The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-22
GEN. GRANTS WIDOW,
She is Spending the Winter at
Florida Resort.

she is Spending the Winter at q
Florida Resort.
! ALTRMoNTE SPRINGS, Fla, March 81.
AS many OF the newspapers Of the country
persist in locating Nrs. Gen. U. S. Grant,
Sr., in California as the guest Of her son f.,
Jesse Grant. your correspondent came up
mere this morning from Winter Park to
verify the rumOr that she is at Altemonte
| Springs for the season.
Reaching the elegant hotel here, located
In lovely spot in pine forest and en-
clrcled by pretty little lakes and well-kept
| grounds, Manager II. W. Priest gave me
most cordial welcome. and, in reply to nv
/ inquiry, Informed me that Mrs Grant and
! her sons family took their meals at his
| motel, but occupied cottage near the ho-
tel and fronting one OF the pretty lakes that
make the place so popular, in connection
| with Its superb hotel accommodations.
A plank walk through attractive grounds
! soon brought US, my wife having accom-
panied me, TO an elegant 215-story cottage
| OF large Dimensions aud excellent architect
ural taste, called the BRADLEY cottage" on
the broad porch Of which we found pleas
ant-taced. solid-built gentlemen enjoying
an afternoons rest In his hammock. AS we
| mounted the broad steps he came forward
! 10 meet US, and at once recognized him by
| astriking resemblance to his famous father.
| 1t was u. :. Grant, Jr., with whom his
mother Is spending the winter, and on pre-
| sentlng my card we were accorded hearty
greeting and given seats on the cool
| veranda.
The ladies and children were, as is Gus
| totn0ry in this warm climate taking their
afternoon map but after short delay
delay Mr.. Grants mother joined US. AL
| though had known her husband during
and after the war, this was nv first meet
Ing with her, and was surprised to find her
looking so young, for l remember how
much she had known of the hardships of
army life, as well as the designations of high
social station. Away back in the '4Os she
had married a young lieutenant, who
had been cadet at West Point Military
Academy with her brother, Lieut.. Fred T.
Dant, and like true " fe and noble woman
| had shared with him the downs" as we'll
| as the ups" of his career. OF course, at
20 years, she not remarkably active, nor
as strong in health as when the mistress of
the white house, yet in the quiet life she is
now leading one would hardly class her
with Florida invslids
Mrs. Grant talked quite freely with nv
wife and myself about our mutual friends
in the old regular army. but spoke most
feellngly Of the venerable Gen. James
Longstreet as he, when a young lieuten-
ant, had been an intimate friend of her hus-
band and herself, and an attendant at their
wedding. She inquired particularly after
him, ard recalled with much feeling their
old acquaintance. Cen Lafayette McLaws
was also kindly remembered. In fact she
expressed sentiments Of good will for the
southern people generally, alluding to the
fact that in President Lincoln they lost
their best friend. OF her distinguished hus-
bands kindness to the south she made
simply a modest reference, giving it, how
ever, her sincere approval.
In her widowhOod Mrs Grant finds her
greatest comfort with her children, all Of
whom are married. Mrs. Nellie Grant
Sartoris, recently widowed, lives in Eng
land with her father-in-lSw and her chill
dren. Col. Fred Dent Grant is minister to
Austria and resides at Vienna; Jesse Grant
has made his home in California
and it is with him that the papers have
persisted in locating her this winter. She
has, however, been the welcome guest of her
son, U. s. Grant, Jr., who married a
| daughter Of United States Senator Chaffee,
| from whose estate his wife received quite
fortune Their children are remarkably
! bright and pretty, and the little girl named
for his mother, Julia Dent Grant, is a great
pet with her grandmother.
Mr.. Grant spent part CT last season with
his family at the fine hotel here, and so
pleased was he with the quiet, natural sur.
roundinRs and the elegance and refinement
Of the visitors that be rented the beautiful
Bradley COTTAGE for this entire winter.
His mother has sold her New Y ork residence
and may purchase a summer home In Wash
ington. but 1t is quite probable that the
family will have a winter home here or in
this vicinity, which is, without doubt, the
| healthiest portion of the state.
There is nothing in the glare OF high
| social life that Mrs. Grant has not fully en-
| joyed. Twice the honored mistress of the
white house at Washington, the companion
OF her nlustrious husband in his famous
tour around the world, during which they
dined with kings, queens and other great
| rulers, as well as the princes and prinoesses
| of royal blood, she can hope to find nothing
| new in our palmer American court cir
| cles." Her children and grandchildren are
| dearer 90 her than any added honors that
| the world Of society can offer her, and il is
evident that she prefers to spend her declin-
ing years in their quiet home retreats. AS q
| wife and mother 10 her own home she was a
model worthy of all praise, and as mother
aud grandmother In the homes of her mar
ried children, she has won added fame in
| the exercise of mntured domestic virtues
Just at present Mrs. Grants health is
slightly impaired. but the presence Of her
old family physician has given hope for her
speedy recovery, and on Thursday Of next
| week, March 30, public reception Is to be
| given her by U. s. Grant post, Grand
Army OF the Republic, of Orlando, assisted
| by comrades from Gen. Harvey post of
Sanford and Gen. Thomas post of
Longwood. The national encampment will
| be represented by Past Chaplain in
Chief S. D. Paine Of Sanford, and the de-
partment OF Florida by Col.
George F. Foote. U. s. A.,
| of Zellwood. the commander; by Senior
! Vice Commander d. L. Way of Sanford.
| by Judge Advocate Sidney Herbert of
Maitland and other distinguished officials
of the organization with their ladies and
friends. The occasion promises to be one
of unusual interest to the veterans, many of
whom served under Gen. Grant and cherish
| for his estimable widow the highest regard
and the warmest affection. She in turn has
kept a warm place in her motherly heart
| for ''the boys in blue" who made it possible
| for her husband to become one of the most
! illustrious OF soldiers. SIDNEY HERBERT.
England Hasn't Kicked on Coilira
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