St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-22
GRANTS SUNDAY.
Less Exercise, but He w Orked for
a Time ora His Book.

MT. MCGREGOR, N. Y, June 21.-Gen.
Grant has slept nine hours since he retired
last night. HE is now being dressed and
will be out soon," said DR.. Douglas, as he
chattee with caller at the Grant cottage
between IL and to-day. The doctor fur
ther explained that although the general
went to bed little after 9 last
night, he did not sleep until about
II o'clock. From that time
through the night the patient has slept
well, with few breaks of wakefulness, and
the doctor had not been called until Z this
morning, when he cleared the general 8
throat and applied cocoaine to it. At that
time the generals voice had been clearer
than at any time since his arrival here
When the doctor was called at the pa
TENTS pulse was sixty-eight, but after he
had become thoroughly aroused by the
doctor working over him the pulse increased
four beats per minute. The general re-
manned in his bed of chairs all
through the forenoon. It was after md
day when he got up and it was about 1
when he made his appearance on the piazza
He wore the new suit which he donned
yesterday, and seated himself in willow
arm chair on the north veranda of the cot
tage. When a caller at this time asked the
doctor how the patient found himself when
he arose, he was told that the general was
decidedly better, that all the symptoms
were decidedly improved over yesterday.
The generals
VOICE WAS NOT so CLEAR
as when he awoke in the morning, but it
was quite audible. After listening ten min
utes to conversation between members of
the family the general walked into the
room used as an office, took up paper, re-
turned to his chair, put ON his spectacles
and began writing. While so engaged the
family was called in to lunch. and the doc
tor having first wrapped a blanket
around the patients leg, went up
to the hotel for his lunch
The general was thus left alone on the
piazza and he wrote steadily for three
quarters of an hour, until 2 o'clock. Then
he handed his pad and manuscript to Har-
rison, who took them inside. Another
block of war history had been prepared for
insertion at the proper place in the generals IS
memoirs. When the little mountain en-
gine pulled its two little cars up from Sara
toga at 3:20 p. M, and unloaded a
hundred people on the platform of
the little rustic depot on the top of
the mountain, Gen. Grant was sitting upon
tllC SIOOps uO NlSlUOlS SUI0llCu
the slope past the cottage in procession
of two and three. An impulse was obeyed
to salute the general with lifted hats and
he, pleased to see visitors who do not talk
to him and tire him, removed his silk hat
several times from his head with firm
fourishes and
RETURNED THE GREETING.
The old guard, Willets, in Grand Army
uniform. stood at the foot of the steps to
prevent unduly curious persons from crowd
ing near or speaking to the generals Black
clouds had drifted over the mountain in the
morning and rain fell briskly for ten min
utes, but in the afternoon the sky was mot
tied with spaces of sunshine and a please
ant breeze was blowing made fra
grant by the odors from the pin
trees and hemlocks. The general,
though coughing trifle more than yester
day, was having peaceful Sunday, quite
different from that which he spent in the
super heated city week ago. After the
family had dined tonight the general sat
with them on the piazza till nearly s, when
he went within doors and did not reappear
He had walked less than usual dur
ing the. day, but writing had drawn
on the strength usually devoted to
exercise. Between and o'clock DR..
Douglas saw his patient composed in a
chair for the night, but the general did not
fall asleep till 1890. Soon after this the
doctor, in answer to an inquiry, said that
the general had complained of some pain
during the evening, but it was soon relieved.
The area of the outside swelling was less
than last Sunday, and the throat no worse.
The amount of expectoration was not mate
rally increased OF diminished. The physi-
clan said there was no reason more than
usual to apprehend wakeful night for the
general, and emphasized his assurance by
going to bed at II o'clock. A little while
after the lights in the cottage were put out,
except the usual light in the generals room.