Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-03-16
ME AT MONTICELLO.
He Jots Down a Few Thoughts in His
 Own Winning Way.

Ohn 0lhlhHS way
 Not long ago visited Monticello, and paused to weep over the grave of Thomas Jefferson, the great yet simple man who wrote the poetic but impractical statement that an men are created equal As matter of fact, if all men are created equal, they very early develop signs of inequality which must be recognized by the most obtuse. That they are, under the law, endowed with cer- tain inalienable rights, among which may be enumerated life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, no one will deny, but in the pur- suit of happiness how varied are the tastes and ambitions of manI What a wide gulf yawns between the joys of a life spent in reading Browning and that experienced by Jack the Ripper. And yet 1t only illustrates the divergence of opinion as to what consti- tutes life, liberty and the pursuit of happi- ness
 Mir Jefferson was the author also of what Is called Jefersonian simplicity. It consisted somewhat in living well and dying in debt Jeffersonian simplicity, as introduced at Washington during the latter part of the present century, is a delightful relaxation. It Is as pleasant way of willing away an evening ns one could well think of. The only objection to 1t, of course, is the expense. The great outlay necessary in order to perfect it Is what has kept JefRersonian simplicity back.
 1 saw the neat little brick smoke house where Thomas brought his Virginia bride It consists of one room on the ground floor, containing, among other things, a window.
 Mir. Jefferson married, and with his wife at once set out on a bridal tour on horseback from Richmond to Monticello, arriving be- tween 12 and o'clock on the night after his wedding. 1 can, in imagination, see the two young people riding through the brush, up the hill, Mr. Jefferson shifting uneasily in his saddle from time to time, in order to give the saddle much needed rest and change of scene. In his hair see the burr of the chestnut, and hear him roguishly say that he calls it his chestnut hair, partly on that account and partly because it has been used before. Then l hear him swear little as he climbs per simmon tree for his hat.
 Mrs. Jefferson rides along behind, with a look of chastened regret, thinking how she will reply to letter of inquiry sent hcr by a New York paper, asking if she regards mar riage as a failure She Is dressed plainly, in 0 bronze dress and Garibaldi waist, laced down the back with porpoise strings Over all she wears a riding habit, moro or less huted by the briars, and held In place by means of large white majolica buttons It is the only bad habit she has.
 Mir. Jefferson gets off his horse at the door of the little red smoke house, and walking in stately, but fatigued and rocky, manner to the door, shoutsi ''What, ho, within therei' and then taking an eight pound key from his pocket, opens the door and welcomes his bride to her new home
 This picture is not ove-drawn, for under similar circumstances the girl, whose dowry wes enormous, and whose home had been one of luxury and ease all her life, arrived in the middle of the night within the bare walls of the little brick refrigerator on the top of the mountain, and at the hands of her husband received, by way of refreshment, the set things of bottle of Rhine wine.
 Mir. Jefferson was always regarded as Q good provider. He also rode to Washington from Charlottesville in gig, in order to avoid one of the lunch counters on the way. am surprised that while president he did not board at home and bring his dinner.
 When the time comes for good but simple president, hope to get a crack at 1t myself Then you will see gentle, plain and unas- suming mnn drive up in front of the White