The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1875-04-14
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LIFE. .
The following extract MIN Irving's
isife Of WaslingtongwiIl bs chesished BY
every enlightened and working farmer:
large Virginia estate In those days
was a little empire. The mansid,s ,llouse
was the seat Of government, with lis
NUMEROUS dependencies, such rs kiichens.
lsmokehoase, workshops, and stai,les In
THIS mansion the planter rules supreme
his stewards, ur soverseprs WAS his prime
-.a,,fi i,sa aai..Ar lte had 4.
legion of house negIoes for domestic SER
vice. and his host of field negroes br tile
culture of tobacco. Indian corn aid other
crops. and for other out 0f door labor. Their
quarters gorh,ed 4 kind OF hamlet part,
c0npused efyarious huts with little gar
dens snd poultry yards, all well stacked,
aid swarnls Of little negroes gamboling in
the sunshine. Then there Were large
wooden. ediiiee for curing tobacco, tile
staple and most profitable productiony and
mills for grinding wheat and IiniiattAcorn,
whicl, Iargc fields were cultiyateii.lor the
supply sflhs family and the maintenance
Of tie negrsss. 10 -. The Viz
giniai,lapters were pn,itei, 10 leave the
care eftiplrestates too ,i,ucl 10 fheiEoyefs
seers, aid ii,ini personal labor drg-
radiation. Washington carried Into his
rural afialrs tile same method, activity
and circnnspecling, tliat' distinguishes
him iil military lie. He kept, his own-
accopIitsi posted up his books, and bal
aDced tkem. with mercantile exactness.
We haze examined them as well as his
diaries recording his daily occupations,
and bis letter-l,ools, containing entries Of
shipment'of tobacco, ard corresponding
with his London agents They are nuiiu-
meats Of business habits. ai
The products of his estate also became
SO asted for the faithfulness, : as, to The
quality and quantity wish which thes
were p,It up that tits SID amy barrel oi
-four which bore ths brand of.Georgr
Washington, Mount Vernon was rx-
enspt from the customary inspection In
the West Indis ports. ~ 3rs
He wss an early ,riser often before day
break, la the Writer, wren the nights
were long On such occasions he lit his
own fire, and wrae or read by candle
light, He breakfasted ut seven in sum-
nier. at eight In wiiter.-Two small cups
Of tea and three or four cakes OF Indian
meal [ealled hoe cske,) formed his frugal
repast. Immediately after breakfast he
mounted his horse and visited those parts
Of the estate where any work was going
on, seeing % everything with Ibis. own
eyes. and often aiding with his own
hands.
Dinner was served at two o'eloek.--IIe
ate heart ly. but he was 40 epicnre, nor
critical about his food. His beverage was
shall beer or cider, aud two gIasscs ofold
Mateira- He took ten, Of which he was
very frhd early IN the evening, and re-
tired Ir ihe night about nifte olclockia
.If.eoanaed to the Eoee by bad weather,
be took accession 10 arrange his papers,
post up his accounts, car write letters |;
passing o pssrt of the time In reading and
occasionally reading aloud To the family.
Ne treated the negroes with kindness;
attending 60 othelr-coniforts, and was par
ticularly careful OF them In sickness but
never tolerated idleness, aud exaa;tel
faithful performance ofalI tlrir allotted
tasks. He had quick ere at calculating
each mans capabilities. An entry IN his
diary gives curious instance or this.
-Four ~ his ncgroes employed as earpen-
ters, were hewing aud shaping timber. Il
appearing 10 him, in noticing the amount
Of work accomplished between two sac-
ceeding mornings, that they loisesgd nj
theiy labor. sitting down quietly Ne
tinsef their operations; how bsfy II took
them 10 get their eross-cut saw. and other
implements ready how long to clear a.
way the lbrsnehes from lie trunk Of NJ
fplen tree how bong to hew. AID saw Il /:
what time was expended IN con4deflng
and consoltlng and after all, how much
work was accomplished In The time ne
looked op. Frvm these lie made his
computation how much they could &C.
copaplish In the course Of a day, working
entirely at their ease.
At another time. NE find him working.
lart Of two days, with Pyier his smith,
y make plcw, On . new invention ~ his
own. This after TOO or three failures, he
accomplished. Tiien with less than III.
usual Judgment, l,e put his two cIlariot
horses TO the plow aud ran a great risk Of
spelling them. In trying hts new invcntIon
on grDund thIckly swaricd:
Aiion. asrtihga thunder storm a ffIgliluf
negro alarms The house with tho worss
that the mill il giving way. upon which
there,lA a general turn out of all tlis Garces
With Washington ahead, wheeling am,
sI,ovriiiig. gravel, during peliing raiis 70
check the rushing water
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