Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1895 — GENERAL GRANT’S LOG CABIN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GENERAL GRANT’S LOG CABIN.

In Danger of Destruction in a Philadelphia Pleasure Ground. Grant’s log cabin, one of the sacred mementos of the lamented "general and a valuable relic of the war, which has had no special protection since it was placed in Fail-mount Park, will be carried away piecemeal by relic hunters unless some guard is deailed to shield it from vandalism, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. It is now in a mutilated and dilapidated condition and needs immediate protection. The front and rear doors remind one of a country schoolhouse in New England, where the boys are allowed to carve their names or initials with unrestrained freedom, for both are literally covered with various letters of the alphabet and designs. When the cabin was put up a printed copy of the late Adam Badeau’s communication vouching for the genuineness of the cabin as the one used by General Grant while giving orders to Sheridan, Sherman and other officers was nailed to each door. The one that was in the rear is gone. Whether it was stofe'i or beaten down by storms is not known. Relic gatherers have not only hacked out big pieces, but have carried away some of the upright logs that support the roof and the southern side of the structure. The removal of these timbers must have required considerable

time and effort, for they were securely fastened at by long, old-fash-ioned spikes, to those used to hold rails to sleepers on railroads. One log is half way dislodged, as though the person who was attempting to steal it was f away before he could complete bis' vandalism. The other timbers supporting the building are apparently sound. . doors of the cabin are kept locked, and as yet the vandals have refrained from forcing an entrance. There is no guard around the cabin and never has been one. The cabin belongs to the estate of the late George H. Stuart, who was presented the relic by General Grant.

GRANT'S LOG CABIN.