Show I 1 IM LOYE firs t and only infatuation the letitia favored a haval era souvenir dinglo eve for sake of nor special to sin ivanco ST PAUL alinn january 17 the blobs globs publishes to day tile foi owing one week ago in a small corner house that is hardly more than a shack located oil tile seventy civo elliles southwest of this city iii away the spirit of letitia who is proven to have been the first object of president james buchan ans for twenty ive years she had lived in wabasha county find several years agoto gether with two maliden friends went out upon the prairie and took ill her place find reticence dence in the modest bouee that sheltered her until a great weight of years t ar ried her down to her grave her remains were buried in lite quiet cemetery of lake city a pretty little town built on the margin of lako tz epi ti and on the marble heads 0 o f he grave are the figare ures 97 5 mouths sod I 1 cayll ae tell the age of the aril ing form beneath its filla dowl into tile lire of this I 1 3 a romance which might us well have been written on tile pages 0 bastory bi story so closely con necked wi i the life and destiny of a man who at one time stood at the head of the united states government woman was buchanann Bucha nans first sweet heart there can bt no doubt as there is corre and data that a uh this assertion conclusively and it was for her that lie forswore the bans of matrimony nod arved a lire of celibacy to the end the judy was born in a tavern in erie pa august 29 1798 iler fathe r kept the place and it was known by the battered sign in front ra the farmer s tavern here letitia was raised anti splendidly educated though not allowed to do a stroke of labor of any kind and to the day of her death knew not the eligh teet rudiments of coo littig dewing or other bo duties IV hen about old she was the belle of the town and county nod every swain for miles around laid ilia beatt at her feet iler grace courtlin eess noble character nod pure mind were the talk of abb village and site reigned elir eme across the street from he r ft r tavern was a printing aalice and here buchanah Buc banAh was an ap prentice le lived at the tavern anet lk i tia r fall log ILI love with her at once H e began his courtship and his suit prospered rather fairly until mr duncan learning tl c abate of affat 9 forbade buchanan the house and james and titia met secre tely however and thus matters stood until handsome dan turner appeared on the scene in the pretty uniform of a second lieutenant of the united states navy Ile stopped at the tavern when passi 1 aig through abo village and accidentally met la it was a case of mutual love at first eight and from that hour do clia nans love was hofele ho pele though be knew it bot at that time one should not understand by this that letty heartlessly led him on or was in any respect a coquette though buchanan wrote her letters aeling of his fierce undying love ched in most endearing term sLetty never told him that ate returned ilia affect tion or favored his advances the co latest b e t en buchanan and turner wa and one day old man duncan took a band by for b turner to enter the house one day turner aad bu chanan who were on most friendly acano wi edged rivals resolved to brave t be old mans wr tb and together marched into the kitchen where the queen happened to be they were compelled to retreat as letty attacked the advancing body with an iron ladle saying this is no place for gentlemen turner however was lettko lovee a nd she acknowledged him as tile one she loved ile was won obliged to join his vessel the united states frigate java and leave bu abanan proposed to letty but was refused ro fused brokenhearted broken hearted an stumbled to his room and Sitt ilIg there wrote to letty the following letter aly dear letitia I 1 shall never link my fortunes with any one my dearest girl unless they aredith y ou your fathers cruelty is mess ared by the depth of M y ket I 1 shall never mar ry letty est eo fare thee well until death james ile thought the reason letty to ejected him was because 0 f her fathers aversion to him on account of his mena 1 I pos and bove arty the truth is lett was devotedly in love with turner and wanted to bint as her husband some time previous to t I 1 I 1 e above letter buchanan latched into poetry and one day his y queed letitia was the recipient of the following written in a cramp ed hand dedicated to her TO affer lovely bair in wave and banging over her shoulder she vp fh to potice the heart of any man behold her her teeth were m bite as the ivory showed and her breath was spice wherever it floed her father waa cruel A tight of me he could endure the reason why because I 1 was poor I 1 dast n ot enter the d elling abere dwells my jewel JAMES 13 this poetry miss duncan seema e io prize and carried it con I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I I 1 1 until a few before her death when it vr put in a box with her other trinkets although Alt hoogh rejected buchanan to write passionate letters to his love but they would only be good friends letty said find buchanan finally lot sill hope the tow became hateful to his ilia old chates and grow irk some nod lie bear to remain where every little thing con reminded him of ilia lorm lie decided to g 0 o to and then e d his just letter to letty as fa 0 8 illy dear letitia I 1 can no long r endure the sight of the place that held eo anany happy hours even the beddini flower reminds me of you whom I 1 shall never see the place ii blest to contain a er like you aar letty but weeds like I 1 must seek some other habata tion to dear girl I 1 time ill as a remembrance tha t ii Is loved you and never 1 I love another good by ni y love may you be blessed by god is the wish of your heart broken JAMES BUCHANAN the note was a gateb that is now ill the po IV wrigley of like city the adain admin istra tor of aliss duncans calate the chain is made of the gold and set with a beautiful topaz a key and bocket con strutted ted of delicate gold threads of the most workmanship are in the watch case out side of the back are set tan ame and one turquoise while all around the case is elegantly carved it is so old that it is going to and is quite delicate letta always carried this in remembran ce 0 f jam this chain is a doub lo 10 on e and seems scarcely as thick a piece of twine soon after writing this letter and presenting her with the watch he left and returned to lancaster |