Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1928, Page 85

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., FEBRUARY 19, 1928--PART 7. 5 First in War, in Peace—But in Hearts of His Countrywomen? great, more enhanced than ever A Ludwig, the fact confronts us that there has been almost no popular discussion of the love life of the grea! est of our great, George W honor of whose birthday we celebrate Dbext Wednesday as a holiday. not because, aside from the long idyll With Martha, so little of it existed. On the contrary, it is because so much of it existed and because so much of it ‘Was, most emsazingly, unhappy. There is nothing discreditable in any ©f Washington's' pre-marital loves, and Yet all but one or two of the more Tecent of his innumerable biographers have steered awayv of this highly intercsting phase of his life. 1t as discrediting to their country’s glory that the First American should hav had such a difficult time of it in any problem of life—should not have been gloriously successful in everything. To some of us. however, repelled by the ex: cess of cold majesty in Washington fame. it will come as something endear- ing to learn that he was a mortal like | other mortals, capable of loving much, of being rejected by the unperceptiv fair ones he loved. of suffering greatly | whet he was rejected. Take it as one likes. we are bidden by | George Washington not to lie, and the truth is that the man who was first in | the hearts of his countrymen was turned | cown at least five times before he could win his way into the heart of any of his countrywomen. Not because he was un: ettractive—he was turned down simpl: because of a combination of ordinar: bard luck and his weakness (not at all revealed in those firm features of the riraits) for falling head over heels in pretty girl he saw. He but too well—indeed. h> cly that th> last of as directed toward ono high decency forbade him MARTHA CUSTIS WASHINGTON, %o win, a married woman, the wife of Ris best friend! George was only 14 when he started 1n at it—to love and be unhappy in love Who, it will be asked, was 1irst in the heart of Washington—that is. first in a in these days of ‘Freud and Emil This s from the details It 1s as though they regarded | LTHOUGH there is a universal interest in the love life of the shington, in temporal sense? We know her name, but we know nothing else: the best of our historfans here fail us. That we know the name of the cruel maiden is | due to the fact that George wrote an ! acrostic upon it, forming the lovely syl- | 1ables, Francis Alexander. George Washington a lovelorn swain writing verse! Not only that, but such | verse—as bad as lovelorn swain ever | wrote! Read. for example, the following lines of the acrostic: Ah! Woe's me that I should Love and conceal, ! Long have I wished but never dared reveal. E:n-nr t]hcugh soverely Love's pains I cel: | Xerxes wasn't free from Cupid's Dart.| | And all the greatest heroes felt the smart i The last two lines can scarcely be interpreted as 8 presentiment of future | greatness, for the whole poem expresses | anything but the self-confidence of a| vouth expecting to be father of hls‘ country. In another poem of the same calf age | Georg> Washington again appears as a lovelorn swain indicting plaints against | some cruel Phyllis—possibly the Jane | | Strother that he romped with at school. | | He speaks of his “Poor Resistless Heart™ | | that now “lays bleeding every Hour. | “For l::er that Pityless of my grief and | ‘Woes | And will not on me Pity take.” S 'HE most interesting of all Washing- tor's cali loves is with one whom for want of any other designatior he gives her. we speak of as the ory interfered with the agrecable im-! | pression of other women. 1 | _We learn of the existence of the | “Lowland Beauty" in a group of three | of Washington's letters, not discovered till late and so misspelled and awkward | | that biographers wished to make little | or no mention of them. The following | | sentence, in which he refers to | “Lowland Beauty.” is an example of | their style if one reads to the bitter end: | "My place of Residence is at present | at His Lordship's (Lord Fairfax) where | I might was my heart disengag'd pass | my time very pleasantly as there’s a | very agreeable Young Lady lives in the | same house but as that's o adding " | Fuel to fire it makes me the more un- land Beaut; The piquancy of her easy for by often and unavoidably being interest for us is not merely in the mys- | in Company with her revives my former tery of her pecudonym, but also in the | Passion for your Lowland Beauty where- fact that she made an appeal to Wash- | as was I to live more retired from younz ington of such long persistence. Years | Women I might in some measure eliviate after he must have met her, her mem- | (alleviate) my sorrows by burying that “he “ ) %3 a Y v iéfit& “AH. WOE IS ME. I MUST LOVE AND CONC( chaste and troublesome Passion in the | grave of oblivion or eternall forgetful- ness for as I am very well assured that's the only antidote or remedy that I shail be relieved by or only recess that can administer any cure or help to me, as I am well convinced was I ever to at- tempt anything 1 should only get a de- nial which would be only adding grief to uneasiness.” The “Lowland Beauty” may have been either Lucy Grymes, who married | Henry Lee and was grandmother of Robert E. Lee, or Betsy Fauntleroy, of whom a portrait hangs in the Washing- | ton Museum of the Masonic Lodge at Alexandria. Both of these would have none of Washington, and the Ilatter kept him waiting for three years after she rejected him. But even while pining for the “Low- land Beauty" we see in this letter that Washington was sufficiently fickle to be | noticing ths “agrecable Young Lady" who lived in the same house. This nas Mary Cary, who was not so agreeatle, however, as to save Washington from still another disappointment in love The story is told that in this instance Washington did not even get bevond the father, who, as soon as Washingt made known his serious intention. him short wit] If that is your m sion here, sir. you may as well order vour horse. My daughter has ever been accustomed to her coach and six. Washington's means at that time could not yet support the elegant manner of nce. comes the next, Mary Phil se, whom he met on a visit to her brother-in-law, Beverly Robinson of New York. We know that he was much. though not madly. enamored of her. a: in a letter he speaks of her as a “very agrecable Young Lady.” “Agrecable” was Washington's pet term for the young women who attracted him and the em- Father of His Country, Whose Birthday Annivgrsary Is About to Be Celebrated, Was Reported to Have Faced Some Difficult Tasks in Dealing With the Problem of Courtship and Love—Letters and Poems Preserved. phatic adverb had much tribute in it. Strangely enough. the ietter describing one woman's charms was ads to janother woman: probably Wi n could prefer arousing ji usy to being always conventional The main story in any account of Washington's love-life must always lie in his devotion to Sarah Fairfax. Here we have a real human drama, one of those dramas of the love of a man for a woman who belongs to another, a love which has no earthly hope of pos- session. »xox % | ¢¢QALLY FAIRFAX. as he called her, *7 was the wife of the brother-in-law of Washington's brother Lawrence, who had married Anne Fairfax. daughter of Lord Fairfax. Her husband was George Fairfax. who was Washington's good friend and took him as a guest to the estate of his father at Belvoir. There Washington entered for really the first [tenor is one of restraint. Then, sud | denly, .one letter spoke all—the oni time, the last time—a letter written under the most amazing circumstances, when an avowal was to be least ex- pected; a letter which forms one of the most dramatic episodes in Washington's personal life, one of the most dramati episodes in any love affair. It hap pened in this way: Washington finally becoming dis heartened at sustaining so long th hopeless passion and hoping probabl to quiet it by some other engrossment, {had decided upon a marriage of ex- | pediency. He was to marry the widow Custis, toward whom he was probably {attracted for her Eemnal qualities | aside from her wealth, but who in the | beginning at least inspired in him n |depth of passion. Mrs. Fairfax wrot |to him, congratulating him upon his |engagement and entering into some | coquettish teasing. It was then that |he wrote to her, telling her for | first time—not in so many words, ! with crude openness but still with | mistakable intimation—that he he T. “*Tis true I profess myself a vn‘ary to love. 1 acknowledge that a la | in the case, and, further, I confess th: | this lady is known to you. Yes, mada | as well as she is to one who is too sensi- ! ble of her charms to deny the power | whose influence he feels and must ever | submit to. * * * You have drawn | dear madam, or rather I have drawn myself into an honest confession of a simple fact. Misconstrue not my mean- ing, 'tis obvious; doubt it not, nor ex- pose it. The world has no business to m' the object of my love declared in SALLY FAIRFAX.- From a portrait at Belvoir House, time into a perfectly polished social life | conce: —polished as it can only be when there | in the world I wish to know, and only ‘l.n a woman of great charm to preside | one person of your acquaintance ca | over it. Sally Fairfax was prooably the | solve me that or guess my meaning | most charming and the most beautiful | (whether she loved him in ret | woman of that whole charming and | pyt adieu to this till happier ti | beautiful Virginia aristocracy. She Was| ever I shall see them: the hou just the woman to lead the YOUNgZ present are melancholy dul | Washington into the cultivation of the ' the toils of war nor the gen! finer things of life—social graces, high flicts of A. B.'s (asssembly balls) i e R e e R B T T She pr T s wis| i also. Eunc:c Jamond that in her hands R might have its rough angles smoothe v {and its facets polished. EPE e M As for Washington, he was com-| {07 Ter cruelty in | pletely enmeshed. Like Henry Esmond | Consratulation? —Possibly to some | with Lady Castlewood. he saw the older | tent. but vindictiveness alone does n | woman not only as the most beautiful | take guite this tone. It was muc | of her sex but also as one who had all | More the seizure of the only occasio | the intelligence and sophistication that | for avowal when avowal would n were beyond his years. He was at her | Dave been indecent, the occasion on |side constantly, “often reading books | Which he was about to go forever out | with her which would have been un-Of the life of the one he loved. Per- known to him except for her guidance. ' haps this avowal of love on the part Charmed—bLut never speaking a word |0f & man e nt that would have embarrassed. toward his fiancee, but a more subt Even in the letters that he writes to 'consideration of the circumstance Mrs. Fairfax when he is in camp—he brings extenuation. Psychologically could overcome his shyness in letters— ‘Washington felt the need of speaking there is the same respectfulness of once his old love before he could de- tone. Between the lines one can read vote his heart to a new. his emotions; there are Little paren- _ What Mrs. Fairfax answered is not theses of spontaneity, but the general known—whether in the manner diplomatic evasion on rebuke. Prol ably it was in the manner of the for Washington's next letter could be casual ennrugh. He had the dignity not to furnish any anti-climax. 2 their further relations, the Washing- tons and the Fairfaxes were amiab neighbors for many years till the la: went to England to live. came a source of serenity and conten ment. It was not, in truth. a union happiness in buming memory of Sally Fairfax was prebably never extinguished, and when Perhaps it was to the advantage he rest of us that Washington did h such ecstatic happiness in lov uccess that comes to all-conquer young gallants usually produces gotism and W tion. not the of character which is needed take the first place in the hearts of his countrymen. 7 MARY PHILIPSE. an engraving dr K. B. Ha First President Yearned to Be kLeading Farm BY GEORGE H. DACY. EORGE WASHINGTON, in whose honor our inimitable National Capital was named, wanted more than all else to rank as the leading farmer and agriculturist of the New. World. His hobby was scientific farming. Of all the books in his extensive library, those which reiated 1o agriculture were most read. Our first President cherished the de- sire 10 spend his days at Mount Vernon where he could experiment with seeds and plants imported from foreign fields. He wished to solve the perplex- ing problems of the Virginia planter He aspired to develop Mount Vernon into the finest plantation and stock farm in the Western Hemisphere. Pate shunted Waghington from the peaceful pursuits of the husbandman into the ruthless strife of persistent warfare. By choice this famous Vir- would have remained close to nis fiocks, herds and pastoral fields When duty called, however, he re- sponded. He fought through the cruel years of the Revolutionary War with yearnings for Mount Vernon and home stified temporarily in his loyal, stanch bheart. He served as President of the ted Blates for eight rs, Mving in delphia the while, when the urge o return to his Powmar River estate ot times almost made him forge. the incessant duties of statesmar Washingtor, was one of Ar esriiest craftsmen, & master of ny aciences. an expert in diversified trades d # v the traces of it handiwork still are outstanding a! Mount Vernon. When he remodeled the 0ld nome of lawrence Washingwon and | trensformed it in% & m uilt v yesist the mullipled attar time he acted 83 his own arch de- signer. When be planned and the gardens. planted ornzmentals beautified the ground: - Washinglon played tne 21t ed landscape gardener hen the winding rosds were staked out snd when boundary and fence blished Warh! 1 the surveying wols snd did ngineering work Fminent A have made ¢ wrchitects who dies of the con Nt Vernon's mansion ey thet the house s completed by Washington was bullt ‘o withaena sever v eight centuries of service Fhe the home conslsted of hand- white opk timbers which he foundstion was g as the rock ot sandstone walls of Augustine thet 100 sl ry and of the days 18 probable i now e b wanding ax a cr surine of palrotism Perbape st wome Ume or other wWhen you have visied Mount Vernon you Jiave been Impressed by the methodice arangement of e bArns spnning house. KiUchens, office, geIGeners nouse Beed 8L loPLOuSEE, CATDENT Ehop, lsundry smoketiouse shd otner out- buildings Hiswry believes that George Warnington 1he leading Mason of his eoy. designed the layoul of his estate bulltings Lo represent the outlines of e The modern bird men who fice hus plene low over Mount Vernon wiky be abie i) recognize the wurks gnle seroiled in%tructures of Lrick ang wnod Even though Mount Vernon were not the former home of one of the| George Washington remodeled and world's greatest generals and one of improved the old grist mill at Ameri most beloved Presidents, it Mount Vernon and developed a profit- would still merit historical preservation ; able system of marketing the wheat and as an example of superfor Colonial ar- other bread grains which he raised and chitecture and an {llustration of suc- made into flour or baked ship biscuits cesful sclentific farming. George Wash- A creck, a tributary of the Potomac, ington devoted many years of study and | provided the power to turn the cum- effort o the perfection of his Potomac | bersome millwheel and also served as plantation. He builded so well and |8 waterway for navigation. Salling wisely that modern planners and de- |ships from the seven seas came up the signers do not err when they copy some Tiver and creek from the Atlantic and of his schemes and arrangements, 1In|Moored at Washington's mill wharf, | Farm were | 4 gether with wooder dowel pins | the Chicago suburbs an American mil- lionaire has & remarkably fine repro- duction of Mount Vernon on his coun- try estate. It fronts on one of the “Gold Coast” highways, speckled with the best homes which American archi- tecture can devise and bulld. The simu- lation of Mount Vernon is outstanding among the mansions, many of which cost double and treble as much It was from his half-brother Law- rence that George Washington inheriv the 2500-acre homestead which was: later a part of spacious Mount Vernon. George subsequently purchased the in- terest of Lawrence's wife in the estate and at the age of 21 became the sole | owner and propriewr of one of the Old Dominion’s finest plantations. The young landlord purchased adjoining acres unti] he finaly possessed a plan- tation of 8000 acres. One-half of the area consisted of timber. George Washington divided his fields and forests inw five farms, which he designated as Mansion Home Farm, River Farm, Union Farm, Dogue Run and Muddy Hole Farm | placed & foremsn in charge of each farm, with a manager overseeing the | entire enterprise. ‘The manager was re- | tponsible 0 Washington and reported {in detall every Baturday when the owner was at Mount Vernon D not gain the incorrect impression | that George Washingon was & “front | purch farmer” because he hired an ag- | ricuitural farming mansger Y look after interests. Washington his was “| calied away from home s frequently that 1t was fmperative that he keep wme one on the estate W look sfter his interests. While our first President was home he worked as hard as any farn hand His day began sl sunrise, when | he fared forth o see that his farm hends were at their stations on tme | Afer breaxfssting st 7 Washin {would spend the morning nding oy {nis farming felds, seeing W it in person that his orders were faithfully exe. ved He siso kept wll the records and sccounts, wrote th {happenings in special Alaries and generslly tok charge of the | business aftairs of the great plantation When farming enthusiasts i Eng- ‘xu,n and Europe learned of Washing- Twn's all-sbsorbing devotlon v mgri- | culture they sent him seeds, plants and cattings v test out In his fields und yardens. Mount Vernon thus developed inw our Drst sgricultural experiment station sud the provipg ground for hun- |dreds of plant immigrants. They in- [cluded various kinds of fruite, vege- tables, Nowers, grains and grasses. ‘The vegeltable gerden and orchard were | maintained on particularly fertile land Lat the left of the mansion. Washing- lvm won success in growing figs. cur- {rante. limee oranges, mulbeiries, pears | piume. cherries, artichokes ana’ apples inl Mount Vernon. The tropical fruit anily Lrees were moved o 8 conservatory dur- g eold westher. being maintained in large wouden tubs. He ' furming | agricultural | where they loaded cargoes of flour and barreled biscuits. When the prices of wheat and flour were low Washington had his colored cooks bake stupendous supplies of ship biscuit, which were packed In barrels and sold to the | mariners as nutritious provisions. ‘The Mout Vernon flour mill produced |a fine quality product. Its fame gained such importance in the British Isles that the English customs officers even- tually passed all of Washington's flour on the basis of its origin and label with- out opening and examining each ship- ment. Washington's diaries record that at times he sold as many as 1,000 bar- rels of flour in one cargo. It was five ypars before the first gun of the Revolutionary War when George Washington rebullt the grist mill at Mount Vernon. Five years later a very satisfactory mill race was com- pleted. For scores of years the mill was known throughout the country- side as “Jack's MIIL" It was designated thus in honor of the miller who was in charge. He served as a soldier in Washington's leglon during the war which resulted In the independence of the American colonies. Many years ago the wharf and mill collapred In ruins, while the creek and millirace were filled up. Unless you delve deep into Mount Vernon's remarkable his- tory you would never believe that these four-grinding facilitles and marketing agencles existed. Bchools of herring and whitefish ran | abundantly during the years when | George Washington resided along the popular Potomac. ‘The general super- {vised the construction of a small fish- | Ing schooner, purchased many seines {and nets and annually fostered com- mercial fishing. The herring, in par- ticular, were salted, barreled and stored away for Winter use. ‘The sur- | plus was marketed in the neighboring {rities. One note in Washington's diary 15 1o the effect that “300 large white- were cought In & single haul tduy.” | many snd well dirécted he maintained one of stations as & place ington yerr For example his hest fishing Washington furnished the unfortunates with fishing tackle, seines and similar paraphernalia, If they were too aged he frequently assigned some of his farm hands to mselst these fishermen. George Washington also followed the annual practice of Alling one large crib with “charity corn.” Hls orders to his menager were that this corn should be given as needed to the deserving poor. The manager was suthorized Lo investigate each case In order to make sure that the grain was distributed only smong those who really needed it 4w colonial days, when Wash- farmed at Mount Vernon tohacco was the cheriehed cash erop of the countryside. Tobacco was used a5 & medium of exchange, and hence [y the nglon The inconspicuous charities of Wash- | where the poor and needy could fish. | or infirm to handle the seines effectively | REAR VIEW OF MOUNT VERNON, SHOWING ROAD SURVEYED | | the {10 the exclusion. of Toods and fee 5. | Washington tested tobacco rajaing thor- | | the crop. He wiote at that time, "I made no more of that articie than bare- Iy serves to furnish me With goods " | Vitginia's favorite son substituted large crops of wheat, barley, corn, oats, hay, flax, buckwheat, potatoes, clover and hemp for the growing of tobacco. Hewce | th fertility of the fields at Mount Ver- | non improved until eventually the es- | tate wan the most productive and best- | {maintained along the Potomac Writing to a close friend who lved | another part of the country, Washing- | ton described the farming system which | prevatled in Virginia durlng his occu- Jancy of Mount Vernon here is per- | I haps scarcely any part of America in which farmwig has been less attended to than in this State. The cultivation of tobacco has been nlmost the sole ob- ject with men of landed property, and onsequently & regular course of crops | has never r)fl'll n view. ‘The general | custom has been to ratse a crop of In- | ! disn corn, which, according to the mode of cultivation, 1s & good rw]mmlhm fo wheat; then' a crop of wheat, after which' the ground fs respited (except from weeds and every trash that can contribute to ita foulness) for about 18 {months. ‘This practice s continued without any dressing until the land is exhausted. Then the land is aban- doned or turned out without being sown 1o grass or any other method taken to restore Its fertility Another tract s sapte manner, Our lands were ollg- WASHINGTON, planters grew it on a lavish scale, | inally aery good, but use and abuse | it externally and on the interior into | Planting have made them quite otherwise George Washington, by careful study oughly and in a short tme abandoned and experimentation, perfected a plan | their needs to London and other Eu- of rotating the crops at Mount Vernon wh resulted In ,numublr vields and the methodical upbutlding of the Washington grew vorn with intermedi- | ate rows of potatoes the fAirst year, fol- | lowed by wheat, rye or Winter barley the second senson. Buckwheat, peas ot pulse followed the small grain i rota- tion en came oats or Summer bar- ley, succeeded by clover for two years for hay and pasturage. Herds and flocks of live stock grazed the expansive pastures and consumed the Winter supplies of feed at Mount Vernon All the Dbig, broad-backed beeves were branded on the right shoul- der with the initials “G. W." The sheep were maintained for wool and meat production, as well as for keeping the lawns and fields closely grazed Oxen were utliized as beasts of burden for heavy farm work. When an ox reached the of 8 years the antmal wan fattened and butchered. Swine were ralsed for bacon, ham and fresh meat production, as well as for market- ing when “fat” on the hoof. Fine sad- dle and work horses were ratsed as well an some mules. The King of Spain and Gen Lafayette presented Washing ton with exceptionally good jacks for use n the plnt\\n'llnn of work stock When George Washington married Martha Custis fn 1730 the devoted couple spent several delightful hours er of America | other warriors. The agents through'of hay. by the differe: error sent bronze replicas of Bacchus 3 fand Flora. Anchises, Creusa and | Ascanius instead. When George Fairfax, a long use. friend of Washington, returned to Eng: ,‘.;nd tmm(\'}mnr:n the latter pur- e acqual chased most of the mahogany. mirTors. ‘ryther no! Kitchenware, hardware. bedding and meicrot inotR similar articles of the “Belvoir Estate ™ Washington was a firm believer in qual- ity goods. He always ordered his a to buy the best articles obtainable steers. that & judgment may be formed of the bes: and least expensive mode of stall-feed- ing beef for the market or for my own as America than by a He revered agricult ce of them all EeNLS | ing and ¢ AND TREES PLANTED BY GEORGE oil. | therenfter selecting furniture, Attings then cropped and Anally rutned in the +and Aixtures for Mount Vernon ‘They re- | Jullua habilitated Mount Vernon and converted Sweden, the Duke of Marlborough and ' fatting and what i3 eaten of each, and | for postponement,” which were “neat, attractive and fash- fonable.” Washington was one of the New tification and forest preservaiion | moved trees of more than 25 differe! | yarieties from his woodlands to | Mount Vernon lawns. No mod: landscape gardener could have selected more appropriate sites for this forest finery. He planted the wonde; box- wood hedge which still flourishes at Mount Vernon. He set out borders of ivy and cowslips around his rose g | den while he planted walkway | drives with larkspur and other b | blossams. _Boundaries of English hah. | were established to prevent cattle from straying from tures. Geargs Washington in management, farming and d ness affairs was a stickler for thoroughness and work well done he tald his farm manager. Lu ington: T would rather hear tha grain seeding was delaved it should be sown before every Was In perfect order: for it is & principle with me that whatever done should be well done” Once Washington assigned to o his farm helpers the task of cou the number of honey locust seeds one quart. This was ordered so as t | ascertain the correct amount to use The count showed 4.000 accurate expressions of their individu- | Seeds in the quart which was d alities. They sent long statements of | This was sufficient to plant fo 100 feet in length in the way U Copies of these orders Washington desired the seed planted On another occaston. when the manager at Mount Vernon repo | that several of the foremen we ing and selling the seed wi given them to plant, Washing ready With an effective remedy evil MIX in one bushe! of well earth.” he replied. “as many pi jseed ad you allow to the acre and let it be sown in this manner. Two ers bought most of their clothing and | VAluable results will be gained: The home furnishings abroad. English ships | seed in this state is rendered unsaladle satled up the Potomae several thmes a | While & person not skilled th sowing year bringing importations to George | Small seeds will do it more regularly Washington and other leading land- [ When they are thus wived cwnace ' 2 & | e owow Ordering shoes and & Y matl | i R was as unsatisfactory a. Ahose | | 0N Detore the the when ! days as In current timel, e plaints | began to ivestigate the tmportant ! of our first and foremost military problems of meat production and ant- leader are At eriterion by ! which (0 : \ judge, Shoes that were too tight and WAl industiy in this country. Qewrge coats, walsteoats and silken breeches | Washington experimented with various which did not fit frequently perturbed |feeds and mixtures of feeds to deter- Ceorge Washington. ~He iried many mine which were best adapted for the 1! t L tlors, ferin) Lonadn Jalom, WL Rene OF) pnufneturs: of SeRhesha loge of lumh them ever suited him. .o n:\flh luren«\r huy\l and dacon In ane . Msech [of his farm reenrd books you may read \ ASHINOTON'S Keen APPreciation if you choose concerning ane of his con- of the glorious achievements of [ templated tests "1 think 1t would be famous heroes and military leaders | no unsatisfactory experiment to fat one found expreasion in the attempled bullack Altogether With potatoes. ans adornment of his home He ordered other altogether with Indian meal and marble busta of Alexander Cnesar, Charles ropean agents are preserved even today. One of the shipments from London included two sets of Wilton carpets, 2 sets of glasses, 4 candelabra, 50 pounds of candles, 2 fite screens, & Ccarving knf and forks with statned vory, 1 “easy couch.” 50 yards of floor watting. dothing and shoes, as well as grass seed and agricultural books. In those days the wealthy Southern plant- the Gireat. [a thivd with a mixture of both. Xeoping Twelfth of | an exact account of the time they are Pleasure was and ways of performing traditional fi ors cou He was the type of progress an who has sided In max soil managemen ¥ and allled pract eered Mount Ver A le Henry scrides in ton spen Nount v { n or Philade] exam an deepe el and Bays me u dmnee, ay strange frces. oo word ¢ how diferent this from ha friends at a cheerful dand! tme of atNg at tale, & walk and fea brings me within the dawn of cans AlelERE. previous to which, 1f not pee- vented by company. 1 resalve that, as ] s e glinmumering taper supy the pace of the great Wil retire writi Acknow ledy:s received brought 1 engane the next night DOND COmas. And Wi have are 1 Ihe same causse