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

/ II MT tleFclIuu butkeSl 10 MS noLIies
says the New York Times, all the pres
ents Of one description and another
which have been sent to him since last
November he will have museum that
viii be worth going miles 10 sec. His
admiring fellow-citizens from one end
Of the country 70 the other have been
showing their devotion 10 him by send
ing him no end Of remcmbrunces.
lit had been Christmas eve every
night since November s, and his stock
ing had been hung up every time, II
would have been stuffed more than
full every morning. He has received
almost everything from live stock to
jewclry, 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 q stock
farm would be out of place in the white
house or the spacious grounds about it.
Somebody In Michigan showed his
devotion TO the president by sending
him deer about two months ago. 1t
was In healthy condition and had an
appetite that was something enormous.
No one knows just what the sender
thought Mr.. Cleveland was TO do with
the animal or why he would appreciate
such gift. 1t came by express TO this
city, and, as his residence was not built
for the accommodations of such animals.
it was forwarded to his country place
ut Buzzartl's Bay. Soon after the deer
there came from distant state a large
rooster that crowed necessarily.
II was q good enough rooster as
BOOSTERS go, but was not interesting
enough TO be classed as curiosity or
useful enough TO pay for his board and
keep" AS 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 large section of Lakewood town.
ship that he Is on earth and is enjoying
life immensely.
Some one sent TO the president a
live raccoon about six weeks ago. and
this, though not considered intrinsical-
ly of value, is said by "old inhabitants"
to be a 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. ES-President
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.
It was in June of last year that Mr..
Harrison received his last installment
of oppossum, when an admirer from
Virginia sent him pair, n few days
after his nomination at Minneapolis.
The gold-headed cane has been
fayorite with those who have desired
TO send TO Mr.. Cleveland token of
esteem. His rack is filed with them
and with canes that are not gold
headed. Canes from the old home
of Thomas jefferson are among
the number; canes of hickory from
men who cast their first vote for "old
Jackson and their last for
Mr.. Cleveland have come in such num-
bers us to indicate that there must be
nearly quorum of the old Jacksonian
democrats still on earth. The supply
of this article which MIR. Cleveland has
on hand would go long way toward
supplying timber for the annual cane
PUSHES in American colleges next fall
If it were distributed
a great many people who say they
voted for him have apparently thought
Mr.. Cleveland would be interested to
know how they look. AS u conse-
quence he has large collection of
photographs. They show the voter in
all stages, from the STRIPPING OF twen-
ty-one to the patriarch of fourscore.
They show him in profile and from a
square front elevation. They show
him in broadcloth and in homespun.
Some of the photographs are of men,
apparently, who resolved in Lincoln's
time not to shave again until demo-
crat was elected president and who had
lost their razors eight years ago. Some
have sent two photographs, one show
ing them with u clean-shavcn face and
one with a beard Explanatory notes
have accompanied some of these photo
graphs which have depicted n degree
of iov ut the election OF Mr.. Cleveland
which the camera has failed to reveal.
Some of these photographs indicate n
hungry CLEAN in the eye, which, taken
with the general contour of the head,
is entirely inconsistent with the spirit
of civil-servicc reform us cnunciated
and practiced by Mr.. Cleveland.
Some look as If the original had had
his eye strained ut fourth-class
postmaster's job so long as to have i'm.
paired the sight permanently
Many persons have attempted to Sc
cure some free and widespread advcr.
tising for business house by making
gifts to Mr.. Cleveland These arc
dealers in hats and other articles who
recognize that n note of acceptance
would be valuable. These articles
have been returned in some instances.
The presents which have come tc
Mr.. Cleveland have included slippers
enough to last him the balance of his
life II he saw Ct to use them, elabo.
rate pieces OF fancy embroidery made
by women who have taken grea,
pains with them, and curious pieces Of
bric-a-brac. They are of little value
for every one seems to have respected