Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-04-02
NEW sERIEs.-VoL. nv. No. SO.

with rowing after him glance Of de-
pleasure. Atihe second, he appeared
highly incenssd sllLOo "a be said nolbinas
and rspEessed his indignation, aetipR e
Il he thought this must be tho last oGSneo
for the punishment of which be chose q
private occasion. But Ss tho oGsnSsrf
rode upibe third time, Washington hpstil
y threw open The carriage WiBdOW, ,and
making the driver 10 halt, sharply err
dered the former alongside, when viii
upIiiled cane, and tone end shSRa!
sis, which startled rs all and made the
culPrit shrink and tremble like aIetE he
exclaimed, "Look you, sir! your conduct
is insufferable! Fall in behind thers. sir.
and as sure as yon leave Us again, | viii
ereas every bone in your body"
sit is needless, presume, 10 say shst'
the offence was not Tepesied, or thai the
young gallant needed any more tanning.
"HeTe," ,"said Capt, l.. now liking from.
drawer, and banding me for inspection
deed OlWasbiDgtOn's daftinR, 90 aiaRus
IaTly brief as 10 be oil embraced IN seVsn-
or eight lines written in bold hapd as-
Cross hall sheet of short Iollseap, ret
constituting, tho not one word could
have been spared, q conveyance Of real
estate 10 the grantee and heirs, ss fer a.
could be perceived, was PerfectIyiIesaI,
"Hersi is q deed Of plantation ffoui'
Gen. Washington TO me, which IshOw'
you, not only as = curiosity itself, buI
for the sake Of introducing the pleas.
ant little incident from wbieh IT, Orri.
giDated.
Soon after leaving The GeneraI's sms-
PlOyment, ! Glanced 10 Be riding through
the interior Of Virginia, when 4 cane =.
cross deserted plantation, the situation
and general sppeaTonce Of which, though
oveTTuD with weeds and bushes vet plea.
sed me so much, that took the liS6t OBJ
PoTfunlly 10 make some Inquiries as 10
the ownership, &C., and was told that il
belonged tOGen Washington, The NIGHT
after ] reached homo, went 10 sleep
thinking Of this plantation, and wonder.
ing that ], who supposed knew all Of
WNshingtOn's lands, never heard Of h be>
lore; " hen happened, knew nOt whv
TO dream that the General made : press
ant of it 10 me. The next day, as il fur
ihsr happened, ] rode ever 10 Mount Yer.
EOn, the General being then At bone
After attending TO the more Immediate
object Of mJ visit. i asked bin il be own.
ed such plantation a. the One Lhad sees.
and described 10 him. AT FIRST he repl;ed
in the negative, but soon Using and going
TO consult sbOOk Wbichhs. kept recOFaI
OfAll bis deeds, he said be did own lhiC
tract Of land, but though Of value. he
had entirely overlooked it for some
years.
"WelI, General, said bsntsrinsly. I
dreamed last night that you gave ne ihss
plantation.
"WasLingtOn, contrary to bis usual
habit, laughed outright, and observed.
You did not dream Mount VOrnOn away
from me, did you sirI'
"Oh, no, ! was not so graspine ss that,
though ] honestly had the dream, | re.
piled in the same vain of fpleasantry.wheH
nothing more being said, the affair on my
part passed from my mind as a Joke; and
was forgotten. 1t seems, however, that
my dream was not so vain one as I had
supposed; for the next morning az | vas
taking my leave, the General dropped q
folded paper into my hat,carslessIy re-
marking that could examine il at some
leasure opportunity. did'so. and to my
agreeable surprise found il 10 be this very
deed, made out, probably, after I had res
tire ! the night before, and conveying ss
you perceive, for the consideration Of
natural affection the valuable plantation
| had discovered.
b. Pr.
Montpelier. Vt., Oct. ls4S.