The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-23

naS Deen since Ne mas peen mere, Win Tue
exception of the morning after his arrival
when he was indisposed.
The president made a visit to the scene OF
the battle of Saratoga near Schuylersyille
and manifested great interest in everything
he learned that %pertained to that great bat.
tie, which he considers was the "GettysL
burg of the revolution. lie expressed
astonishment when he learned it was within
u few minutes ride of Saratoga, to find that
SO few people visited the monument which
is supposed to be situated we're the English
made their surrender. He also visited the
old homestead of Gen. Schuyler, and il
seemed to be with great reluctance that he
left the scene of the great battle.
Gen. Harrison, who has been the guest OF
W. j. Arkell at Mount McGregor, has pro-
ounce the scene from the mount one OF
the grandest that he ever beheld. Almost
Immediately upon his arrival at Mount Nc
Greqor he visited tho little cottage in which
Gen. Grant died. Everything there is just
the same as when the great general inhab-
tied it. Ths furniture is of the plainest and
simplest character, but still there is a quiet
eloquence about it all. 1t is about such a
place as the ordinary bread winner could
afford. The president remarked after he
had been there but a few minutes that it
certainly was u very appropriate place for
n man like Grant to have selected for the
scene of his death. The surroundings were
pam, nc al0 AA0 III hCSplIk "lLu JIG Bill
nile character of his ''old commander"
President Harrison examined everything
about the cottage very carefully, and he
stood looking at the bed upon which Gen.
Grant breathed his last. for several min
utes.
The Arkells had arranged to give the
president.what they term a 'tea party" The
Arkell family have been famous in the state
for what thay call ''tea parties." At them
there are usually Il lot of prominent repub-
licans, in which political schemes are
Matched. 1t was at one of thess gatherings
that the scheme was developed which re-
suited in sending to the senate William M.
Evarts.
At this clam-bake Ex-senator Plats and
all the great republican leaders OF this
state were present, and it was intended in
the nature of q love feast, in which every
thing would be made lovely for the presi-
dent to set the New York delegation to the
next national republican convention. The
president, when informed about the scheme
of the tea party, happened to mention that he
had never attended a regular old-fashloned
clam bake and that he had often desired to
do SO. On this account the Arkells decided
to Civ the clambake instead of a tea party.
A clambake Is something like an old-fash-
loned barbecue IN many respects. 1t was
held out in the woods on Mt. McGtegor.
The mount is covered with trees, and with
the exception of the clearings here and there
is a great forest. Everything was very in
formal and the president seemed to be de-
lighted with the way matters passed off.
President Harrison also went fishing, but
his luck was not what he had hoped. In
the lowlands at the foot of Mt. McGrepor
are several small lakes, and these bodies of
water are said to be prolific with fish.
When the lake which was thought to be
the most suitable for the president to fish
in was examined only a short time pre-
viously all the indications were that it was
we'll filled with trout. Those who had
tished in it said that they had been reward
ed with fine luck. The president
tried it and found very few fish,
ami nets were afterwards used with the
same Indifferent success. Bernard Gillian,
the caricaturlst, who was one of the party,
suggested to the president that the fish had
heard what a disciple of Isaac Walton he
was, and knowing that he was coming in
some u~naccountable manner hid them
selves.
Nice-President Morton has been in Sara
toga for some time visiting his business
partner. Mr.. George Bliss. Mr.. Morton is
very quiet in his demeanor. He is gaining
in flesh considerably, and for this reason
he Is becoming a great pedestrian. He is