The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-17
AT MOUNT M'GREGOR.
The General Greatly Exhausted by the Trip
arrangements at the Cottage.


arrangements at the Cottage.
Mt McGREGoR, N. Y, juno 16.-When Gen
eral Grant alighted from the train here, a large
banner confronted him, bearing the words,
l"Welcome to our hero" At the moment, a
photographer, with camera, on the platform,
took an instantaneous picture of the scene. The
General, steaded on either side by his attend
ants, started to walk from the train to the
Drexel cottage. The ascent was easy and the
distance short, but his strength failed and he
was placed in chair, which was
carried to the cottage by two porters. Mr..
Drexel and Mrs. Grant were close behind the
General, an1 his household and servants fol-
| lowed, forming little procession On the cot
| tage stoop, Miss Drexel welcomed the party and
conducted the ladies to their rooms. The Gen
eral walked to his room, which is on the same
level as the broad piazza and there he sank into
chair, with pillows beneath and behind him.
Perspiration was standing on his face, and the
strain of the journey gave way to Il reaction of
extreme weakness He lay back with closed
eyes, and the nurse famed his face. DR.. Doug
las was anxious to examine and cleanse
the Generals throat. He found that
considerable irritation had been caused
during the journey, but said that the surface
| underneath. though infamed, appeared better
than he had expected The Generals voice,
which was better at starting than on Monday
had utterly failed him, and any effort to speak
resulted only in faint and almost inaubible
| aspiration. The Doctor thought this was due to
| the fatigue, which was greater during the last
| hour of the trip than at any other time. When
| the Doctor had cleansed and treated his throat
| General Grant appeared on the piazza and was
trad nil cuc
| his feet resting In another. His skull cap was
drawn down, and his neck protected by the up
| turned collar of his gown. His elbows rested on
the arms of the chair, and his hands were
| clasped and his eyes closed After ten minutes
| he arose, and with his cane, slowly walked into
| his room and lay down. In faint whispers he
| let DR.. Douglas know that he was very weary
| and was glad the journey was ended His pulse,
| ordinarily H. was eighty beats to the minute.
The family are all quartered at the cottage, and
| DR.. Douglas has rooms in the house.
ARRANGEMENTS AT THE COTTAGE.
| Upholsterers and furnishers went up from the
city on Saturday to add the finishing touches,
and the cottage is fully prepared for occupancy.
| Full breakfast, dinner and luncheon sets of
Dresden Minton and glassware have been sent
| up by the Generals and Mr.. Drexels family
during the summer. The glasses range in size
| from the capacity of thimble to the circumfer-
| ence and hight of schooners mast The little
| glasses, so the gentlemen i'll charge told your
correspondent, were for use in case the General
| has company with small children.
General Grants own room has been refTr-
| nshed in cherry. Thus far nothing in the fur
| niture suggests ansinvalids chamber except an
easy chair and pile of soft bed blankets, as if
| to guard against unsummer-like tenn perature at
night.
| Mrs. Grants room opens from the Generals,
| and has frontage on the north side piazza. It's
| furniture is of ash. The windows in both these
rooms are doubly shaded with holland on self
| acting rollers. One of these shades on each win
| dow is so dark that, when lowered, the light is
excluded On the opposite side of the Generals
| room there is an apartment for the sick mans
attendants, who will be within easy call.
| On the second floor of the cottage, which is
reached by an interior straightaway staircase,
| there are six sleeping rooms of fair proportions.
| The three on the eastern front finished in
cherry, and the three on the west side in ash.
| All the furniture is new The beds are of the
double spring sort. covered with striped ticking,
and overlad with heavy hair mattresses All
| ton room have mating on the foors with large
| and handsome rugs. Ventilation is obtained by
the windows, and in the hot days the whole house
can be opened to the breezes. Northward there
| is an opening to the brow of the mountain so
| that north winds will reach the cottage unob-
| structed
| DIR. Douglas spent the entire evening with
General Grant, who, despite fatigue was wake
| full until 10 o'clock. Dr. Douglas retired to an
adjoining room, though he has rooms at the
| hotel and the nurse was left to watch with the
| General, who at this hour, IL p. NJ, is quietly
| resting