Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-09-29
THE HERMITAGE, NASHVILLE,
TENNESSEE

Andrew Jackson's old home "The
Hermitage is Is miles from Nash
Vile. 1t would satisfy the most fas.
tidious lover of antiques. the furni-
ture is so quaint and beautiful. 1t
came from Europe by way of New
Orleans, and the Ohio, transporta-
ton costing S1,668, fortune in
those days, a pretty penny. Indeed
it is said to have taken his last pen
ny. The garden is framed with
lockwood, like Mt. Vernon. 1t is call
ed second to Mt. Vernon as ma
tional shrine, certainly by forget
ting Hodginsville, and the palatial
Monticello and Arlington. Colonial,
with balconied verandas, end negro
quarters, it is perfect type OF the
old plantation home. Fluted Greek
columns, colonial entrance, wide GEN.
trail hall, with II spacious, 2O-foot
square rooms, it makes fine pic
ture The Bible and prayer book
are in evidence, it being the daily
custom, of Jackson to read and pray.
A quarter of mile away he built
a Presbyterian church, himself and
wife being members. The scene as
whole is southern, domestic,
charming. both in elegance and SIM
plicity. The mansion was built for
his beloved wife, Rachel. Here came
presidents, politicians, leaders OF
thought and action to visit. Lafay-
cite came. Burr came, plotting war
with Spain, and thinking Of great
empire in the southwest.
The story is Of vivid and in
tense personality. Jackson was born
poor, father dying before birth, and
was without education. He volunteer
ed at IS, as a private to drive out
CORVALLIS. Captured, imprisoned,
he suffered from smallpox, and was
released by his mothers efforts. His
brother died of the disease, his
mother from fever contracted While
nursing soldiers. Alone now, he be-
came teacher, lawyer, landowner,
cotton planter, Indian fighter repre-
sentative, senator, state judge, duel
list, and the conquering hero OF New
Orleans. He lost eight men to the
British 1000 AS president, he
started the "spoils system" The
rude mob wrecked the White House
furniture at the Inauguration. He
Calhoun. He cancelled the national
debt. He saw the first railroad and
the first panic. Brave, fiery, sincere,
history must always give him big
chapter.
Nearby towns are Old Hickory,
and Dupontonia, owned by the Du-
points. Dupcntonia was powder
plant bought from the government.
The powder was placed under water,
and never disturbed since the World
war. The plant ever since has made
rayon and celophane College stu
dents come at once from graduation
to work here. They are selected in
advance by the company, securing
the best type of worker from all the
colleges.
Rayon and celophane differ great
ly in looks, but are really the same
chemically. Celophane, SO useful i'll
wrapping food, and other things, is
no by-product, but similar prod
uct is different form, the students
told u.s. To make rayon, two things
are united, spruce pulp and linters;
the lniters is the nap Of cotton.
They are reduced to watery solu-
three days coagulated This is sent
to the spinning room. and pressed
through a sieve into filaments. Think
of the fineness of the filaments,
when it takes so to make a single
thread. After a bath. it is pulled
out by a feed~wheel into revolving
bucket, where it forms into cakes
Acid is removed it is dried, put on
winders or cones, then formed into
skeins.
No one need go to Greece for the
finest exposition of Grecian architec-
ture. Go to the Parthenon at Nash
Vile. The original was measured
and duplicated exactly here. The
sculptured pediments will long en-
gage the student of art who comes
to see it, Inside paintings are
American. One by Moran cost Sl5,-
600. But do not miss seeing the
home of the orphan waif, who be-
came the seventh president of the
United States.-Howard H. Scott