Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1883 — When Old Hickory Dined. [ARTICLE]

When Old Hickory Dined.

Years ago, when David Crockett was a member of Congress and had returned home at the close of the first session, several of his neighbors gathered around him one day and asked questions about Washington. “What time do they dine in the city ?” asked one. “Common people, such as we have here, dine at 1. The big ones at 3/ we Representatives dine at 4; the aristocracy and Senators eat at 5.” “Well, when does the President fodder?” “Old Hickory?” exclaimed the Colonel; “well, he don’t dine till next day.” The income of the London missionary societies of all denominations amounts to some $7,000,000. The Bible and tract societies add over $2,000,000 more to this grand total.