| Show OLD INAUGURAL 41 mob renewed followed him from the capitol and invaded tho the white dour mr bishop says of 0 president jck jack tons inauguration in the century an eye witness who took a somewhat jocose view ol of the days events wrote that hat the most remarkable feature about I 1 jackson as ho he marched do down wn tho the alclo ot of the senate with a quick large step as though lie he proposed to storm the capitol was his double pair of spectacles ilo iia habitually wore two pairs one for reading and the other tor for seeing at a distance tho the pair not la in use being placed across the top of 0 his hed on this occasion says the eye witness the pair on his head reflected the light and some of the rural admirers ot of the old hero were firmly persuaded that they were two plates of metal lot at into his head to close up holes made by british bullets when he appeared on tho the portico wo we are told that tile the shout which arose rent the air and seemed to shako the very ground tho the ceremony ended the general mounted his horse to proceed to the white house and tho the whole crowd followed him the president says a contemporary writer was literally pursued by a motley concourse of 0 people riding 1 running helter belter shelter striving who should first gain admittance into the executive mansion where it was understood der stood that refreshments were to bo distributed an abundance ot of refreshments had been provided In including eluding many barrels of orange punch As the walters waiters opened the doors to bring out the punch in palls the crowd rushed upon them upsetting the palls and breaking the glasses inside the house tto thel I 1 crush was so great that distribution of oil refreshments was impossible ind nd tubs of 0 orange punch were set out in the grounds to entice people from the rooms jackson himself was so pressed against tho the wall of tho the recep tion room that he was in danger of injury and was protected by a number of 0 men linking arms and forming a I 1 barrier against the crowd men blen with boots heavy with mud stood on the satin covered chairs and solas sofas in their eagerness to get a view of 0 the hero judge story wrote that the crowd contained all sorts of people from the highest and most polished down to the most vulgar and gross in the nation 1 I never saw such a mixture ho he added the rel reign n 0 of king mob hob seemed triumphant I 1 was glad to escape irom from the scene as soon eoon as possible |
