Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-21

From the Worth american ReUie,c

From the North american ReUie10.
Col. Fred Grant sends the editor of the
North American Review two anecdotes re-
counted by Lincoln which Gen. Grant intend
ed to print in his memoirs. but which, having
been ON tied from that work, are now pub
ished in this volume. The first is thus repro
duced in the Generals own words: "Just
after receiving nv commission a. Lieutenant
General the President called me aside TO
peak with me privately. After a brief refer
ence to the military situation, he said he
thought he could illustrate what he wanted to
say by a story. which he related as follows:
AT one time there was a great war among
the animals, and one side had great difficulty
in getting a COMMANDER who had sufficient
confidence in himself. Finally they
found a monkey by the name OF Jocko, who
SAID that he thought he could command their
army if his tail could be made q little longer.
SO they got more tail and spilced it on to his
caudal appendage. He looked at it admir-
ingly, and then thought he ought to have a
little more still. This was added, and again
he called for more. The spite ng process was
repeated many times, until they had cOllpu
JOcko's tail around the room, filling all the
space. Still h. Gale for more tail. and
there eng no other ace 10 coil 1t, they be-
gan to wrap It around his shoulders He con-
tnued his call for more, aud they kent on
wtndnv his add ioDal tail about him until its
weight broke HIM own' Jaw The point and
rising rom my char. replied: Mr. President.
VIII not call for more assistance unless dndit
impossible to do with what alreldy have g."
The second story remembered bv Gen. Grant
was this: upon one occasion, when Prps'-
dent Lincoln was at my headquar ers AT CITY
Poiut. took HIM to see the work that had
been done on the Dutch Gap canal. After
liking HIM around and showing him all the
points of interest, explaining how, in blowing
up one portion Of the work tnat was beingeN-
cavated. the explosion had thrown the rate
rial back into and filled up q part already
completed, he turned 10 me and said: Grant
ito YOU know what this reminds me of? Out
Springfield, Illinois. there was blacksmith
named -. One day, when he did not have
much TO 10, he took piece OF soft iron that
had been IN the shop for some time, and for
which ne had no special use, AMI, starting up
ms hre began to heat it When he got il
not he carried IL TO the anvil and began to
hammer IL, rather thi1king he would weld IL
INTO an agricultural implement, He pounded
away for some time, until he got It fashioned
Into some shape, when he discovered that the
iron would not hold out to complete the i'm
PIGMENT he had in mind. lie then put IT, back
INTO the forge heated IL up again. lu0 recon-
menCed hammerlng with an ill-dc1ucd notion
that he would make claw hammer, but af-
ter time he came to the conclusion that
there was more iron there than was
needed 60 form a claw hammer. gain he
heated 1t and tn lught he would make
an ak. After hammering and welding il
into shape. knocking the oNidizei iron of in
nakes, he concluded that here was not
enough OF the iron left TO mako an AN that
Woul be OF any use. He was now gptttlR
tired ami lit G disguised at the result Of his
various essays. so he filed his forge fun q
GOA and, after placing the iron in the centre
of tn heap. took the bellows and worked up
Tremendous blast. bringing the iron 10 a
Wht' neat. Then. with his tonUs he lifted il
from the Goals, and. thrusting II into - tubof
waler near byeNclsimed with an oath:'Weil, III
! can make anything else of you, VIII make
n ilzzie INFLOW | am AFRAID added Grant,
Una, WAS about what we had dono with the
Dutch GAP canal"