office he began to write. This has al
ways been laborlous for him since his
sickness. The limit of his powers OF
late has been paragraphs with intermis-
sion for rest between the sentences.
The stenographer sat In his office when
he began his task. firing OF it shortly,
and stimulated by his revlving spirits, he
called the stenographer to him. Their
chairs were drawn so closely together
that they touched. Then with the
stenographer bending in front OF him,
the General began to talk. He spoke
barely above breath. The sentences
were punctuated by long pauses, but by
two O'Clock, dlctation having started be-
fore noon, the stenographer's book in
dcated that the General had spoken not
far from 500 words.
When that was over he went to his
room and dozed for an hour. On his re-
turn he picked up tablet and wrote.
When he wanted to complete what he
had dictated, he preferred putting it on
paper with his own hand. 1t amounted,
after he had worked at it one hour, to
less than 200 words; but he finished what
he had undertaken. This effort fatigued
him quite as much as had the dictation,
aud he was compelled to seek further
sleep.
As he was going to his room card
reached him from r, NJ. and r l..
Cranell, two Albany lads whose father
had brought them here to see him. They
asked merely to shake hands with him.
He was quite willing to see them, and
they came out looking proudly at the
hands he had feebly grasped.
Crosby Colfax, Ex-Governor OF Mon
tana, who came up to see the General,
met him hardly less formally than the
Cranell boys.
While DR.. Douglas was treating him
after the boys had gone, the General said
he did not know of anything yet to be
done in the preparation OF his memoirs.
His notes are exhausted.
The Generals chairs were drawn In
front of the blazing Fireplace at sunset,
after he had reused from his second nap.
Tn, re the family Joined him. He seemed
no worse for the days effort. The sky
had clouded In the afternoon, and when
the sun sank the thermometer began tC
fall quickly toward the chilling figures Of
the morning.
The thoughts Of the family have run al
day to comparisons between the Gen
erals condition a week ago, when III
came here, and now. There Is nothing
to denote other than steady progress o
the disease. Two weeks ago he weighed
l40 pounds. 1t is doubtful if he nov
| wei his more than 1870 pounds. This
troubles the family more than anything
else, and such efforts as those of yester
day bring only fresh apprehension tina
he may have to pay speedy penalty To-
| overwork.
The family group was not broken unit
nine o'clock, when DR.. Douglas began tt
prepare the General for the night. 1t haC
been very quiet evening, after the fam
lily nervousness had worn off.
The General said on retiring that h
thought he could sleep. DR.. Douglas no
ticed no i'll effect from this days effort
The General seemed to him on the con
trary to be improved in spirits.
The General was asleep by ele vel
O'Clock.