The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-19
The Anti-Mon0p0llst

scrlption for the base was to be: "Born
April 2, o. s. 1743, >
His wishes were carried out, the blank in
the last line being filed with "July 4.
1926" ALI that is visible of the inscrip,
ton to-day are the lines; "Born April 2
Q. s: 1743. Died July 4. 1885,,
There is no trace whatever OF the grave
of the wife of Jefferson. It was located
on the lower eide OF his monument. In
1851 this grave and its slab OF white
marble were visible with the simple in
scription: martha Jefferson, Born in 1855
0. s. Intermarried with Thomas Jefferson
January 1, 1772. Torn from him by
death September 6, 1882. This monu-
ment of love is inscribed" On the othe,
or upper side Ct the obelisk the slab GOV.
ering the grave of Jeffersons eldest
daughter is partly legible. What il
missing is inserted in parentheses
"Mar(tha Jefferson Randolph), eldest
daughter of Thomas Jefferson. Born
Sept. II, (.772). Intermarried with
Thomas Mann Randolph, Feb. %, 1890
Died Oct. 10, 1886. She possessed 8
strong and nltivated-mild and gentle
temper; warm, affectionate and self-sac-
ri6cing in all her duties. This Is slight
mark Of the love borne by her son Thorn
as Jefferson Randolph" Mr. Randolph
died but two years ago. In 1872 he pre-
sided ever the Democratic convention
held IN Ohio.
In MS last DAYS Jefferson wrote tc
Madison: Take care OF me when dead
and be assured shall leave with you my
last affections" Although his biographel
intimates that this probably referred to
the defence Of part of his political
record it nevertheless appeals in its full
est sense to the American people to save
from further Dissertation that which
Macaulay tells US is ''the temple efsilence
and reconciliation. 1t viii be useless
for Congress to place a ne" monument
over his grave unless it Gevises some
means to protect it. It will be located
in an almost unirequented place, where
it can be defaced quite as rapidly as the
present one was by those who neither
revere the memory nor respect the grave
of Jefferson.
In passing from the old burial place
on the mountain side the visitor suddenly
emerges from the forests and finds him
self on the summit, with view in all di-
rections but the one he had just come
from, of SURPRISING beauty. 1t has been
SO often described by travellers that it
need not be fully detailed here. The eye
sweeps from forty to fifty miles over the
| valleys beneath, In '!this vast sea of YER
dure" the ripples and shadows dance
over the luxuriant fields of grain to the
limit of the vision. The level of the
horizon on the south is broken by Willis
mountain, forty miles distant. MI. JEFF
ferson used to say if the country of
Fluvanna was lake and Willis
mountain volcano his scenery would be
perfect. But there are very few grander
prospects than this SO easy Of access and
so fine in climate.
On very level place of two or three
acres on the very summit stands the house,
halt empowered in trees On the south as
you approach it the broken windows and
cracked walls give it the look of COM
plete ruin, but in front and rear the spa
cious porticoes are in fair state Of pre-
servation, and the building otherwise
has an appearance of shabby spsender. 1t
is long brick structure SURROUNDED by
dome, with the architectural devices
peculiar to jefferson. The only sgn
life about the place was ragged and
grovelling old mana veritable tramp IN
appearance-whor rocked himself IN the
warm sun in chair on the portico It
was hard to believe that this faded and
threadbare person had taken possession
of the place many years ago, and eked out
subsistence by charging the university
students and such other visitors as rarely
came up from Charlottesville an admissltn
to the house. In the long pending litiga-
ton of the property no one has had any
control OF il, and this man has simply ex-
ercised the doctrine of "squatter sovereig-
ty,'
"Do you want to see the inside of old
man Jefferson's house2" was his salution
"Then it will cost you twenty-five cents"
The money paid, he hobbled through
one of the main doors, and dropping an
iron bar they both swung and the visitor
stood in lofty square hall, the main or
central room of the building, Oh one side
of which was balustrade, from which,
old man quantity said. Jefferson used
to make speeches to his guests 1t was
evidently inteded for musicians, As this
hall and one above it under the dome o
the house were used for bathrooms
There was nothing in the room but q
| folding ladder in q corner and clock over
the door, both of which belonged to JEFF
ferson, ana chandelier of handsome pat
tern, which hung from the centre Of the
fine stucco-work of the ceiling. The
floor was laid in blocks of white cherry,
and is in excellent condition This room
opened by sliding glass doors of decided
modern look on the semi-ocfagonal south
east portic- Beyond on the night is a
selni-oetagonal tea-room and two COM
modious guest-rooms and dining room
A very handsome marble slab lad recent
| " been stolen from this r0Jm.
On the left was Mr.. Rando.phs room
and that of Jefferson, ana beyond, extend
ing the whole width Of the house, the
library. The latter opened ON the conser-
| vatory, which is in ruins. On the upper
floors are the bedrooms, with alcoves in
each for the bed, cut up into al conceiv-
lable shapes BY the irregular form Of the
| house. They are reached by little, mar.
row stairway in dark recess. built with
sharp angles 1t every few steps and