WASHINGTON RELICS
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THE Hsw York Herald repro
duces two documents which
throw light on George Wash
ington's private life. Wsknow
a great deal about Washington aa a
■ soldier and statesman and it would be
well if we knew meek about bis
private life. Tree, we bare a general
conception of the Manner in whieh he
bore himself to hia family* hie ser
vants and hie neighbors* and what bis
personal tastes and habits were, but a
thoroagh knowledge of him from this
point of view can only be obtained by
studying jnsi tubh documents as the
Herald publishes
The dm document is a letter from
Martha Washington to her kinswoman*
lira Frances Washington. The latter
was written by Martha* but was dicta*
tad by George Washington, who wee
then President of the United States.
It was duty forwarded to its destina
tion, but a draft was made by Wash*
ington’e instructions and from tide
draft the Herald reproduction has been
mod*. The note at the end of this
Utter is in Washington's handwriting;
the IstUu itself is m his wife’s Hero
is the test, with a tew slight changes
in punctuation and spelling:
maim wimmw't snsvißna
“The President saya you at* already as*
quaint*! with Us Matt Mats Qa the propriety
of renting out our lead* sag negroes la
Berkeley. Astteesmstobsthointsatioato
settle another plantation them, he thinks
Mar the negroes, with eueh as yon may in
ft&Kn'EfiQßAUs
EZ's^sssgssssFs
tbe pHfrraMMeol the agreement. ThiswUl
sees you of mash trouble and redoes your
laaeme Is a certainty, which nerer will ho
the earn under ooatsean at a distance ns
you beam to experieeoe already, Bethinks
articles abouid be draws up by some profee
**onel man and sktlful person aed erciy ire
caution taken to prevent waste of Me Umber
erMe catting down too much thereof, and no
abase of sir her Me land or tne negroes
(Mould) be parmKied. A* to the terms for
Wkteh you should lot Me estate it most de
pend opan your own view of the subject, the
will sn<l the adtioo of your friends, those
Who see much belter aequxtnted with the
etrnunsta&oae attending the estate end the
2m2 " *“** *•“ ho Is
Then comes the following memoran
dum in George Washington’s hand*
writing:
A peculiar interest attaobas to this
document for tile reason that very
fteTri Martha Washington’s letters are
in existence. Her husband, both in
hie official and private capacity, wrote
a greet deal; she apparently wrote
comparatively little. Doubtfem this
—ethic, good woman thought that
«r“ d b “ fhmiS profit*
£*?-**** “ ji—y?*a ” a—ar
M that her letters, being naturally, of
n private nature, were not preserved
as carefully aa those written by her
tilcateioas husband. Bhe may* how
ever. have frequently noted as his
—stery, especially when some
family matter was under dieetts
rioa* in the present ease. That
Me was net apt with the pen Je
evident; There is also e notable
Irak of pttnetnetlon throughout the
letter* though the writer’s dearness
©f mind is shown by the little dashes,
whieh, exoept in one or two plnoes,
ara used ialteu of fall slope F
In hie oouneel that “no abase of the
negro— (should) he permitted” wo
nee e striking trait of tits man. Ho
enow— ewer more kindly snd indul
gent than he. He owned many col
ored servants end treated them all
weQ. Among them were carpenter**
blacksmiths, wheelwrights end men
skilled la other trades, “so that
the plantation prodn—d evsry thing
within itself for ordinary nee.”
Them may hew* been some nod
tailors on the plantation also, but Mr.
Gratia, whoso Mills reprodooed here
with, was evidently not on* of them.
Washington’s kindness to his ser
vants ora* Indeed always marked. A
few days before be died llr. Leer,
hie secretory, brought him some let
ters to be franked, he order that they
might be takan to tbe Poetoffloo, but,
although Washington attended to Ms
request, be said that the weather was
too bad to eond a servant out with
them. Again* * few hours before he
drew hie lost breath, he turned to his
servant* Christopher, who had been
in the room daring the day, end al
most the whole time on his lest, end
kindly told him to sit down. He wee
President of the United States when
he wrote to Mrs. Franose, with the
mtw of a nation on his shoulder#, but
yet be did not forget to ssy a Mad
£l vScb* ma Iff ml o» U. tath-
We here many letters written
a* Washington, bat tew mors worthy
afsMy **«— tide on# to his kins
fmiM Within ft on wan
Toil mJm e
the daughter of Colonel Bnrwell Bee
,« n ,nrae l eanstln Washing*
Georges
Sugars ?£sra
. %l ■ .. ,
CROSSING THE DELAWARE.
I ~ jy
Aed so, you’d hsvs me tell tbs tab
My tether oft told me!
A story of tbe days when pale
Hope Bed, end Misery
Stood star* and grim before that band
OI men beyond compare—
The tele of Washington Me Grand,
Who crossed too Delaware!
IL
One Christmas night, long yearn ago,
When shrilly cold winds blew,
And through the darkened sir too snow
On ftoaen pinions flew,
A little band of patriot sooie
Stood brave and fearless whs—
in Iclaemaad anger rolls
The fretful Dataware.
XEL
Nor ice, nor Worm, nor cruel West
Oen hold Mesa heroos bsok;
They have resolved; Me die is cast
Tor Freedom’s emoae! Attack
Os blood open the—»w they’ve left
From shoeless feet and bars:
Os all life’s ooraforl* they’re bereft,
Beside the Dolawaro
fc^-nah-s^w-map—m-nmtes*^
font children, one of whom died in in*
Her husband left}** byw«U
whieh was probated in 17M, nill hie
property - long she remMn ® d ,*
widow, though provision wea msde
ter the children aa soon—they should
many or attain their m*iontj. In
the will is » fall description of the
Berkeley county property referred to
in the letter.
vtnilt GJjOdX’fl UTTUB nnd*.
The second document is vetyemr
ioas. Here Is s verbatim oopy. »*•
Oarlin hMiooha distinet individuality
that it see mad e pity to mar it by sub
stituting modern English for bis
quaintly spelled words:
im Cd. George Washington Dr *
In—l7th To makmng will yr
weitingm— a soot
wastcoat A 2_ J*r
. Bmetshss of Dwrk . *
Drill. ••• • 14 •
”, zsti&sr. • • •
Tout log A Tom each * M .
npr • * *
To maketag Frank 2
retreats A I pf , „ .
BntbhMi • ®
To Sdoson small But
tons oe hoc—asols. . 0 * S
r To S dooon Large at 8d 0 2°
To massinggreats of
Dyed Cotton tor
Gllee A Mike Mores. 0 15 0
\*rs£L£S?* i •
To moketeg 4 ssjriora . .
Josklts. 1 f 0
To makafag 1 pr. . ,
Bretcbee tor Joe... 0 « 0
Toaukiftac vr firolohiM
cfstlkwovo. p « «
To makelng a wutooat
. ■ cfßMelPeeiaton.... 0 » 0
Aug Wth To wakoing yr white
OemvSvoomT.7.. 0 14 P
Tomahetogyy London
„®rew* 0 12 S
To mstetn* yr grueu
I IngaenOvary...... I 0 0
*fWW excepted
Wm Carlin 7 U 7J*
, _ t O—toa Or.
By half a Bairill of
, c0m.... |
Bv Meson Ouoniag.
—d Alexandre
®»L.. 5 it
Beeelted the abowomm of Vtvu Pooode
to* £ osw
- f Mudwriting on a btU of
this kind? And yet it is there. The
bill itself and tbe sigaetera ere in £
handwriting of the worthy tailor, Oer-
Un* but ths reestot* beginning A the
wotd “Beoeivod* and ending at the
date “1779,” la in the handwriting of
George Washington.
A quainter document has asUem
been published. Wbat an honest fet
lowCertia tat He chargesfla; 7)<L to
“makriag yr green wasteoat.** hatha
toenplmnthrttbeodd7| A
is only n frit payment far the silk
nend by him. Hotel too, how esrefel
Bat "OawarJ! Onward P* is too word
Tbelr brave aommander speaks.
When thro' too stprm Us voice is board
Each Sob of Freedom seeks
To do bis bidding; put asido
Is every woe and core—
There's vlet'ry o’er tbe ley tide.
Across the Delaware.
T.
On through too gloomy, stormy night
. With hardships dice they cope—
“Bor God, end Native Land, and Bight!"
Their watchword end their hope;
DntU at last, all cold and dank,
They greet the morning's glare;
gate thro* the tide they’ve reached toe bank
Across the Dataware.
VL
Aad then, nine mttee beyond they go,
With steady, solemn treed,
To where tbe hated Hessian foe
Sleep In their drunken bed.
Aroused from dissipation's dost
In wild surprise they store,
Aed, conquered, ghrw their swords to tboee
Who crossed toe Delaware.
—George V. Hobart, to New York Herald.
ho is to write the words "Errors ac
cepted” at ths end of the bill. If Ms
bill is not entirely eaturfaotory—we
era all human sad liable to err—ho is
quite willing to listen to ear argu
ments with e view to its reduction.
On tbe other hand if be shoald have
forgotten —y item, he would naturally
have the right to charge far it in a
later bilL His proeantion, however,
did not avail him, the receipt in
Washington’s handwriting shows. In
it Mr. Carlin —knowledges that ell
the money due him has been paid;
aye, oven though George Washington
still owes him e half-penny. The bel*
anoe due to him is £sl2s. id., end he
only receives £5 12*. Probably Wash
ington had no coppers at band, end
Oarlin was wise enough to take what
he got end be theakfql
Washington kept all such bills
the— with greet ears, end no one was
more exact than he in seeing that they
ware oorreet. He w— a good ariih
metioiao, and his aeoounta were al
ways in order. The “ciphering book,”
in whieh he wrote out the solution of
ip any diffioalt sums, is still preserved.
That much of hi* income was spent
onelothes can be readily seen. Though
never n dandy, he liked good attire
for himself and family, and no one was
more careful then he that his servants
should be comfortably clothed. Fash
ionable clothes, when needed, were
imnortod direct from London, end we
know from Washington’s letters that
he obtained in this way several elegant
articles of attire for himself sad hi*
wife. On steto oee—ions he dressed
with great oars, aad we are even told
that S those Um- “hia horse’s hoofs
w.me blackened and polished as tbor
were of American manufacture; on Us
■boas were silver bookies; his heir
was tied and P®*****
lulled drew sword
Whatever h* woro, ho always looked
n*. «*£
•ays an admirer, who saw him fa Hew
York, “I Stood npon ths J* o®”**? 0 ®”**? of
the counting house, of which I wm
then but tbe youngest clerk, when toe
oompanion braids mo hurriedly—id,
~rb£ehc eomosi There com-Wash
ington. 1 1 looked up P—rl teAt md
MW approaching with stately teesd
and optmbruwthe tether of my coon*
try. Si. hat w*. ok, for the <i. Je
suitry. end be wee accompanied by
Colonel Face and Jamas Madison.
IWharalforgotieo, nor shell I to
my dying d«y forget, ths serene, the
benign, the godlike expiration of the
ootiTilsnsnra of that men iff ipt** His
lefty misa end commanding figure, set
off to advantage by aa elegant drees,
eonebtingofa blue cost, buff mnell
etothaa tilvsr knee end shoe bookies
and white vast; Me powdered looks
and powerful, vigorous look (for he
# / *
aJm v ./ *• . - >
. vs- .... r 4 *
1 - ■ * L : t ■ ■ < ■■■ ' ■ ■ A
?i M P* l ® B »nd strength of
his manhood) have never faded from
my mind during the many ysare whieh,
with all their ebanoss aed ohanses.
hove rolled between.” A more ex
prwstvo pen picture than this it would
be herd to find.
On the day when he bade farewell
to the two houses of Congrembo wore.
wir*? * *oll suit of
blaok. fa hi* bat, too, was a blank
cockade. Thus attired, be delivered
hie memorable *d<W and remeiSd
J*o r e o eo^ r ’Thii. P^ aW ** d unfcU th *
when etrong men’a sobs broke looee,
Wben tears covered their faoes, then
toe graat man was shaken. I never
took my eye, from his face. W
drops earns from hi* eyes. He lookS
to the grateful ohiidren
Men of tbe apper elam *.» ....
lons aboat their attire in tlioaa day*'
end Washington never laughed
heartily than when two of bis irtenS.
lost their olothee. They wer?Ja!w
ond were ooming to yl.it him te
Mount Vernon. They were
dnety their long ride on hoS
book, and etopped in a wood on the
outskirts of the estate in order to
ohßnge their traveling dresses before
entering tbe maneion. What was
their dismay, however, when thairear
vent opened the portmanteau, to find,
instead of their dress olothes, oaken of
Windsor soap, a lot of cheap jewelry
aad other pedler’a ware. By some
blunder their portmanteau had been
exchanged for that of a Scotch pMler
at tbeir last stopping plae* Their
plight was sc ludicrous that they oonld
not help laughing, and Washington
hearing the noiso, cams up, and was
so overcome by the ridiculous appear
ance of tbe group that (< he rolled on
the groan, almost convulsed with
laughter." When be recovered, be
probably conducted them to their bed
rooms, end laid before them articles
from, hia owp wardrobe—very likely
sodas of Oarlut’s handiwork.
THE WASHING VON VAKILT.
Mur; Ball’s Tall Sdas Wsrs “Mats
as Mice" la Her Presence.
Augustine, the second son of Law
rence Washington, was the tether of
Georgs Washington. Hs is described
—a tall man, of noble bearing, with
fair complexion and fine grey eyes.
After remaining some time in Eng.
land, he returned to Virginia, and by
1715 bad married Jane Butler, and
aettled down as a planter in Westmore
land County. fa 1728 hia helpmate
died, leaving four ohiidren, of whom
only two—Lawrence aad Aaguetine—
aonONXb SAXunti Washington, bbothxs
OF CXOBOB WOSHUIOfOX.
grew to maturity. Two yean later,
tone to the custom of his family, too
widower married again. Hia second
bnde waa Mary Ball, of Lancaster
County. She w— the daughter of
Colonel Joseph 8011, and woe descend
ed from respectable English ooloniete.
who had settled on toe banks of the
Potomac.
Mara Ball’s early life was quietly
ntentetion wh*”* 8 ? orM *’ **** tether's
plantation where she was bred in the
"Nich chsraetorifled
Ssnl l ? r4fty - Sl”*-!*** l ®
versed in book lore, but wee of snob
commanding obsneter as to Inspire
respect and obedience fa all earround
ing her, even in those who loved her
noth Wc are told that her sons,
though “proper tall fellows,*' were
wont to eit as “mnte as raioe” fa her
presence. Only one thing oould sab
duo bar daunt!ras spirit, and that was
the tear of lightning. In her youth e
friend bed been killed by lightning fa
her pressnoe, and always after, at ths
approaob of a thunder storm, Mrs.
Washington would retire to hsr room,
where she would shrink and tremble
like the weakest of her alsten.
For several years after their mar
riage she lived at Wakefield, her hus
band’s home on the Potomae, aad there
fa 1753 George W-hington, her eld
ertsoa was horn. A few years later
ths family removed to a house in Btef
ford County, neat Fredericksburg.
i A^S^, W *f hlD « ton di « d te
April, 17*3. Besides her two stepsons,
the young widow was left with firs
ohUdraaof her own-Gsorgs, Elisa
beth, Samuel, John Anguetfaa, and
Obarlsa. To them she devoted her
life, aad Georgs Washington always
declared that his sneoessfal csrewr was
the —salt of his mother's teachings.—
Mausej’s Msgaslss. .
Scowling.
Don’t scowl; It spoils faces. Before
you know It, your forehead will reacm
blo a small railroad mail. There h w
grand trunk line from your cowlick to
the bridge W your none, Intersected by.
parallel lines running east and wsqt/
with curves arching your eyebrows;
and O. how much older you look tor it!
Scowling is a habit that steals upon
us unawares. We frbwn when the
light la too stroug and when It Is too
weak. We tie our brows Into a knot
when w« are thinking, and knit them
even more tightly when wa cannot
think. There is do denying there are
plenty of things to scowl about
Rainy Day Amusement
Twigs mud small branches may lm
made to look like coral and to be very
ornamental. The process will help to
amove the young people on a rainy
afternoon. Melt together four ports of
yellow resin and one part of vermilion;
dip the twigs into it, twvering every
part, and then let them dry without
touching each other. A bunch of coral
fastened to the corner of a picture
frame, another branch coining from be
hind a picture and a bunch tied with a
ribbon bow upon a scrap basket are all
decorative.
RAM’S HORN BLASTS.
W orpin* Rare, OnUlna the Wicked
Keren tonce.
w * ourselves are wrong with God.
can * trnly kBOWn uitU lie
“ through the eye* of love.
of thß bulM °C*
“ ** a Yer T Quarrelsome world.
lakmTtJT ln * lsk * faitb «“ God for
taWmg the blttemew out of life.
Cioßel7, nWI ** be'
wtu with the men who follow* you.
endvm, ?“* MOS “ mj,de 1,0 M^takra,
«d you pro*« that ho waa not a man
I ,y> **** ««d to us?
y not believe he always will?
fjTSSf?* l psalm *» fi»«* with
food for both th C lamb and the wfciior.
Aeb ««W»lftl« always a lame alft
God.u** apthlac * xnall «*Asf,.;
Before Jesus told any man to fe Ta
hhMieigbbor aa himself, he showed hits
. ? ln, P°« sb, « when God bdpe
aad God always helps when we »afcf
WSJ,
If you would keep the wrinkles rat
of your face, keep eunablne la v«ur
heart.
To the man who seeks God lint, seek
hw a fortune will become a means of
grace.
The else of a man’s bank hu
nrthtng to do with hie fltneM for
heaven.
‘They that honor me, I will honor/'
Honor ta a good thing when It come*
from God.
We would talk less about other* if
w« would lint do more thinking about
ourselves.
Suspicion ha* never been known 1*
•tirye to death for lack of something to
feed upon.
A grateful man can find a thousand
reasons why ho should praise the Lord,
oad not one why he should not; _
He-Te-Rac far nm Onlti
Over dOQjOOO cured. Why not let HiTeßu
regulate or remove your desire for tobaooor
kvatnooWi wOw* health and manhood.
(Jure guanmteed. 60 oeaU sad tLuo, at «U
druggist*. ,
Convertible tsodom* ace coming la Tor eon.
sldenMo attest 100 juet now.
After six nan* Kifferirg t w*e eared by Pi
le^apeofteMtl
Hem, ofliijwpela. cure* «►»■>*<-«>nr..f*i. • twttlX
CASOA*sn etimutete 7ly*r, kCdnsy* aad
towels. Kever eiolteo. weaken or gr[p« t njjT^
Now
y,iXlr PhxwO'U system la
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
The beet-in teot the One Urn* Blood ParMra
Bead's Nit SWirfsißlw:
a a. ir.-»ix.—•»;. *
UfASTHMA
OX’T go with tbo
i crowd simply be
cause it is fl
I crowd.
Tbe devil wit!
claim everything
we do not give to
«od.
When we suffer
for a holy cause,
our tears ale not
shed in vain.
We ore sure to