Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-11

ever before held so large crowd. The
streets were fairly packed with men,
women and children in holiday garb,
each bent upon adding his quota to the
great song of honor that goes forth to
the dead hero of Appomattox. The
generosity of Galena boy, now grown
to be a Chicago man, has reared in the
former home of Gen. Grant noble
monument which. is destined to mark
forever the love, esteem and VEN
Grafton in which Illinois holds the
memory of her greatest citizen soldier.
Distinguished citizens were gathered
from all points of the Union to celebrate
the unwilling of the monument as it de-
serves. Mr.. Kohlsaat's gift is a credit
alike to the city Of his birth, the city Of
his adoption, and to himself.
The die on the base of the statue had
been completed in the last few days by
having cut thereon the names of twelve
battles in which Grant was engaged, as
follows: Palo Alto, Monterey, Moline
del Rey, Chapultepec, Belmont, Fort
Donelson Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chatta-
nooga, Spottsylvania, Petersburg, and
AppomattoX.
Hard by the insecure old house hat
gave shelter to the old commander the
statue stands-a noble bronze cast in
heroic dimensions and mounted on a
pedestal of carved and glistening red
granite. Three tiers of gray granite
form its base. 1t is in Grant Park-a
sx-acre plot of ground high above the
river, purchased and given to the city
through the instrumentality of two
Chicagoans, III. III. Kohsaat and James
w. Scott, both of whom are proud of
having come out of Galena. Already
the park is graced by soldiers monu-
ment and a fountain.
Sculptor Gelcrt did his work faithful
ly and artistically. He has given to Ca
lena a marvellous life-like statue of the
General in civilian attire and in an atti-
tude of meditation. "Grant, our Citizen"
is the simple inscription on the front sur
face Of the monument The total cost
of the statue is about $4,000.
The exercises were begun by prayer by
the Rev. FL. w. Atchison, after which
Miss Pauline KOhlsaat Of Chicago pulled
the cord and unveiled the statue, the
band playing "Hail to the Chief" at the
time.
ExGov. Hoard of Wisconsin then pre-
sented the monument with the following
words:
L am commissioned on behalf of one of the
distinguished citizens OF your state-Mr. FL H.
Kohlsaat, of (hicago, "a man whose soul de-
lighted in goodly deeds, TO tender you this no.
BILE memorial of Gen. Grant l need not tell
you in set words of the purpose of the donor,
need not speak Of the rare soul that lies behind
this noble gift. of his generosity. of his patriot
ism, of his abiding love for his fellow-men and
his country. All this is O thousand times more
expressively told in the. silent yet eloquent
presence of yonder heroic statue. Who shall
paint tho rose or adequately tell of the subtle
essence of its perfume2 Who shall bound by
descriptive phrase the love of a mother or define
the devotion of a wife?
"A good and perfect gift" like this, and the
bear them to your hearts on the failing wings of
speech?
Instinctively now our thoughts are upon him
able pilot the God.given Grant. Inseparably
connected with the name Of Grant will always
stand the city of Galena. He was your own be-
loved citizen. Here no uttered the words that
were pregnant with all the after eaning of his