The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-05-05
PREsIDEN[ss PRESENTS.
Queer Things That Have Been Sent
to the Chief Executive.
Enough Animals and odds and Ends
10 Stock n Large Museum "A
Trying Ordeal 70 Un-

4 IfMr. Cleveland takes 70 his home,
says the New York Times. all the pres
ents OF one description and another
which have been sent TO him since last
November he viii have a museum that
viii be worth going miles TO sec. His
ndmiring fellow-citizens from one end
Of the country to the other have been
showing their devotion 70 him by send
ing him no end Of rcmembrances.
fit had been Christmas eve every
night since November s, and his stock
ing had been hung up every time, II
would have been stuffed riore than
full every morning. He has received
almost everything from live stock TO
| jewelry, and the accumulation Is some
thing which cuts considerable figure
] when the question Of moving is under
consideration.
Many, in fact most, Of these gifts
have come from persons whom he does
not know. Some OF them are Of no
earthly use, and some which might be
useful II he were the owner of dime
museum or the proprietor Of stock
farm would be ont OF place in the white
house or the spacious grounds about 1t.
Somebody In Michigan showed his
devotion 10 the president by sending
him deer about two months ago. II
was in healthy condition and had an
appetite that was something enormous.
No one knows just what the sender
thought MIR. Cleveland was TO do with
the animal or why he would appreciate
such u gift II came by express to this
city, and, as his residence was not built
for the accommodate of such animals,
IL was forwarded to his country place
ut Buzzard's Bay. Soon after the deer
there came from distant state a large
rooster that crowed necessarily.
II was rood enough rooster as
roosters 90, but was not interesting
enough to be ciassed as curiosity or
useful enough TO pay for his board and
Keep" As a symbol ofvictory, he did
the best that his lungs and large expe-
rience could do, and ut unseemly hours
in the morning has been proclaiming
to a large section of Lakewood town.
ship that he is on earth and is enjoying
life immensely.
Some one sent to the president d
live raccoon about six weeks ago, and
this, though not considered intrinsical-
ly of value. is said by "old inhabitantsf
TO be proper present for president.
1t is said, too, that had not some one
sent live raccoon to Mr.. Cleveland
the prccedents of hundred years
would have been broken. Ex-Presidcnt
Harrison received more than one, and
1t is said that since the early days
hardly president has been chosen
who has not been the recipient of one
or more of these animals. AS gift to
the president the raccoon is said to
stand at the head OF the animal king
dom, with the oppossum good second.
1t was in June of last year that Mr..
Harrison received his last installment
OF oppossum, when an admirer from
Virginia sent him n pair, few days
after his nomination at Minneapolis.
The gold-headcd cane has been
favorite with those who have desired
to send to Mr.. Cleveland token Of
esteem. His rack is filled with them
and with canes that are not gold
headed. Canes from the old home
of Thomas jefferson IRE among
the number; canes of hickory from
men who cast their first vote for .old
Hickory" Jackson and their last for
Mr.. Cleveland have come in such num-
bers as to indicate that there must be
nearly n quorum of the old Jaclsonian
democrats still on earth. The supplv
of this article which Mr.. Cleveland has
on hand would 20 a long way toward
supplying timber for the annual cane
rushes in American colleges next foll
If 1t were distributed.
A rreat mnnv neonle who COW tho,
voted for him have ma rcntlv tIonaht
Mr.. Cleveland would be interested To
know how they look. AS n consn-
ouence he has n larre collection ~
photographs. They show the voter In
all stages. from the STRIPPING a. TWEEN.
ty.one to tho pntrinrch ~ fonrscoro
They show him In nrof;lo and F,o,,, :,
square front elevation Thcy sbo,.
him in broudcloth and IN honesnnn
Some of the photorrnnbs nre ~ r,o,,
apparently. who resolved in rircoIn,s
time not TO shave aroin mill n Gemo'
crat was elected president and who had
lost their razors eirht years apo. some
have sent two photorraphs one show.
ing them with clean.shnvcn face n nd
one with beard. Explanatory notes
have accompanied some Of these photo.
graphs which have depicted n decree
Of iov ut the election of Mr., Cleveland