The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-05

IdIIS Oh the VI ASS- ~
above the masses and catch the first
glimpse of the rising sun and re-
fleet it to a darkened world beneath.
To me his has always been a peau-
tiful thought, n who can say, put
tina these hills We're one OF JACK
sons main inspirations; that tney
taught him to rise above 1owly things;
and VINO knows but their soft nues
were not even reckoning him on un-
til he finally crossed them and TOOK
I'D his abode in Tennessee. Every
body has heard of the Hermitage
the home of Jackson in Tennessee.
The place where Andrew
was born was not the home or ms
parents, but hat of an aunt, his
mothers sister, Mrs. George Mckan-
ME. He was not only born poor, but
homeless and fatherless.
His father and mother lived near
what is now "Old Pleasant Grove
Camping Ground not very far from
WaXhaW, but at the time Of her nus
bands death, which occurred a short
time before Jackson was born, MS
mother was forced to sell out, and
she was going to live with one OF
her sisters, a Mrs. Crawford. in
South Carolina. What a sad trip 1t
must have been to her, as she toll
lowed her husbands body to n Old
Waxhaw church burying-ground TO
be buried and leaving her own home
to axe up her abode with relatives
and live upon charity.
There is q story handed down from
the original settlers in the commu-
nifty where Jackson's father lived,
which is a little out Of the ordinary
in a funeral procession, but taking
into consideration the rough life
the people Of that time lived, it does
not sound altogether improbable. In
fact, it is handed down from father
to son as positively true. 1t is said
that the corpse was lost on the way
near a small branch about four miles
from the present site of Waxhaw-
and that the party driving the wagon
were SO jolly good ana drunk that
they did not find it out until they
had zone bout two miles. In view
Of the fact that they ived in a SUI
perstitious craft being inst prior to
his that witches were prevalent
among the New Englanders, I pre-
sumo they were trying to drown their
fears or ap~prehensions of ghosts
that might catch them unawares."
The road along which they travel
ed went through the town Of Wax
haw, which was then a forest and
the home Of the rowing Indian, it
passing through what is now MI.
J. 7. Rodman's garden.
The long rough ride and her deep
sorrow had a trying effect on Mrs
Jackson's physical condition and she
was not able to continue her journey,
but stopped with her sister, Mrs.
George McKannieS and it was there
on March 18th. 1857, a short time
after the death Of her husband, that
a little red-headed baby boy was
born. whom the world knows as
andrew Jackson.
After Jackson was strong enough,
his mother took him and went down
to her other sisters, Mrs. Crawford,
in South Carolina to live. Jackson
lived there until he was about four
teen years old, and when he was
Charleston for refusing to black the
boots Of the British soldiers. How
closely allied are these two States,
North and South Carolina, in the
bringing up of this child? If I were
allowed to speak in Metaphors, I
should say that North Carolina was
the mother Of Jackson while South
Carolina was his nurse, both sacred
trusts of which each State should be
proud.
Jaskson's life was A series of ups
and downs, and many stories are told
Of his exceedingly high temper and
determined ways, which gave him
in after life the title of "Old Hick-
ory." It is said that he was more
like a tiger when he vas sufficiently
aroused than anything else. but the
thin. about it worthy Of commenda-
ton is that he was always aroused on
the right side, which he stood by
until vistorious. It is a strange
thing about all the terrible things
Jackson ever did-the fights he
fought and the manner in which he
fought some of them, but lone Of
them have a mean vulgar sound.
They are rather those things one
looks at from a numerous stand
point: for 1 cannot remember a sin
gle story Of the escapades of jack
son that 1 cannot laugh about again
and again. There is so much brav-
cry IN them to admire that over
comes the tendency to dislike the