The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-17
GENERAL JACKSON.
"reminiscences Of the Presidency. JUS
rice and l.iberaIity.

Speaking of noted men, said the Rev.
DR.. Z. Eddy the other day, :" / can give
you two or three stories of General jackson
which will personally vouch for as true
and which believe have never been put in
print"
The suggestion of the venerable eccle-
siastic was instantly caught up and he was
requested to relate the incidents. He is
one ofthe best raconteurs living, and his
genial smile would secure grand success
for story of indifferent merit Be that Us
it may, however, he told these most in
teresting stories, which, in brief, are as fol.
lows -
Under one of the Adamses, Rev. Mr..
Lane was appointed keeper of the light
house at Portland, Chautauqua county, N.
T., and expected to hold the position for life,
but to his surprise, shortly after General
Jackson's Inauguration, received notice that
he had been removed and his successor
| appointed. He wasted no time, and
" hitching up his old horse to a still older
wagon, started on a journey to Washington.
he was simple old man and had no idea
| that the President of the United States was
any better than any other man, SO when he
arrived at Washington he drove to the
White House, tied his horse and asked to
zee the President. He WAS q man after
Jackson's heart and the General entertain
ed him as guest at the White House, and
saw that the old horse had the best there
was to be had IN the Presidential stables
and when he left he carried in his pocket
| papers which retained him as keeper of the
Portland light until he died.
As an instance of General Jackson's great
liberality the following may be given -
He was living in Tennessee when
Rev. John Schermerhorn, of Utica, visited
| his part of the country, on missionary
tour, riding horse, as was the custom.
While in the vicinity of ''The Hermitage, y
General Jackson's home, Mr.. Schemer-
horns horse died, and the poor missionary
knew not which way to turn. General
jackson loaned him horses whenever he
required them, but when the poor man hat
completed his missionary work and knew
not how to return to his home, the old
General taking him to the stable asked him
his opinion of the various horses there.
The humble missionary conscientiously
selected the horse which he considered best,
and General jackson said, Take him--rm
glad he suits you.'
The third anecdote related by DR.. Eddy
illustrates very clearly General Jackson's
reverence for religion in the strict sense
Of the word, and it is also we'll known that
his profanity was notorious.
Soon after Jackson's return from his vic
tory of January g. 1916, OF New Orleans
he was at Nashville, Tenn, and with hit
full staff attended service at one of the lead
ing churches. The clergyman who, not
expecting General jackson as. one of his
auditors, had prepared sermon on profane
swearing, scarcely knew what to do, but
finally decided to preach it, come what
would. General jackson was q markedly
attentive listener, and, as official position
in those days was much more respected
than now, the poor clergyman was in q
state of fearful anxiety lest his utterances
might lead to loss of bis charge. Imagine
his surprise, therefore, when on Monday
Major Donaldson, of Jackson's staff, called
upon him and said that General jackson, as
| mark of bis appreciation of his able dis
course, requested him to accept the best
| suit of clothes that the best tailor in Nash.
| vile could make him.