The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-12-18
THE PRESIDENTS SALARY.
Bring il Back To the Old Land.
Mark.

4 aFfNtn q Sfftfh W ny booiHesI
I The Presidents house, gardens. con
servatories and stables IRE all iuruishe,
land kept in perfect order in all their de
tails, AT the public expense stewards
doorkeepers. and band OF music 10
all public receptions are furnished with
out "A dollars expense 10 the President
All the furniture. CARPETS, beds. tables
20 the minutcst Thing which convenience
or luxury can desire. are furnished D.,
the Government. Tie v hole establish
ment Is also warmed and lighted
throughout al this at an expense 10Th,
public treasury of Svs,JOO Or $1,000.
I But YOU may ask me. "N hat. then
does t.ie President pay out OF his salary
\ lie pays his cooks, the walters upor
his tables, the drivers Of his carriages
and the servants who wait upon hi,
family and his guests; he pays Tor wilai
j. eaten and drank nj his tables. Hy
custom, il l. expected OF the Prasiden.
10 give several State dinners: and in
the course Of tie year 10 entertain carl
member of Congress. the Judges of th,
courts, the foreign Ministers, stranger
lin an. probably five hundred persons
IL such dinners should cost slu .cf e',t {
person, 81 600 would cover tiini expense
Ot the $1,000 remaining $4,000 ought
to l'ay hi, other family expenses. 1hli
wpu.d leave him slUUCO per atnum
,c.f,-.
,,ow, what docs experience show
Let me stare -unlc instances: Mr.. i,Olk
iOf lerucs-ec(agd whrnMrs Polk.iAst lc-
comp -hes iliy.wa- in the White House
Z w9- Hever more pnpulr~' aved about
$1,000 Oat oi lOur ye-rs siis.ries--ahoul
$1,000 year.
Mr. Fierce did the same. Mr.. Buch-
ansn rId nearly itr -anc. Mr.. Lincoln
hen elected President was worth about
s35 uD: and li- estate upon his dea,h
was .nau' $500 \. mf--t be borne ii
.m'ui iuo. ih.' Mr Iinrrin received III.
-iilr' 90 grrcgpsrf>. when they wcr,
.no, over siAy rglis la gold, aud wArl
riers were lie highest.s
hr. johnson saved from his salary IN
tree wears and a half 10000 or S3O.-
go: aud thst. too. vhen grpenbarh
were still at discount OF twenty five
er eiI. Aud. il must not be forgotten
mOne c. these Presidents ever accepted
presents. Mr.. Joansos refused The Irrs.
'ent o: "A carriage. Whatever liay b.
said ia criticism Of Nr. Johnsou's pub
ic cOur,e. all parties agree that ID,
" bite House wa never more grace J,
kept and presided over than by hi-
slaughter, Airs. Paiierson-0 perfect lad,
'nG a model OF Republican mistress OF
Tie White House. lie; me tell YOU a
iact hich has never been published
hui which had from the lady's own
hl~. just a. she was about TO leave, al
tie end of Mr.. JohnsOn's admiuistra-
tion. the steward OF the house took an
inventory. and found that not one article
OF furniture was missing or brok: Al
not sheet. towel or napkin was lost
and the house was in perfect ordsr, from
top TO bottom.
She told me another fact. which
know the wives and daughters of ,he
.ariners of Wisconsin will be glad 10
hear. When she went into the White
liouse she purchased two excellent COWS.
Il ON the milk of these COWS she mad
all the butter. used AL the cream. an,i
made all Tire ice cream used in the Pres
ident's family during the term. When
SIC went home >he shipped these COW
10 Tennessee. j, il any wonder. ladie-
thai Mrs. Patterson received the iirsi
premium on butter at their late fair lasl
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