The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-22
THE SICK MAN AT MT. MGREGOR.
General Grant Passes a Good Day and Pre-
pareS Another Chapter Of War History.

Mt. MCGREGoR, June 21-"General Granthas
slept nine hours since he retired last Eight. He
is now being dressed, and will be out soon," said
DR.. Douglas as he chatted with caller at the
Grant cottage between IL and / o'clock to day.
The Doctor further explained that though the
General went to bed little after 8 o'clock last
night, he did not sleep until about II o'clock
From that time throughout the night the patient
had slept. well, with few breaks of wakeful-
ness, and the Doctor had not been called until
o'clock this morning, when he cleansed the Gen
erals throat and applied cocaine 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 7
o'clock, the patients pulse was 6S, but after
he had become thoroughly aroused by the Doc
tor working over him, the pulse increased TO Y.
The General remained in his bed of chairs all
through the forenoon. 1t was after midday
when he got up, and it was about o'clock when
he made his appearance on the piazza. He wore
the new suit which he donned yesterday, and
seated himself in willow armchair on the
north veranda of the cottage. When a caller at
this time asked the physician how the patient
found himself when he arose, he was told that
the General was decidedly better, that
all the symptoms were decidedly i'm
proved over yesterday. The Generals voice was
not so clear as when he awoke in the morning,
but 1t was quite audible. After listening ten
minutes to conversation between members of the
as an Office, took up pad of paper, returned to
his chair, put on his spectacles, and began
writing. While so engaged, the family was
called in to lunch, and the Doctor having just
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went up to the hotel for his lunch General
Grant was thus left alone on the piazza, and he
wrote steadily for threef0urths of an hour, until
2 o'clock Then he handed his pad and manu-
script to Harrison, who took them inside.
Another block of war history had been prepared
for insertion at the proper place in the Generals
memoirs.
When the little engine pulled it's two cars up
from Saratoga at 3:2O p NJ. and landed hundred
people on the platform of the little rustic depot,
General Grant was sitting upon the cottage
stoop. The visitors strolled up the slope past
the cottage in procession of twos and threes.
An impulse was obeyed to salute the General
with lifted hats, and the General removed his
silk hat several times from his head, with firm
fourishes, and returned the greetings The old
guard, Willets, in Grand Army uniform, stood
at the foot of the steps to prevent unduly curious
persons from crowding near or speaking to the
General Black clouds had drifted over the
mountain in the morning, and rain fell briskly
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was mottled with patches of sunshine, and a
pleasant breeze was blowing, laden with
fragrance from the pine trees and lakes.
After the family had dined, tonight, the Gen
eral sat with them upon the piazza until nearly
o'clock. when he went within doors, and did
not reappear. He had walked less than usual
during the day. His writing had drawn upon
the strength usually devoted to exercise.
The outside swelling the Doctor said.
was less than last Sunday, and
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saw reason more than usual to apprehend a
wakeful night for the General, and emphasized
his assurance by going to bed at IL o'clock. A
little while after the lights in the cottage were
put out, except the usual light in the Generals
room.
MIDNIGHT.-The cottage is dark and quiet,
except the dim light in the sck-room. The
General has promise of quiet night.