The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-06
A. DOUGLAS SISTER,
rua is the Pcstnistress at Clifton
Strings at the age of 7S.
E-,o,u the NetU York World.

49, iS the PCSJmlSLr6S5 dC SllbOn
Springs at the age of 79.
From the Neto York World.
,,,rroN SPRINGS, N. Y, March 81
" sarah A. Granger was few weeks
anpointed postmistress at Clifton
sy;o,s by President Cleveland. Those not
S3-aodv aware of the fact may be inter-
"a to learn that Mrs. Granger is the
es Ieor of Stephen a. Douglas. She was
go appointed to the office which
Ilo o now holds by President Arthur,
s s2;,T the latter part of his term. She has
uu Ia-7n+v in the person of Eugene f. Hoyt,
- grandson, q capable and popular young
No with whom she resides Mrs, Granger,
now in her 18th year, appears much
ro,noer. She is universally esteemed for
49, excellent qualities Of MUD and heart,
Messing not few of the trails which dis
RYguished her brother, and resembling him
closely in form and feature.
Mrs Granger is justly proud of her
h.o+her's memory, and from her intimate
tnowledge of his history from child
hood and her personal interest in his career,
~ js enabled to speak more accurately of
1nenv events in which he figured than any
thar person living. She laughed heartily
Uben the correspondent referred to
nn,,glss' famous visit to his mother
vLiie he was a candidate for President.
t,The caricatures in the republican papers
~ that time worried mother terribly" she
cold land made me very angry. One
rict1re. IN which mother was represented
ss a washerwoman at work over the tub,
prieved her very much, and everything l
saw in the papers against my brother made
me fairly frantic with rage. Brother Sieve
nsed 20 laugh and say, You won't mind
such things after you've seen as much Of
them as / have"
Mrs. Granger then related incidents
connected with the visit mentioned-how
her brother went down to the little gate
hefor. The house and waved his white felt
hat to the immense delegations from sur
rounding towns, who halted in turn and
cheered for the Little Giant of Illinois; how
her mother could not be induced to go to
the village and hear Stephens speech
that day: how she asked her brother
what he was going to say, and he
repljed: ''Inever know what [ am going
to say. God will put words into my
mouth when l am ready to talk" The vast
crowd that heard Douglas speak that day
laughed and cheered with tremendous en-
thusiasm when he said: Sat last L have
found NV mother, and, thank God the good
old lady is alive and WE'LL" In September
1885. Mrs. Granger visited her native place
at Brandon VT, scarcely expecting to find
a person living who would know her. But
an old schCOlmaster at the age of 80 years
remembered her. OF her old schoolmates,
she found six, and the clergyman who mar
ried her came sixteen miles to pay her
visit She was royalty entertained.
The academy where she and her brother at
tended school remained unchanged, and
many other old landmarks recalled vividly
to her mind the scenes of her childhood. 1t
was here that Stephen A. Douglas, at the
age of II years, proved himself born
orator. In company with his mother and
sister he attended the meetings of a de-
batting society, in which an overbearing
and pompous disputant named Conant
Finally one night the boy Douglas
asked permission of the society's president
to reply to Conant's remarks at future
meeting the request was granted, and at
the next meeting, after hearing what
Conant had to say, young Douglas arose,
and to the establishment and delight of all
in the room excepting Conant, who was
not deli ghted), replied in manner thatn
only silelced Conant, but so exasperated
him that be withdrew from the society.
In 1880 the family removed to Clifton
Springs The place which they made their
home is situated about a mile west of tho
village 1t is known as the Granger home
stead, and is still the property of Mrs.
Granger Young Douglas was sent to
Canandaigua Academy, ten miles distant.
Re studied there three years.
Mrs. Changers husband, Julius N. Gran
ger, died few years ago, having been for
thirty-two years in the service of the gov
eminent at Washington. Among his
neighbors at Clifton Springs he was held
in high esteem. He was a justice of the
peace for eighteen years. His acquaintance
a ong the statesmen of his time was very
wide, and he numbered among his friends
many of the most eminent men who have
left their impress upon the legislation of
the country.