Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08
tcopyrishted, 1893, by Frank G. Car
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r,. t1o,,,o t,d Ian Or 1893
'''iV
came 10 Torre Hau'e 10 ntN'
chat with man who saw Thomas
Jefferson. who was handled on the
rnaas ~ to,nos Madison. whose boy
,sh no,d was Matted by Monroe. who
.si 49, - 49,. ,,,,,or no WINS
saw Jonn quincy Auuin9 wiz" "'
in the White House. ana was SURVIVE
with hin, in Congress when he dropped
do,d IN rho han Of representatives.
-, - t.. ,1t,toot ad,,ice
Inns man ""H 81" -,
when he started out in life ny Al'uTeW
Jacl,snn He knew Martin Van Buren,.
-. -. 80 ,t,, ,,raatdentinl electors
'ie was JIG Va w. - -, L.
who put Nlliiah hehrS -
the Executive Mansion, and ne refused
tbo mission Ia Austria when II was Of
-, -. r,,.,et1art T,vior He
Iereu 10 nun Wy ,,f,,'.,,,,
had close associations WIN r"""''''
He was friend of Frank Pierce ana
no know well James Buchanan. He
80, ,,a,,a,,ss ,,,,t, Abraham Lin
served IN Nohsres9 WIN 90
coin. and during the mtters pres'-
dency he was his trusted friend. lie
,na,, robnson. was n friend of Grants,
80 - .'.,'.i,,,,,, oe tIavos no
ana during inc pres'uee' " ,,,,,,,
was the secretary of the navy, win
and John ADAMS, he was assovla.eu
with every President OF the United
States, SO thnt To-Day ne iVrihs, 10 =
were, bridge between the pust anu
the present
HOW TO GROW OLD.
rho VA, rafer To is the Honorable
r,iahora w Tbnmnson of Indiana. lie
i,,, ,,,'ais,ht veors of age. but
IL. NY ,n,e,Inci,,,I fsruliies orc as bright
a' ~, 49,, ,yhan he managed the
90 my ~, Itn,tnd states and his soul
ars W a, 49, oa ,,,han he ,vaa admitted
. r. har ,o,v wore than sixty-four
" ~ 20 ',ra,i ,traiaht ond f,nn lonk-
y;,,,a IL, I,,,a ives abine with life. his
ins, iiis ~ r,9,,,, ',s ,had ~ n babv and
shiii ,s as ,Iesn GO IL, IL. ~ 40 L, hia
sue ny, ,,a he sI,ebtiv feeble way
a.. IL, ha,, ,,,e,,aa ohas,f from nIece Ia
III wn'e" ILL., Ie ',o ,,e9, ,,,os strnng NJ he
p,''.., Iii, al &c ioolsed al
sha'teu VA" ne, III n,ot he bad
,i, Inn 80. t,,an ,,,,;ca ne ions as nm
49, ~. ~ - aaIsaa H., tho a.
On .his c'l,n' anu = Ssu ,.i IN NJ
T,,o,,, W ,a,,,ad'
~ a,,nnoaa the secret of nv GOOD
health is largely due to temuerance in
eating and drinking. / drink very
little. and / never eat anything that
does not agree with me. | was born.
you know in Culpeper, Va, and when
/ was approaching manhood the doc
tors held a consultation over me and
decided that 1 would die OF consump-
tlon. They said my onl, salvation was
to keen out OF doors. and my father
made me take a horse and tour over
tho nountaina IN Kentuckv I ala thia
and spent the greater part Of two
yna,.. az, horsnhanu cnr,,ps. hor,, ,,,,,,,
much more flesh thnn when / started.
and in excellent health, / don't think
the doctors knew what they were talk
ing about. hut have no dnubt the
horseback riding did me good "
II sec that yo,, nse tohacco NJ
THOMPSON nv pointea 10 ,be c,gar
which he was smnltinp
Yves. bnys smnkad nj, NV 10. ava
most Of the tirna 10 excn.s Nj ,anS.
aro 7 heca mo s,,hiect 20 y .o.t ~, ans
ava tha don,nrs .oid ~ ~ y. VI nt .s
To nicotine noi.on ,rhov aaia WIS , mue
otherwise perfectIv haa,tbv h,t ~, mas
NV swsta,, NO.. as .,,,,.ny ~ that
t,ro tha,, ,rn,asau y, ,, WIN nico-
inr. bnt tho doctnrs aS,,iso55 my snhok-
duco M, lii, ~ 80, auy,seu me 10 re-
have dnne this ~ on ,1u ~, e'sa a,,s uay. l
anv had tendanoias 90 - my i,ee from
,g,, VI ai'y klhu.
HENRY CLAWS LECTURE TO A
TobACCo CiEWEH.
"Then the moderate use of tobacco ia
not'so bad for one. after all?"
Il think man would be a great deal
better off without it," replied Col.
Thompson. II have used 1t. but j
have n strong constitution, and my
temperance In other things has enn-
bled me to Withstand its bad effects.
/ once chewed tobacco to excess. but I
have not used IL in that way for flfty
years"
How did you come to stop chewing.
colonel?"
There is quite a story in that" was
the reply. you seo almost all young
men chewed tobacco fifty years ago. /
had n quid In my mouth almost all the
time. was particular as to what
brand of tobacco / used, and when a
friend of mine from Virginia presented
me with lot of very fine plug to-
bacco, took II with me to the House
of Representatives and laid IL away in
my desk. / was YOU know then n
member OF Congress- There were a
lot OF other tobacco chewers sitting
, ,,var me, ION Maiahaii OF Kentucky
Wa' VI ohe slue, rarfett DaNlS was on
am e a u.mvn, anu 'hsle We're g9ou fellows
a,o"nI TIE she no pusseu my utoit
n,aaei' u' iIeIe WIS Eoou Iot OF To-
ra,iaa, ~" -, suPpneH 'ne party
tn ~ ..,,i, Mspe., .i,it the piugs seemed
~ ~ soinS ihster nun was rlght, ana
a., n1e. ror snort tline
thei, .s .ie past uoys; anu accused
s sneih az s"hIlhs my tuphceo' They
uen'eu " ~ l,ist one morning page
l can tell you who is stealing your
M Sonaeeo; ~ is senator Mansum OF
tsien SaioiiIa. W once went 10 the
ssti,ats anu Ioutu aenry cay and
tlttlnE together. both chewing