The Louisiana Democrat., 1891-09-16
BUCHANAN NEVER MARRIED.
He Had a Love Affair Once, but 1t Ended
Abruptly.

He Had Love Affair Once, but 1t Ended
Abruptly.
A Minneapolis lady told me the other
day the true reason why James Bucha-
nan, the fifteenth president of the
United States, never married. She used
to live in Lancaster, Pa, and it was near
this little city that President Buchanan
lived when sat honey and died. ]
quote her own words:
when was a girl and young lady
at home used to know Mr.. Buchanan
quito well. Father was one OF his inti-
mate friends and used to spend good
deal of his time, nearly all of his Sun
day afternoons, at his country place,
Wheatland, about mile from Lancas.
ter. They had bond of sympathy be.
tween them-both were democrats.
Why, he was at my sisters wedding,
and | remember the expression on his
face and the twinkle in his eye as he
quoted the old saying to my Oldest sis
ter: When younger sister is married
first, the oldest has to sit on the fence
and await her turn You must dance
in your stocking feet tonight.
HE was tall, fine-looking man, with
silvery white hair, generally dressed in
black broadcloth black satin vest and
wore the old-fashioned high linen col
lars. One great popularity OF his was
carrying his head on one side. There
was man in Lancaster named for him,
James Buchanan Frey, and in order to
look like him he carried his head on the
side the same way.
"He told my father about the love af-
fair. I've heard it dozens of times. He
was engaged to Miss Coleman, of Ian
caster, and there, too, lived Miss Rose
Hubley, also very much in love with
him and mortally jealous Of Miss Cole
man.
The course of true love was running
smoothly for the lovers,until Miss Hub
ley came between them. Mr.. Buchanan
had been out of town on business, re-
turned late one afternoon to the city,
and on his way home passed by where
Miss Hubley lived. She called him into
the house, and he was there some few
minutes, then went directly home tc
get his supper. AS frequently happens
some gossipy neighbor either saw it, Oh
Miss Hubley herself took pains
to inform Miss Coleman that
Mr. buchanan had called al
the other lady's home first, al
though engaged to her. She resented
it, and when he went to call upon her
that evening declined to see him. The
next day he went up to Philadelphia on
an early train and with her father.
She went up later in the day to go with
the two gentlemen to the tteater in the
evening. She did not appear as usual,
not at all like herself, and finally de-
clined to go to the theater or even see
Mr.. Buchanan. When they returned
to the hotel after the theater she was
a corpse, and was brought home to
Lancaster and buried there. Heart dis
ease was given as the cause.
''The other lady lived to be an old
maid and suffered an awful fate. She
was standing before an open CRATE
warming her hands behind her when
her clothing caught fire and she was
burned to death. Mr.. Buchanan never
forgot Miss Coleman. When he died,
he said that he wanted to be buried in
Woodward Hill cemetery, because when
she was living they used to walk out
that way together He was very
modest man. The Presbyterians had a
silver plate put on his pew with his
name on it, and the president didn't
like it, for he didn't like so much osten.
tation. Minneapolis Tribune.