Milford chronicle., 1885-08-07
THE END OF LIFE.
TIE REMAINS OF EX-PREsIDENT
GRANT LYING IN STATE.
Mourning Throughout the whole Country
Incidents Of Notable Life.


BIOurnIns throughout the whole Country
Incidents Of a Notable Life.
A PARTING SCENE.
When Col Grant, before his fathers body
was finally enclosed in the co.'s, touched it
with his hands and lips for last time, he
placed 10 the coat pocket letter from Mrs.
Grant addressed to her husband. II contained
the simple words:
Farewell till we meet again in better world.
With it was also enclosed lock OF her hair.
The letter is intended as a response 10 that
which was found in the Generals pocket after
his death addressed TO Mrs Grant, and which
is known to be so precious to her. lock OF
his hair, too, she viii always carry.
GEN. GRANTS NSEE.
Henry. the white nurse who was with the
General during his illness, says;-'l never
knew patient quite like him. In WILL ana
strength he was manlike, IN genuehess anu an
kindness he was like a woman. lie was help
in all we tried to do for him, for as soon as he
knew what we wanted he Joined US IN the
desire to have it done properly. had TO wake
him four or sometimes five times night 70
take nOurishment. At those hours wake
now. It was hard for him to get asleep. Yet
he always awoke pleasant, gentle and willing.
During his last days he could hardly sit
upright even when among his pillows. He had
way Of STOPPING his head, bending away
forward and his body following 1t as result
Of his lack Of strength. He did not mean to
bend forward, but had hardly the strength to
sit up It was important that he should lie
back, and sometimes / would have TO help
him. / needed only to place hand on ms
shoulders when he would come back as gently
and easily as I could do for him. He was re-
Eponsive to the last to everything we tried to
II, 81 hin,
II think he began to sink the Saturday be-
fore he died l could see 1t then and think he
felt it, He said 10 me that mornings 4 am
very weak, Henry; l can scarcely breathe.
He was somewhat relieved on Sunday, and on
Monday he felt enough better 70 go 70 the
Eastern Lookout But believed on Saturday
that the end was shortly coming. After
Monday he began to sink for the last time.
think never saw his face look 80 vol as dur
ing the few hours before death. When the
sun rose that morning his face was PINK, ana
his lips were as soft and rosy as child s.
"When day came there was no sign that the
end was near until about seven or eight min
utes before it came. Mrs. Jesse Grant was
sitting at the foot of the bed. Mr.. Ulysses
Grant was on the lounge. His wife sat be-
tween the lounge and the bed. / was at the
head of the bed tanning him. Suddenly as
we sat there, I saw the death veil creeping
into his face and drawing about his eyes. !
went over to Ulysses. You had better sit be
side your father l said. Then went to the
door. The doctors were at The end OF the
porch. / raised my finger and they came into
the room. Then sent Harrison for the fam
lily. I went into the old sick room to call the
Colonel He had laid down on the lounge a
few minutes before, but could not sleep.
said to him that the cot was made up in the
old sick room, and l supposed he had gone to
it. He was not there. Then | sent Harrison
up stairs He found him In his own ROOM
The Colonel came down and all were there.
never saw death more peaceful. None Of
the limbs contracted. He lay perfectly quiet
There was no sign Of pain, but all was calm
and beautiful. He simply closed his eyes, and
it was over"
INCIDENTS.
8 The amount due Gen. Grant as an officer on
the retired list of the Army, which will be sent
to Mrs. Grant by the Treasury Department Is
a little less than one months pay, mere Delng
no authority to allow pay beyond the actual
date Of decease.
Cen. Grant will be buried at one end Of the
Mall in Central Park, New York. The family
have left it to Mayor Grace to select the pre-
else spot.
The Western Union Telegraph Go. subscribes
$4,000 to the Grant monument fund, and
opened subscriptions in IA OOO OF It's oihces
throughout the country. 1t is believed that
the necessary 81 600 600 for the monument
will be raised within thirty days.
The proposition to convey the remains OF
Gen. Grant by river q Nn Albany to New York
instead Of by rail wa, seriously considered
by the family, and had 1t been the
first plan suggested there Is niue
doubt it would have been adopted
without hesitation. 1t struck everybody th nay
n cortege Of draped vessels gliding down Inc
beautiful stream that the General loved so wei
would be much more imposing and hitting the
solemn occasion than the dust, cinders, and
uproar of a railway train moving at the rate
OF thirty miles an hour. 1t was hnally de-
cided. however, that, owing to the advanced
state of the arrangements, 1t would not De
wise to change the present programme.
The reason Genera Grant was not buried in
his uniform was because he had none. his
uniform of LieCtenant-General was sent 10
Washington with the other relics of his career
" spring and was transferred to the Govern
.atlrt. Ali ais swords went at the same time,
and when Mrs. Grant saw picture IN an
illustrated PAPER the other day representing
the collin with a sword resting upon 1t she was
much affected. The General felt tho parting
with the swords he had worn in the army more
keeny than the loss of his other trophies, and
il touched Mrs. Grant deeply that there were
not one of his swords to lay upon his colin.
Cyrus W. Field cabled from London to Mrs.
" S. Grant as follows: The Duke OF Argyll
rites me: 'Wil you kindly say to Mrs. Grant
,<how much I feel for her, and how much l
value the memory Of her and her husDands
visit to us in ScotlandY
GRANTS NOTABLE LETTER.
DIR. Douglas gives the press remarkable
document which was written by Gen. Grant
in DR.. Douglass presence on Thursday, July2:
~ ask you not to show this to any one, I'M
less the physicians you consult with, until the
eud. Particularly want it kept from my
family. If known to one man the papers will
get it and they (the family will get it. 1t
would only distress them almost beyond en-
durance TO know 1t, and, by reflex would dis
tress me. have not changed my mind ma
terially since wrote you before in the same
strain. Now, however, l know that ! gain
strength some days, but when do
go back il is beyond where / started to I'M
prove. / think the chances are very decidedly
in favor of your being able to keep me alive
until the change of weather toward winter.
OF course there are contingencies that might
arise at any time that would carry me off very
suddenly. The most probable of those is
choking. Under the circumstances life is
not worth the living. 1 am very thankful
flor thankful, glad was written, but scratched
ont aud thankful substituted to have been
spared this long, because it has enabled me
to practically complete the work in which
take so much interest. l cannot stir up
strength enough to review it and make addi-
tiOns and substraetions that would suggest
themselves TO me and are not likely TO sug-
gest themselves 10 any one else I'm
der the above circumstances. 1 will be
the happiest, the most pain l can avoid. If
there is to be any extraordinary cure, such as
some people believe there is to be, il will de-
velop ITSELF / would say, therefore, to you
and your colleagues to make me as comfort
able as you can. If it is within Gods prOvi-
dence that should 60 now, / am ready to
obey his call without a murmur. I should
prefer going now to enduring my present suf-
fering for a single day without hope Of re-
covery. AS / have stated, am thankful for
the providential extension Of my time to en-
able me to continue my work. am further
thankful, and in much greater degree thank
full, because it has enabled me to see for my
self the happy harmony which so suddenly
sprung up between those engaged but few
short years ago in deadly conflict. It has been
an inestimabe blessing to me TO hear the kind
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