The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-01
THE GRANT TANNING AND FINISHING HOUSE.

that they were only seeing small
part of him. He was plodding up the
road on one occasion to visit an old
friend of his mothers, when neigh
Dor overlook him and recognized MIN.
why how do you do, Ulysses won't
you get in?"
II believe L will-if it don't cost any
more
COSTS just the same"
He clambered in and they talked
politics, and the old farmer disagreed
with the general Justify. Il can't vote
for you on that ticket. Ulysses"
I'm not asking it," was the Cen
erals quick reply. I've never asked
a man to vote for me yet, and I'm not
going to begin on you"
"'Twouldnt do no good if you did,
was the sturdy last word of the old
time Democrat who believed there was
only one true faith, and that Ulysses
was leading the people astray.
The town never voted for Grant. 1t
was grimly Democratic throughout all
changes, standing like a gray granite
boulder in the swash of reversing bal
lots, and the general knew the George
town men too we'll to expect anything
else and he held no bitterness though
he used to ask wistfully of some
trusted friend: do you suppose So
and-So voted for me?'
After Ulysses went to West Point
Jesse r. Grant and his family moved
to Bethel twelve miles nearer Cincin-
natl and lived there several years.
When Grant came home on his vaca-
ton, he always spent part of it in
Georgetown. He cared much less for
Bethel. He used to dash over on
splendid young horse, riding like the
wind, for he was a superb horseman
and knew how much a horse could do
without being harmed. The old ladies
remember him particularly on these
trips, he was so handsome and merry
and rode so well.
HOW GRANT LEARNED TO DIS
LIKE REGIMENTALS.
He tells in his book of the distaste
for uniform which resulted from
boys jeering cry in the streets of Gin
cinnati, and also by reason of a joke
which the young fellows played upon
him in Bethel. They induced the
hostler of the Bethel hotel to take off
Ulysses uniform
The general tells it thus: Opposite
our house in Bethel stood the old stage
tavern where man and beast found ac-
commodation. The stable-man was
rather dissipated but man of some
humor. On my return 1 found him
parading the streets and attending in
the stable barefooted but in a pair of
Sky-blue nankeen pantaloons-just the
color of my uniform trousers-with a
strip of white cotton sheeting sewed
down the outside seams in imitation of
mine. The joke was a huge one in the
minds of many people and was much
enjoyed by them; but 1 did not appre
ciate it so highly"
There is a little sequel to this joke
which the general did not relate. The
name of the jocose stable-man was
Harrison Scott, and during the war,
after Grant had captured Donelson
and Vicksburg, and was recognized as
a mighty commander Of men, he was
riding along the lines one night hear
ing abstractedly the roll-call.
Suddenly the name Harrison Scott"
was called and voice answered.
Here"
Grant pulled up his horse. The cap
tain saluted. The general faced the
company. His low voice was heard by
every man.
Harrison Scott step forward
The man came forward briskly but
nervously.
The generals low voice seemed men
acing as he said:
Yes, SIR
Report to me at headquarters to-
morrow morning.
Harrison was too scared to reply or
salute and the general rode away.
You're in for it, my boy" was the
unfeeling comment of Harrisons COM
rades and it certainly looked like it.
It's a case of courtmartial and a ball
and chain. That little joke of yours
which you've Dragged about has got
another end to it,
The hostler had strong thoughts of
deserving, but concluded to face the
music.
The next morning he walked merry
ously into the generals tent. Grant
| looked up.
"Sit down Harrison When did you
leave Bethel? How are all the folks, -
and he inquired minutely about all the
people of Bethel and Georgetown and
together they laughed over the joke
about the cadet uniform.
At the close, the general said:
IT glad to see you Harrison. When
you write, remember me to the folks
at Bethel
This is the tale they tell in Bethel to
this day.
Chilten White his old playmate and
comrade in the Mexican war told me
of calling upon General Grant in New
York the last time he saw him They
talked till o'clock in the morning
about Georgetown and old friends
whom Grant was never to see again,
and Grant came away feeling that the
generals heart was turning more and
more lovingly towards his boyhood' S
home. It's peace and serenity appealed
to him and the memory of his mother
seemed somehow inwrought with every
memory of boyish memory of the
quaint little town in the Ohio forest
Tt was curious study to me-this
village estimate of a great general
These people had changed so little, he
so much. Their lives were so static
his so dynamic, and yet they did not
hesitate to estimate his powers and tc
condemn or praise with instant readi-
ness. He was only their like, uplifteo
and aggrandized by circumstances
They We're all little Napoleons in then
own right. They had small perception
and no knowledge at all of the talent
the deep-hid powers which made
Ulysses Grant of almost limitless re.
sources in time of need.
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