The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-17

'Junu me uHrlnB lle lllSt nilllr'
ricnn gentleman OF nmblemished
.ion and strict integrity is m hon
guest at amy hipside but whei to
noble gnces i added the dignity
ighty years varied experiences, ind
,mory rs clear aid sharp as the bl ae-
K eyes which sparkle under his gtly,
tggy brows, he s gem Of a visi TOR,
re us valuable.
uch wns mine. And his talk-Eke
mirage of the desert, which ref Rits
n the beautifully tinted sky blck
to ones eye the pomp, circ,in-
aure, and host oil the caravan gone te-
nd the horizon bf vision-brought lip
,ost into active life some of the scenes
incidents Of near century 40
rough tho clear lens u his uncloudtl
elections. Iticems q long time sine.
'mrles Carroll Of CarroltOn died /; anil
ill longer since, with one bold strok.
# hls pen. he affixed his signature ant
the namc of his estate TO tllat great doc
nmeut which, had England conquered,
would have been the recorded evidence
Of his treason, and the catue of the loss
Of millions. L
"Yet I knew him well, nid my visit
or, DTr. Hendon. tin my native town
of Frederick, Maryland, many times,
when l was boy, | have sen hlm-ali
old man, with hair white rs the silver
knob of his cane, walking elowly. We
boys would step aside wh,n he ap-
preached us, with the deidt due n
king. He was little mani his figure
bent, his frame slight and Muscular, and
his manner the gentlest and host court
eous-wcll, child, there are nb mch gen.
tlemen MS when l was a boy9 And the
old mans gaze seemed intro,crtel as,
with the end of his cane, lie trced cab.
nlistic figures upon the carpet to the
meaning of which his memory'aone had
the key.
"Does that time seem very tar of.
Sir ?" | yentured, by way of Ibinginp
his thoughts back.
mo it scarcely seems longer liam last
Christmas since a parcel of us bow wers
playing before NIedtard's tavern, wher
We saw n procession coming up town,
Some men were on horseback. ami theil
knee-buckles shone like glass Others h
their best new leather breeches anl bluf
coats, marched behind ; the drum and
fife were playing md everybody looked
excited but old Medtard, who stood OF
the door-sill, smoking his pipe, andlook
ing monstrous contemptuous. =
"rWhat's coming, Mr.. Medtard y ",
asked. WV
1.Only a green man, down the Lane,s.
ter Road.'
Away we went, like a pack Of hounds
in that direction, to meet a coach draw,
by four black horses, with liycried footmcr
hanging on to the tassels behind, and SUI
rounded by a large troop Of military as a,
escort. Inside the coach sat presiden
John Adams-a portly gentleman dresse,
in pcaa.colored 6roadcloth and large now
dered wig, who, with his suit was trayelip,
from Philadelphia to Washington, on thI
occasion oi the removal Of the seat of GOV
ernmcnt from Philadelphia to that place
we followed the procession until the Pres
ident alighted at Mrs. Kimballs tavern
the sign Of the Golden Flcece-wherc Ma
ior.G General Henry Ice received him.
"And why was Mr.. Medtard so indiner
ent to tho approach pi his President ~
"umph! Politics change, but human
nature never John Adams was FEEDER
alist, and poor Nledtard a Republican
which made big difference those days
Yes, that happened seventy years ago thii
very month, but II don't seem longer thar
the span ofmy hand"
"Yet you have lived to sec grcat
ayes, in degree, but not much in aual
ity, Folks worked and suffered and dice
for ideas then, same as now. As poo
Frank Key used tosay,
"No need niter novelties ever to run,
There Ia nothing that's new beneath tho sun. ."
"And you knew Francis Key ~ / eager
" asked, fired 10 know something Of a Iyd
poet who dared appropriate such an old
lasbionod quotation.
"Rncw him Why lie lived but a few
doors above my fathers house. Their
wtro once two brothers, John Ross ant
philip Barton Key. Philip was an office
in the British army during the Rcyolu
,ionary war, while John was in that Of thv
United States. John livod on Pipc'
Creek, near 'EanCytown, Frederic County
Maryland, whcre Francis and bis sister An
"a, Johns only children, were bern. Their
vls on exilcd scotchman, Mr., Bruce--salt
tohnvO been hCrto the throne Of ScotlanC
who had bnlta mill on Pipes Greek
and there, in SC company Of this nobl
; SM "ristocrat, hank spent bis worry earl
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