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THE
CHEMAWA
AMERICAN
SWORDS OF GENERAL GRANT
bill got loose, and the hustle to find it
In the National museum at Washing was simply a tragedy. A clerk in the
ton there is a valuable collection of pension office wanted to give a hundred-
swords which belonged to General Grant dollar bill to his mother for a birthday
and were presented to him on various present. He sent Jackson, the colored
occasions during his military career. messenger of the commissioner of pen
The general prized these swords very sion, down to the treasury department
highly and at the time of his bankruptcy with a lot of small change to get a new
gave them as a security for loan. He $100 bill. Jackson, instead of putting
afterwards recovered them with the the bill in his pocket, as he thought he
proceeds of his fatuous Memoirs, which had, tucked it into a wrinkle in his shirt.
he wrote while slowly dying. One of It spilled out, and landed on the floor
the swords was presented to him at the of the treasury department, however,
capture of Fort Donelson. On this and there they told him he could not
occasion, one of his officers, noticing have gone far if he wanted to. It had,
that the enemy’s haversacks were filled been picked up by the ti i.e he got back,
with rations, reported the fact to (¡rant and put back in the vaults with the
with the words,’"They have come out pre expectation that whoever had lost it
pared to fight for several days.” Grant, would come after it.
shaking his head slowly, replied: ‘ This
RANDOM.
means retreat. Soldiers don’t fill their
I he grain is doing nicelv.
haversacks this way unless they are
planning to decamp. Now then, one
I he farmers are very busy plowing
more sharp attack and we will end this down at the lake.
fight.
Frank Madison returned to Cheinawa
A little later Grant took possession of
last week from Washington.
the fort, and in honor of his triumph a
Mrs. A bn Logan, of Toledo Oregon,
handsome sword was presented to him
by G. W. Graham, C. C. March, C. W. was visiting her son, James, at the
Lagout and John Cook. It is gei erally school this week.
known as the “Sword of Donelson.” and
Felix Isadore is now back at his old
is the one which Grant was most fond work as a gardener. Mr. Westley says
of wearing.
Felix can plow some.
There are three other famous swords
•Joe Bittles succeeded in making the
which were presented to Grant on occa training table in the trv-out on Monday
sions similar to that« f his victoy at Fort afternoon. He came in fourteenth.
Donelson. They are all beautifully en
The connecting of the pipes in the
graved and rest in the National museum,
small boys’ lavatory will be finished
the favorite relics of General Grant.—Ex. soon by Mr. Smith, Mr. VanTassel and
their details.
CHASING A BIG BILL.
There were people tearing their hair
at tne treasury department in Washing
ton the other day. A hundred-dollar
Mr. Jones, a speculator, of Jefferson,
Oregon, purchased 210 bushels of potatoes
from the school last week. They bought
80 cent per.