The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-13
BILL APP'S WEEKLY LETTER.
RAETOW'S SAGE RECOCNTS some
PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY.
STORY OF JACKS0N'S MARRIAGE,
Self Made Chief EXecutivc.-C0llr=r Ed
lratiDn and Athletic Games at ,"h"ol
Touched Upon.

Two weeks AZ, Tie Evening Constitution,
| n its weekly symposium, asked which ONE
| Of the pres truts was married twice to t!l,
| salEn woman. the answer WAS given the
| sucr;,,liny week and since then l !tayG re-
! ceived Il number Of letters W;l.:tng to know
| why.
doubtless .hrrr Hr" Il great many NOR"
who have not Hcr',eS t. any biography OF
An,lrnw ,Jark:.tn, and world like to know
why he wtts twice married to his only wife.
And 50 for the diffusion Of knowledge it
| is Il good time to tell these inIuirtr> the
! ronHnrn Of that martHS", Tor win most
! men a,h women marriage: is the most int
/ pnr:nnt event If heir '!ir
| i:Arhr! Donr!-on was Il Beautiful Spr',lt-
| ~ and Interesting girl the best horst
woman and the Is, ''"n"rr III al the ro'n-
| try. She married. Captain Eob"'ds, who
! proved 10 be Il ;:ranni'Ht and jca!"'l, hl;:,-
| band. He took her to ErntHrky to live
| with his not her. hit soon after, in Il Ii OF
| jealous rage, sent hrr back to Nashville.
| Her mother. who WIZ; Il widow, WAS Keep
! ing /; boarding house and among her pat
| rorS. were General jackson and Judge Uv-
| crton. both OF them higii-loncd. honorable
! gentlemen. lrsirE'l. the general was noted
! for his purity OF "harst'trr, h;:s homage and
| chivaru1'S r-r.',., fer woman. When Cap
] tain i.uhards r;h:I" tii"I. to n.nnc recon-
ci!iation with his VIE. he took nfcn,r st
]ackson's poht"ncss to her. He and J'u:k-
| son hld hot word; and further trouble, was
feared. Ja'!son changed his boarding.
| house AMI Hoar'.i wont back to kentucky
l. and threatened - rHinrn and haunt his wife
! and make her life miserable. 10 escape his
| prosecutions sd" removed to N;itrh;Z, where
she had friends and r",;ltiyGS. In the lIr;l-
time l.ohnr'i; applied 20 The l"ysl"t;.re vi
| Kentucky for }"ay;'tn sue for Il divorce. fer
that was t:len tn" law. leave 10 .;ar was
granted to him. and it ""s generally sup
! posed that hr had sued in Kentucky ard
! had obtained j." divorce Acting on this be-
lief, Jackson went 10 NHtt'leH and married
! her.
! For two Yeas they lived together in NASH
! vile rs man and vile when to their goat
! S;lrpriS" it was discovered ,'sat Enharsis dix,
! not secure his divorce u.ltl /, ycac after her
second marriage. 50 jackson procured an
! other license ana Was marIij,! TO hnru second
| time. For fort; years they rn joyrd 81, hon
orabl'. ;l,I happy "elock. lii, devotion to
her w;!s intense and his pistol was ever
ready to ayrngr her fair nam" from scandal
| fLc had many political enemies bot he
| Taught them carly that not even wkisparto
! her prnindirc wonld be- allowed. Rachel
! Don"son was true and noble WO1nan
1t is a singular Fact that FIVE ,.ot the first
thirteen president: married widows. Wash
ington set the example and was followed hy
Jefferson. Madison &nl Fillmore. The last
named was married twice and 50 was
| JOHN Tyler. Andrew JOhnSDn'S wife taught
him to write after they were married.
His humble origin ard vocation and biz.
! rise to the highest Office have long been
cited to illustrate the difference between u
republican and Il m0narrhicnl government.
but he was not The only president whose
| youth was marked by toll and Ignorance,
! Fillmore was appr"nticcd to a wool carlcr
when he was fourteen years Of age and was
| bound to the trade tor seven years When
he was nineteen he bought his unseryed
time and bought Il dictionary He could
read and write little. hut had not had ac-
cess to any books, for his father lad none
sayea Bible anda hymn book He had never
| seen map Of the United States nor.a copy
Of Robinson Ccuso. 1t was Iii:. being born
again fer young man Of nineteen to l,pgin
I to acquire the 3ldimHnis ST IN education.
But be did it9fand climbed slowly. hut surely.
! upward until ho}roachrd ;lr top OF the lad
der Tic made Il better MN thnn Andrew
Johnson and was far mCrc higninad and
happier in his office. Fillmore hrcHn," pres
ident because l." was worthy Of it. johnson
| Was rolled into the office j,v he tidal wave
Of the civil war. But they were s?-n,ad,
| INCA. ,
Gar!i,t! WIS known rs tn" tcnc':c,. ,rrsi
dent, but JOHN Adams ;.Gd Ar1hur also ta,-ltt
| school. Eight OF tie rnricr Presidents had
no colIcyiatc GtucH!iun But This il no Hrc,,
mcnt against til" great advantage fiat
such an 'du"a'ion @iycG. |nliesa ecu
cation IS ! great comfort, Independent Of il;
being help TO progress AID advancement
in scicace and ait Exc iin1iteh know.r,i,,r
l acquired III 4 the" y"Ars' course roI!.l
not be bought With moray. Ii furnished
Tic tools Of ny trade
Thor" is u I''#;i:e comfort in knowing inc
origin Of LnGii;h wor,,e~th. old one! ,nh
tn" new cncs that are being cpniinna!Iy
I coined t" Keep up viii! science and dis
covcry 1t is comfort 10 Know how to
measure the distances Of :ho sun and moon
ana stars and TO calculate tc!iiises and WHY
4 the little honey bee builds the coils in .h.
money comb IN heXa;;On shape and the laws
OF light and gravity. It /. u comfort TO an
Old man 70 h." looked up to by hi. children
and grandchildren as the pupils did to the
schoolnAslcr in Godsmi:A's srhtn--
| AL" SAA 'u't S'"+u UiN S'lil iEe wonder
| E,tGT
! That one small head could carry all it
knew
The danger of college life is i,ovcver,yn
great, and 10 hoy shruld be sent there inst
for the fun or the name OF tie polish Of il,
The athletic sro.t Of it seems NOWADAYS to
be Il prominent fca!ur" Of college cluca1iou.
My ideas about that may ha prcjudiccs, lvt
If SO they ara 50 strong an'. ! ana 80 antioe
that cannot change them. have no more
,'v's :" eu""a,r dnu tEey Who nave must
take Inolr own responsibility, but feel 4,
helpless as discouraged when | read the
programmes OF the matched games that ara
already arranged for tie coming sur,mar
among the colleges. I can do nothing, hut
take lack scat and let the procession nro-
cccd.-blI.1 ARP, in Atlanta Constitution.