Eureka Reporter | 1906-09-21 | Page 5 | Farming in the White House

farm ng in the wh te house mrs jackson died just before the general s first administration and dur ing the eight years that he was at the white house he practically managed the plantation himself from washing ton says oliver bronson capen in country life in america As a farm er andrew jaci son was more success lul than george washington and as a breeder of horses he was more sue than henry clay and yet so great were his achievements in pur suits as far removed from the pastoral the poles that popular tradition does not reckon with one of the most important sides of his character crar acter lawyer politician judge statesman aldier closer to his heart than all tl ese were a country home and a farm