Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-03

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great in his destiny, greater in the nobili-
ty of his character. saw the unpretend-
ing house in Lexington in which he died
and it was one of the most interesting
things saw. His daughter, maiden of
over twenty years, lives with friends in the
vicinity he left two sons, one now law
yer in St. Louis, the other a planter in
Arkansas. His distinguished uncle, Rob
ert Jefferson Breckenridge, lies in another
part of the cemetery and has handsome
shaft of granite erected to his memory.
The old divine was loyal and prosperous
His first wife lies under plain slab at his
side and at her feet stands female figure
in marble, pointing an outstretched hand
at her grave, the tablet recording that it
was erected by her son to commemorate
his memory of his mother. He, too, lies
buried near by, killed in the army and as
the dates show that he was only three
months old when his mother died he was
evidently babe of lively sensibilities and
a youth of stout recollection to have any
precious memories of his experience in his
mothers arms to commemorate in monu-
mental marble.
The Breckenridges were remarkable
family. The aged Robert was an over
bearing old fellow, they say, and he was
too much for his third wife to endure. She
would not take him on his brains. and
they did not live lovely life. No doubt
that poor first wife deserved her sons re-
membrance, and perchance he put up the
monument to her from his knowledge of
the virtue she must ha ave lad to get along
with his respected sire. This cemetery is
extensive and beautiful and has great
many handsome monuments. The burial
lots are not separated from each other by
hedge or fence of any kind.
About three miles out of the city lies
McGrathiana, the stock farm of Mr.. Grath
the noted turfman and owner of Tom
Bowline. Thither we drove through the
beautiful country I have been describing
and over smooth and hard macadamized
road, owned, like all these roads here, in
part by the county and in part by the plant
ers along the line who subscribe to the
stock. The county, believe, takes some
thing like half the stock. Toll is charged,
but it does not suffice generally to keep up
the road and pay dividend. Probably
because the roads are long and are kept
up we'll. They do not have the nice little
roads we have running out of Lancaster,
a mile or so long, just enough
to catch the travel that comes out of the
city and toll it, and then turn it out in
the mud when the roads begin to fork.
Mr.. McGrath has large house of wood,
reach to the roof, the whole painted a
bright yellow. AS we drove up to the
portico, we were pleasantly received by a
gentleman who wore troubled air that
was accounted for when We learned that
he had just lost child by scarlet fever,
and that he was suffering from four pistol
shot wounds received few weeks before
in front Of the Phoenix hotel, in Lexing-
ton. A young man named May, who
was intoxicated, was plaguing an old
man, when our friend in mild way ex-
postulated with him. May conceived him.
self insulted 6y the interference and went
after his pistols. Shortly afterwards, as
the object of his enmity passed out of the
hotel up the street, May stepped from be-
hind tree-box and shot him down :;
again shot him as he arose and again and
again until he had put four bullets into
him, one crashing through his hand, one
into his thigh, and the others we know not
where. Two policemen stood near by.
That man May is out on 81, 500 bail, and as
three of the prettiest talking lawyers of
the Lexington bar, including Col. Breck-
enridge, the "silver-tongued'' orator of
the state, are engaged to defend him, pro-
badly he will be kept out of Jail. Certain
ly he ought to be hung. BY the way is it
not odd that we don't hang fellows for in
tending to kill another but failing they
are just as guilty as if they had succeeded.
We were consigned to the care of the
chief groom of the stables who showed
us the yearlings that have just been taken
in from pasture to prepare them for their
training in the fall for the events next
year. They are taken in now because the
sun has got too hot for them to thrive in
pasture during the day. They are fed a
couple of quarts of oats and barley and at
night are turned out. Their training will
begin by putting boy ON their backs and
letting him walk them certain distance
daily. Then the speed is gradually in
creased, and before winter sets in they are
rum aquarter of mile. We were shown
Tom Bowline, the pride of the
place. He is grand looking horse, and,
like many good looking people, has not the
best temper in the world. He is not cele-
brated yet as a sire. Mr.. McGrath does
not seem to be having much success with
his horses this season on the turf. He only
raises themfor his own racing use and
does not often sell an untried animal. His
groom thought that he used his own stock
too much and was not sagacious in his
breeding selections. The man, who was
colored, seemed to be intelligent and prob
ably could have improved on his masters
methods. When We returned to the house
we were shown, in the parlor, several por-
traits of noted turtles which I looked at
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