St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-26

settled for one of the DAYS he was here
that the general and his family should be
taken in carriages about the town, up TO
Minneapolis and then down to ST. Paul,
by way of Minnehaha falls. In due time
the procession started from the Interna-
tional and passed down Jackson to Third.
Fred Grant was placed in a carriage with
two or three st. Paul gentlemen. Col.
Fred aSthen boy, about Il or Is years
of age. He was pert, forward and talka-
tive at that time, and fully of the opinion
that he knew something himself and that
he was the son of Gen. Grant. AS they
slowly rode down Jackson street Fred COM
menced a string of impudent, insulting
comments upon everything he saw or heard.
Every person that passed received dab
from his wagging tongue. After he had
kept it up for a block or two one OF the
st. Paul gentlemen in the carriage remon-
strated with the boy, and suggested that it
would be much pleasanter if such com
ments as he had been INDUCING in could be
omitted. The young gentleman paid no at
tentiOn TO the remonstrance, but kept up
his offensive fuslade upon everything he
saw. The gentleman from ST. Paul boiled
over with anger, and felt like throwing the
incipient colonel out of the carriage. but the
circumstances of the occasion were unfavor-
able for that kind of heroic treatment. He
took occasion, however, 10 notify the heir
of the Grant family that if he did not put
stop to his impudence he would slap his lit
tie ears for him in a manner that would
cause him to mend his manners. This
threat startled the young fellow a little, and
he apparently stopped to consider what he
should do. lie finally concluded that no
one in St. Paul would dare TO touch the
son OF GEN. GRANT,
and accordingly commenced again with his
running fire. This was borne for awhile,
but the gentleman was as good as his word
and gave the young gentleman slap on
one side of the face with one hand and
then with the other hand he slapped the
other side. The boy was at first bewildered.
The blows, the gentleman says, were not
very hard. still they were good, sensible re-
minders to the young gentleman that he
must shut UP. He did shut up.
lie did not want repetition. He
cried however, and declared that he would
tell his father. The gentleman who admin
istered the punishment was aware that if
the boy did tell his father that il would be
embarrassing, still, he was in for it and
could do nothing else than wait and see how
matters came out. In due time the party
left Minneapolis and reached Mnnehaha
falls, where the eXcursioniSts left the car
riages TO look at the waters. While this
gentleman was walking around whom should
he happen upon but Gen. Grant who was
seated on a large log, little TO one side of
the general throng of visitors. The general
entered into conversation with the st. Paul
gentleman on various subjects. and while
they were thus talking Mrs. Sartorls. then a
little girl, came up TO her father and
l,a Iof4 bo, l,- I,
knee. The general then brought up the
subject of his boy having had his ears
boxed, and informed the gentleman from
st. Paul that from the description his boy
gave him, he, the general, would suppose
that he, the st. Paul gentleman. was the
one that administered the punishment. The
gentleman from st. Paul says that he felt
SO embarrassed that he hardly knew what to
say. His embarrassment was considerably
increased by his noticing Miss Nellie turn
up her nose when the gentleman from st.
Paul had TO admit that he had slapped the
| ears Of her little brother. Gen. Grant said
that while he did not approve of such pun
ishment thus administered. that in this case
it would undoubtedly do his boy good, for
he feared he was getting too pert ana for
ward. Up went Miss Nellie's nose again.
The gentleman and the general parted with
OuI any dppdTellb uIllIlenuliIeSS-
THEY MET AGAIN.
Years passad by and the forward boy of
IA years grew to manhood, and became
Col. Fred Grant, and four or five years ago
came to st. Paul and stopped at the Metro
politan hotel. 1t became the duty of this
same gentleman from st. Paul. who, years
before, had slapped the colonel's face, to go
as newspaper man to the hotel and inter
view him. lie proceeded to perform his
duties in this respect. After the interview
was concluded Col. Grant related the Incl
dent above narrated, and said he would be
glad to see the gentleman who slapped his
ears, and thank him for the lesson he then
taught him. He admitted that he was in
Sulting and got just what he was entitled
TO. Col. Grant went so far as to describe
the gentleman from ST. Paul who performed
the deed, without once thinking that the
gentleman who stood before him, and who
had interviewed him, was the very man,
and the interviewer did not see fit to en-
Tighten him.