Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-12-17
STORIES OF MRS. GRANT
Incidents In the Life Of the Fa-
nous Warriors Widow.
CONCEPTION OF DOUBLE TOMB IDEA

4 View Of the Burial Place Of Ferai-
nsaA and Isabella First suggested
Il t. the General on HIS Foreign
Tsa~An illustration Of His Tender
Devotion to His wife-How He Pro-
posed to Her.
With the passing away Of Mrs. Julia
Dent Grant another link to that turbu-
lent civil period which witnessed the
greatest activity and untiring energy
Of her illustrious husband has been
severed, says the New York American.
In sympathy with the great affection
which existed between General and
Mrs. Grant and following the wishes
Of the general, found In his own hand
writing after his death, the committee
which planned the noble memorial on
the banks of the Hudson made pro-
vision for the placing of Mrs. Grants
remains beside those of her husband
after her death.
1t was during General Grants IA.
nous tour Of the world, upon which
Mrs. Grant accompanied him, that the
famous warrior conceived the idea Of
double tomb for himself and wife.
With clasped hands they were view.
ing the tomb of Ferdinand and Isa-
bella Of Spain.
Julie" said Grant. that is how we
should be buried. when it comes our
time to die"
After his death a note was found
among Grants papers in which he ex-
planned that while West Point was tho
spot where he would prefer to rest he
was aware that under military regula-
lions his wife could not be buried there
with him, wherefore he desired to be
buried either In Galena or New York.
adding that he mentioned New York
because the people of that city had en-.
deared themselves to him by their al
ways generous treatment Of him.
The story Of her married life 10
largely that Of both their lives. Mrs.
Grant, who IN her later years devoted
much time to her pen, has written
charmingly Of her experiences with the
hero Of Appomattox.
General Grant was my brothers
cAum at West Point" she wrote in her
"Reminiscences. ut was an odd coin
cidence that after they graduated my
brother was sent to distant post.
while Lieutenant Grant was stationed
at Fort Jefferson, few miles from
our plantation In st. Louis. Several
months later came the Mexican war,
and Lieutenant Grant went away. Be-
fore he left for the front had prom
ised to be his wife.
"When the Mexican war ended, Lieu
tenant Grant came back with laurels
and a eaptaincy, and we were married.
Soon after Captain Grant was ordered
to a western post, and for several years
he did frontier duty.
Captain Grant, however. was bet
ter soldier In time Of war than of
peace. He was happy in the fight and
din of battle, but restless in the bar
racks. He resigned from the. army and
took a plantation in Missouri and went
to farming. This was the first real Go
nestle life we had experienced since
our marriage.
"My' tenderest memories cluster
around the old farm. 1t was there our
children were born, and it was the first
place the captain and l had that we
could call home. When the civil war
broke out, the captain drilled COM
pany and volunteered his services.
1T was some time before my husband
would consent to my Joining him, and
then with what eagerness took up life
at his side in soldiers camp! did not
miss the comforts, the anxiety was SO
greatly lessened, and who could think
Of luxuries with cannons booming and
bullets flying and the strains Of mar
tial music swelling every fiber with pa
triotism"
When General Grant decided to pro-
pose to Miss Julia Dent, who became
his wife, he started for the Dent farm
on horseback. On the way he had to
cross Gravois creek, in which usually
there is very little water and over which
at that time there were no bridges. A
freshet had converted the stream into
torrent says the New York Times, but
Grant urged his horse into the water,
determined not to be turned back from
his purpose.
The horse was soon of his feet and
swimming with his rider down the