Telegram-herald., 1888-01-01
POOR PRESIDENTS
NOT rHe PLACE FOR MONEY MAKING
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--Jzekssa aas BaehsEAA.

Most Of the presidents have died poor. ana
few of them have made mach 0Qt ef o<nos
holdinx. Just before Jsffsrsoa died lie Was
- nloSs in debt thai lottery srhsne ~as
gotten ap u sell sts pros,srty and relieve bls
necessities he lets practically nothing .
rs ekIldrra. and they Feeeised some two
sums of 40 90 each from tie legislatures of
tho ~ tis southern states
John Iy ler left sor0s property, bat Il all
went 10 his secend wife One II his Sous.
Gen John Tyler, who drove fo1f-iE- h&ad
while his father wss in the " hite House. ssd
who Was tAen called the handsonsssf man u
Washiu gtaa, HIVES oh position Ia the treas
ury de.sAl tsnsalt, ard o4le 0f Iyief's most ac-
compliSted daughters lady who presided
over tie executive mznsioE after ker mot hers
death and until her father married JaLa
Gardner, is q guest OF Coreorans Old Ladies
Home here. man who claims - be ole Of
tho Washington family, and wke, by the
way. has face strik:ngiy like that of the
president, Pedales triekets in little booth in
the pension building Dolly AGass0a, Ire
presidents wife, was, during part Of her
last DAYS, furnished food by colored man
who had bsen in President Nadisoas service.
She got, however, large surn OF money from
congress for Asd,sons papers, and II WAS this
that eased her declining years
PRESIDENT xosEoKs rovKETr.
Monroe was 80 poor that his latter days
were spent with his son-in-law, SsRusl J.
Gouvernoar, in New York, and there he
died Harrison left nothing 10 speak or
Polk lsft about $4,000, including Polk
place at Nashville, where his widow now
lives IL is a valuable block OF ground in
the center of the town, which has risen
largely in value since the presidents death
Martin Van Buren made money out OF
politics. He started life poor and died well
to Go. One estimate puts his estate at $500,
900, ana be made money in resl estate as
well as in the law. Both Of the Adznses
were money savers, il not money makers.
The letters Of John Adams, the second presi-
dent, to his wife, Abigail, repeatedly urge
her TO cut down the household expenses and
TO practice economy. He iunched himself
on oat cake and lemonade, and he walked
far oftener than he rSde.
John Quincy Adams received nearly $500
600 from the government in salaries during
his lifetime, and he possessed the Yankee
thrift. The Adams family at present is one
! of the richest ia New England, and / was
| told at Kansas City that Charles Francis
Adams has moro than 81 ,0oo, 600 invested in
real essuts there. He has railroad stocks
and bonds II addition. sns be makes hls
money breed like Australian rabbit2
ANDREW yAcKsoN's HxPEEsEs
| Andrew Jackson spent more than his sal
| airy while be was in the White House, and he
had TO borrow money to keep up with his ex-
( penses. Thomas Jefferson borrowed the
| money that carried him out of Washington
when be left the presidency, and Andy John
( son, though he entertained considerably, is
supposed - have saved at least Sc, eco dur
ing his White House career. He died, / am
told. worth about 10000, and the most of
this came from economy 1t was q pretty
! good estate for tailor TO leave. James Bu-
chanan was making about s., 600 year at
the Law when he entered congress, and he
! spent during his presidency what was left
from his living expenses in charity. He
was not, however, rich man when he died,
and his estate Of Whestlapds was sold year
or two ago.
President Fillmore began his life as a wool
carder. During the three years he was en-
I gagged TO his sweetheart he had not enough
money TO pav the expenses Of the 80 hi les
which lay between her home in Saratoga
county n Y, and where he had begun 70
practice law. During the first years OF their
marriage mis- wife did tie housswork and
taught school, and still he died one of the
richest Of the presidents. The greater part
OF his fortune, however. came from his sec
ond marriage 10 rich woman OF Buffalo,
whom he courted after his first wife died.
President Cleveland Is supposed 20 lee worth
about $l09.O0o, and be owns, am told, real
estate in Buffalo which is rapidly advancing
in value President Arthur ieft much less
than hs was supposed 10 be worth Garfield
shortly before his death owed 81, 900 to Gen.
Swain, sad Grant did not add 70 his fortune
by his White House caresr Hayes naGe
money ous of tho presidency. and - rich
threuch iaheritsace and economy. The pres-
idents. as rlile, have not saved money dur
ing their presidency. bUt IN. Sssne abilities
which Ts6e them presidents would, II they
had been ssed in the field Of money ma hiuy Z
and money saving, have given tAern fer;-
uzes-Frank q. Carpenter ia Es~ York
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