The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-08

Mr.. Haulin Garland has spent some
months here al Washington. working upon
his life Of Grant He has already put in
fifteen months of solid labor getting his
material. and he is not yet half through.
He has Travelled over Grants footsteps al
most from his birth 10 his death. and he
savs thar he hops 10 he able 10 tell the
story or Gen. Grant with all the truthful
romance there Is in It. Said he to me the
other night:
Il think the truth about Grant is more
interesting than any novel could he. and
feel teas book can be made which VIII be
historically true and az the same time have
literary merit. NJ book Will be a complete
life 81 Grant. It win give the story Of his
hoyhood. she struggles Of his early man
hood, the bright and dark DAYS OF the civil
war. ana his final triumph snd DEATH
" win IL b. large book - ] asked.
No" replied sir. Garland. 1T viii con-
tain, I suppose about 1860 words. ara
VIII sell for $50 There Will b. Gre edi-
ton published with Illustrations aud enc
which will be printed en- good paper with
cat Illustrations This last Will be my Ia
v0rfte- | hope 50 make II 80 good that IL
VIII re readable without the pictures"
The Feet of the PIoneers
Hssailn Garland has made 4 reputation
Ni;hta the last few years as pact Of
the pioneers The story 81 his own life Ia
quite as interesting as anything he has
ever written. He told X q me the other
night. describing how he was born n Wis
coHS.B. The son Ct . poor farmer. and how
. BE went with his father % Iowa and later
on 10 Dakota. trYtas 80 make e living nv
farming The poems Re hiss written have
been 10 large extent based upon his eu n
experiences. They have the flavor OF the
soil about taeEu. and MS Held ~ Ntera fI7ve
which De considers that 81 the pioneer q
one Ia which he IS Thoroughly AT home
Daring my ohat he inferred ;c his boyhood
On tae farm. and upon r1y suggesting hat
farua work was rot very hard he REPLIED
taat wAs mistaken, and said
] donf Gnow What ya1 raa hard work
oWt II you AsVe ever plQwr& ycu know.
something ~ what work Is pIow@sf sew
enty acres ot lana when 7 was 1e years
ola. AVID mare caeh year after fSaf VA
81 srnau ;has had 20 reach up 70 cat~h
bold % ere handles Of the pioN. bat 7
cid -. ! csa Teuse her ~rlI how srft
wAen I starred os3t for rag erst blowing
in tha sRstns Nj muscles acre then
tea }eF. fne fest sank aowa in the saQ
thTo1trS u-r weiEht era the ankles ard
tendeas IS the feet By shs ens 80 the trSt
. day ! ~&s almost ready 90 0rop wsth
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