The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-28

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Grant dismounted and untwisted it. examining
the leg in leisureay and deliberate manner. not
wfthstandfng the protests Of his companioa.
Then. having mounted again. he said: "Deat,
when you have got . horse you think . good
deal of. you should never take any chances With
longer. the animal would have gone oeaA lame
asd he might perhaps have bssn ruinsd for life"
To which Dont replied: II An your brotAsr-an-
law. and want NO favors on that Account bat
shall insist upon looking after your personal
safety. and II you are hurt will try to % bsttes
BY you than you did by me in Me1ico"
This was IN allusion to happening during the
Mexican war. when Dent having been wounded
was picked up By Grant and laid for safety upoa
. nat-toppsA wall the idea being that Grant
should come back for him later UNFORTUNATELY.
Dent rolled OF the wall and broke two or three
ribs. being much worse hurt thereby than by the
shot that had hit him.
Grant was making an inspection Of the docks 1t
City Point and stopped to look at . couple Of
negroes who were trying to roll . barrel Of bacon
aboard q boat. They were unable to move t.
and a young lieutenant, standing BY. said:
Push harder. you niegers. or 90 get another
man to help you"
The commanderinchief Of the armies Of the
United States thsreupon rolled up his sleeves and
helped roll the barrel aboard the boat wiped his
hands on his handkerchief and walked away. n
was not until later that the lieutenant, to his
great modification. learned who the man was.
Abraham Lincoln once remarked: Grant b
the first general I've had I'll tell you what I
mean, You know how it's been with all the rest
As soon as put man in command Of the army
he'd come to me with the plan Of = campaign,
and about ~ much say. don't believe I
can do It. but II you say 20 I'll try It on-and %
put the responsibility Of failure or success upon
me- They all wanted me TO be the general
It'll II> III
what his plans are don't know. and don't
want to know. am glad to nnd = man who can
go ahead without me-.
A senator's son in Of the departments in
Washington drank hard and was discharged. His
friends gave him UP As hopeless. and hs cams
pretty near to the gutter. Then he reformed. and
struggled hard for years to support bis family
President Grant heard about the case. and sen,
for him He said: Il want to help you. What
do for you!"
"I want work." replied the young man
You shall have it. Where would you pssfs,
to gc-in new scenes old?"
Send me. sir. where left = blackened record
I could be useful in my former position"
Grant gave him . note to the secretary Of tn
department. asking that the young man be rein
stated But soon he came back. saying: The
secretary sent out word that my applicatios
would 70 on nle." whereupon the president, With
some show Of anger, remarked: You can't put
your wife and children on file. can you!" and
gave him another note saying: Present this b
person. and bring me an answer" The answer
duly returned, was mo vacancies" Grant vrota
in red ink across the face Of the note: make Z
vacancy, or I will" But, strange to say. eveI
this did not accomplish any result
No further notes were exchanged but tn
next day, after the cabinet meeting. the presiden
tapped the secretary on the shoulder. and said t.
him: Whom would you recommend ~ you
successor"
The secretary. having no alternative. wrote hi
resignation. As for the young man. it u relats<
that he "made good" and rose to . position d
honor and dignity In the world