The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-08-11
Gistorifol.
lFrcm lrrins's life of Washington
MOUNT VERNON.

the call of his country, and his devotion TO
the public good. The place was endrarcd to
him by the Remembrance Of his brother
l.awr,ne, and of the happy days he had
passed here with that brother in the days of
boyhood: but it was delightful place i'll
itself, and well calculated TO inspire the rural
feeling.
70 The mansion was BEAUTIFULLY situated on
swelling h"Ght. crowned with wood and
o''''','''''''''S Il h'aEhihcent yIew up ana down
.iie "'on'a'' ne grounds immediately
about 1t were laid out somewhat in the Eng
'isl 'as'c INC estate was apporuoncd INTO
separate 'ar,'S' uc'oicd TO different kinds OF
."''u'e; e'cli having It's allotted laooreis.-
.1 however, was sun covered with wild
WINS ''a''.'u WIN "cP acils ana runs OF
n"'c' 'h' ''i'G'''co WIN iiilclS hauhts OF
u.e' iu'Ni's liaees vi loAes' Inc whole
Moo"y i.s'1,' "'ol'S 'he lo'"iiiac from Mount
'''''o" 70 n'l'oir' ana Tar beyonhu, with Its
'"''se y. ioieS's '',' lil'S' ana picturesque
lap','on'o'ieS; aiof'lto sport OF various KINDS
'''u va az n"o'e u''''''Serooia. "as',ihS
:, .o'i nav i'''i'eu 'nio'Si II WIN Oh LORD
| ., ~ nic n.r'P",,S o'Fs' we 10 not won
I,' .". IN ,e';' throughput liie i'ces'ah
Wy ~" ~ ~
Nv eS's'e II, , h''eo america observes
| -,
o. ~" ''s' ana heaiehy country ;
,nS q nain oe."ec'l inc extremes oil neat
you'll o;' ol'e o' ,''c ''hest river" IN The
i';',il ',ea.. Il LNtr wen s'ocheu with various
,hn 'ii a.1so''s Vi INC year. anu III
.t', sre ~''' n'i"u' herr','sH' oass' carp
| - !" 6'e"t "o"i',''ice' nc
tan ,n, Wv, ':'''' a'e M"S'i''' ny more t'a'
| fi,'' >' W '.'' s"'e' ee'ei'i N"'"anit
| = "iF~'' ~ ~ wv " 'ioic ohoiS, III
~, -, W.. ."'''e h'"e,y
IF t;u';, Me'e' ID set' Tic ai's'ocra''cal DAYS
Thno o.,"tos L., >.
tho .amn c"'sr were H'rse' anu continued IN
III, ill., '"'i'.lics ~ e''''''S' many ol me
f,n;I;,.s !. I"'e,s H''c Io''necteu WIN oio
,.;''In' a. III i,'s'a''u' Inc young men, cHle-
,h,, VI. ..u.' ,Ihs' "ere "''ea sen! 10 i'i'i"l'
h.o,o,t uuo NC. =, .ncie, ana On tlr.r return
,h"n va. .'e t "a anu ii'ol's .! inc mo
.ner country. Inc "o',rnors OF Virgins!
". ,'o'' 'e i's'ler ianhS ol society," ana
,,I,,;'Ia1,, L'i eHpon",'5 s,''e' ne ''es,
hr,m,I ., 'l's.ol" lauren Pfr'''n''ha''u
v..,'. mo"t VIC ''c'','t "o'''',on' as IT
"a ,a l,'-'''u e'ri' co"n'! was divided INTO
rn ,:, ID III E.'S''''"' cach WIN us laro-
W W.. e'u'on' 10 "r age anu S'c"e.-
E,;.c',. o' nv vas 'est, man ., !Mo IanStcs
.l,1 :, .',u ii"'o .ne Is;ooil''' en"rcI' oi
,Ic iol' w was III A,eNahd''a ten miles from
seven miles The church at Pohick, was re-
| built on plan of his own, and in Il great
measure at his expense. At one or other of
these churches he attended every Sunday.
when the weather and the roads pcrmi,tcd
His dcmcanor was rcvcrcntial and dcyout-
Mrs. Washington knclt during the PRAYERS :;
he always stood, IS was the custom at that
time. Both were COMMITMENTS.
Among his occasional visitors and asso-
ciatcs were Captain Hugh Mercer and IT.
Crk the former. al,u hisla.row cscapcs
from the tomahawk and seal h. knife was
quietly Settled a Frcder * Cnrs: the latter
utter the campaicus ON the frontier were over
had taken up his residence at Alexandria and
was now Washnyton's family physician-
Both were drawn to him bv campairninr ties
and rccollrctions. and were ever w,lcome ot
Mount Vernon.
\ style of living prevailed among the onu.
lent Nirpin;,n families in ,hn.r ,,,.s tLot h,.
lone ,inr" rL,.i nmar ,rl,', ,: .'"v ",''
Spacious, commodious. liberal in all their an
| Iointmcn,s. and fitted to cone will fine frrc.
handed. opcn.hcartcd Lospilalitv Of the own
crs. Not hing was more common than to SEQ
| handsome services Of nlotc. ELEGANT .un;,,,rrs
and superb, carriage Lorscsal ;mnnrI,d
from England.
The Vjrpinians have ALWAYS b,c, noted r,,
their love of horses a manly nas,ion which in