| Show wnesww w A STnANOB nXPGniKNCB I lreretieg Illtnry of a tlranA1n d a tlydnete hlef In a cottage at 7M7 Rill avenue Am I lladdex over eighty yean old Brandon Brand-on of a Uariouln chief whoa deaotcl ant we J probably I the only fault of IMouIn ever held I a American eave i I while away the hour of hla declining yean by thinking of the PreIJent who iwraonil friendship he hues enjoyed en-joyed for he hili known all the Presl dent sloe Andrew Jaekaon and win I I once n servant In the family of Jame > K 1 folk The old man 1o I a genuine I i Uedouln In appearance He I almmt j I black but hla while hnlr and heavy beard are perfectly straight Ills nye are small and keen hula none Is I clear cut and he haaall the peculiarities common com-mon to the Mb tit the desert except that he haa always led a quiet Indtiv Irloua life Three time he hs married mar-ried mid three time be was meld when n lave H is I the father ot four children i chil-dren hut I supposes them to be all dead I except a on from whom ho never heir Por l the last thirteen year the old man haa been n laborer Pullman but wa hurt by falling from n ear Sail I May and baa not since worked MJM thin Imnclsct Post lladdex wa born In Tennessee lied lie-d not know him exact age but nays that he wa a young man when Andrew Jackson wi Ort elected to the prel dincy elxly even year ago Jack 1 sons plantation was not far from Had 1 then mantera and Itiddex who knew I Jackson well tells an amuilnR aneciloto I nbout Old I Illrkor I Ocnerul Jackaon wild lladdex nano n mighty fine man and treated everybody oven tho stale with common com-mon courtey I know Ibo General well and ho always poke to me Ono day AM I was going nlong the road In Tcnnr ace I met Ocniral Jnckaon who wa riding out will another white srnlle m a n O0 was customary for slaves 1 took off my hat an the carriage pawcil lenrral Jackaon returned the compliment compli-ment and spoke to me very plenaantly What Orneral crlwl lips companion do > ou 0100 K and lake olt your hat ton to-n nigger Wli > of couriw rrplltit Jaikaon I cant nllow a colored man to hate more manner than I Poor old IdiomI Jackaon continued the old man t remcmober when they burled bur-led him down yonder In old TcnneMve and thl here hickory mno of mine was cut from a tree abate hie grove Par many yarn Jame K 1 Polk lived Juit acmes the raid from llnddcxa maitera In Columbln Tenn lladdex older brother who Is1111 I living In Columbia Co-lumbia wa talks body rant and c ned lull martcr In the Vhllo llouw during Polka prcaldrney Idler on Aii hlmtclf became a rcnant In tho folk family Among tko Presidents whom Iladdrx hai known Intimately lire Jnckion Van Ilnrcn Vlllnm Henry Harrlton Polk I Tyler and Plllmore Ho hu had ronvonatlon with Lincoln I I Irani Pl rce lluclmnan mil Andrew I Johnion and has ihakcn hand with HajiM InrOeld Cleteland and Harrl Ion and alto with the late Secretary James 0 lllaln nnd other iirnlilentUI candidate lladdex lugs been n man oft of-t itrenKth and build In Ills prime ho cinld carry a bale of cotton on his back How lila ancestor were captured cap-tured lie doe not know but he alwaya knew that ho came from n different trtio than other slave III father he MH WM n ieculliir man and oven bough a slave managed to secure n Urge sum of diver money with which he Inlcndnl tu purchase his familys frtodom hut thl lrhlIeM wm rcfitieil lin Hadilox live all alone wllli hit third wife n comely old lady who l < luvernl are lips Junior 1111 mind II I perfectly clear and he bears up remark nlily well under Ids burden of yuan |
