El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-30

leaving the shelf aforesaid to be
come president again.
Adams Becomes RecIuse.
John Adams, was so chagrined by
his failure to obtain another term that,
refusing even to shake hands with his
successor, the hated Jefferson he
jumped aboard the ''cannonball stage"
for Quincy, Mass, and secluded him
self for the next % years-he lived to
be 81 years Old-in his library He was
bitterly jealous of Franklin; he dis
liked nearly everybody else, and his
friendship for Washington was more
than doubtful. But he survived long
enough to see his son in the white
house, and, through a wide cores
pondence, he retained a great deal Of
influence
James Buchanan was saddened and
unhappy. After leaving the presidency
ne became almost a hermit, living for
elght years the died IN 1869 at
EVheatlands, near Lancaster, Pa. The
same thing might be said Of Franklin
Pierce, whose last 16 years were spent
at his home in Concord, n. II. He saw
a good deal of his friends, however,
and liked to talk politics, making no
secret Of the fact that he was a south
ern sympathiZer. Rutherford B. Hayes,
tired of taking part in national affairs,
went back to Fremont, Ohio. where he
dwelt in what he called delightful re-
tirement."
Six ex-presidents became farmers.
Hayes was one OF them-thOugh his
pursuit Of agriculture at Spiegel
Grove was rather ornamental than
otherwise. Andrew Jackson went back
to his farm near Knoxville. He also
owned a mill and a country store.
The estate Of Andrew Jackson, called
the Hermitage" near Nashville, gave
MIN farming occupation during the
last eight years Of his life.
James MadisOn's estate, in Orange
county, Va, on which he lived for the
last IS years Of his life, was Of baron
ial size. His predecessor in the white
wise a farmer, though not a very sue
cessful one. He entertained at Mon
ticello'. on most profuse scale, his
hospitable roof often sheltering as
many as fifty guests at one time He
founded the University of Virginia.
On the 9Th day Of March, 1897,
George Washington having surren-
rendered the cares of state, left Phlla-
delphia (then the federal capitaD for
Mount Vernon, accompanied by his
wife and Nellie GUSTS. Nellie wrote
few days later to her friend, Mrs. Oil
yer Wolcott- "Grandpapa is very well
and much pleased with being once
more farmer Washington" There is
no question Of the fact that his re-
fusal of a third term was due largely
to the fact that he was weary of pub
lie life
Four Become Lawyers.
EouI 6A presidents nave taken 70 tLS
law. OF these Cleveland and Benjamin
Harrison were two. James Monroe, on
leaving the white house, was In debt,
and, being anxious to recruit his finan-
ces, went to New York instead Of goins
back to his home in LOudoun county,
Virginia. But at that epoch the COM
mercial value of a former, chief mag
istrate had not come to be appreciated.
and the author Of the famous doc
trine" made rather a failure of it.
Chester A. Arthur (whO was greatly
disappointed by his failure to obtain
second -term) had likewise a legal
career in mind when he returned to
the metropolis. and even arranged for
a law partnership. incidentally, he ac-
cepted the presidency of a corporation
which proposed to dig a tunnel under
BroadWay-at that time considered a
visionary scheme.
Five presidents dabbled more or less
in literature after their departure from