Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1877 — A Picture of Geu. Zachary Taylor. [ARTICLE]

A Picture of Geu. Zachary Taylor.

Gen. James Shields thus describes his first interview with Gen. Taylor: “ I was sent with my brigade to report to him on the Rio Grande. After getting my command into camp I put on the most showy uniform 1 had, and spent much time in rigging up to do honor to such an occasion as the meeting with the Commander-in-Chief of the army of occupation. Arrived at headquarters I inquired for Gen. Taylor, and was shown into a tent by the orderly who went away to announce me. Presently entered a hard-featured but still very benevolent-faced man, quite undersized, who, from his appearance, would easily have been taken for a wagoner. A great flapping straw hat crowned his head, he had no collar, a linen coat, and the coarse pantaloons he wore had no suspicion of rank about them, and his unstockened feet were covered by common infantry shoes. While I was trying to figure out in my mind what this ap--parition could be he grasped my hand and heartily exclaimed: ‘ I’m very glad to see you here, Gen. Shields, and will cut out some work for your command before long.’ And this was actually Gen. Zachary Taylor, one of the bravest, kindest and noblest of men that ever lived. ” Hon. William E. Smith, the Republican nominee for Governor of Wisconsin, is a wholesale grocer in Milwaukee. He was State Treasurer from 1866 to 1870, has served in both branches of the Legislature, and was Speaker of the House in 1871. He is a Scotchman by nativity, having come to this country when a boy.