The St. Louis Republic., 1901-03-03

Jersey avenue; leading from thence to the
Eastern branch. They are spacious and con-
venlent. one Of which is designed for stage
passengers and travellers, and the other for
the accommodation of boarders. There is
stabling sufficient for twenty horses. They
Sc % Novembepr e is5e
80 Last evening arrived in Washington
Thomas Jefferson, vice President Of the
! Conrad & McMunn's apartments.'-Nationa
| lntelligencer, November 2S $500.
Yesterday the President of the United
States removed from Messrs. McMunp &
Conrad's to thePresiden t's house. Nation
al intelligencer NJ arch 20. 1901.
The , record IS therefore complete that he
continued to occupy the same as late as
March 20. 1901. These lodgings were located
In one of the three adjoining and substan-
tally built brick houses at the northwest
corner of New Jersey avenue and c street
southeast. They were built by Thomas
La Law and at the time Of Mr. Jeffersons first
houses. Subsequently the Government
leased them. for the coast survey and other
o. the SERVICE Later they were
House, now as the Varnum.
A Deep-ROOted Fiction.
The foregoing statement and circum-
an English traveller, named Davis, who, as
an eyewitness. writes as follows:
let let us now come to the object Of our
member from Virginia procured me a
convenient seat in the Capitol; and an
hour after Mr.. Jefferson entered the house.
rose to receive him. lie n cames howeVer ssna.oto to
the house without ostentation His dress
was Of plain cloth. and he rode on horse
or even servant in his train, dismounted
without assistance and hitched his bride to
the palisades.
during the century and SO frequently re-
peated by recent writer's. the popular be-
lief in its truth has become so widespread
nial. And as a matter Of fact. the Davis
story of the horseback ride and hitching
post did have its counterpart at a later
date. Mr.. Jefferson walked into the office
OF President and rode on horseback out Of
It. Miss Sarah. the daughter of Thomas
Jefferson Randolph. in writing of her fa-
..At Madison's first Inauguration he was
a lad of II years and was his grandfather's
sole companion as. he rode. in those days Of
nue. on horseback from the Presidents
house to the Capitol. where grandson and
grandfather ~dismounted. hitched their
the congressional hall to see the Govern-
fr!s9a a. entered tns ' hall a. t,s 1zons. - =, =,
Representatives about the time Mr.. Madi-
son left his private residence In this city,
F street between Thirteenth and Four
teenth streets. northwest. accompanied by
the military and civic escort
THE Travels in America by Davis, was
published in London in 1sos He could not.
therefore, have connected his story with
Mr. Jefferson's eccentric escapade Of March
4: 1909. 1t is not. however, improbable that
the latt4r event has added such force to the
story of Davis as to create and maintain
the popular belief.
Reign OF Simplicity.
1T was not, however, writes Mrs. Upton,
the original intention Of Mr.. Jefferson to
inaugurate the regime Of republican sim
plicity' without pomp and display. She |
adds:
wAs fond Of horses, handsome euuipa aTes |
and handsome dress. despite what has been
sea Of his repuhlicAp asp1plinity. He meY !