The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-07-03


General Graz sln,-hing tsi- Memoirs -
LIE slowly sas surely khbs Awsy-Ths
WORK All Dsa~ sas R~si~ing-si.isen
q the Mouas-rhs Patients Condition.
Mt. McGEEsoK. y. r.. June st.-les-
terlay's cool weather. In which Monday
was reproduced with variations Of an
overcast sky aud n arrow-searchIng wind
has proved blessing 70 General Grant In
the line Of work accomplished. Ills first
thought after rising turned toward the
notes that had bean prepared for him
that he might amplify certain parts OF the
unrevised memoir proofs. Going TO the
Office he began 70 write. This has a.
ways been Iaborious for him since MS
sickness The limit Of his powers Of
late has been paragraphs with intermls-
sion for rest between the sentences.
The stencgrapher sat In his Office when
he BEGAN his task Tirin- Of IL shortly,
aud stimulated by his rcviving spirits, he
called the sten0.rapher 70 him. Tseir
chairs were drawn so closely together
that they touched. Then with the
stenographer bending Ia front Of him,
the General began TO talk Tie spoke
barely above 4 breath. The sentences
were puncsuated BY long pauses. but BY
two O'Clock. dctation having started be-
fore noon. the stenograPher's book In
dicated that the General had spoken not
far from 500 words
When that was over he went TO his
room and doxed for IN hour On his re-
turn he picked up . ts1srt and wrote.
when he wanted to complete what he
had dictated. he preferred putting IL on
rsper with his own hand IL amounted,
after he had worked AZ II one hour. to
less than 200 words; but he finished what
be had undertaken This EFFORT fatl.ned
him quite a. much IS had the tictation,
and ne was compelled 10 seek further
sleep
A. be was going 20 his room card
reached MIN from r. ~ and L.
Crzaell. two Aloany lads whose father
had brought them here 10 ~ee him. They
asked merely 10 shake hands with him.
lie was quite willing TO SEE them, and
they came ont looking proudly a. the
hands he had feebly grasp-d-
CROSBY COsfax. Ex-Governor OF Mon
tan1. VINO came up 10 SEE the General'
met him hardly less form Ally than the
Crsnell boys.
While Dr Dou-ias WIS treatin- him
after the boys had zone. the General aid
a. did not know - anyshin- yet % DC
( dune in ths preparation 81 his memoirs.
Ills notes are exhausted
The lrener1.-- chairs were drawn ~
front 81 the hi4xin- fireplace AZ sun>et,
after Ne hal reused from MS seconi nap.
II r. the family Joined him. He Sc ned
no u0F< for the days efDr- ms ky
lsad II ugits In the afternoon. and when
sne sun ~ank thr fh~rmo meter BEGAN 70
fail QuicklF toward the chilling h-ure- Of
the morning
The thoughts Of the fam Nv have run All
l .Iav 70 comparisons btwcen the Cen
@als- condition a we-k a.o. when he
came h.rr. and now There i nothing
- denote other than steady progress OF
ne disease Two weeks ago b. weighed
Ifn r~,und~ II j. dounttui Il be now
wei ~ more than l50 pound~. This
froub.es the family more than anythln.
eI~e. IN such n ,ris A. those ~ ye~ter-
day bring onls ffr-A apprehension that
BE- may have 10 ply . SPECIFY penalty Tor
ovrrwork
The family group was not broken until
nine O'Clock. when Dr. Dou lis BEGAN %
4 rr~rarr the General for the ni-hf4 " had
l,eem very quiet evening II CT the lam
| ilv NERVOUSNESS had worn "a.
4 TIE G~ncrsl said retiring That ne
faDu-ht ne could -eep. Dr- Douglas no.
ticesi ~ III EJECT from this day'> effort
Th- Gene a seemed 10 him on the con-
frxry 10 b. improve In spirits.
Ire General was asleep By eleven
o'clock