The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-10

certain was this to be said,n continued Mrs
wilcox smiling, shat child though was
became tired of being reckoned of no i'm
portance except that [ was born in the
White House. 1t was somewhere during
my uncle's last term and 1 had become
ute student that one day hearing some
distinguished visitors announced, | ran to
the President and grasping his hand said
hurrledly, 'Please, uncle, don't tell them
was born in the White House. Say l can
conlugate GHlo, dnGs, dmdt.n
GENERAL JACKSON AND HIS BABY's HAIR.
''Uncle Jackson was very fond of all the
children, and many bright morning he
he would go with US over to Lafayette
square, where he would join in our game Of
mumble-peg with as much zest as any of
the boys. In 1892 when the corner stone of
the treasury was laid, a committee waited
upon the President asking him to contrib
ute something to be sealed in the treasurer
box then ready to be deposited in the cor
ner-stone. something very precious,
added one of the gentleman, and sacred to
YOU The President called me in, and say
ing, Here is the most precious thing in the
White House, he cut off lock of my hair
and gave it to them. That lock of hair
sealed and weighed down under the mighty
building, always gave him great deal of
pleasure, and always in later years when
we were driving, he would in passing nod
toward the great building and remind me
OF the honor he had bestowed upon me-"
MAssA JAcKsoN's CROWN.
Mrs. Wilcox related with little touch
of pride and satisfaction an incident of the
Hermitage that illustrated the great rev.
ere1ce in which her uncle was held by his
people. "It was during Martin Van Blu
ren's term that my uncle entertained him
at the Hermitage, and of course the arrival
OF the President was made great occasion
on the plantation. Many of the servants
in holiday dress went out on the turnpike
to see the presidential coach make its ap-
pearance. After her return, old Aunt
Betsy, an oracle among the house-servants,
said to me in a tone of unqualified surprise
"'Why land, Miss Mary, he amt got no
crown on!
"Well, Aunt Betsy answered, 'Why
did you expect to see him with crown on !
Uncle Jackson never wore crown
"'Massa Jackson cried Aunt Betsy. her
face shining with pride, law, Miss Mary,
he don't need no crown
''This was Aunt Betsy's way of casting
reflections on man who certainly was
rather ordinary looking for the position
STORIES OF PRESIDENT VAN buren,.
"As l recollect Mr. Van Buren, said
looking man, strongly German in appear
ance with round face and very bald head,
but he was man of most elegant manners,
and had quite reputation as dandy. Ii
was iokingly said of him that when he left
the White House there was not q scratch
found upon the furniture nor an article de-
faced or worn, except patch of carpet
that was stretched before his full length
mirror. This, it was claimed, had been
xuorr fhrood-
EIGHT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AT THE
WEDDING.
At the end of President Jackson's term,
| little Miss Donelson returned with him to
the Hermitage, but later on, the capital be-
came her home. During Filmore's admin
istration, her father being editor of the
linton Signal, the organ of the Democratic
party, Miss Donelson became part of the
gay official life. Naturally she regards So
cial life somewhat degenerate since
official society bore the southern char
acteristic and before it was increased
to heterogeneous mass of all sorts from
everywhere. 1t was during this admins
tration that Mary Emily Donelson was mar.
ried to John w. Wilcox, member of Con-
gress from Mississippi. This was a notable
wedding, and the talk of the country as q
grand society event. Among the throng Of