Milford chronicle., 1885-07-31
THE END HAS COME.
TIE. -.sr DAYS on GEN. ULYSSES
y, GRAM
Tic Sinks to Rest nj MT. nIcCregOr on
Thursday Morning.

DR., Newman, at about the same hour as las
night, and at Mrs. Grants request, knelt be
side the General and prayed Heads wer
bowed and silent tears were on the cheeks o
men as well as Of women.
The meeting Of General Grant with Mr.. ant
Mrs. Ulysses s. Grant, Jr., was most affecting
Though both neryed themselves for tho Ordea
Of meeting the General under such sad cir
cumstances, natural Affection was compelled
to have its way 10 some extent, and the recog.
milton was OF most narrowing character t
those who were spectators Of IL. Mr.. U. 8
Grant, Jr., has a wellspring Of affection fol
| his father, that has always manifested itsel
during his Sickness and sometimes his griel
is utterly uncomfortable. 1t was so upon this
occasion, but he very wisely took care that his
father did not see it and retired to one Of the
adjoining rooms, where he sat alone with bis
sorrow.
As the evening wore on the Generals speech
which was almost feeble, never more than q
whisper-had become more and more faint
was very slightly used and could only be heard
by Colonel Fred, who was accustomed to it by
putting his ear close to the lips Of the General.
What he could not do In speech he tried to
mako up by intelligent and meaning glances.
Those gray eyes Of his followed those members
Of his family who were now and then around
his ohairswith an intelligence that was very
eloquent Of loving regard.
Especially was this the case with his daugh-
leE NCllD l0lfSs NATtOfl6l, WHO with MIS-.
Grant and his daughters-in-law are almost de-
voted in their attentions. Especially is this
the case with Mrs. Grant, who has only left
the sick room for very short intervals since the
General prepared for sleepslast night. The
solf-composure Of this lady under these soul
narrowing circumstances is another evidence
Of her heroic endurance and great self-contrOl.
She does not allow tho General to see any
signs Of her grief, and she found relief for her
pent mp sorrow, rs she did in the early hours
Of this morning, by seeking some lonely spot
on the piazza, and there seated in ono Of the
chairs burying her face in her hands for few
minutes.
THE DYING HOUR.
DR.. Shrady, under the headline cat Last"
sent to the Medical Record, the following Off
eial bulletin Of General Grants dying hours:
Since our last bulletin the final change has
come TO General Grant. He passed peacefully
away at eight o'clock Thursday morning. On
tho morning Of the day previous DR.. Douglas
summoned Drs. Sands and Shrady to meet
him In consultation at Mount McGregor, as
General Grant was sinking, and death seemed
imminent. On their arrival the patient was
found IN very Frustrated condition, with
IeeDle and frequent pulse, rapid respiration,
and inability to swallow. He was suffering no
pain, but by his listless manner was appar-
emily conscious that death was near. It was
decided to sustain his vital powers to the ut.
portable as possible. The disposition to cough
had ceased, aud the respiration, although
much accelerated, was not mechanically i'm
peded by accumulated mucuous secretions
At the time Of the consultation he was in his
easy chair occupied so constantly by him day
ana night for the past five months. Toward
evening, by his own request he was trans
ferred to his bed, where he rested quietly IN
til his death. As was anticipated by the medi-
cal gentlemen in attendance, he continued to
sink, despite the stimulence locally applied
and hypOdermically administered. His fear of
a painful and agonizing death was happily
Tor him as his family not realized. He simply
passed away by gradual and easy cessation
or the hearts action. Thus he was spared
much Of the suffering which would have been
inevitable and his general strength allowed
the throat disease TO progress in its usual way.
For so much, at least, there is reason for thank
lulness
Sat future time a scientific review of the
case VIII be presented to our readers giving /
such data as may be necessary to explain the |
diagnosis arrived at and the methods Of treat. |
nent pursued"
THE DEATH SCENE,
If General Grant is thus described: With |
me last weary opening and closing of the ewes
md little gasp so faint that it was but a
yentle sigh, General Grant expired as peace
ully and painlessly as a tired child might fall
reer from terror than it came to him. All
Who were dearest to him were at his side, his
land was fast clasped in that of a faithful
wife, his daughter looked over her mothers
boulder into his face, and his brow was gently
,ressed by the hand of his Oldest son, who,
through all the painful months of tho illness,
las been so deVotedly at the sufferers side
lis three physicians stood a little back from
he family group. The devoted Harrison
eaned dejectedly by the door, and Henry, the
urse, sat in distant corner, his labOrs over.
he little grandchildren had not been called,
nd were fast asleep in their beds.
1t was eight minutes past BY the
lock. Not "a leaf stirred on the trees in the
arm morning air without, and there was not
cloud in the sky. A splash of red midsum-
Ter sunlight came in through the open win
ow and had been falling full upon portrait
kindly-faced Lincoln which hung on the
all just over the head of the bed and beside
portrait Of the dying man himself, and it
as just as the last of this light crept off the
,ame of the picture to the wall that the Gen
raj ceased to breathe.
At that moment DR.. Newman arrived. He
ad been hastily summoned, and got to the
adside only after all was over. 1t was DR..
brady who first spoke. Seeing that the flut-
ring breath had ceased to come, he bent his |
oad and said, cat last" DR.. Douglas. bag !
lrd and worn with anxiety, murmured, "All
over" There was q silence for several mo-
ents, broken occasionally by a subdued sob {
the family bent their heads with handker- I
iefs to their eyes. There were no excessive t
Of grief The event had been
long hanging over the heads Of all. as in
1table that its advent was calmly received I
)ne who had witnessed the dead mans long .
ony could wish TO see it hopelessly pro- n
nged. =
OF them all none was calmer than Mrs.
amt, though it was feared she would he most a
ostrated. She wept but little, and soon d
ised her head, and, escorted by,Dr. Newman, n
liked away from the bedside to the sofa. II
he physicians and the family crept from the a
ON one by one, each Of the family first kiss n
! the dead mans face. h
THE GRANT FAMILY.
Plans are not altogether vague, although far
IN settled, in regard to the future Of the u
nily. They will be left in comparatively Il
ID circumstances, so that they could afford i
release the mortgage on their house in Sixty S
th-street, and make it their home But if p
y live in New York city, which is doubtful, IG
nc Is no expectation of their occupying that | v
lse It could never be as it was to them, Il
learing as would be its associations on the hi
nerals account. They were glad to get M
" from 1t as he was. The sense of comfort al
security departed with the removal Of their IN
lsures, in May, to the custody Of the Gov 81
ment 1t was not the loss of their thinqs at
I =
y went. The General always intended to til
0 to the Government these things-the pic I'll
IS, bronzes, and other rare and beautiful
8 that had been presented to him-but he
denied that satisfaction, and when he m
tie to Washington signifying his purpose, a sn
y came back that the gift had already been ba
missed by Mr.. Vanderbilt, who claimed to Ia
! them. The General was too much dis ma
ted to contest the claim. He thought no a,
assigned to Mr. Vanderbilt enough prop nr
to- make good that unfortunate loan Of ON
:, 600 but he was in no position to resist III
Nanderbilts opinion to the contrary, and eli
he cherished plan of giving to the Govern I'M
It his treasures was dispelled, and Mr.. Van ,
Dilt became the actual donor. II was q 2.
struggle for the General and the family rs
art with them under such circumstances. 81
when they were gone, the bare walls and ~
mt places at his house in Sxty-sixth-street ~
constant reminders to all the family Of ~ rl''
I misfortunes. VI
le house was a gift to the General At the =; Sle
Of its purchase there was a mortgage 90 nI' I,
lit Of $500 As the mortgage could ~ ~