The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-24

lady, "Daddy Hines asked him, sWhy
dldnt you come in tho house and stay all
nlghtT he said. And Washington said :
Oh, well, was 30 tired Just went into
the barn last night and / fell down on q
pile of hay, and haven't slept so good for
months as slept there.'"
| "Thcn what did he do 2" asked the first
old lady.
Then said the former acquaintance
OF Washington, che sat down to breakfast,
but the poor old soul couldn't cat anything
but bread ard butter, for fear Of it making
him sick and kcepin' him from gainin' the
day.
After breakfast packed his satche,. |
got pics an dried beef in it an he made
me take 'cm out. lie said: ooh, my dear
child, Iaren't eat anything like that; 1t
| would make me sick. | can only eat bread
and butter. SO had to take them all out
and put in bread and butter | folt so
| sorry for the poor old soul that he couldn't
cat anything else. After that he came in
toward Philadelphia, where his soldiers
were Oh high hill.
And did you cyc- sec him after that 2"
mo, but attended his mock. funeral at
fottstown when he died. 1t was a grand
funeral"
What hill was it where his men could
shoot down so nice?" asked the first old
lady:
"The hill," said the second old lady,
where he gained the day"
All further questioning failed to elicit
the fact Of the location of the hill, the old
lady's lnvariable answer and her nearest
clue TO it beng always the same-"the
place where he gained the day." Upon
further conversation 1t was also learned
that she had two venerable pictures, one of
Washington, and one OF his wife, in tho
form Of prints, which had been taken
shortly after the revolutionary war. These
pictures the old lady stated she had given
to her physician DIR. Evans, of Seventeenth
and Pine streets, who had expressed some
admiration for them.
If you 90 to DR.. Evans, hell show
them to you, said the second old lady.
n Visit was then made to DIR. Evuna. On
the walls OF his office hung the identical
prints with Washington in snowy cravat
aud powdered hair and his wife with high
EllzaDcthan collar and u stately bodice
INC ola cracked frames showing that the
pictures belonged to no present age.
The doctors account OF Mrs. Miller was
thai he had known her for five years and
0'"o Titlili Viz luSC IL" lllOuJllS ucr men,
CRY had been falling. "rhere can be no
doubt, said he, "but 1O4 years is her
right age and that she has scqs Washington.
have seen tho record Of her birth in her
Bible. She was born in l777, She has
been married twice, both husbands and her
first child being dead But her second
Child is upwards OF 70 years old. She was
born in Essex township, Bcrks county,"
The old lady's unusual age is evidently
matter of secondary Importance to her.
a, few sii months axe her PhlYsiesn l ,EeltGa
nOI lccnng well. Knowing that she
was addicted to taking snuff The doctor
jokingly remarked.
:" See here cid lady, the trouble with yt Il
is that you use too Much snuff. You
ought TO break yourself Of that habit, for
it may cause your death one of these days."
"No, DOCTOR" said The old lady; shaking
her head, "it isn't the snuff. When was
a little girl they made me work hard on
the farm, load on hay and grain in harvest
time, and it's that that's brcalin' me down
ut This anen