Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1882-06-29
4 BANQUET hail DESERTER
S0VTH CAROLfyA.S ROOM AT VT,
FERSHN.
How Washington's Old Home I'ooEs~'
An Omission that Should be Supplied
The very Place for Bric-a-B Brac.
r~om washtae:on Correspondence ef'

the very Ft"to ioi
f,~en Washington Correspondents o.
.Naps tf Courier.
WAsr:voro,,, June ll.-SIonnt
Vernon looked lovely when I g::sitea
The oh estate last week. TIE spsgk-
ling day ani' the rivaoious rustioitF
o; The crowd Of 1enbsylTania oo7n.
t-y editors and their women:olk took
away :roul The ancient house ni;ch
o: the solsnpi;y vh;oh hroods ever.
it ordinarily and makes it re:.ee:, in
its primenezs and dignity, the auatels
lines oi G. VS. face. The aaisied
hats q the girls auttered in the irssh
breez4 which poured ID from Inc
river, aa they explored the curious
fashioned rooms, peerei into tho
Washington cupbosrds and Closets
end fingered with many modern eA-
nreasions OF admiration over the re!
ica pleateously stored along the walls.
The very stif' and woebesone looking
bed upon which "the Father Of his
Country" brestbed his last was queer
ly contrasted With .he brilliant and
chattering throng that filed the
room. There was ruah among the
women to sse their faces in the an
cient gilded mirror which Washing
toa used; it was dim and rusty, but
it auffced to ahow several pretty
faces with many others which were
not. 1t was not very re7erent as
senblage that day, but reverence
cannot we'll be transmitted through
zavera. generations Ct busy people.
OUT OF DOORS
it vas charming. The breezy alopes
on the Potomac banks we're 0rnoothe
and graceful; FROM one'a sinking 'cot-
steps roae the scent Of wild thyme
snd clover :ho yeljowed river was
aeclted, aiar of il liz curTs8, BY
While aails. Lying Oh tie soft sward
oae heard the telling bell Of 2 stsaEer
npseding PAST the old estate. For
ty.eight years every passing YES
sci has paid thls tribute to the mem
ory os Washington. Or the sunny
lawn the bright groupH o; yiaitors
sauutered lazily, baskjng in tha sun
and drinking ths cool breeze. The
gaalen, most .9 shqgoseh!y !: B ID d9Eiassred
81 s pattern, gave uiaeg.ad odol
CT the past ana present, tha CID ti!ae
| AGENT Of that shrub being the one,and
the roaes yielding the other,
do ROT intend 10 attempt. in
AnDo Dorini 1892, description oI
Mcunt Vernon. sske it ;or granted
that everybody he been there, or il
ne haz not. should havo done go. My
! preface IS simply to ass:et tie intro
III ton oi matter connected with
the place, and With which South
Carolina should be interested. Mount
Nernon is visited annually BY great
many thousand people from all parts
o: sha Union, and very many from
al! quarters oi the globe. On every
ssek day e ateaner plies be.
tween Washington City and the es
tate. carrying hundreds Of these peo-
pie. TIE Mount Vernon Ladies As
ISOLATION. who purchased Washing
tons home for the people Of the
Union, and WHO maintain and beau.
tiEy It, arenow happily independent Of
public aid, and preserve the mansion
and grounds in adnirrble condition
by the profits ol their steamer and
by other income.
SOUTH cARo1INA''; RooM.
But there is something eiaa whi,-SS
tie association leeves to the States,
and which should awaken State pride.
Each o! the or;sina! States has mp.
portioned to it room OF the mansion
to preserve, restore to its former con-
dition and adorn still, further. Sew
raj oi he younger states have their
rooms, and the success, witb which
thay have changed ihsm from rare
enclosure 10 verbally antique cham
!oars with their iuii proportion o! al.
oient :lrnitnre and last 1aniury hrje
a-orao si:o7l3 arag South t;sgo.ina on
10 something .: 5ac s;r3, 0rc State
ss..eojs,! the family diHing-roou on
tia ground floor. ana Of the beat
apartments Of the n,aue;on, but ea
yei very title hss been done 70 rea-
cYaie, i,eautify or inraieh ii. People
notice ine=o things, snd . great many
peo?le in6aeot ;haae roon- avery day.
Across ihe raj; ;t1ay =er 5hc Nav
York :aom beautifully restored aud
admirably arranged with portraits,
iarDiiare ;ld relics Of Washington s
time. Turning 10 Cur State room
they lind it bare and rough. AI:ss
Cunningham, Of South Carolina, WAS
tbe originator 0; the plan icr The
purchase Of Mount Verron by the
women Of lie Union, and was The