Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-03-07

ner elder sister, Mary, was marIled "
Cranch, the father preached from the text
Mary hath chosen that good part which
shall not be taken from her. When Abb
gail was to be married, the parson told her
she might select the text from which he
would preach the marriage sermon Know
ing all the circumstances, she chose the
following John came neither eating bread,
nor drinking wine, and they say he had a
devil Her letters to her son, John Quin-
cy Adams. since published by her grandson,
Charles Francis Adams, had much to do
in moulding the character of John Quincy
Adams.
The house in which John Quincy Adams
was born is still standing at the foot Of
PENIS Hill, in the town of Quincy, about
mile from the old mansion erected by
John Adams. which has been the residence
of two Presidents of the United States, and
is now in the possession of Charles T.
Adams, at present member Of Congress
from the district so long represented by
his father. This house is a specimen of
Puritanieal taste, standing sidewise to the
street, two-story in front, and sloping back
to one. 1t might well remind Philadel-
phian of the taste which laid out Boston in
crooked, narrow streets, zig gag lanes and
sharp-angled houses.
From -Penn's Hill $50 called near the
house, at the age of ten years, Adams heard
the cannon booming from Bunker Hill, saw
the smoke and fame of burning Charles
town, and watched the shells and rockets
thrown by the American army during the
siege of Boston.
Nr. A. was remarkably man of study,
He said, If the day were fOrty-eight in
stead of twenty-four hours long, he could
employ them all
He thought Sir Philip Sidney the author
of the Letters of Junius.'
Mr.. AS filial affection was strong, es-
pecially for his mother. At her death he
said, This is one of the sorest Affections to
which human existence is liable. The sill
yer cord is loosed.
Mr.. A. was an early riser. Often had
the speaker met him on returning home
from his mornings walk more than two
miles from his residence. When seventy
five years old, he preferred to walk rather
than ride from his residence into Boston, a
distance of eight miles He said, He had
noticed that those had the best legs who
used them the most
Like Stephen Girard, he always wore
shoes He was a friend to education. The
speaker related a case of young man who
asked Mr.. A. to recommend him to the
Military Academy at West Point. IF you
are going to come out one of the best schol-
ars in your class said Mr.. A, i should
ike to recommend you, but not otherwise;
for if you come out at the tail end you will
be sent off to fight the Indians
Mr.. A. was remarkable for punctuality.
He was never known to be tardy. When
a member of the House of Representatives
said the time had come to call the House
to order, another replied, NO; Mr.. A. is
not in his seat The clock was actually
three minutes too fast, and before these
three minutes had expired, Mr.. A. was in
his seat. He was as punctual in small as
in great things.
He was remarkable for reading the BIZ
bic. In the most busy periods of his life,
his custom was to read five chapters a day
in the Bible, and he usually clinched his
own private declarations and his public ad-
dresses with some well-chosen passage of
Scripture.
Mr.. A. was parsimonious of both time
and money. He saved more while at the
White House than any other President
Perhaps he was too parsimOnious.
Mr. A. was strictly moral man. Few
public men have observed so strictly all
the laws and rules of society and the fami-
ly as he did. This is worthy of all COM
mcndatiOn in man of his standing filling
the highest place in the gift of his country
the highest in the gift of the world.
Mr.. A. was temperate man, and the
speaker had heard him address his fellow
citizens in his native town on this sub
ject.