Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23
POOR NELLIE GRANT.
Recollections of Her Marriage and
What Was Thought. of IL at the
Time-Some Very Unworthy Com
duct of Her English Husband, Al


duet of Her English Husband, Al
gernon Sartsris,
The Philadelphia Times prints the
following from Its Washington special
correspondent: THE much copied
publication from the Denver Opinion
in reference to the matrimonial infel~
lotions OF Mrs Nellie Grant Sartoris
and its assertion that she will soon
institute proceedings for a divorce
from her husband, Mr. Algernon
Charles Frederick Sartoris, has
naturally been much discussed in
Washington, where she grew up from
childhood and where her marriage &C.
CURED. Those who were in Washing
ton during the months proceeding the
wedding in the White House, May 81,
1874, are not surprised to hear that
Mr.. Sarterls proved neglectful hus-
band, for it was common talk in pri~
vate here before at the time of her
marriage that it was shane that ha
| showed his chosen wife SO little atteu-
ton. They were frequently aG the
same parties during the winter and
spring of 1874, and comm ent was
constantly made as to his being SO
negligent of her and Indifferent in
| his manner. At the same time it was
known that he was paying marked
attention to young married lady in
Washington, whose husband was
then absent, and that he sent that
lady bouquet and note on the
morning he was married. 1t was
thought here that he was actuated by
a desire to marry the Presidents
daughter and that he had little appre.
citation for the simple, maidenly vir
tues of Nellie Grant, who was never
Snowy girl in mannea or appear
ance, but a simple, modest, affection
ate. artless American girl, who was
sure to prove a faithful wife to ten
der husband, as she has proved a good
wife and mother in spite of the slight
encouragement it wound seem her
husband has given her to develop her
best traits.
at was Indignantly told in private
ia Washington in 1874 that when Mr..
Sartoris was in theWest, after he be-
came enged to Miss Grant, he had
boosted of His engagement to the
daughter, and when his assertion was
doubted, because he was not suffi-
iently we'll thought of in that locally
for IL to be supposed possible that the
daughter of the President of the Uni
ted States would marry him, that he
had actually shown her letters to
prove that she had promised to do so
In the spring of 1874 l saw copied in
the Washington 3D. CD Capital very
sarcastic paragraph from the Wauke-
sha wis Plaindealer, describing the
uncouth appearance of Mr.. Sartoris
when in that town asd mentioned
how the girls had laughed at him.
and adding that he had courte1 one
Of them. who preferred that he should
marry Nellie Grant Or some other girl
and would have none of him. I wrote
to the editor of that paper, A f. Pratt
to ask him if the paragraph was true
or If it were only written as o joke
l have his reply, dated April 30, 1874
and another letter from him on the
same subject dated lHay IL, 1874, now
before me. In these letters he told
me- that the young lady TO whom ne
referred was his next door neighbor,
gave me her name for my private in
formation and said that she was an
old sweetheart of Mr.. Sartoris and had
. large photograph OF him, which he
had given her. have also before
nae letter, written March II, 1874,
by young Englishr1an of high stand
ing, who was then in Washington,
which, IL giving me sketch of Mr.
Sartoris' family, mentioned that AL
gernon and his father came over to
this country last year in the steamer
for the purpose of looking after some
lands the father owned in Wisconsin,
and the son was subsequently left
there to look after the lands. 1t Was
on thu steamer Russia that he met
Miss Grant
80 it appears from these two let
tiers, as well as from other sources Of
information | had at the time, that it
was after he met Miss Grant, and the
courtship began on the steamer as
named, where they saw more of each
other than at any subsequent time I'M
I'll their marriage, that Mr. Sartoris
courted the young lady in Wisconsin,
so was, IN point of fact counting two
girls, one of them the daughter of the
president of the United States, at the
same time.
cit was we'll known here that Pres
ident Grant was greatly depressed at
the time of his daughters marriage
and quite broke down when he babe
her good>by on her wedding day. l
know that Mrs. Grant said within a
week before the marriage that she
greatly regretted that Nellie had chos-
en- foreigner for husband, and add
ed that she had always hoped that
Nellie would marry some nice young
army or navy officer. l have heard
more than once, first not long after
the wedding trip to England, and
again within the last few months,
from those who said they knew where
of they spoke, that Mr.. Sartoris' neg
lect of his bride on the Baltic, on which
vessel they left New York, the third
week in May, 1S74-the 23d of that
month, excitedithe greatest indignation
among the American travellers, and
that this Indignation came near being
made public then, especially when on
their landing in England it was found
that he had made no arrangements to
insure her being made comfortable on
their arrival, not even having had
rooms engaged in the hotel. He was
then about twenty-three years old,
but seemed totally devoid of any idea
of how to take care of any one but
himself, and his poor little bride, who
was seasick all tn, time on the voy-
! age to England, must have had most
unhappy Honeymoon. Nj. Sartoris'
father, Mr.. Edward Sartoris, has been
from the first devoted to her and has
kept her with him as much as possible.
He lives on his own property in the
country, near Southampton, England.
He was very tolented man when in
his prime, having a good voice and
being a good amateur artist. He was
Every we'll off st the time of his sons
marriage and Lad previously been
member of parliament. His wife,
Adelaide Kamble, as singer, was IA
vorably known all over Europe. Al
geron's only brother was older than
he. His name was Greville, and he
was killed by fall fron his horse
only few months before Alsernon's
marriage The latter had every ad-
vantage given him for a good eIuca-
ton IL England and Germany, but
never showed any evidence wLea in
society of having improved these OPP