St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-27
CURING GEN. GRANT.
Specimen Cranks Who Have Be-
sieged the Sick Man.

SleReu tne SICK Mans
Special to the Globe.
New YORK, April 26.-During the stress
of anxiety when Gen. Grants death was
matter of hourly expectancy, neither his
physicians, the family, nor the reporters
paid attention to the cranks who infested
the neighborhood of his residence seeking
admission or sent letters in the vain hope
that some reply would be given. Now that
a favorable turn has come in the disease and
weeks or months of life seem to be assured
the doings of mild men and women are worth
mentioning.
These persons may be divided into the
general classes of religious and medical
The former endeavor to make the general
and those who have him in charge rely upon
a miracle to cure him. The mails which
are delivered at the Grant house fall into
the hands of one or another of the sons.
Scarcely a delivery within the past six
weeks has been free of communications from
MoNoNlANIACS
who counsel the patient to abjure the doc
tors and place faith in direct divine inter-
vention. A letter purporting to come from
Milton Morgan, who describes himself as a
Free Methodist evangelist, declared that on
a certain day, at precisely o'clock in the
morning, the general would experience a
sudden and complete relief from pain, and
that thereafter his recovery would be rapid,
all because the congregation of Free Metho-
dists at Lansingburg, n. Y, would at that
instant unite in prayer for his miraculous
cure. An equally positive assurance came
from Chicago, signed Amelia Congdon, that
band of five prevailing Christians would
ht-t thair to1 n
FAITH CURE.
Those are samples of many. Boston is
now considerably agitated by a so-called
mind cure, and not less than twenty letters
have come from disciples of that doctrine.
These have been destroyed carelessly, but
best recollection of them is that they agreed
pretty well in counseling the general to re-
cover by means of an exercise of his reputed
doggedneSs of determination. The letters
proffering nostrums were numbered by the
hundred, and in large proportion of cases
the medicine was sent along ready for trial.
Proprietors of patent medicines. too, took
remote chances of getting an advertisement
through the offer of
THEIR MIXTURES.
Few of the current preparations for dis
eases of the blood failed to put in an ap-
selfish or loving, were taken.
The most persistent of the volunteers
were alleged miracle workers, who desired
TO lay their hands on the general. Some of
them were spiritualists, male and female
mediums from the phenomenon, imbued by
nature with marvellous electric powers to
the mere human agent through W HON
medical spirits were accustomed to work
cures. a fair percentage were
PALPABLY INSANE,
while others seemed intent only on a no
tOriety which might be turned TO valuable
account in their business. Not one Of the
applicants for trial got so near the patient
as the inside of the front doorway. where
their errandS were heard by one of the sons.
usually Fred. who uneeremoniously sent
them away. But there was one exception. ~
he says. an instance in which poIiteneSs was
required. for the man was clergyman. IA
nous enough to have his name well known
throughout the country. He said he be-
lieved in the efficacy of prayer, and wished
TO arrange for test l told him that we
were grateful. profoundly, for the prayers
of all Christians. but that we did not feel
like doing anything that implied the expect
ancy OF q miracle in fathers caSen