The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-11-25

Nearly All often Have Enjoyed. Their
Couutry Honos.

Nearly All often Have Enjoyed. Their
Country Homes.
President Cleveland has attracted q
good deal OF attention and comment in
The last few weeks by his sudden de-
yelopment of bucolic tastes, but in this
he is only following in the footsteps of
nearly every occupant of the Presiden-
tial chair. Almost every President that
this country has had has passed part
OF his career in the delights of coun-
try home. Washington, as everybody
knows, owned q large estate at Mount
Vernon, where he retired after his two
terms in the Presidency. His death,
1T will be remembered, was caused from
exposure incident to his duties on the
plantation, which he delighted to man
age in person. John Adams, his sue
cessor, retired after his term in the
Presidency had expired to country
seat, Quincy" ne Boston, and en-
gagged in agricultural pursuits. Jeffer-
son, after his retirement from public
life, established himself at his home,
Monticello, Va, where he entertained
his friends, managed his estate, and
died regretted by large number of
servants and domestics, which he had
with him to the last. Madison, after
his term OF Office had expired, retired
to Montpelier, Va, where he became
rector of the University of Virginia
and engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Monroe, after the close of his public
life, took up his residence at Oak Hill,
Va, where. he. entertained his friends
royalty, so much So in fact, that he
soon found the bottom of his purse,
and was finally obliged to give up his
princely estate and take up his resi-
dence with relatives in New York,
where he was still making his home at
the time of his death.
John Quincy Adams, after his term
Of office had expired, retired to the old
sets, but responded to his country's
call again, and died at his post of duty
in Washington, where he had been sent
as member of Congress. Jackson,
rs everybody knows, retired to the
Hermitage" Nashville, where he died.
NanBuren, after his term of Office ex-
pred, retired to Undertook, n. Y,
and there ended his days. Harrison,
who died during his term in the Presi-
dency, was buried at his home in North
Bend, Ohio, and there his remains still
lie. Tyler was accustomed to country
life, and delighted in it, as it brought
him recollections of early days, when his
father was one of the largest land-own-
ers in Virginia. Polk, whose early
days were spent in the country as the
son of farmer, looked forward to a
comfortable life of retirement, just be-
side Nashville, after his term of SER
vice in the Presidency. but had been
only three months away from here
when death called him. Taylor, who
had worked on plantation during his
early life, had looked forward with
pleasure to quiet life on his estate at
Baton Rogue, La, after retiring from
his war service. He had scarcely be-
gun this, however, when he was called
to the Presidency, and before his term
had fairly begun, his life Ell led. Fill
more was the son of farmer, and
spent his early life among rural de-
lights. Pierce ever remembered with
affection the place where his boyhood
days were spent, and where he taught
a country school when he arrived at the
early years Of manhood.
Buchanan, after his Presidential la
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place, "Wheatland," in Pennsylvania.
There he died. Lincoln, as everybody
knows, was reared amid the most prim-
tive of country life, and retained q
great affection for the homely things of
life TO the day of his sad death. The
same NAV be said of his successor,
Johnson, who was i'll this respect not
unlike his more illustrious predecessor,
Grant, who was farmer IN his earlier
days, ended his days in the country,
heartily wishing, no doubt, that he had
followed the example of his predecess-
ors, and retired to the country rather
than have entered the whirlpool of
New York business life. Mr.. Hayes, as
everybody knows, is in retirement,
upon farm in Ohio, devoting his at
tention to the duties of rural life, and
entertaining the many friends who seek
him out in his comparative seclusion.
President Garfield went from his coun-
frye home, at Mentor, Ohio, to the
White House, where he was stricken
down by the assassin's bullet, and his
sorrowing wife and family, after a
couple of years of city life, have just
determined to sell their city home and
return to their country residence.
President Arthur. after year of city
life, at the close of his term, now seeks
the country as his only hope of regain
ing the health lost in his service in the
White House. And President Cleve-
land, following the example of this
long line of Presidential predecessors,
is preparing a country home for him
self, only varying the order by begin
ming his country life during his actual
term of service. -Louisuille Post.