The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-08-13
a REMINlscENeE OF MARTIN VAN

NY dHcCuOte VI MaftiH dn buren, and a
Kinderhook shoemaker
In the summer of 1911 we were an an.
i prentice in the office of 6 The Lynx a
newspaper printed in Onondaga-Hol
by Thomas Crittenden Fay. Among the
village politicians was shoemaker of the
name of Brown, who had worked at Kin.
derhook long enough to imbibe high es.
innate OF Martin Van Buren,, who, in his
estimation, was tile beau ideal of repub-
I'canism and eloquence. Brown talked So
much and so warmly of his Kinderhook
friend, that we came to regard him with
equal admiration. The printing office
and shoemader's shop were in the same
building. One afternoon. while sitting bv
our oracle. who was Z. waxing his end
the stage drove past, and Brown, to his
lnexpresslble delight, espied Mr. Van
Buren, among the passengers He was
i'll ecstacies. The strap and lapstones
were thrown aside. and having performed
his ADDITIONS, the warm-hearted shoe
maker fastened to the stage house (kept
| by John Adams to interchange greetings
with his friend. We, anxious to see a
Republican whom we had been taught to
admire, walked respectfully along on the
opposite side Of the street; Mr. Van Buren,
was strutting with a peacock's air and
plumage on the piazza. Brown approach
ed Mr. Van Buren, eagerly, took his hand
and gave it hearty shake before he dis
covered that the great man had forgotten
him! ".Why, sir, my name is Brown. !
am your old associate and friend. We
have passed many days and nights to-
gether. You cannot have forgotten me!!''
but he had forgotten him and after few
embarrassed inquiries and artificial replies.
the repulsed friend walked off panied and
mortified to see protesting Republican
play the practical Aristocrat. THE poor
ljourneyman shoemaker spoke no more of
Martin Van Buren, and in few days
afterwards, packed up his kit and with
a wounded spirit tramped' out of the
village.
We have a distinct recollection of Van
Buren's looks and manner on that occa-
sion. They were supercilious and fop-
pish. He was the same coxcomb and
dandy then that he is now. We hated
and despised him then for thus heartlessly
insulting an hum BILE admirer and friend,
and all that we have seen and known of
him since, has led us to hate and despise
him still more.''
If we were to ask an office Of President
Van Buren,, we should prefer that of Quar-
termaster in Florida. An humble one,
you would say, but mighty profitable
We have heard of quarter master who
was sensible enough TO resign, and who
on salary of forty dollars month, re.
tired with fortune of $l50,000!!
"How happy the soldier who lives on his pay,
And spends half a crown out Of sixpence n day. >
OLD SoNG.
AS to ending the Florida war. we new.
err should think of it until we had sailed
down $l50,0OO by chartering steamboats,
at $500 per day, paying soldiers in cur
rency worth only 60 cents to the dollar
and charging the government par, and
buying bacon at three quarters Of cent
and selling it for eighteen cents. Let's &c
to the direct tao, Uncle Sam pays for all
~. Y. Star.
A YOUNG WH1G.--While the grea,
| Wing procession was passing the streets
of Baltimore, venerable looking man
was observed to watch their progress with
great interest, and discovering the banner
of the state to which he belonged, he join.
ed the procession.-Some persons who
knew, remarked 10 him that this was
procession of Young Wings, supposine
he had made mistake. The old gentle.
man replied. 81 know it--and there is no
a younger Wing here than I am-tfor j
acas a loco foco ,oatil yesteraay."-sa
lem Gazette.
a third Candidate for the Presidency
"A traveller, stopping the other day ii
Indiana at Buckeye Cabin, just big
enough to hold Queen Nab in. for drink
of water, inquired of the old lady of the
house how Van Buren, was going to run
in that neighborhood. Not very well
guess, replied the old lady.
How will Harrison rum asked the
stranger. He'll run pretty well; hear a
good deal said about him; but there is an
old man they call TIP, that will beat EN-
both all hollow in these parts
AN ILLusrRATloN.-Mr Baer, black.
smith from Ohio, is exciting much atten.
ton in Pennsylvania. and other States. as
an eloquent advocate Of wing principles.
AS an instance Of his tact, the Harrisburg
Chronicle gives the following as the man.
ner in which he hit off Amos Kendall and
his well known propensity: He sale
that a few nights since he dreamed ;
dream. In the course Of his travels hi
CHANGED TO meet Satan. WELL says hi.
1 Majesty, you have been travelling owe
the country good deal Of late. havn'
your Yes was the reply. Well, how
do the wings come on?' %, very well,
] why. / thought they were all split up
some for Webster. some for Clay, ant
some for Harrison?' They were little
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