The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-09-20
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The September number of Scribners
Magazine contains an article by Frank b.
Mayer, Baltimore artist aud author, on
Signs and Symbols"
The following extracts in which he
speaks Of the General Wayne, the old
Fountain, and other well-known inns in
Baltimore, in the olden time when inns
were called inns, and the English language
had not become sufficiently Frenchifed to
make hotel common word, nor the Amer
ican people sufficiently Frenchifed to pre-
fer hotel to an inn To take ''mino case
in mine inn, was then as much Of real.
ity as it is now poetic fiction.
In "Baltimore-town," at that time
Wheat6eld Inn (now transformed, as 9TH
ers have been by false pride, into the name
and dignity of "hotel'') presented as a
sign luxuriant growth Of ripened grain
invaded by hungry rats; the "rhree Tuns"
spoke Of unlimited joyiality, and the
General Wayne exhibited, suspended
from its iron frame, full length of "Mad
Anthony in his Continental uniform.
This sign, the last of its kind, still hangs
in mid air, faded out OF countenance amid
streets cars and locomotives. Of more
pretentious inns, the resort Of people Of
quality, there was the "Globe, with its
elaborate sign-bOard, golden hemisphere
hanging from iron work above its wide
door The "Indian Queen" was noted as
THE best Kept mouse oil It's day, and hav-
Ang accommodation tor two hundred
guests WIN Delis ~ every room; thence
RODE iortn ueneral jackson 10 company
win .he ind,an eniei biaekha"k, TO see
ana De seen py Tue 'Iwn' Inc seven
stars sparkied in Diue SKY, and the
"fouh'ain Inn, win It's refreshing sign,
was spbtantlal earaVansary alter the style
OF tne gaileried INNS Oh England, but little
modified 10 plan from " l c Iabard in South
wark, whence Chaueer friends set out
TO Canterbury or from those inns in whose
court yards ohaksperes feliow-eomedlans
acted IN ueod queen bess time, amusing
our iorelathers oil summer afternoons with
quaint Jokes aud comic parts. IL was
built around court having refreshing
fountain IN the center, access to the bed
rooms being Afforded BY shady galleries on
each story. Here Washington tarrlcd on
his way North from virginia, and here
this little aneedote still clings to its mem
ory Alter the iatIgues OF day passed
In the interchange OF oihcial courtesies and
review OF the troops, the General had
retired to his room to seek much.needed
repose, when he was drawn TO the door by
gentle tap. Opening It he met the awe.
struck gaze OF two little boys.
W hat can do Tor you my little menY
said Washington
We want TO see 6enerai Washington,
one replied
u am the General, he said, leading
them graciously ini and, while he chatted
with them iamiliarly, he observed that Que
wore coekade IN his hat, but not that OF
Federalist Calling servant, he sent
for ribbon, pins, and scissors, aud quietly
fashioned cockade, which he pinned to
the hat of the other boy, saying
"That, my boy, is the Federal cockade
the coekadc Of the Union; wear it for my
sake
The boy, who lived to be a distinguish.
ed jurist, always preserved the treasure.
The origin Of Odd.fellowship in Amer.
lea is closely connected with Baltimore
inn. At the "Seven Stars, on the 26th
of April, 1919, the first American lodge
Of Odd-fcllows was ins, ituted--by the as
sembly of the required number Of five ol
the order who had previously been initia
ted in England-under the name Of Wash
ington Lodge, No. l.. Thomas Wildey
to whom q monument is erected in Broad
way Baltimore, as the father Of Odd
fellowship in America, was elected Noble
Grand. AT the "Three Loegerheads," !
dismal ont-of.the-way tavern, near th'
docks, and much frequented by sailors ans
wharf loungers, the organization grew int,
Importance, and received the FIRST warrant
ever granted 70 lodge in the UnitcS
States from the order in the Mother Coun
try. Here the grand lodges of Maryland
and Of the United States were instituted
and held their trst sessions Its sign
swung from projecting beam, represented
upon each side two extremely ugly faces
with the legend above them I'VE three
loggerheads be. The social character O.