Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-05-30
GENERAL SHERIDAN.
Pers lal characteristics OF the Commander
of Uncle Sans Armv

Pers AL characteristics OF the Commander
OF Uncle Sans Army.
The home Of the head Of the army is in
Rhode Island avenue, where very many
pleasant entertainments are given, writes
the Washington correspondent Of the BOs-
ton Globe. The first step across its threshold
brings you into n big, odd vestibule, semi
circular IN shape. The doors opening from
this place lead directly 10 all the chief rooms
on the first floor. Here, too, are many curl
osities gathered among the aborignes
Sheridan speaks the language OF the Oregon
Indians and uses IL freely when among his
old comrades of the camp on the Columbia
Mrs. Sheridan was Miss Irene Rucker,
daughter Of General Rucker She Is dozen
years younger than the General, who re-
manned bachelor until he was forty-odd
He was always afraid Of women. When a
commissary on the Pea Ridge campaign, in
Missouri, he took a lively fancy TO young
woman living in the town where he was
stationed. In a bold moment the blush
ing Captain proposed a drive, and
the girl took it in, of course.
When the time came to fill the en-
gdgement, the young Indian-slayer of the
| West weakened and retreated. But he
did the best he could under such distress
ing circumstances, and, like the old mill
tary hero OF the Plymouth colony. he sent
his proxy with the nobbiest vehicle that
could be hired in the whole town This
/ proxy was the Captains clerk, and the
stipulation was that the interesting young
woman should be driven by the military
headquarters. The view that the Captain
thus gained of the dear girl so charmed
/ him that the drive by proxy became daily
/ occurrence. Don't you wish you knew,
now, whether the clerk captured the girll
/ The General has four little children, hut
/ two OF them do not acknowledge that desig-
nation. While they were all tramping along
with their father, not long ago, an inter-
ested passer-by stopped the two girls
walking behind, and asked; " Are YOU
all General Sheridan's childreni" "No,'
answered one, with a show OF impa-
tent disgust. " They are General Sher-
idan's children" said the other. "a
she pointed to the boy and girl walking
with the father ave are the twins.n
There Is a distinction for you. The General
was born. brought up, married and he lives
I'm the Roman Catholic Church His parents
were County Cavan people. but, unlike the
dominating Scotch Presbyterian importa-
tons in that part Of ireland, they were
straight Celtic and faithful Catholics. Sheri-
dan is less than five feet six inches tall, but
Is nearly as broad as he Is long His
shoulders are as broad as n door and his
chest Is quite deep. The forehead is broad,
but not high; the jaw is square; the mouth
firm; tho eyes dark and sparkling white
mustache and imperial have succeeded the
fun beard Of war time. The hair is stiif and
bristiing. but beautifully white. What
head II coversl Until he began TO have his
head-dress made 10 order, Sheridan never
found a cap or hat that would stay In place.
This is tho reason he so often rode In battle
with his hat or cap swinging in his hand
The head, In the first place, is uncommonly
largo, but back Of the ears is development
that puzzles both the halter and the phrenol-
ogist