Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-11-21
WASHINGTON LETTER
tFrom Our Regular oOrrospoudeut.I

ltrOm Our NcIuiht torrohVonucnhl
WASHINGTON, -. G., Nov. 18th, 1884.
The bare prospect that the Democrats
have succeeded In gaining victory, has
had the effect to bring out more impossible
roosters OF still more impos'ible breeds
than anybody supposed the world possess
ed, and these nre Of every conceivable size,
shape, hue and attitude, depending upon
the zeal and earnestness of the bucolic
editor, who in many cases devotes the four
phges Of his newspaper 10 this sort OF poul'
try. In this presentation of the emblems
OF a deci.ive political victory, the exnlta-
tion OF the victors over fallen foe find
vent in the mocking humiliation presented
by a Republican rooster who has become
deathly sick and whose stomach refuses to
retain the obnoxious Mulligan Letters and
other vicious matter which is presumed to
have been the un6oing of one oi the Presi-
Dental candidates, while the Democratic
chanticleer, having Cleveland face, is
standing upon the prone and PROSTATE
forms of two other like birds bearing the
semblance of Blaine and Butler.
The advent of Mr.. Cleveland il he should
become the ruling spirit of the White
House, would make only the second bach-
elor who has been invested with executive
power in this country, instead of the fourth
as some Of the newspapers state. Every
President down TO Mr.. Buchanan had been
either n married man or a widower at the
time Of accession. Thomas Jefferson, An
drew Jackson. Martin Van Bnren aud Mr..
| Arthur were widowers when they became
and married again before the expiration nf
his term. The wife of lien. Harrison sur
vived him many years but she never came
to Washirgltn, having received tidlng- "f
| his dea Il Just as she was about 10 start for
the Capitol During the Generals brief
month nj the mansion, his daughter in law,
Mrs. Jare Franklin Harrison, did the
honors. II was at This time too that Mrs.
Randolph, then Virginia widow, go, ac-
quainted with the late James Brooks. of
the New York Express and subsequently,
married him. The wife of Gen. Taylor,
though mn accomplished lady, was unable
TO preside al the Executive Mansion dur
ing any portion Of the fifteen months oil
her husband. administration. The wife
of President Fillmore lived through his
ndministrati, and died at Willard's
Hotel only few days after his successor
President Pierce was inaugurated. Mr.
Pierce entered the White House under be
reavenert, having lost most beloved boy
by a railroad accident in Massachusett.
only 4 few weeks before. The social life
at the White House during Mr.. Pierce
term was 80 snbdued that no one can bt
said to have been mistress of it, thougl
several lady friends of Mrs. Pierce wer'
always on hand to do the honors, Mr..
Polk was royal hostess, and, next to Mrs
Madison, is remembered more grateful.
than any Of the later mistresses of th
mansion. Mrs. johnson was an invalit
during the term OF her husband, but tn
social affairs of the White House were mos
admirably managed by Mrs. Patterson am
Mrs. Stover, her daughters, whose after
E noon receptions are most fragrant mem
ory. Mr.. Cleveland has two sisters, eithe
: Of whom is we'll fitted to grace the Whit
House, both having shown their adapts
biliiy IN this regard by the smaller but M
I less exacting demands OF the Albany aocl'
: cot,rie. Dom PEDRO.