Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-05-24

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three diseases, any one Of which was col
. monty sufficient to shorten life. Nom,
}. was sevensy-four when his eminently su
: cessful term Of office as President came
an end 1c25). For short time he Sc
i, tied down in Loudon county, virgini
where he accepted the humble post ,
Justice of the Peace. But it was not lor
before he removed to New York, whe,
he died in 1881, ON the 4,h of July. da
: s'ngularly fatal to ex Presidents. Ano,h,
curiosity Of chronology, by the way, fe
: those who take interest IN the play of tis
ures, is to be found in the fact that Mad
son and Monroe, who held the Presi
dency for sixteen years in succession be
tween them 18l9 35), are said to hav
oeen born on the same day IN the sam
year, March 16. 175l. They were bot
Virginians.
John Quincy Adams, who, like hi
father was elected once and no more t
the Presidency, declined to submit t
pohtical annihilation on his withdraw
from the highest Office In the State (lS29)
In 1881 he was elected member of Con
gress, where he distinguished himself til
his death, which occurred in 1S4S. by hi
advocacy of the abolition of slavery
Andrew Jackson is heard of no more II
history sfter the 4th of March, 1897. H.
was succeeded, it will be remembered. b,
Martin Van Buren, the first President OF
the United States not born q British sub
Ject. In 1910 Van Buren failed to obtain
reelection, and in the following spring
left the White House for bis estate .,
kinderhook, in the State OF New York.
In 1914 he was again a candidate for the
Presidency, but the Democratic National
Convention of Baltimore, with whom the
nomination on his side in party politics
rested, selected Mr.. Polk as their candi
date. From that moment Van Buren s
career was practically at an end. though
n 1888 he acted with honor and spirit IN
doing bis best 10 battle the attempt OF the
Democratic party to introduce slavery
into the territories won from Mexico dur.
ng the war. lie died at Kinderhook July
Il, 1852, in the midst of the war between
;he North and South. Even that national
had failed to bring HIM to the
front.
General Harrison was the first President
Who died at the White House, having re.
'ided there just one month, March 4 to
April 4, lS41. Only two other Presidents
: General Taylor and Mr.. Lincoln died
o office. President Tyler, the first ruler
vhom the Americans set over themselves
without intending it, retir, d from public
ife after fulfilling his three years and
leven months of office lie did rot even
eek reelection. Sixteen years later, how
vcr, he came somewhat prominently be
ore the public, having been selected in
SCI as member of the Border or Ncu-
raj Committee. which il was hopeul
7ould have healed the breach between the
(orth and South. On the failure of that
tempt Mr.. Tyler joined the South. and
ecame a member Of the Confederate
congress. He died January II, 1862
ames Knox Polk was within about three
lonths Of dying President, his term OF
flee ceasing in March 1919, and his
cath following on June Is, in the same
ear. Millard Fillmore, the vice-Presi-
ent who was called upon to fill the void
ccasioned by the death Of President Tay.
n in 1850, after retiring in 1853, became
4 unsuccessful candidate for the Presi-
ency ia the autumn of 1856, after which .
g vanished from the scene. He was
sted in his retirement BY the Prince Of
Tales. At the time of his Royal Highness'
rogress in America. Concerning the
'reer of Franklin Pierce, Millard Fill. +:
ores successor, as ex-President, there .
nothing to -este, save that he was ap-
ointed Judge in 1853. General Pierce !.
ed in 1869. Mr.. Buchanan, the las.
resident before the era of the Civil War, 3:
ascd to be political force after the ..
.ar 1861, nor did he hold Office of any
ACuuluuCl VI uA0S 4
inch closed ON the 1st of June, 1863.
Whether Mr.. Lincoln would have suf !:
red political extinction with loss of office .
ay be question. Of Mr., johnson !;
ho was very nearly hurried off into
emature seclusion, it is unnecessary to !.
eak, General Grant is tho only OK
resident of the United States now liv>
6.
Dried Grub. k
In3 Sunday School of one Of our cities, t
teacher had taken special pains to cx- q
ain one Sunday just what was in the Ark I
the Covenant which the Israelites had; t
aron's Rod and the pot of mama, etc.
I'd been carefully explained, and the I
acher felt confident her class could do /
honor. At the closing extr- b
ses that day, the Superintendent asked ~
What was in the Ark, children?'' THEFT