The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-12-08

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ing the late war; and the old
oficE church where Washington at
tended srvice when living at Mt
vernon, from which place it was
ii'S custom to drive-whichre reminds
VI mat we saw at the Centennial
George w S travelling carriage, a
substantial, comfortable sort of a
rig which must have beer a high
toned vehicle in its day. The old
brick church is in good state OF
preservation. Inside, the visitor is
shown the pew in winch WASHING
used to sit.
Seventeen miles below Washing
ton, on the Virginia side of the
Potomac, ls situated Mt. Vernon.
the home Of Washington in life and
ms Last resting place. Nearly every
body who visits ashington CITY
makes the ''pilgrimage" to the tomb
o. the ''Father of his country" the
humber during the year beng very
great-the visitors baiing from
every state and territory in tie Union
and from all civilized portions OF
he world. Even the delegations to
" ashington of our Red brethren
}t the forest and plain, are not sat
lshed until they have visited the
tomb of The first Great Father y
pushed their tawny hands between
TIE bars and pronounced IN solemn
dignity their characteristic saluta-
ton How To get there, the
visitor takes the elegant steamer
Arrow, which leaves ashington
ior Mt. Vernon daily Except Sun
day,) at 10 o'clock and returns at
O'Clock fare for the round trip
intending admlssiou to the grounds,
SI.o0. 1t is a lovely a spot as one
gan imagine, and lis beauty, in CON
nectlon with the hallowvd memo
mes OF the past which cluster
around It, make it doubly interest
fg 10 the visitor. OF course it is
unnecessary for us to describe the
tomb OF Washington or the old
Mansion House, since the looks and
history OF these sacred places have
been made familiar to every one by
multiplied prints and descriptions.
Suffice 1t TO say that the grounds
and house remain Just rs Washing
ton left them seventy-seven year 5
ago. Most of the original furni-
tnre remains in me house, among
which tie writer was particularly
interested in a large high, backed
arm chair which came over in the
Mayfower and which was VAST
lngtons tavorte chair. We sam
pied It's comfort by sitting in it, and
concluded it would make firsl-rate
editorial chair.
Being in Washington over Sun
day, We OF course improved the OPP
portunity to visit some OF is fine
churches. Probable the most pop
uiar church is the Metropolitan
(Nethodis), presided over by the
celebrated and eloquent Mr.. New
man, aud which President Grant at
tends. Though.lhe morning we at
tended, the weather was rainy and
dlsagreeable, the congregation was
quite large numberin4 in its con-
position, besides your jocose cor
respondent, several other noted
men. On the right hand side Of
the church, well M toward the pUl-
pit, >at President Grant; over on
the lett-hand side Senator Lamar of
Mississippi in the centre row of
pews Col Flynt, late consul to
China, and Immediately back of
Grant, down near the door, sat
Fiizhugh, cxDemocratn Door
keeper Of the House--t the man who
was expelled for writing the silly /
and notorious letter In which he
81 ated that be was q "diger man in |
Washington than cid Grant" He's
a splendid looking fellow but Inter
ate. The Metropolitan is a fine
chmch-elegent, but with a home
like, comfortable air. A very
pleasant feature, also, is, that d pew
is set apart for every State III the