Fair play., 1875-04-29
"Reminiscences Of Mrs. Madison and
Mrs. Hamilton.
BY MRS. JESSIE BENTON FREMONT.

BY MRS. JESSIE BENTON FREMONT.
Mrs. Madison was i'll hiyli fashion dur.
in" her later years. Society has is attack
Of this kind, and takes up viii, ~ llitlc
reason ~ il puts down II favoriTr. En,
there came with this late burst OF social
warmth so!uc good Results into her rather
chilled and nccc>si,uous life. For in that
day IL was positive loss Of fortune Ia have
held any public position. Mrs. Madison
had iii vain tried for Wears 10 effect 4 sai.
OF Mr.. Maiison'S papers TO the Govern
ment, and for want of this her means wer,.
very >traircn",l. How II came about do
not know. but il grew 10 bc the correct
and Indispensable thing 10 call on Mrs
Madison immediately Oh leaving the Pre- -
ident's icvec.
/ Her hO.!>c was that ,liigonally opposite
from Mr.. Sumner shabby then. bat not
/ 50 wOiuliy dingy As il is now. There the
best people me-. regularly, and Vet no 0n..
could have said why. Mrs. Madison was
once the Lady of the White Hou>e''->l,c
ind had the quick thought Ia cut Wash
ingtnn'S portrait hv Stuart from lis frame.
ai'! roll il carefully. aE. carry il of in
safety from the Invading British Troops
! already burning Hla,lc'isburg. She was
always Gracious an'l lswsct-mannerr,i-ln
10 her great lit. tS much so in her ,i:;vs
Of changed fortune rs when she was sur
rolIidr'! by every aii toa placid state OF
mind: and yet this was ibout all that was
/ said. And yct it was such an unwrittr,
law that Mrs. Madison must have what she
wished: that just because Of this mysteri-
Gus decree OF fashion. she actually GOT
from Consrc,. what she had vainiy petit
toned for. ior Years.
Mr.. Bticlan n stated one mnruin" to the
Senate. thar OH such a day Mrs. Madison
would hp such al aye. AMI that th- twenty
thousand dollars asked Tor Mrs. Ma.!i>Cu'S
papers would come we'll 10 her "a Il birth
day present. And il was immediately
voted To- her. To be sure. il was ior TN.
writings of Il cool patriot and statesman.
aEd the woman tn rec, i've it was oi great
:igr, and il was in that Tar better than the
Vote for nearly the SAME amount Tor the
cruel daub of Il good man and soldier.
which was an cvidcEc" that emotional leg
isla,ion is not yet extinct.
Bnt this matte The occ1Sou of grand
lev'- for crnara:ul:tnC Mrs. Madison. and
was Among the last occasions on which III.
was seen i'll public. Her fine figure ha,i
ourla>tcd the three score and ten years.
and when we'll prepared for company. in
her worn. old-ta>hioned Emrirc-"own. ler
turban and clusters of artificial curlS. just
aS we see tieE, in the portraits OF Madame
!e S,aci-the neck and outlines of the face
well shrOu,ied III folds of tullc. she was
still the handsome Mrs. Madison. am
sure never heard her called the widow
OF Madison"
But that was the prefix always male 10
the historical name of another WOMAN Of
the same age. who also asked of Congress
the same ravcr shown to Mrs. Madison.
This little ia'ly was small. and always
wore the widows dress she hal had To as
.ume in her early life: for over fifty Years
she ,iid not vary this outward emblem Of
the solitude of her heart.
she TOO. like Mrs. Madison. was aniiable
and Of charming manners. hu- she turned
from the world forever when her great
husband fell in the duel with Burr, and
from tha! time. her own children first. and
close to them in her interest the orphan,
OF the poor. received all her attention.
Mrs. ii milton as the chiefiounder II tie
orphan asylum Of New York; she saw its
iiiticIh anniversary: she saw the other
charities that arew out Of it-ihc
chiidrcn> aid Socicrv is onc-and
though her quiet life is ended, her good
works 90 on. and her family is we'll "a her
memory are living parts of them.
Mrs. Hamilton was very small and light
OF figure: her dark. bright eyes. and white
hair gave her a marquise effect, and her
widows dress rave the framing which
suited her years ard name. Sne was very
fond Of Young people. and would tell Us
-iucidentaliy-which made the
early har,lships and penalties OF the war
:or independence very real.
In speaking of travelling on horseback.
she toi,l once how her mother and herself
had To give that up for time. and only 90
from Saratoga 10 Albany when a strong
escort could guard them. at WAS after
poor Jane McE Erea had bee! killed by the
indians:' and she made such picture Of
the Indians after the English enlisted them
against us. that We realized how far
back lay the time when such thing was
possible: and poor Jane McCrea' be-
came Il real girl. in place of the bad little
wuod-cut. with one Indian holding her
long hair and the other fouri>hing his
t0nahawk Is he kept his foot on the KEY
OF whisky.
They have passed completely away
the handsome. gracious. sOcictv-loving
Mrs. Madison. and the gentle widow OF
Alexander Hamilton" But Washington
is the wrecking ground OF grea, names.
There are TO be seen now. thankfully
working for slender pay and iremblIngly
anxious 20 keep il safe amid the changes
in the departments. descendants of presl-
dents. cnof justices. OF secretaries OF the
treasury. OF jefferson. Franklin, and of
Others OF later nalie>-ne!l Who gave. lit
orally. their all 10 their country. and who
deserved the praise T4.leyranj gave q:
Hamilton. Of whom he said Il have seen
true public virtue. have seen the mir
ist-r OF finance. who gave wealth 70 his
county, roiiing through the late hours Of
he night 20 gain a support for his young
family
4 FARMER in Brown County. Texas
WIS driving oxen with rope which he
has; twisted around the fingers nf his
right hand. when the animals took fright
and ran. The driver was pulled uo
against a tree wirh such fore. tha, Ill the
finger. Of the hand Ia which The rope Wa.
attached were torn off.