The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1870-06-09
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Something About Andy
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From the En9zslIie. grean chr0alcIe,
Ex-President johnson is at last
quietly enconsced ia his home iD
Greenyillc, Tenn It is, perhaps,
no secret to well,infortnctl persons
that Mr.. johnson, dnring his
service IN public life, succeeded ii
saving a fair shardl from bis salarI
les Hesis now In very easy cir
cumstances- s-aad, IN. fact, III. his
section, might wei be called q
wealthy man. His business capac
fityseerns 20 be above the average
of pubic mems foF in his invest
ments and business relations he
manifests considerable shrewdncss
and tact. Sometime before his Re.
tirement from the White House he
tpurehascd q very Desirable farm of
350acTeson which IS built very
fine douripg mill nth splendid wa.
I. ter power, The IL "a lies adjacent
Ito Henderson- -ndg called Home
Station--soA1s bi lnflas anse oi
IGreenviIle, on the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia, Railroad-
and is considered good upland
farm. 1t has been much improved
by Mr.. johnson, with the aid of
Fertilizers and a modern system OF
farming. The care Of misplace is
under the more immediate super
vision Of Ey Senator David T. Pat.
terson, Mr. Johnson's son-in law,
who>lives on the farm. to
The ex-President and lady live
in the old residence at Greenville,
near the former tailorshop, where
years ago the good people of
Greene county wept to have their
homespun fitted and made to order.
The then plain village tailor had
not yet aspired to the position of
AldAman of his yillage-the first
round of the ladder upon which he
climbed to the White-house. His
Iold patrons and neighbors are now
his frequent visitors, and recount
to him the little incidents and ex-
periences Of their early lives. AM
drew johnson has always been a
demagogue. His early political
life was eminently successful.
The ex-President has recently
purchased the large brick block
known in Greenyille as the Lowery
block. The purchase was made
for cash, at very low terms -proba-
bly, not'more than half of its real
value. It is generally believed in
Greenyille that he viii soon estab-
llish a bank. He has the means,
and has been frequently urged to
do SO for the convenience of the
business men of that and adjoining
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-President spends most
of his time in study. He writes q
great deal, and it is generally sup,
posed that he contemplates soon
publishing a book which shall be a
defence of "my policy" and his ad-
Ininistration. He has some visitors
from a distance, and during court
sessions his house is daily filed
from early morning till night, by
his friends from the country, who
think him the greatest man of the
age.
The people of the whole country
will be interested in hearing some
thing of the very estiInable and
pleasant ladies who did the honors
of the White House with so much
credit during Mr.. Johnson's admin
istration. Mrs. Stoyer, who made
many friends during her residene,
| in Washington, married a worthy
merchant of Greenville som,
months ago. She isnow plain Mrs
Brown, wife Of the village mer
chant, but carries to her now quie
home all the modcsty and dignitl
that graced the executive mansion
Mrs. Patterson is with her hus
band ON the farm at Home Station