Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1893 — Grant's Reticence. [ARTICLE]

Grant's Reticence.

Gen. Horace Porter was for: years and at a dinner, at which the: latter was present some time before his death, he related the following story initiating Grant’s reputation for silent e: “I am reminded by seeing Geo. Grant here to-night, of an incident which occurred when he was making that marvelous tour through New England, just after the war. The train stopped at a station in the country. The General was standing on the rear platform of the last car. At that time, as you know, he had a great reputation for silence, for it was before he made this brilliant series of speeches before the New England Club. They spoke of reticence, a quality which New Englanders admire so much in others. While standing there, there was a commotion in the crowd, and as it opened a large, tall, gaunt-looking woman came down towards the car out of breath. Taking her spectacles off from the top of her head and putting them on her nose, she put her arms akimbo and, looking up: said: ‘Well, I have just come down here a-runnin’ two miles, just on a jump, to get a look at the man who lets the women do all the talkin'.’ ”