Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-02

ed around the OF hind foot OF C1ncinnatuS, and
Grant dismounted and UNFINISHED it, examining
the leg in leisurely and deliberate manner, not
withstanding the protests of his companion.
Then, having mounted again, he said: Dent,
when you have got horse you think good
deal of, you should never take any chances with
him. If that wire had been left there little
longer, the animal would have gone dead lame
and he might perhaps have been ruined for life"
To which Dent replied: II am your brother-n-
law, and want no favors on that account but
shall insist upon looking after your personal
safety, and IL you are hurt will try to do better
by you than you did by me in Mexico"
This allusion to happening during the
Mexican war, when Dent, having been wounded
was picked up by Grant and laid for safety upon
a fattopped wall the idea being that Gran.
should come back for him later. Unfortunately
Dent rolled off the wall and broke two or three
ribs, being much worse hurt thereby than by the
shot that had hit him.
During the siege of Richmond 1t is related
Grant making inspection of the docks at
City Point and stopped to look at a couple Of
negroes who we're trying to roll barrel Of bacon
aboard a boat. They we're unable to move 1t.
and a young lieutenant, standing by, said:
Push harder, you niggers or go get another
man to help you"
The commander-inchief of the armies CT the
United States thereupon rolled up his sleeves and
helped roll the barrel aboard The boat, wiped his
hands on his handkerchief, and walked away. It
was not until later that the lieutenant to his
great modification, learned who the man was
Abraham Lincoln once remarked: Grant is
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 put man In command Of the army
he'd come to me with the plan Of campaign,
and about much say, don't believe
can do it, but if you say so I'll try it on'-and so
put the responsibility of failure success upon
m n me- a a
Now, it isn't so with Grant. He hasn't told me
what his plans are. l don't know and don't
want to know | am glad to find man who can
go ahead without me-
A senator's son in one of the departments In
Washington drank hard and was discharged. His
friends gave him up hopeless, and he came
pretty near to the gutter. Then he reformed, and
struggled hard for years to support his family.
President Grant beard about the case, and sent
for him, He said Il want to help you. What
can I do for your"
81 want work replied the young
"You shall have it. Where would you prefer
to go--in new scenes old?"
"Send me, sir, where left blackened record
1 could be useful in my former position"
Grant gave him note to the secretary of the
department asking that the young be rein
stated But. soon he came back, saying: THE
secretary sent out word that my appiics lion
would go on iile" Whereupon the president, 18th
some show CT anger, remarked: You can't put
your wife and children 1le you?' and
gave him another note, saying: Present this in
person, and bring me answer" The answer,
duly returned, was mo vacancies" Grant wrote
in red ink across the face of the note: Make a
vacancy, or / will" But. strange to say, even
this did not accomplish any result
No further notes were exchanged, but on the
next day, after the cabinet meeting. the president
tapped the secretary on the shoulder, and said to
him: whom would you recommend as your
successor"
The secretary having no alternative. wrote his
resignation. AS for the young man. 1t Is related
that he made good" and to a position OF
honor an dignity in the world