Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1876 — PERSONAL AND LITERARY. [ARTICLE]

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

—Carl Schurz will reside in St. Louis during the winter. —Mr. Richard Hemy Dana, the poet, recently celebrated the eighty-ninth anniversary of his birthday. —Secretary Chandler has issued an order prohibiting smoking in his Department during office hours. —Joel T. Headley, the once-popular author, is now living at Newburgh on the Hudson. He appears in the magazines at intervals, but has few readers. —McKinney, Tex., boasts a blind lawyer, John McClelland, who has an extensive practice, and is—thanks, possibly, to his horse being well trained—an expert equestrian. —Mr. Lincoln told his oldest boy, Bob, to let the youngest, “Tad,” have his pocket-knife “to keep him quiet.” “ But I want it to keep me quiet,” was the reply of the oldest. —Washington was married, but had no children. Adams was married and had one son, whom he lived to see President. Jefferson was a widower; his wife died twenty years before his election. They had six children—all daughters—of whom only two survived infancy. Madison was married, but had no children. His wife was the most elegant woman that ever adorned the Presidential mansion. She survived him, and was for many years the pride of Washington society, having lived to listen to Hemy Clay’s farewell speech in the Senate. Monroe was married, and sowas John Quincy Adams. Jackson was a widower .and so were Van Buren and Harrison. Tyler was a widower when he entered office, but soon afterward married the heiress, Miss Gardner, of this city. He was the only President that married during his term of office. Polk was a married man, and his wifesurvived him a number of years. Gen. Taylor was a widower. Pierce was a married man, but Buchanan was a bachelor. The social condition of such men as Lincoln, Johnson and Grant needs no reference, except to add that Grant is the first President who had a daughter married while in office.—Cincinnati Gazette.