The sun., 1872-10-03
In HIS HUNDREDTH YEAR.
A MAN VINO KNOWS SOMETHING
zBOUT PRESIDENTS.

children They MAKO tho
Bucksaw for Beuduets He Voted foy
| washington and will Vote for Greeley.
Ninety-nine years ago, Oct. /, Mr.. Rich.
| ard Pauson was born in log cabs7 hear the
banks OF the Hackensack rver,u sew miles from
| where now stands the pretty village Of Hacken-
J. sack, Bergen county, N. ]. Then, instead OF
| smiling farms and orchards crimson and gold
| with ripened frultage, that aow make that part
| OF the State glad and gay, bowling wilderness
| stretched far to the west and south, and 1t was
| only a bow-shot to the frontier. All Bergen
| county has changed eJ gept Mr.. Richard PAUL.
| son.
| Yesterday he pointed out to the Sun reporter
| the places where the Hessian cut-throats
| bivouacked as they came back red-handed from
the Tappan murder, in which portion Of Light
foot Lees most gallant light horsemen were
butchered to make a c'ayen towards holiday.
THE CENTENARIAN's LEvEE.
For months past Mr.. Paulson's descendants TO
| tho nfth generation have contemplated giving
| him surprise in the way OF family gathering
| Late on Monday evening his daughter-in-law,
| whose husband manages Mr.. Paulson's extensive
| farm, said to him, "There will be several Of tho
children at home to celebrate your birthday to-
morrow" The old gentleman was delighted,
and seemed to have only one regret,and that was
that some Of his great-great grand children with
| their families from the far West could not be
| present. For" said he, 81 am getting a little
old now, and would like to see them"
Little did he dream Of what Tuesday would
| bring forth. Early In the afternoon of that day
| he took his accustomed walk over the farm, and
| after returning to the house picked up a buck
saw and began saving wood for the stove in hia
own private room.
THE CHILDREN ARRIVE.
| About that time the boys and girls began 70
arrive, ,h ihey were 40 OF every age, from three
as white as December snow and the clustering
curls OF Others were more golden than the sun
| there that were mellow In their witchery more
than half century ago, and the lsplng words
OF babyhoOd, among the gatherers. They came
In coaches, carriages, on foot and from every
where. From New York, from Cairo, ILL., from
nent Beyond the Mississippi @ from si Paterson, ATE SOM
Hackensack, Englewood, Philadelphia, aud
scores of places besides.
The good old gentleman was speechless with
surprise when he saw them coming. They took
the buck;saw out Of his hands, and almost
| smothered him with kisses and bouquets. The
granddaughter OF his favorlte son-fresh from
| the banks OF the ississippi-threw her arms
around his neck, and covered his lips with
| kisses. But II is impossible to describe tho
scene. There was the sheen Of happy tears in
too many throats for words For half AN hour
tho golden cloquencc Of silence hung like a
spell about the old mansion, and kissing and
handshaking Hled the interregnum.
WHAT THEY GAVE THE OLD GENTLEMAN.
a great many hundredth-year gifts began to
arrive and MIR. Pauson's happy children ushered
him into the parlOr to present them. First they
placed him in an easy chair, In green Parsian
silk reps, with straw-colored ornements and am
flower basket filed with the rarest native and
exotic blossoms, as odorous as the Gardens OF
Gull Festoons OF flowers were hung about his
neck and shoulders, and storm OF bouquets
was rained at his feet. Some brought beautiful
books treating on religious subjects, while each
one had some rarely modest present, which
made the old man happy beyond the power OF
words To express. lie could only smile back to
the 1OyOus Gathering the ineXDrpsgilla fulupaz
FAMILY DINNER.
When at last they had almost kissed the old
gentleman TO death, a procession was formed,
which was led 10y him to the long verandah at
the rear Of the mansion, and the Paulsons OF nye
generation sat down to a family dinner. Ii was
an old fashioned dinner, and partaken OF In tho
good Old fashioned style. The venerable patri:
the blessings Of the Giyer Of every good and per-
feet gift holds the universe in the hollow
Of His hand and feeds the young ravens when
then they were seated and for an hour discussed
the viands. Homemade currant wine which
would have done honor to the hypogcum OF
s!d9nian AstaIte, followed, and afteTward tho
nlial banqueters arose and enjoyed themselves
In variety OF ways during the evening.
TALK WITH MR. PAULsoN.
Yesterday morning the SUN reporter again
walked from the Mansion House at Hackensaek
TO Mr.. Paulsons farm. Only few OF his chill
dren remained at the mansion. His daughters
in-law received the reporter ana at once cons
Quoted him To Mr.. Paulson's private study. Tho
grand old patriarch, who stands full six feet and
Is straight as an arrow, arose and grasped tho
reporter by the hand. The furniture Of tho
study is plain, rich, and substantial. But two
pictures adorn the room, and they are placed on
either side of "A bronze eight-day clock. They
are handsome portraits II James Knox polk
and George NJ, Dallas. \ large number OF reii-
gious books all bearing the imprint Of London
publishing houses prior to Ii3 cover q centre
table and I'LL IA niche In the all. safe the re-
porter, You were born under AN English King.
MIR. Paulson-Yes; but hope TO die under a
true republic, administered by true Republl-
"A " Ia pRH
ashamed OF the plough.
Reporter-You OF have voted for several Presl-
Mr. Paulson-For all OF them since Washing
toms second term-but II was only at the timo
81 Jenerson's election that party lines vera
drawn. Adams was good man, but Pickering
and Pinckney and Hamilton led him astray. Ha
attempted ccntrallzation, and that called into
existence the Republicans Democratic party.
heporter-Then you became Democrat when
MIR. Paulson-Yes, differed with my father
and brothers, but they told me nearly seyety
years ago that was right,
:, Reportor-What induced you to become a
Democrat2
Mr.. Paulson-well, can remember, although
boy at the time, how wv were pressed here ia
bergen county by the British forces. | havs
seen the lIessian Rangers ride along that road
up there, when 1t was all woods-l heard of tho
Iappan murder saw the villains as they camo
back, and made up my mind that We never
ought to have king In this country.
keporter-But was there danger Of a king al
that or any other time
Mr.. Pauson-Nes. The election Of jefferson
ated the republic
Reporter-Then, OF course you remember all
about the administrations Of the different prcsi-
dents, VIII you please give me your current
recollection of thcmI
Mr.. Paulson-JeGerson was the greatest man
OF gu oi Them; We tried John Adams, but
ne had that old alien and sedition business in
hin' and we had To give him up. I'm afraid tho
Adamses think that they have the blue blood in
their veins. Then came Madison, Monroe, Quiu.
cy Adams and Jackson, who saved the country
a second bme. Jackson crushed a rebellion
without blood when he said, "By the Eternal,
the mon must and snail be preserved
Rcportcr-Hut, Mir. pdulson, ! was told hy tho
late Judge Hay ward, Gen. Iacksuu~ private sre-
retary, that Old Hickory was a Christian and
never swure.
+ ~. rani,oiT-'nVi i.iAbrS-sS.r~s~r,r 1s.As ar--
oath as That Whether he Swure u or not. II Nc q
always had JHcks6ns for Presidents they'd hiNd
crushed all rebelnns without shedding oceans
ul blood. There was Van Buren, and Harrtsunt
and Tyler, and Pnlk, and Taylor, and Im re,
ana Pierce, and Jimmy buchanan, and Abraham
Lincoln, and johnson, aud Grant. There w,ru
700 many bad c9unsellQrs about them. What
we t0 want Is an honest President
Reporter-Nell, MIR. laulson, as you have been
voting Tor President ever since the corner -tuul
ot the republic was laid, have You any uuIyuti.u
70 telling me for whom you intend TO vote lA
November UpNtf