The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-03-12

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Governors island. past tho blue-conted
sentry pacing up and down IN front u
~. nav a.n.r,r,.nt offices down the
~,s. .'h.,. wa,s sn.a.d 80 NAM
-. ~'f""'' -
trces' one comes ~ 70" ~ co"sos -
bic. oid-fashioned frame houses--oSh-
GERS quarters. The first Of this--a big
double house with \ broad gallery In
frcc, ~. . S.,,h.r. ho,,s-;s the
m~-, -. - q,
eo'"."a''"'nS o"''.s quarters. "'s~ -
TINS house General Hancock nved TOT
fifteen years AID died. Enter. Plenty
OF space tor light and air. A wide hall
rms from end "a end. and turniny "a
I've rirht there ara two biv old-fash-
toned drawing-rooms Opnosite the
entrance ~ the f;rst HANGS IN the wall
: beautiful full-lcngth nortrait 81 4
youn0 r;rl az fourteen or fifteen. Re-
fore H stands alwavs . vase ~ flowers
This Il the portrait az ada. sole
daughter az his house and hearf''-the
DAUGHTER forever loved and lamented.
who died N 1873. How strange must
look that house without General Ham
cocks soldierlv fi0ure moving about
always meeting Guests AZ the door and
escorting them with old-time courtesy
10 his own gate-for General Hancock
was the soul OF hospitality. Did YOU
ever see him salute 4 private soldierP
Then YOU have missed seeing the finest
act Of courtesy 4 man could perform
for he returned the salute IL drum
mer-boy AZ punctiliously a. be did ~
Of General of the army.
That hospitable door will omen for
nim no more-his place Is henceforth
on ..Fame's eternal camping ground. I"
Let those who knew him tell IL him In
his daily walk. his everyday life.
All things small and weak loved Gen
eral Hancock. The children on Gov
errors island adored him. They
swarmed over his house. and when
Mrs. Hancock protested mildly against
their being admitted 70 romp IN the
General Hancock took
il 50 much TO heart that she welded. IL
was in tain that the Officers wives on
the island forbade their children 70 90
so often 10 the Hancock house. think
ing they might be troublesome. They
would 90 and stand before the gate.
their little wistful faces AGAINST
the iron railing until they cauyht sicht
OF General Hancock. He would have
the whole gang inside the gate - 4
III your mothers saw any
thing to Won. he would saw. ..i,Ist tell
them that am Major General Han
cock. and won't allow nv authority
to be disputed here OF course the
were only too d.li~hted ~
take this view Of the matter. A. =
batch Of the urchins under ten wears
old agreed once respecting some new
ordinance: .Our mammas
better not try that We're solid WITH
General Hancock and he wont LEI
en- General Hancock's idols wera
his three grandchildren. GEORGE
Nfyra and Ada and when he was nr..
pared for burial some az their IONS
and paintings were found upon Ill
bed Of death. where they had left them
They were the children az his son, Rms
sell Hancock. now dead and their
home was ostensibly in Mis,issipp;' buf
General and Mrs. Hancock would send
for them early IN Nav ana keen thorn
until after Christmas every wear. Cen
eral Hancock-s Grandson. who was he
died the very dav ~ was
for president n 1891 Aha
/ gentle ..mo,hcr-child', very like
Mrs. Hancock in her oujet. sensible
WAYS. Myra. named after Mr. Han
cock. i General Hancock All over and
was the dearest ~ her crandfather's
heart. She Il a de,icafa- sn;r;tuelle
child. with beautiful features and the
softest manner-but 4 regular Trojan
She is not afraid ~ any THING On the
face Of the earth. and could stand an
enfilading fire a. wei AZ General Han
rock himself The General DELIGHTED
IN her proves and her reputation a. 4
I warrior. She couli vanouish : NV
twice her size m single combat and
had terrorized every younvsfer IN the
island into 4 state ~ abiecf submiss;on-
The fact Is. General Hancock had 81
labli.hed a un;oue state ~ fh;ncs
among his little friends on the ISLAND
The BOYS had their or,lcrs meyer ~ H..
cute with the rirls about apv tb;ng and
The slightest infr;nrment 81 this hronght
,ut X terrible threat ~ thc ru,rI hons.
for the offender. = the bovs were com
pletely cowcd bv the Urls.
General Hancock was = man ~