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1849.
1850.
ZACHARY TAYLOR.
Our twelfth Pres-i-dent, Zach-a-ry Tay-lor, was born in
Vir-gin-ia in 1784. His fa-ther had a high place in
the "Con-ti-nen-tal Ar-my," and fought by the side of
Wash-ing-ton.
When of age, Zach-a-ry took up arms to fight the foe. He rose high in the ranks, and won so much praise that he was soon in charge of the troops.
When the war with Mex-i-co came on, this same man won the great fights at Pa-lo Al-to and Mon-te-rey. Folks thought him one of the first in the land. Streets were one blaze of light when he came home, flags blew in the breeze and cheers rent the air as he and his horse went by. Tales of Tay-lor's deeds went through the land. It was told that
