Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-19

death by the SURFING MASSES AZ biz
tQrcWcH reception jackson introduced a
curious novelty. This was an enormous
chccse yard thick and AZ big as a
barrel IN circunii,roncc, which WAS cur
into three pound dcccs ana distributed
grCat success that Van Buren was tempt.
cd to emulate the example. But the ear
pets and The furniture suffered 80 severe
ly from the greasy crumbs that foll upon
then that the experiment was never
AMIN rclgpted, and indeed the custom Of
serving eotahes at gcneral rcepugns
caWc 10 an end forever with Van lSu-
MS last term. u had grown 90 be- such
q glpnng abuse that inst prior to the
election Of 1910 hungry crowds had be-
sicrtd the East ronm clnmOring "a b.
fed, and threatening to vote ogainst
Van Burn v they were not entertained.
The deaths Of two presidents may
he directly associated with thc table.
The hret President Harrison caUght
fatal void while out marketing. NE in-
ypfinble custom, hclotc breakfast faN.
lnr died of cholera morhus. r,sullmg ftum
a hWrty meal ~ cherries washed down
With iee.ulk. which he partohk VI an
his return frum u Fourth Of July celebra'
ton. IN un hour he was Neised With
cramps IN FIVE days ho was dead.
CARELESS EATERS FOR THE
MOST PART.
With the exception OF President Ar
thur, the latter presidents have ah been
rather cnrelcas eaters, paying small nttsn.
ton 60 the delights OF the table whrn
they dincd on famille. and allowing ihclt
stewards ar the ladies of the house to
take full supervision over the stnto hnn.
Oucts. president Arthur however.
though light eater. was essentially
au olicure Who toOk rrcat interest Ia
A.. al.
supervision OF his dinncrs n matter ot
earnest study, His private dinners are
sold To have cost hs much ms 50 a plate.
his public ones over $40. President
Cleveland. nn the other hand. during his
FIRST term, IL said 20 have never cnterUd
the kitchens Of the White House. though
blessed with wholesome appetite aud
stomach capable of digvsting nnythiug
set before him, hp has no cihcuroan
tastes. Garfield. when hc entered tl,c
White House was tormcntrd with dys.
pppsin aud wuH forced Go conhnc llmNolf
10 plain dinners He and Rutherford v.
Hayes were the only presidents who
wee not accustomed To serve wines
with thvir meals Like most nhstnlnVrs,
Hayes had SWEET tooth, aud WIS cspcc'
tally fond - cUkc aud candy
prom the stomach 60 the heart " not
40 Kruut a stop. ID Is notable fact that
most OF the presidents were or had been
very hnmY IN their domeatic relations
Hut then. the ladies of thr Whitc liopHo
from Martin Washington 60 Fwncil
Cleveland, have been admirable and luy.
able representatives VI their sex, Bu
vhnnnn was the ouly confirmed bachelor
among tho presidents, yet he, too. had
his romance lie loved a Miss Coleman,
who Tilted him without n woid Ot cXila.
nation. Whom she died, shortly after
ward, he wrote TO her fhiher saying
that he loved her more infinitely ihan
amy other human being could love. aud
though he might sustain che shocb uf
her death, happiness nd bed from him
forever" Van Rurcu. Jefferson aud
Arthur were widuNrrs when they enter
cd the White House All of thcm Choir
ishod most touching devotion 10 the
iucmurv OF their Wiyos, Arthur Ind met
I ia wife at Saratoga, and after her
dtuth he could never boar To 20 90 that
place. jefferson tended his sick wifu
i0ur months. aud ON her dpathhcd, sol.
cmnly promised, his hand In hers. that
be would never marry tguin. When the
eud came he staggered into his library
aud tainted. When he revived lac was
almost out ~ his senses aud for weeks
Wnb confined 10 the library. pacing an
and down the room MI day and OH ulrhi
until exhausted nature could stand ne
moro.
PRESIDENTIAL LOVE AFFAIRS
one of the qneerezt couples that ever
inhabited the White House, aud one of
The most devoted, was AndrVw Jackson
| and his wife She Wna AZ democratic
az himself smoked q pipe and used
strange country dioms and couiined hey
reading 60 the Bible. Yet she was iu
| lcnscly sensitive % public oplnion There
! had been some misunderstanding about
her divorce from her first husband, which
| through a confusion Of state laws, Ind
| not really taken legal effect ubtl pftor
| her marriage with old Hickory. The
! scandal was revived whom she pnterpd
| thefWhltr House, aud Il was the object
| Of Jncksou's teudUreHt aolicithde 10 kpeb
| trum her nll knowledge of the shameful
! atmcks that aboundcd la the npWHpnpprs.
! She died ga the White House. aud her
! bcreuved husband ever afterWnrd boro
around his npck aud hidden IN his bosen,
! n miniature, which every night he plnc'
! cd on little table by his bedside tbnt
/ her face might be the thing 10 urnet him
/ 90 the morning. On her tombstnue bp
! bad caused TO be- engraved the Words
/ "A being 40 gentle and yet 10 yiritions.
| SANDER mlghi wound bul could not Ola.
/ honor General Grant, duriug tho whole
! Of his married lie. wore ring which
his wife had given hlIn during hia en-.
| gAgnment, mud at bis request Il was
buried With him.
General Tyler and Willard Fillmore
we've the only presidents who were twice
/ married. Tie former was preuidrnt ~
the nme OF ms second marriage. but FOR
some reason DO considered Il indolleate
10 be married nc the Willie House n
| precedent which Cleveland rightly hon.
ored IN the breach rather than IN the ob.
| servRncp. Fllmorp's frat wife wna
| taken sick on the very day that hls torn
] Of Office expired. aud died n few ,veekn
/ afterwards az Wizards hotel Ia Wnsl,-
l lugt0n whifhcr she had 3eru removed
/ from the White House
| lincoln's romance was connected with
| ha FIRST love, rather than with tbe iady
whom lac afterward hurried 'rhe form.
cr was gulden.halred little blonde
manned Anne Rulledge, 10 whom he wng
4 engaged NJ the age Of - She died be.
fore they could be- married and lincoln
| almost won't out ~ hls mind Us
! friends thought indeed that he was crazy.
i lie was especially Violent w gloomy or
stormy weather when he would rave aud
1 cry that he could neYcr he reconoiied tO
have the snow. rain or storms to bent
| upon Dor grave, 10 WINS not until nearly
ten years afterwards that lie became en.
I gagged 20 Miss Mary TODD who roinsed
/ stephen A. Douglas IN order 10 accent
/ him. Bot he had a prpaeutiinpnt that
| the mnringc would not bp q hnppy one
/ On the day lrst set for the wedding be
hgrane suddenly III and was unable 10
/ mako bis appearance, though bride.
1 ClerRgmen, ana guests were nl whiting
for him More than year aflcrRnrd
the marriage was finally contaminated
HAWTHORNE's SUPPRESSED DE.
sCRlPTION OF LINCOLN.
OF Lincoln. the most pietufesono,
| Human loValIa auH a.ooDfrf,i oi..... ~ n Y