The National tribune., 1892-03-03

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GRANTS COTTAGE BEToEE TIRE WAR
forces that nothing could call into activity but
/ some universal necessities oGthc hour" and too,
( il may be true, that but for the war Of the
rebellion he would have lived aud died an OBJ
scure man.
President Garfield once said, "Iucver meet
a ragged boy in the street without feeling that
4 ] may owe him a salute Tor ] know not what
/ possibilities may be buttoncd up under his
coat" How very true is this statement in this
fair, free land Of ours.
How many times has Capt. Grant walked mp
T and down the Gaiena streets. with that tradi-
\ tonal army oVeIcoat thrown carelessly over
I his shoulders, and met men who did not con-
\ slider him character Of sufficient importance
I 10 waste even as much as a nod upon, 10 say
j nothing OF an ordinary good morning" or
any reference whatever TO tie state OF the
weather
lie lad neither money nor position, socially
or in a business way; therefore It was not
necessary, either from the standpoint OF policy
or anything else, 10 recognize him. Every one
/ knew that lac was Capt Grant just as every one
4 knew John Smith or any other man in this
/ small place by sight. Perhaps these same par
ties were the most eager TO be recognized by
him few years later, aud IL was no trouble at
ali TO accompany the acknowledgment Of that
recognition by the courteous act OF raising
their hats-then.
Mrs. Grant was always one Of the most de-
voted Of wives even while living in Galeua
when such an amount Of thought was Of neccs
sity given 10 the subject Of making both ends
meet reared, as She had been an army Off
GERS daughter, her life before her marriage
spent at school aud in s.. Louis society, she was
not fitted 10 enter upon the duties that she
found herself obliged 10 encounter as the wife
Of poor man. Coming into the town a
stranger, the most inefficient help was the only
I KIND that offered itself for her service aud
much Of the tine She was compelled 10 do her
4 own homework ia addition 10 the cares de-
/ yoyed upon Der in raising her family.
However She had the good fortune finally 10
/ secure girl who proved herself faithful
/ servant and the services she rendered were
not forgotten by the Grants, who, upon the oc-
casious Of their returning TO Galeua never
Z failed 10 look her M, aud always left with her
some substantial token Of their appreciation
The home Of Capt. Grant was a small. two.
I story brick house containing six rooms and a
1 kitchen. Tie small lot on which the house Is
I built is almost triangular In shape and seems
/ TO have been cut OF by q board fence from an
4 old cemetery, which forms rather a gloomy
i background for the house 20 stand out against
The interior was as plain and simple as the
exterior was gloomy aud unattractiYe. Tho
! front room contained few pieces Of hair-cloth
/ furniture and a large mahogany table set
around on the ingrain-carpc,cl aoor The
! plain walls were adoTpcd with few simple pic
/ lures.
The next room back Of this served FOR both
] dining room aud the iami y sitting.r00m. The
/ dHng-iaUle occupied the center Of the ROOM
and IN ono corner stood a little Lack. pa nted
stand on which was kept cigar-box filed with
/ smoking tobacco aud a pipe, the wooden stem
Of which fitted into a clay bowl. IN the Win.
4 ter evenings Capt. Grant was always az home
early, and 10 was solid comfort TO him 10 sit
down with that pipe and his slippcrcd feet ia
a chair placed in font Of him.
Grant always took an interest Ia hischildren
aud their amusemclts aud would play with
them and the ncigLbors' children. who were
usually there, % games and puzzles, or tell
them war stories, thus winning the hearts Of
/ Tie boys ~ least.
Hrs. Grant too was fond Of interesting her
/ children at home, and made IL pleasant not
only fOr them but for their mates. A gentle.
man said only few days ago: Mrs Grant
WAS always kind.Lcartcd. ] soon found this
out by being there, and never hcsitatcd 10 20
to her ii felt hungry, and ask Tor piece OF
bread and butter or a c0okey.' ] was sure TO
get il. Some women would have told nc 10 20
home and get those things, but she never did"
Many times after tlrca0me shopping cZpe-
dtiOn Mrs Grant has stopped in a. a grocery
10 his delivery wagon rs lie would be making
his usual trip on the hill.
She bad the utmost confidence I'm the ability
Of hcF husband, aud seemed inspired 10 believe
that De would yet ast0uish the friends who,
while they lct that hc was fitted for something
better could not conceive what that something
could be.
on tho 25th Of April, when the irst company
OF Jo Dayiss County volunteers left Galeua FOR
/ Springfield, they were escorted 10 the depot by
the civic societies and citizens en- inasse Mrs.
/ Grant in company with party Of lady friends,
/ reviewed tic procession from an upper win
dow oi tho store. Turning 10 her friends she
made the remark: II they will only give
Ulyss a chance he will make something Of
himself" Capt Grant was az that time drill
ing soldiers az Springfield, duty 10 which lac
had been appointed by the Governor
But even this proud, devoted wife, with all
her bright dreams Of the future, had not pic
turcd 10 herself her soldicr-husband as Com
mauder in Chief Of the United States Army in
less than two years, or that in less than 10
short years be would rise 10 a distinction and
confidence that would command the highest
Office within the gift Of the American people.
She did not picture 10 her mind herself sLar-
lug honom with him from crowned heads aud
titled courts Of the old World
The attention Of the people was first directed
TO 6cn. Grant at one Of the FIRST war mass
meetings Lc!d az the courthouse. On motion
OF Gen. John i. Smith be was chosen 10 pre-.
side. There stepped forward from the crowd a
man clad IN an old-iabhOncd military Oyercoat
aud as be approached 10 the front be who has
since fixed upon himself the eyes Of the world
then for the first time made himself known
even by sight TO a large portion Of the citizens
present az that meeting. In referring TO this
occasion Ia his own Memoirs he says: 4. B.
} Nashburne with whom / was not acquainted
NJ THAT time, came In after the meeting had
been organized and expressed, / understood
afterwards little surprise that Galona could
not furnish presiding officer for such an occa.
sion without taking "A stranger. But il was
not long Afterwards that Washburne, with his
iar-seoing mind. held out mighty assistance 10
) nm when Others were trying 70 seize the