The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-04-24
Traits aud rcrsoaai Attributes VI she
FATHER ~ his Couniry.
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7 One afternoon several Young eentlWmen vi>i
tors at Mount vWnen, were eaTassd IN pitch
ing the bar, one n the athletic sports CON mo,
IN thosc days, when sud,lcnly the Colonel ap
'peariny among us. he rslHcsted 10 b. shcwt
the pegs that marked the bounds II our cil,~t.
thrn, smiling and without pattmf "a hi c,s.t
! put out hs hand Ic~ The nAtsIc. 3" NJ sccoer,
ohs,rv~l tbe narrator with pF1A~a, ~aid VI,
heavy iron bar i~l the gMsp ~ biz nigh, /,
! hand than II lost the power of gsMvitation as
7, whiszrd through the ain strrxsWg the r~oaml
far. very far, beyond our utmost limits We
were indeed amazed, az W. stood sssand, al
stripped to the huff with shirt sleeves rcolc,l
up. aud having thought ourselves very clever
fellows, whac the Colorcl on retiring. pheasant,
" observed, 'whc, ycn heat my plth, Young
gentlemen, IN try again'"
In giving grnphic description ~ tl~ stat
urr and lbrm Of Washington, We give not only
tho result II pcrsonal observation and expert
cncc OF many years, but information derived
from the highest authority.-a evortte nephew
Major Tawrncc lewis ASKED his unrie wha,
was his height IN the prime Of lie, Ito ~
pliel In my days Lawrence, ! So"t ak
it~t and two inches In ordinary shocs We
know that he measured by a standard pv,risely
six eet when laid ont in death ~ his weight
WE are Nh evidence, having heard him say 10
Crawford, Governor of Canada, in 1879 "My
weight in my bcst days. sir, never cxosSied
from two hundrcd aml ten "a tw,niy." Ills
form was uniCSs, Gni;6r Eos Sih.iis aailSs IN
that expand nj the shoulder and then gather IN
nt the hips
The form of Washington dc,iatea from the
general rule, sip"c II descended nom thc shoul.
dcrs to The hips In perpendicular lipcs tho
breadth Of the trunk Icing nearly M great M
the other His limbs were long large and sin
cwy. in his lower limbs he was what Ia usually
called straight limbtI His joints. ESa and
hands were large. md could east have bccn
made ~ his right hand ~ far did its dimcosimr.
crcecd natures model that Il would have lseD
preserved iD museums Tor ag,s az the annto'ni-
cite remembered this remarkable haMl wlrn
in the portico Of Mount Vernon, III was here.
in 1874. was first introduced 10 You by tho
good General il is u long while ago; yoa were
thn very little gentleman rugged out IN cnp
and FEATHER. and held hy one finger of the Gen,
erals mighty hand II was aII yoa could ,io
Mt that time, my dcar sir"
INC ryts oi tnc 'h"I Wefc nKOt gfhyisn
blue, deep sunken In their sockets. giving the
expression Of gravity and thought Stuart
painted those deeper blue, saying In hun
dred years they will have faded 10 their right
color. His hair was ot hazel brown nnd very
thin IN his latter days. In his movements he
preserved In \ remarkable degree. and 10 I'D.
vantage, the elastic step that h. had ncqaired
IN ~rvicc on the frontier.
! Being ordered one morning very early into
the library at Mount Vernon. u spot fia' sonc
entered without orders. the weather being warm.
We found the chief very much undreSscd, and
while looking at his manly frame. We discover.
al the centre of his chcs, was indcntcd. This
Is an exception 10 the general rule laid down by
anntomists, that where the human frame POS
Hers,= grca, muscular power the chest should
rather bc rounded out and protubcrani than in.
deutcd. We were equally surprised to dnd
how thin he wa. In person, being with the ali
sencc Of esh, literally nap oi "thcws and sin
ews" lie wore around his neck tho miniature
portrait of his wife. Thishe had worn through
all the yicissiiu,hs Of his evcntiul cnrccr. from
the period of his marriage 10 the "lad days Mt
Mount Vernon
In the appearance ~ Washington there was
nothing of bUlkin~s. but thcr~ was united
all that WIS d,pnded and graceful while bis
air and manner were AT once noble anil rom
manding No one approached him that did
not feel for him, M Lord f'skinc obarvcd IN
decrcc Of nwul rcvcrcnce.' Hc wore n sword
with Jccnliar grace The viseorn,e de- n oa.
aillcs s,id, u was because 'tle man was made
for the sword and not the sword for the matt. .
! Lafayette. not long after the wnr ~ the nv
olutiou wrote letter 10 Col Trumbali nrging
him 10 paint an equestrian por'rpit of the
Chiei as h. nppnrv'i on Tho heid of Monmouth.
The iIlustrions Fr,pebmap, Americas great
bctpciac,or, said to w; ~ was very Young
Major General on TINT memorable day. and had
a great deal to do, bui took time. amid The
! gfra, heat md fury Of the fight to gazr upon
ard admire Washington, ns n,ounted on n sIleD
! did charger covered with N,am he rallied our
| line with words never 10 be frgcttn stand
fast. my boys. and receive your enemy; the
Southern troop are advancing ~ support yon'
I thought ,irr, n Do nov continued the
good lafayette, that never have ~sp so 10
perb 'nan
( WhcD this nol,Ic empire shall have achieved
IL high destiny. ard. embracing a cobfisbt
atts,Dfd power and a grandeur uDcxampierl
~ The history nf nations, ti~ f'itute A Am,rraD
from th1 ioprn0st leiglh ii ba greatoc.s. will
look back upon tie curly days ~ his country
anil call up he time hoDor,d" memories Df tbs
heroic ern pnJ The aye of Washington; arpl
when contemplating tbn image III the I'aier
Iairis, prJ. tuatod BY the DelIowei ,nt,s oI
H.. cnuyas. anil the irpshDss ~ TIM enduring
brorzr. With loSp' pride ~ sn~~iry h. viii
etclam ~ foreiatbu ga tls ans cimie oi tha,
great man 10 The Isris arsJ giw.ss II tbc strng
gle Gur Amrrirsn InJcp~bdeDce. let then, h
undyine honor ~ ID" m"fnmy n Washington
Ever rrrn b ;bs Is1rh that derk HE ,ro
iuhiei ,oab ever living 10 the homage 10 ibs
bar,s d h,- countrymsn aud BaukiDl ior ,h'
patriot, ibr hero and the ssgc. who. ude,
Providcpee With humble means, 40 much COZ,
trit,ote.i 10 rais hs native land from tLe dep,l
81 ,i,penJenc' and 10 pisec her IN the rank o
nations who presided over her civic ds~tipie,
ia the dawn ii the grrst eIpsimnt u ~sf
government aDd -h0. alter an iuslrious i,b,
,l.ui in The sryice of liberty aDi msnL iDd
sitbou, a cloud 10 dim The lustre u bis hue
iescsnc.,-i 10 tie grave with The august ,i,Ie o
the Fa,trr u BIZ County.
TBE neon" 0' some al the New York Law
YER. i. At,sOlgtsiy nsasyel0u. the lae1Dr o
s2O, 800 - not bho.sal. sol The sam Of tsG Dor
is secured By many Il The pscsisent r,ss, q, 'b'
tnr.
Tm Iobdoa I.mo copss, ~ specinsn o
American soe sly. an account Of ts.l IN Ncv
York. The scoDabt spbsafsd Ia the Sss
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