The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-01

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darn2ticn quick or i'H give yuu erch !,
duckin rs yua won on rg,t'
Eat my dear .ir, L ThcticnerlI Il 4
net finish ''
:, Git say" cuoth the lister la1d,ord
tiit nuo aou't let me ket,h ve s.u-fn'
round here agin or i'li thrash We thrush yo
sir Ia thrash &c even il Sc was st.i.,.5,.l
Grant hi-Sci f. -
The twinkle that cropt into the tr,.s.,,s
Fer's eye did not tend 10 utuIlifv the flr
ious brook owner BY thunder" he
ejaculated-and by thunder is the or
thodoX Catsklllian oath" | II find out yer
name and prosecute ye ye needn't be n
you Il see"
Z" oh don't go to much trouble. my
friend, was the distressing reply. Tn tell
you my name myself, il i Grant-General
Grant-2nd II I've intruded I really beG
your par
The old soldier was talkin- 20 air thar
countryman had vanished. But ueverthc-
less he eventual l. yreCOY cred in timeto hold
out as an lnouCenltnt TO summer brarderS
from New YORK The manifold attractions
OF Grant kiN. now one ofthc most popular
trout streams IN lhat mountain district
BY tho by, tale hangs on The going Of
Gen. Grant to thc Cal>kiH region For
years and years the Republicans OF KIM
Ston and RcnduEI ;uCw com incd i'm the
city OF Kingston. we're in sitter rivalry
over the control OF lnfUcuCe in county pol
itics Thomas Cornell. who from the tow
path rose TO his present place IF million
are. wis the recognized head aud front of
kondout SepH3.;caHISm George II
sharpe. eN- President ArthUr'S bosom
friend. WAS the king-bee i'm Kingston
tne day there WIS tremendous whietlinC
among the tug-bOats in Bondout creek
one. OF Mr.. Cornell's steamboats, had
brought a distinguished visitor up the
Hudson 1t was schuyler COlfaN The
Cornell star was in the ascendant n live
ice-Pres3dent gave immeasuraDIe glory
10 the hero of Rondout. The sharpe con
un2ent was unhappy, but brave Hank
Baldw Z. and other lieUteuauts Of General
George, made bold predictions Of trft-nlrhs
to come. And come they did a4onS with
zen. Grant who, remembering god sto-
res told between battles when sharpe was
Oh his staff. dCCe, ted KINGSTON invita-
tiOr 10 do the Cat3kills Roulout did NOT
recover in many "a day from this coup
etat
Grant had a habit Of riding ont bevond
the picket line. At Chattanooga while ON
one OF these little trips h. came Ero1 a
party OF soldiers drawing water They
wore blue coats, and Grant, thinking
they were niOni@tS. asked them to.yh0se
COMMAND they belonged. They answered :.
y ] OHE>Crcct g CorTs'' t-r.uf E4F fargrt.
ten the fact that i.onsstfcst's m,u wore
olue, 6ut tie rehels m9Eed away. Uucon-
Al
Federal General in their lower
Men who grew up WSth General Grant
Jell marvellous StC-ics OF his love Of horses
and daring horseEAanshjp when a boy AZ
the age OF seven they say he h5tched a colt
never broken 10 harness TO q sled and drew
brush all day A nine he would often ride
standing on one foot and balanCi... with
the Te ns while his horse weUta full speed
He oroE- his own horses ana had 10 kuqCk
OF otteaCu!nI almost any horse 10 pace Dur
ing these yrSrS he Was a regular .eamster
One Of Lincoln's stories to illustrate
Grant PersisteHcy was this When he
was boy he went to the circus The
trick mule was there in all his glory. and
boy after boy went over his head. -' lys
Grant tried him. and he went over. too
But he Persevered, and finally finding
that he couldn't ride front turned
around. took a .. tabloid and rode the
mule around the ring in triumph Grant
was a greater horseman, even when "a
boy, and this statement may have fouudl-
ton in fact At any rate it illustrated
Mr.. Iincoiu's idea of the firmness and
persistenCy Of his General
While the army lay around Vicksburg a
gentleman from Chicago, calling one dav,
said to General Grant Il have some
very line brandy on the boat and if you
viii send and orderly with me to the
river ] Will send you case or two %
lam greatly JiIEcd, - answered the Gen
eral, butt do not use the article have
big Job on hand. and, though 1 know /
shall win, | know must DO it with a
clear head Send all your liquor you in
tend for me TO my hospital IN the rear:
don't think it viii hurt the poor fellows
down there
The first money Grant ever earned was
five-penny bit, OF six and n quarter
cents. which he got for carrying trunk
from hotel to a boat landing His
cousin IQnaRG h.sirsaI him H.,
trunk, which was very heavy and the
money was divided between the two
AfterwaTd it is said that his father set him
to driving the horse which ground the tan
bark. This work was very tireSOUe ana
young Ulysses would hire some other hoy
TO do il for few cents and 90 of and
make dOllor OF more with his fathers
horse md wagon
An old aud well known incident is the
following. but every body will take
pleasure in reading it again: During the
war some one said to Grant that ne would
he President yet The General laugh
ingly replied that If ever he run for an
office he hoped it would be for Mayor OF
Galena, so that he might have sidewalk
built from his house to the railroad
station When he returned to Galeua at
the close of the war one OF the arches OF
welcome over the street bore this inscrip-
tlOu q" General. the sidewalk is built"
While on his trip around the world
General Grant wrote to n friend concern
ing some charges that he had grown rich
in office Had gone out of office at the
end of four ycHTs, when my salary WIS
81, 600 n year, ! would have been corr
PEELED to sell something quite an amount
to have carried me out of Washington.
But with my private income and increased
salary | came out at the end of eight
years free from debt and without having
incurred any loss anywhere In specula
ton"
While besieging Vicksburg Grant inter
cepted a letter which contained these
words 81 We put our trust in the Lord.
We expect Joe Johnston to come to our
relief" On reading this Grant ordered a
portion OF his army to make q certain
movement, saying to the General in com
mand They seem to put good deal OF
trust in the Lord and Joe Johnston, but
you must whip Johnston fifteen miles
from here"
Grants dispatch to the government an
nouncing the fall of Nicksburg was char
acteristic Of his modesty and simplicity.
He wrote " The enemy surrendered this
morning The only terms allowed is their
parole as prisoners Of war This ! regard
ns a great advantage TO us at this moment
II saves probably several days in the cap
ture and leaves troops and transports
ready for immediate service"
In his speech in reply to the address of
the Mayor of Liverpool General Grant ut
tered these signGcent words; ' ! am a
soldier, and, as You know, a soldier must
die. ] have been President, but we know
that the term of the Presidency expires
and when it has expired he II no more