The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-12-25


Jefferson at home. Mr Jefferson wis lin
ihe language oil Caplain Bacon) sx feet
i.o and hal. inches high, well propor-
toned and straight. as ennbarrel. n , had
no surplus flesh. He was very slong
and he had a machine for measuriuaslnng,h
Very lew nen have seen Try il, ware as
strong as his son.in law, Thomas Mann
Randolph but Mr.. Jefferson was s,r onger
than he. He enjoyed the best of he 9TH
was never really sick in his life until h ) last
sickness. His skin was pnre-just Is he
was in principle, ), continued Bacon ,em phati-
cally) be had blue eyes aud kir dness
marked his counienance, which bore a se-
renely mild expression; he was never dis
iurbed Captain Bacon referred to IA siugle
instance in illustration: On one occasion
eleven thousand bushels of wheat WIRE in
the mill the rain fell in torrents, when the
water was already high, dnrine ag entire
night, got up early and went 10 the dam
soou il began TO break aud saw The whole
swept away never sli worse in nv lie.
! ~eni to see Mr. Jefferson about il. He
bad just come from breakfast. On seeing
me he Inquired if had heard from Il e mill
dam Irepied hat had jus, com, from
there, and that The dam was all swept away
He replied calmly as though nothing had
happened, that we must build tenn porary
one for this season, and that next simmer
we would make dam that could lot be
washed away
MIR Jefferson was always an early riser,
and generally rode out al day break before
! have never found him in bed, though Of
zen having occasion to see him very early
in the morning. | thought several times
when | went at an Gnu.ually early hour
that would 6nd hIm in bed-but II ere he
wond be walking on The terrace tihe Cap
tain closing with his favori,e expr sssion)
straight as gun barrel. (Laughier.) He
never had a servant 10 make a fire in his
room he always had quantity o ashes
in :he fire place, and usually kept be fire
alive by covering il, doing the work with
his own hands. He did not use lob acco in
any form, ,-(applause y he never used a pro-
fame word nor anything like it; he never
played al cards | Fever saw a carl in The
house at Monticello, and his overse,rs had
particular orders 10 suppress card playing
among the negroes. never saw any dan
cling in his house. He was never a great
eater. but what he ale was very choice :;
never ale much hog meat, and he told me
when gave out food for the servants, for
one week, that it was more than he would
Guinea fow! also ale lwosbf hree linds OF
flesh, particularly lamb. He was a $50 very
fond OF ffuii and vegetables, and ra sed ev-
cry variety. In his dress he was vey neat
he wore short breeches aud bright buckles.
When he rode on horseback he wore over
alls
Mr. Jefferson never deharred him elf from
hearing any preacher that came along. An
instance of his Iberaliiy aud pecu Iiarity is
given. poor Baptist named Richter
preached sermon near his estate, ard Mr..
JefIerson-hs was quite old then had his
STOOL with which a servant acco Dpanied
him, carried TO the place. where h, sal du-
ring the delivery of lhe sermon. AT the
close some one proposed hat The hin shoud
be passed around 10 collect the means of
purchasin. horse Tor Brother Rilcher-
Without waiting for tho hat MIR Jefferson
goi off his stool, placed his han1 in his
pocket, taking thence a considers bic sum
(neither he nor any one else knew the
amouni) and striding up 10 the preacher,
gave il to him with his best wis hes He
then took his departure
He was very kind to the poor. When he
came home from Washington, those people
were the first 10 find il out. and came ask
ing for assistance. He gave then noIes 20
me- directing me what 10 give them |
knew them meter than he, and told him
some of ihem were uudeservina, but he
said he could roi resist their appeals. Fl.
nally. he placed The mater in my hands.
but these people would not coms 10 me,
and they often indnced him 10 de part from
his rule, giving them orders, which some
times Gid not fill. In 1916 corn was bad
ly injured by frost, there was Inuch dis
Iress. MIR Jefferson directed me 10 obtain
Tor our own use, from a locality rloi far of.
whefs the crop was no, injured, thirty bar.
re;s ol meal al $40 per barrel tul before
| conld have it convey ed TO The estate he
had given away orders enough 10 poor peo-
pie 10 iuclude nearly the whole mount.
Mr Jefferson was very parlicu or in The
transaction ol all his business, al d always
had written statement about everything,
SO that knew exactly wha, to do. (Dr.
Pierson read The instructions Mr. Jefferson
had left with Bacon when he wen to Wash.
iugion.) He kept an account OF everything
rels.isig TO his iarm, and knew e, acty how
much of everything was raised, on what