The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-08-29
LANDssAsHLAND COUNTY, OHIO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
'fFroIpoo i Ifryinlc.s inc. life Of washiinae,1to,bi a NJ,

7tFrom Irvings life Of W ashington. -
Il Washington at Nouns Vernon.
IL. Washington was vestryman of tw
fparishes, Fairfax and Truro the Paro
ehial church of the former was at Al
lexandria, ten miles from Mount Vernon
Iof the latter at Pohick, about seveI
miles. The church of Pohick was re
kbuilt on plan of his own, and in q grea
9 tReasure at his expense At one or 9TH
!. er of these churches he attended ever,
lSunday, when the Weather and sthi
roads permitted. His demsabor wa
breverential and devout.-, Mrs. Washing
tton knelt during prayers; he always
stood, as was the custom at that time
Both were communicates.
! Among his occasional visitors and as
sociates were Capt. Hugh Mercer AND
iDr. Craik the former, after his narr ow
escapes fro the tomahaMk and scalpiinl
-tknif was quietly settled at Fredericks
burg the latter, after the campaigns OF
Ethe frontier were over, had taken up hii
residence,at Alexandria, and was nov
Washington's family physician Both
Ewere drawn to hin By campaigning ties
Eand recollections, andsRers ever Welcome
lot Mount Vernon.asissse7ssssz gsigsiiss
Astyle of'living prevailed among the
lopulent Virginian families in those dayt
that has long since faded saway.z The
houses were spaeious, commodious, lib
era in all their appointments, and fit
ted to cope with the light handed, open
hearted hospitality of the sowners.--
Nothing Was more common than to. see
handsome services of plate, elegant
equipages, and superb carriage horses
allsimported from England. sxzyz >-7s
The Yirgiaians have always been no-
ted for their love of horses; . manly
passionzwhieh. in those days of oppu-
Hence they indulged, without regard to
expense Thegrieh planters WED with
each other in their studs, importing the
best English stocks. ss Mention is made
of one Of the Randolphs of Tuckahoe,
who built stable lor his fayorite dap
picgray horse, Shakspear, with ssrecess
for the bed of the negro groom, who, al
Nss slept beside him at night. 1sasoz "a
Washington, by his marriage, had
eSddCu J i,eae-4-@-<lei-
lars to his already considerable fortune,
aud was enabled to live in ample and
dignifed style His intimacy with the
Fairfaxes,s aud his intercourse with
British officers of rank, had perhaps
had their influence on his mode of living
He had his chariot and four, with black
postillions in livery, for the use of Mrs.
Washington and her lady visitors. As
for himself he always appeared ON horse
back. Lis stable wes, well, filed, and
admirably regulated His stud was
thorough bred and in excellent order
His household books contain registers
of the names, aages aud marks of his fs-
'vorite horses ;such as Ajax, Blueskin.
Valiant, Magnolia ian Arabl SO. 5 Also
.his=dogs. chiefly his hounds, Vulcan,
Singer, Ringwoods SWeetlips, Forester,
Music, lockwood, Truelove, 60. ..,.'sss. !. :
He was an early riser often before day
breaks in the winter; when the nights.
were long. On such occasions, he lit
his own fire, and wrote orread by can
die light. He breakfasted at seven in
summer and eight in winter. Two
small cups oftea and, three or four cakes
of Indian meal; (called hoe eakes,) J form
ed his frugal repast. immediately Eaf-s
ter breakfast, he mounted his horse and
visited those parts of the estate where
any work was going on, seeing to every
thing with bis own eyes, and often aid
ing with his own hand sssasszssz.. ~ szl
Dinner was served at two o'clock
He ate heartily but was 20 epicure,
nor critical about Lis food, His beyer-
age was small beer or cider and two
glasses of old Madeira. he took tea, of
which he was yeryz fond early in the
evening, and retired for the night about
nine O'Clock. s..ss sasassvzs ssssg ss,seeg
If confined to his house BY bad wealth
er, he took that occasion to arrange his
papers, post up bis accounts, sers .Hrite
letters; passing part Of bis time in
reading, and occasionally reading aloud
to his family. y.z az assasszvs = ss-S
He treated his negroes with kindness
attended to their comforts was zpartiou-
larly careful ofsfhem ins sickness - but
never, tolerated idleness. and exaeted
faithful performance of all their allotted
taskssa He had asquiek eye at ealculas
ting each mans capabilities. An entry
in his diary gives a curious instance of
this. -Four of his pegroess employed as
were shewipg and shaping
timber. Itappearedsto him, in MOTTO
ing the amount of work accomplished
betweenz.Re succeeding mornings. that
they loitered at their labor. Sitting
down quitely he timed their operations +;
how .lopgit took them to get their cross
cut saw aud other imphments ready, |
how long to clear away the branches
from the trunk of fallen tree j. how long
to hex and saw it what time was ex,
pendedsiu considering and consulting,
and after all, how much work was effsct-
ed during the time he looked ON. From
.b;. he m.so b;s co,,, fo t;os, bssss5 ,,nsh