Middletown transcript., 1873-03-01
Corre.poadtnce n he M5iieiorn Transcript
woopLAyp, Fen. 18th, 1873

TO give you an account Of the latter part
Of our winter. trip. When last wrote.
had just reached Georgetown, where !
passed very delightful week: one morn
ing was spent in viewing the residences
on the " Heights" than which | can i'm
agine no pleasan,er abodcs for the FORUM
ates who are able to occupy them; anoth-
or was given TO a stroll through Oak ll;ll
Cemetery. of which Georgetown i justly
proud As cemetery. think it is more
beautiful. even. than the fame1 Green
wood for the latter is, to great extent,
park. At Oak Hill there are no enclos
urcs Of lots the ground is beautifully
tcrraced TO the needed width, and rows Of
box, or evergreen few inches high mark
the side boundaries. Some Of the monu-
mcn,s arc very beautiful. aud the grounds,
so tastcfully laid out, aud KEEP, with PER-
fec, neatness, must be lovely in summer.
Even ut this inclement season it is we'll
worth visit Far different. as n burial
ground is Arlington " IchaSod might
surely be written over the gateway. From
il, on each side Of the road which winds
upward to the por,ico Of the fine old man
sion. mile / should think in length,
there are jus, rows Of graves. There is.
/ there could be, no attempt at beauty Of ar
raugcment; behind, around the venerable
house. it is Just the same every where
graves with plain wooden headboard' /;
none Of the little amenities which ordinar-
! lis render cemetery at least pleasant, !,
all is bare. aud drcary and sad Only
from the front poriico are there few. if any
4 signs Il the present use Of the property.
The ground falls very abruptly, giving a
magnificent Wow Of Washington. with the
country intervening and for miles around:
and here We may stand moment. and re-
pc pl the mansion with those w' will re-
I turn uo more: latest among them our no
4 lie lee with his lovely wiic, disr- -asing
I the hu.pitali,its of thn estate left her hy
1 Washington Many one Of the best aud
bri.h'e,i IN our history have been guests
herc. aul clief IF all Washington ha.
bTightcucl these halls and these brave ola
time rooms with his honorna presence
Y N8w thy are bare AMI deserted. save that
in one f,w careless Officials keep the of.
lee Of tho cemetery" and youier in ihc
Patent Ofiire are the mcmon,oes q Wash
lugtur. belonging N Mlrg tu.ti- Ire.
aul mHfhW +" Taken fram Ar,iu .ton
OF LIE Capitol need hatlly wrte: al
NJ your readers are familiar with It's eXtur-
ier from pictures. and 10 describe it, in.
icfior would require longer 'st,cr than |
can write, aud more architectural tnowl-
elgc than | possess Through the kind
ness of our honoured senator, Mr Bay
arl, " hai an opportunity 70 examine
the bcan,iful marble ream, anl other
Parts of the building which We could mol
have seen without lis escort We are in.
deb,ed to him. al,o, ~ an INTRODUCTION II
Hon Carl Shurz should have known
Mr. Shprl anywhere from Nast'- ridieu
lags cartua u. which siye d t5lprahly lail
iica Of ms general appearance but til,
finest photograph Of him could not show
III, very best feature; ~ ne who ha
eaugh; bright. quick glance from h
clear, keen, hazsl eYcs would ever tnrgot
i. Or fail Il assnciats il With his picture,
features Ill, ~. iigit up III, face mar
sellou.ly; they tcrk mo hy surprise Is
had expected suppose from his nat
: ana,ity to see them large Blue, rattle
cxpres,iunless. and they are his most ex
rressise feature Nou would never mis-
take Nr Shurz flr any but German
, however. though lie has shown himself 5
. truly aud uolly an Amercan also. that
deem ii IN honor to have shaken hand
with him, though suppose he forge, NJ
r eAi,teuc. Eve minutes after.
Au5;her # our public characters VIII
: interested me exceedingly was Miss Yin
: ME Ream OF course. YOU all know q
the accident 10 her model f1r the farragu
9 statue Among over dozen hy dfereu
! artists it was the ouy onc Of full size:
e was hroush, 70 the Capitol 70 be place
: with the e,hcrs for the decision Of the con
9 mitteo, when by some accden, it fell an
being only plaster, it was broken to pieces
in fact, fron thu arms down. it was pill
Of dust In few moments Hiss Ninn
: arrived; her mother who was with hei
c burst into tears. bur the brave little dangl
g ter, after looking f1r moment Al the NJ
parcn, wreck Of her hopes. pushed tac
her sleeves aud unlaun,edly exclaimc
- = bring me barrel of plaster She mu,
: have imbibcd the very spirit Of Farragr
= latter the most likely aud she was
earnest. too When first saw her sl
. had worked At remodcling day and nirl
a a for several days only snaichiug time &
u nccdful sleep. and the statue was assuu
. ing lis due proportions again, and who
Y within half an hour Of my leaving Wasl
y ington, took a fna peep, the iigu
. seemed complete, and the spunky Ii
!, tie woman was retouching aud polishing
% presume, for the last time. Much syn
"a pathy was manifested for Miss Winnie du
i,s ing those trying days but apart from til
u the preference seemed to be given to h
'r statue. | heard the other models critici
ed, but no word save Of commendatio
passed on hers My own judgement. il
bc is worth naming would be for it. Mi
., Rcam is no, over 40 feet in height. dar
= with an abundance Of black hair, plum