Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1879 — A Story of LaFayette. [ARTICLE]

A Story of LaFayette.

Cincinnati Commercial. - May 29th, 1826, LaFayette, the French Republican who very material-, ly assisted in making America a land of freedom, visited Cincinnati. The occasion of his visit was made a grand holiday; A deputation of prominent citizens was sent down on a steamboat to meet the distinguished visitor, and the two steamboats containing the committee and the illustrious guest, came up the river lashed together. Cannon thundered, bands played and the people shouted themselves hoarse. Chi landing LaFayette was received by the Governor and a large procession of military mid citizens. At night the city was illuminated, and a grand ball was given at the Cincinnati Hotel, which was attended by the elite of the infant American Paris. Lafayette was described as being a tall man, slightly bent in form, with his gray hair tied back. He was then accompanied by his son, George Washington. One of the pleasing incidents of his visit was his meeting with old Mother Monhank, a German woman who had nursed him during his captivity at Olmuts. The aged warrior clasped the wrinkled old woman lovingly around the neck and kissed her many times in the presen oe of the assembled multitude.