The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-10-15
General Grants Career.

Ha-pers Magazine. 81
The story Of General Grants l.fe
savors more30f romance than realty;
tits more Ike fable of ancient days
than the history Of an Amer can c.ti-
zen Of the nineteenth century. AS light
and shade produce the most attractive
effects in picture, so the contrasts iii
the career of the lamented general, the
strange vicissitudes Of his eventful life,
surround him with an interest " hich
attaches to few characters III history.
II His rise from the obscure lieutenant
to the commando r 81 the veteran
armies of the great repnb lic, his tran
s ton from the frontier post Of the nn-
trod den West to the Executive Man:
8 on Of the nation; his sitting at one
time in |. q Little; store I'M Ga lena, mot
even known to the congressman OF his
district; att another time {str.ding
through the palaces Of the Old World
with the descenda of q line of kings
rising and standing unc overed in his
presence; his humble b. rth in an Ohio
town s. arcely known to the geograph-
ier; his distressing Illness and courng-
eous death in the bosom of the nation
he had saved these are the features
OF his marvel Ions career which appeal
to the imaginat on, exotic mems Won
der, and fasc nate he minds Of all who
make a study Of his life. 3ss3.
Many of the motives which actuated
him and the real source 4of strength
employ ed in the putting forth of his
singular powers will never be fully
understood, for added, TOT Al habit of
communing much with ii mself was IA /
modcsty which always seemed to make
him n shrink from spea king Of q matter
SO personal to him as an analysis Of
u 9 own mental powers, and those
who knew him best sonnet mes under
stood him the least His most init
mate asso ciates often had to Judge the
man by the results accompli shetl.
without comprehe ding the causes
which prod uced them. "a Even to the
writer OF this article. after having
served with the general for nine: years
continu ously, both in the field and at I
the presidential mansion, he will in
some respects alWa;fs remain an enig-
ma. His memoirs, wr. item on his 9
Death bed, to be published only after
his decease, furnish the first
instance Of his consent to
tanbosom himself 10 the world. In
h's;intercourse he did not study to be !
Sreticent, about himself he seemed
rather to be unconscious of self. When
visiting ST. Louis with him while he 3
was president, he made q characters. 4
tic remark show ng how little his
thoughts dwelt upon the events of his
life which made d deep impression
upon Others. d & Il n 4 Ne
Upon his arrival a horse and buggy
were ordered, and q drive taken to his
farm, about e ght miles distant. He
stopped on the high ground overlook
ing the city, and stood for q 4 me. by
the side Of the little long house which
he had built partly with his own hands
in the days Of his poverty and early
struggles. Upon being asked her
the events Of 1.-The past fifteen years Of
life did not seem TO h M Ike d tale Of
the Arabian N gh ts, especially in
coming from the! White House to visit
the tile farm house of early days, he
simply rep ed .,lll ell u never thought
about IT in that light 81