The St. Johns herald., 1888-01-05
TIE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNION.
Heary Al Of Them Have EI JnyeI Their
 Country Homes.

Near ' Al Of Them Have EI jnyel Their
 Country Homes.
 Almost cyery President that this couHiry has. had has passed a part of his career in the delights of a country hOrnr.
 Washington. as everybody knows, oxi ei !arSe estate at Mount Vernon, where ae retired after his two terms in th. Presidency. His death, it will be remembered, was caused from exposure incident to his duties on the plantation, " ich he delighted to manage in per son.
 John Adams, his successor. retired alter i; term in the Presidency had expired, to a country seat, "Quincy, " near BO- ton, and engaged in agricultural pursuits.
 ; jefferson, after his retirement from pubic If established himself at his home, Monticello, Va, where he enter laiued his friends, managed his estate, and tied regretted by large number Of servants aid domest.c5, whom he had with him 10 the last.
 Madison. after his term Of office had expired, retired to Montpelier Va where he be ame rector of the University of Virginia and engaged in agricultural pursuits.
 
 life, took up his residence at Oak Hill, Va, where he entertained his friends royalty, so much so, in fact that he soon fo nd the bottom Of his purse, and was finally obliged to give up h.s prince ly est te and take up his residence with relatives in New York, where he was stiii making his home at the time of his death.
 John Quincy Adams, after his term of office had expired, retired to the old family estate "Quincy," m Mass achu etts, but responded to his country's call aga'n, and died at his pJst of duty in Washington, where he hal been sent as member of Congress.
 Jackson, as everybody knows, retired to the Hermitage, Nashville, where he died.
 Van Buren, after his term in office ex- pired, retired to Kinderhook, N. T., and there ended his days:
 Harrison, who died during his term in the Presidency, was buried at his home in NorCh Bend, Ohio, and there his re- na Us still lie.
 Tyler was accustomed to country life, and elighted in it, as 1t brought him recollections of early days, when his father Was one of the largest lanI owners in Virginia.
 Polk, whase early days were spent in the country as the son of a farmer, looked forward to comfortable ii1e of retirement, just beside NashNil after his term of service in the PIesi- drn~y, but had been only three months away from Washington when death led him.
 Taylor, who had worked on a p'anta- tion during his early life, had looked forward with pleasure 10 a quiet life on his estate at Baton Rouge, La, after re. tiring from his war service. He had scarcely begun this, however, when he was ca.lei to the Presidency, and be- fore his term hpd fairly begun his life ended.
 Fu!more was the son of farmer and spent lis cary life among rural de- Ii,zhts.
 T ercA ever rememered with affection the pl,ce wh-re his boyhood days were spent, ana where he' taught country sclc ol when he arrived ut tho early years of manh0od. Buchanan, after his Presidential labors were end d, retired to a country place. "Whea;land," in Pennsylvania, where he died.
 Lincoln, as everybody knows, was reared amid the most primitive of country life, and retained great affec- ton for the homely things of life to the day Of his sad death.
 The same may bs said of his success sor, Johnson, who was in this respect, not unlike his more illustrious prede= cesSor.
 Grant. who was a farmer in his earlier days, ended his fe in the country, heartily wishing, no doubt, that he had follow d the example of his pI edecesser, d rrtii ed 10 the country rather than hay red lhe whirli ool of New York business life,
 Mir. Hayes, as everybody knows, is in retirement upon a farm in Ohio. devot- ing his attention to the duties of a rural life. aud ente: taining the many frien 8 who seek him out in his comparai 0 Secius on.
 President Garfield went from his country home, at Meator, Ohio, the White House, where he was si ricken down by the assassin's bullet, and his sor-owing wife and family, after a couple of years in city life, have just Ue,er- min d to sell their city home ana le urn to their country residence. President Arthur aft a year of ci fife, at the close of his term, now SC ks the country as his only hope of regaining the heal h lost in his country's service at the White House. Aud Presi ent Clevelanl, following 1 the example of this long line of Pr sden- | tial predecessors, Is preparing Q country | home for hin. self, only varying the | order by beginning his country life d dir- l ing his actual term of serrIce.-[ Louis- | Fiilo Post.