The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-02
TN NTNETY-fIFTH
 YEAR OF AGE
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C
 States have seen that many Presidents. don't you think?" queried the ole gentle man with the simplicity of his age.
 But" continued Captain Tayloe. re- f1ectively, '1t is a remarkable fact that have never shaken hands with Republi- can President"
 He laughed outright at the suggestion that he should visit Washington and shake hands with President Roosevelt.
 'No," he answered quickly, the smile changing to a cloud of sorrow. T shall never visit washington again. But he went on, speaking rapidly, "I should like to know young Mir. Roosevelt. I think he is doing fairly we'll. It gives me pleas ure to observe that he is wandering away from his own party, especially in the South. He has made two good appoint ments in this State. Young Tom Jones is a man of fine judicial mind and Roul- hac is a splendid young fellow"
 asked Captain Tayloe to tell me some thing of the Presidents he had known. MADISON FAMILY.
 The old man reflected a moment as though peering into the years that had gone. t
 The Madison family were intimate friends of my family" said Captain Tay- loe Mir. Madison-Oh! he was dapper little fellow, who carried sunshine with him. Mrs. Madison-pretty woman. I can see her sweet face now. She wore a dainty lace cap that came down on either side of her face and pretty little cl,rls formed rings upon her fine forehead.
 S"Mr. Madison had pompous negro man who acted as his body servant. Dur ing the fighting at Bladenburg, just out side of Washington, you remember, the President. MT. Madison, very imprudently rode out upon the battlefield. seeing that defeat of our soldiers was inevitable he hastily returned to Washington. The old negro was standing upon the pave ment in front of the Presidents house | when Mir. Madison arrived. bearing news of the disaster. Later in describing the l retreat of our troops from Blandensburg the old negro said: De gen'ruls and de sojers day run mighty fas' but Marse Jeems he runned faster.
 This incident of by-gone days was re- lated with great relish by Captain Tay- Joe. He initiated the negro dialect per- fectly bringing out the climax with the appreciation of a true raconteur. Do you recall Bladenburg?" I asked. amazed at tiie remarkable memory of this nonogenarfan.
 ldke tdSH lEOIl ttiG HAy SahtC Aio reply.
 Perfectly, sir. perfectly. While nain- taining a home in Washington my father and his family spent a great deal of their time on his estates in Virginia of which he had six. We journeyed to Vir- ginia in the family carriage several times each year. The night the capitol was burned by British troops we were at Neabsco plantation. thirty-five miles from Washington. I remember distinct ly I had a severe toothache, and was lying down with hot brick beneath my cheek The flames of the burning capitol were easily seen from our place l jumped up Ssd ran to the window In my excitement forgetting the toothache.
 FLO00ED PORTER.
 .'As a little fellow" Captain Tayloe went on, '1 went to grammar schools in Washington. We had an old Scotch teacher whom we boys detested. David Porter--the Admiral. you know-was there and he and l were ehums. Inc old Scotchman kept leather strap, sort of cat o'nine tails and he frequently used | it on Porter. l stole the cat o'nine tails and gave 1t to Porter who threw 1t away | in the slashes on our way home. The old Scatchman. of course, never could I | At these "reminiscences of his boyhoot days, Captain Tayloe laughed heartily.
 'The old Scotchman raised his strap t l strike me once' he said, when laughte
 had subsided, but he never struck me | | lick Do you know, sir" he continued | it is remarkable, but true. that l wa never fog ged at school. Not that failed to deserve it. sir; am sure l deserved it | for 1 was a bad boy
 l Captain Tayloe talked Interestingly O | his life at the University of Virginia anC his "reminiscences of Thomas Jefferson.
 WITH JEFFERSON.
 When was at the University of Vir | ginia," said Captain Tayloe, "I often wen to Monticello. In fact. we boys went ther every Saturday with Mir Jeffersoni grandson. Archibald Cary, and the Ran dolph boys. We loved MT. Jefferson, wh, was then, of course. very old. He wa not feeble. at all, however. As I reCal him, he was perfectly erect and a mn of fine physique. He would greet t. boys with a benevolent smil" P". viti paternal regard, put his hand Iii 5I the heads. If a strange boy went to Nj ntl [ cello with us Mir. Jefferson would cite chize him. He had a regular SC. ies O questions to ask the young men.
 My young man. Mir. Jefferson would ask, what is your name? The boy woulC answer. TheiJ What county do you come from? What are the products o your county?' The boy having answered the questions correctly, Mir. Jefferson would stroke him on the shoulder gently and say. Very good. sir: very good; yol are an intelligent young man..
 "The only time ever heard Mir. Jeffer son speak" said Captain Tayloe, wa right after the rebellion, at the Univer sity That was an occasion in the annal of university life. It was but a feN years after the establishment of the in | stitution. The students undertook t | overthrow the faculty and tear down tn buildings. Fortunately for me, l was nc | in 1t. The boys came to my room an asked me to join them. l don't kno'
 just why I was not in 1t. Certainly,
 was none too good. Perhaps I was bus
 with my studies.
 | Well. a few days after the rebellion
 MT Jefferson came over to the University | The 1S0 students being drawn up in lint l he made them an address. He was ster
 but reasonable. In closing, l remembe
 he said that he believed in the youn
 manhood of the country; that it was tn
 manly thing for the leaders of the rebe lion to come forward, give him thei | names and pledge themselves to conduc
 themselves properly in the future. H sharply demanded that the leaders ste forward, appealing to their manhood.
 "Then a dramatic scene was enacted Archibald Cary stepped out from the lin and, approaching MT. Jefferson, sai
 tremulously:
 | ' Grandfather, I am the man.
 ''The head of MT. Jefferson fell upo his breast and tears streamed down hi