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NEW YORK TIMES
June 16, 1885

ULYSSES S. GRANT'S SUMMER TRIP. PREPARING TO START FOR MOUNT MCGREGOR TODAY.

General Grant's household was thoroughly upset yesterday with preparations for a departure today for Mt. McGregor, where change of air and scenery will hopefully rouse the patient from his debilitated condition. Wagons and safe deposit companies were at the front door all day long to cart away silver and other valuable property that have blocked the hallway since morning.

The General was a silent, if not listless, witness to these proceedings. He knew what they meant, but was too languid to show much interest in them. Dr. Douglas joined the family in trying to rouse him to pleasant anticipations of the trip and the benefits to be derived from it, but the gaiety was forced upon the sufferer. While the General showed no dissent from the buoyant future laid before him, he was in no condition to build bright hopes for himself. Dr. Douglas told reporters that the trip was being made none too soon, for the General could not long withstand the heat and malarial atmosphere of the neighborhood.

The doctor was not ready to admit that the General's condition had reached the critical point, but he expressed much concern at the loss of the General's voice. For three days he has not been able to speak about a hoarse and small whisper. His attendants can hear him only if they very close to him. This is due to the enlargement and swelling of the neck. This swelling has heretofore been the only exterior sign of the disease.

The General has only been out two or three times in the past month and has wasted noticeably in that time. One who has frequently seen him of late said yesterday that he does not believe he weighs even 125 pounds now. All of the family except U.S. Grant, Jr. will go to Mr. McGregor with the General. They will start at 9:00 o'clock in the morning from Grand Central Station. The train is a special one from Mr. Vanderbilt and will go to Saratoga. Then the party will be transferred to the narrow gauge railroad that runs to it destination, a distance of 11 miles. Then they will go directly to Mr. Drexel's cottage, which they will occupy. Dr. Douglas will accompany them and remain with them. The General will take his nurse and body servant with hand a maid will attend to the ladies. The family expect to do no cooking at the house, but will have meals sent over to them from the hotel.

The cottage at Mt. McGregor is all ready for the reception and workmen have been busy all day making the final preparations. General Grant and his family are expected to arrive tomorrow at 3:00 o'clock. If the fatigue of the ride should exhaust the patient too much he will be driven at once to Mr. Drexel's residence, where he will spend the night, starting at his earliest convenience to Mt. McGregor Wednesday morning. A wire has been stretched about 100 yards around the house to prevent the approach of curious visitors. A tent was pitched this afternoon ear the building, which will be occupied during the General's stay by a veteran who has offered to do guard duty for his old commander.

 

 

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