St. Landry democrat., 1885-06-27
AT MT. MAC GREGOR.

New 0u2- -torS-ReSutGS OF over E4ecCLoA
Preparing For the End-Opinions OF the
Physicians-The Generals Visitors.
MOUNT McGREGoR, N. Y, June l8.-
Yesterday afternoon General Grant, dur"
ing his walk with Harrison up to the
brow of the mountains, several times
paused to rest, and at length sat down
on a rustic settee. When q chair was
placed for his feet he removed the hand
kerchief from his mouth and essayed to
speak, declining the support for his
feet, but his voice was not audible.
breath could be heard, but no words,
and the General, recognizing the fact,
shook his head. The fact that mess
of frogs had been caught during the
morning at one of the little mountain lakes
near by was mentioned to the Generalp
and he was asked if you would attempt
anything so tender as frogs legs. Agar
the General tried to speak, but the at
tempt did not succeed in words that We're
audible, and again he declined by shak'
ing his head. His attention was directed
to the monument that marks the surren"
der of Burgoyne, twenty miles away
but the elevation of his head
to gaze so far away seemed
painful, and his head bowed, his chin
dropped to his breast, and his eyes rested
on nearer objects. The neck and
diseased portions are strained and pain
follows when he holds his head erect,
Five minutes passed while the General
sat on the bluff, and he then arose by
steadying himself with the arm of the set
tee and his cane, and with Harrison at
his side, retraced his steps to the cottage.
When he reached the cottage he was
much exhausted and sank into chair in !.
| the parlor. Very soon he Indicated by
signs that he wanted some writing mate
rials, which were procured for him, and
| he then wrote for nearly half an hour.
| The result was two letters or papers.
| One was headed:
| "MEMoRANDA FOR MY FAMILY"
In it the General had written that he
| thought he was falling, and for certain
| instructions that he desired carried out
| he referred his family to other and more
definite memoranda, prepared by him
| little while before leaving New YORK.
| The other note he folded and addressed
! to DIR. Douglas. He handed both the pa
pers to Colonel Fred Grant. That ad-
dressed to the physician is understood to
| have been of similar import as that to
the family.
The afternoon wore away with the
General sitting outside on the piazza.
The sunset found him still there, and
when the dusk deepened on the east side
of the mountain he was sitting silently
on the porch alone, by the side OF the
front door of the cottage.
When lamps were lighted inside, and
the light streamed out into the growing
darkness, the sick man was yet outside,
though the air was chilly and stiff
breeze was swaying the pine tree tops.
4 Colonel Fred Grant was by his side, and
Dr. Douglas was near at hand.
At length, after eight O'Clock, the Gem
eral went inside the cottage, and Dr.
Douglas wrote and sent message to
DR.. Sands in New York. He asked him
to come here, if possible, tonight.
r At nine O'Clock the General retired,
and DIR. Douglas then thought that his
throat and neck appeared better than on
Tuesday night. It is possible that the
Generals walk tested his waning strength
too far, and the reaction has brought him
to O sense of weakness that he himself
feels is not to be lightly disregarded.
Whether his weakness is the immediate
result of undue exertion or whether it is
the weakness of reaction after his jour
ney, is question that the doctor only
NAV presume to answer.
Al ten O'Clock the General appeared to
be sleeping in his room. The family at
that hour, as during the entire evening,
, were gathered in the parlor, and Dr..
Douglas was with them for the night.
At eleven O'Clock they retired and the
cottage was dark.
DR.. Sands left New York at eleven
O'Clock last night.
SARATOGA, N. Y, June l9.-The physi'
clans during their examination OF General
. Grant Yesterday found the patients pulse
to be seventy-two; that his voiceswas a
trife stronger, and that he was percepti-
) hlv weaker. DIR. Sands said that General
Grant was much better than when he
first went up to the mountain This, to.
gether with the assurance of DR.. Doug
las that there was no immediate cause
for apprehension, a1layed the fears of the
family. The physicians informed General
Grant that he had INDUCED in
3 too much exercise the previous day, and
t that he had also developed too great an
{ appetite, and acting on their suggestions
he confined himself to the limits of the
! cottage and piazzas. The General passed
: a portion of the afternoon on the piazza,
: and occasionally in briet promenade.
3 He also filed in the time by perusing
4 newspapers. photographer took 9
8 picture of the General and family on the
4 piazza during the afternoon.
q Among the callers upon the General