The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-10-15

The Reason Why Prssiasat james Ra-
chanan Never Married.

Inv "sesou WY ksestoent Se1es hu-
ehansn Never Married
A Minneapolis lady told me the
! other day the true reason why james
Buchanan, the fifteenth president Of the
United States. never married, writes O
cor. OF tho Minneapolis Tribune. She
used TO live In Lancaster, Penn, and
IL was near this little city that Presi-
dent Buchanan lived (wheu at
honey and died. ! quote her own
words:
When ! was . girl and q young
lady at homo I used 70 know Mr..
Buchanan quite we'll. Father was ono
of his intimate friends and used to
spend good deal Of time nearly all
OF his Sunday afternoons ct his eoun-
try place. Whsatlands. about . mile
from Lancaster They had bond Of
sympathy between them; both were
Democrats. WHY, he was at my sis
ters wedding. and I remember the ex-
preston on his face and the twinkle In
bis eye AZ he quoted the old saying 10
my oldest sister: When q younger
sister 10 married first tho older has to
sit on the fence and await her turn.
You must dance in your stocking feet
tonight
He was q tall, hne-looking man,
with silvsry white hair. generally
dressed in black broaicloth, black ss
Tin vest, and wore the old.fashioned
high linen collars One great pecu-
liarity Of hN was carrying bis head on
one side. fAsre vas q man In Lam
castor named for him, james Buchau.
an Frey, sad In order TO losk like him
he carried his head on NE side the
same wsy.
He told my father about the love
affair. I've heard 70 dossus Of timss.
He was engaged to Miss Coleman. OF
Lancaster. and there. too. lived Miss
Rose Hublsy, also very much In lsvs
with him and mertslly Jealous Of Miss
Coleman.
The course OF true love was run
ming smoothly for tho lovers until this
Mise HubleF came between them Mr..
Buchanan had bsen out Of town on
business returned late one afternoon
to the city and on his way home passed
by whore Miss Hublsy Lived. She
called him into ths house and he was
thore some few minutes. then went d.
rectly homo 10 get bis supper. A
frequently happena some goss,py
nsiehbcrs other saw II or Miss Hub
ley hefsslf sook pains 70 iaiorm Misc
Coleman that Buchanan had salisd ct
the other lady's house first alyhough
engaged TO her. She resented u and
when he went to call upon her that
evening declined TO see hin. The
next day he went up 10 Philadelphia
on an early train and with her father.
She went up latsr in the day 70 20
with the two gentlemen 10 the thsAter
in the evening. she aid not sppsar Is
usual, not Ct oil like herself, aad Anal
ly declined 70 20 TO the thsatsr or even
see Mr.. Buchanan. When they re-
turned 70 the hotel from the chester
che was . corpse. Heart disease was
given as the cause.
The other lazy lived 10 b an old
maid and suffered an awful tate. She
was standing before an oysa crate,
wasming her hands bshiaA her, when
her closhiAS caught aad she was
burned 10 death. M. Buchanan never
forgot Miss Coleman. When he died
he lsid that be wanted to be buried in
Woodward Hill Cemetery, because
When she wss living thsy used 70 walk
out that way together. He ives very
modsst maa. The frsstytsrians had
silver plst> put on his pew with his
name on IT, aad the president didat
like IT, for he didn't Ike 90 much os-
tsntatior."