The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-06-16
WHOLE NO. 933.

or cider. and two glasses of oil! M,drir, H..
TOOK tea ot w!'re'l be- wsS very fond. EARL. =,
the evening, and retired or the night aboa:
. o'clock
IL confined TO the house bv bad weather n.
took that orras'on to arrange his papers, pos.
ur Ing accounts. or write i.tf-rs-pass;pv
part OF the time in reading, and occasionally
re- adinc aloud TO the family.
lie treated his negroes with Kindness. atten-
; led to their comforts. WIS particularly care
ful OF them IN sickness. but never tolerated
ldene>>. and exactrd faithful performance
of allotted tasks. lie had quick eve at ca.
| culatIng each mans capabilities An entry
in his diary gives a curious instance of this.
-Four OF his negroes cniplovcd as carmnters,
were hcwinc and shaping timber. 1t appear
| ed to hini. IL nCt:-inr the aruo1n. of worl-
ACCOMPLISHED between the two succeeding
mornings. that they loiicrsd a; their labor
Sitting down quietly. he timed their oper,-
| tions-how lon- it took them to Get their
cross cnt sax AMI other Implement, reafv-
now Ion. to clear awav the branches from
the trunk nt a fallen tree--i.esy iuny to hew
and saw lt-what time WAS rx,-.n,lcl in cor
>idring and ronSi,inr, am. a.:,r all h,w
| much work was effected during the time he
looked on. From this he IN id, his ro;nnu, J.
ton how much they could execute IN m,
. course Of day, w,rsin. entirely at their
ease.
At another time we fa'l him working for a
nart OF two DAYS with Peter. his smith. 10
make rlow Oh I new invention of his own.
. InlS after two or three failures, he accom-
i''i>hed. Then. with less than his usual iud.r.
m"nt. h. pat hi tw" chariot horses to the
l'iow. a,.d IN great risk Of sroilinc Them
, N giving his new invention a trial over
.round tlirkiv swar,i,-.,
Anon. during a thnntinr-s;n.ro. a fr;rb.cr--
ed negro alarms :h. house. with word
that TIE mil is giving wav. upon which there
is general turn On, of all the forces. WITH
" a>!in.fon at their head. whcclin, AMI
>!'ove!ins gravel, during a pc,,n. ram, to
check the rushing water.
! " a>'iinSton delighted in the chase r.,
the hunting season. when he role ont earlx
III the inornin" to visit distant parts of ,L..
estate. Were work WAS .oinc on. he often
'ook >"n." Of the dos with h:n !or the cl,an,.e
i >fa'i'.. a fox. which hr often ,lid, thouuh
he va E0t alwarS sr.cr>Stil in KILN, lie
was a Void rider ami an admirable, hor,.uap
though he never claimed the merit os bei,o
an accomplished iox-iinnter In the b.;.,hs
of the season. however. he would be ont With
the iox hounds two or three times a week. a,-
r"mi'ani'-l ~ his guests at Mount Vernon
! aud the gentlemen OF the n,.ir,,b,rl,ooi. .,-
pccial!N the rair.axe, a. Es!,oir. of wh;,l,
estate LIS friend t,eorce William Fairfax was
now the ro,,rr;or. On >rl,i. occasions tb,.,,..
would be hunting dinner AZ ono or the oth,.r
OF those Establishments. at which convivial ,e.
pa>f>W Washington is said 10 have eniovcd him.
self with nnwontcd hilarity'.
80 passed on his life, peacefully and happi-
". un'i! the folly and imbecilitr of England
drove our American pioneers into revolt. che
history of wi,i.,, is fully related bv Mr.. IT,
vinc.) and in june l..5, WASHINGTON r,s
appointed Co,nmantlcr-in thief of the Amer
ican army. T'e volume conclude. with Ii.
arrival at Cambr;'! ,e. within gun shot of the
british 'roors in Boston. TO enter on his com.
ma''i 1t Is an appropriate restinc-point.
iie Illustrations of this volume are plans
Of Enr-o,vne's rou:e in l7.5 and of the h,,-
tie OF Bunker llill. with portrait of Wash
inE'on-a more pleasing likeness in manv
7eslt,>. hnt especially in the expression of
he mouth than the standard portrait by Stu
art which was taken IN 1898. The portrs;s
now engraved was pain:r! in Philadclpbi.
IN -. !,v an artist named Wertmuleo anil
presented by Washington himself to the late
Mr.. Cazcnora. who took it TO Switzerland
where If remained until last September. when
Mr.. {. \ Davis. of New York. ob.a;ncd Il
rom the Baron Saalin, husband of Mr.. Ca
zcnova'S granddaughter. OF its au,bert.;-
tv there is no donht. The portrait bv Peale.
taken III l''2, will appear in volume ,. and
an engraving Of iIozIons ful-lcn.,b s,..ue
Of Washington. at Richmond. in volume
t3s Authorship in France is much more