Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-15
Andrew Johnson at Home.

From the Knoxville ~Chronicle.l
Ex-President Andrew Johnson is at
last quietly enscOnced in his home in
sire to invade the privacy of the home
circle to crafty the curiosity of the
public, but there has been so much
connected with the remarkable car Ger
of Mr.. JohnsOn-whO has been, per-
haps, more prominently before the
American people for the past twenty
years than any other man-that Is
calculated to keep active the interests
of the masses, that we publish, very
willingly, a few facts connected with
his retirement, which we gather from
a conversation with a friend and
neighbOr.
1t is, PERHAPS, no secret to most
welI-infOrmed persons that Nj. JOhl :
son, during his long service in pub8c
life, succeeded in saving a fair share
from his salaries. He is nOw in very
easy circumstances-and, in fact, in
his section, might well be called a
wealthy man. His business capacity
seems to be above the average of men,
for in his investments and business
relations he manifests considerable
shreWdness and tact. Some time be-
fore his retirement from the White
House he purchased a very desirable
farm of some three hundred and fifty
acres, on which Is built a very fine
Touring mill with splendid water
power. The farm lies adjacent to
Henderson-nOw called Home Sta
tiOn-sOme six miles east of Greene
Vile, on the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railroad-and is cOnsid-
cred a good upland farm. 1t has been
much improvedlby Mr.. johnson, with
the aid of fertilizers and a modern
system of farming. The al of this
place is under the more imm1lse@s
supervision of ex-senator David -
Patterson, Mr.. JOhnsOn'S sOn-in-law,
who lives on the farm.
The ~ex-President and lady live in
the old residence at Greeneville, near
the former tailor shop where, many
a ago, the good people of Greene
county went to have their homespun
fitted and made to order. The then
plain village tailor had not yet ever
aspired to the position of Alderman
of his village-the first round of the
ladder upon which he climbed to the
White House. His old patrons and
neighbors are now his frequent Wis
itors, and recount to him the little
incidents and experiences of their early
lives.
The ex-President has recently pur-
chased the large brick block known
in Greeneville as the Lowery Block.
The purchase was made for cash, at
very low terms-probably not more
than half of its real value. 1t is gen.
orally believed in G~reeneville that he
will soon establish a bank. He has
the means and has been frequently
urged to do so for the convenience of
the business men of that and adjoin-
ing towns. AS it is now, they have
no bank nearer than Knoxville, and
they find it now almost impossible to
do longer without one.
The eX-Presldent spends most of his
time in study. He writes agreat deal,
and ii is generally supposed that he
contemplates soon publishing a book
which shall be a defense of my poll
cy0 and his administration. He has
some visitors from a distance, and
during court sessions his house is daily
filed from early in the morning till
night by his friends from the country,
who think him tAe greatest man of
the age.
The people of the whole country
will be interested in hearing some
thing of the very estimable and pleas
ant ladies who did the honors of the
White House with so much credit
during Mr.. JQbnson's administration.
Mrs. Slower, who made many friends
during her residence in Washington,
married a worthy merchant of Greene
Vile some months ago. She is now
nIain Mrs. Brown, wife of the village
merchant, but carries to her new
ou;et home all the modesty and dig
nity that graeed the Executive Man
sion. Mrs. Patterson is with her hus-
Lnnd on The farm at Home Station.