Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-08-16
EDGEwooD's EMPTY HALLS.
Mrs. Kate Chase Leaves Her Fine Man.
.,,ts sion Tenantless for Five Years.

Washington Letter in the Baltimorei American.
'tEdgewood," !" as it is called, Is tenant-
less, while its owner sroams in Europe.
She left here d little over q month 4ago,
with her children, for five-years' tour
abroad. The grounds are kept in toler-
able good order by the faithful servant in
the great house, with its rich furnishing,
stands precisely as she left it, and the
broad acres of the magnificent estate, lie
uncultivated. 1t is characteristic
Southern mansion, set in the magnificent
forest which enriches the hills north of
the city: From the road verandas which
grace the. front of the building the visitor
looks through the opening in the woods
down upon the city of Washington, with
the white dome of the Capital cleaning
IN the Sunshine or the mellow moonlight,
as the case may be, all making beauti-
full picture.
tsHow is it," was asked Of this friend
of the fair proprietress, 9that this fine
estate is left idle?" "That," was the re-
ply, ''is what no one knows. Certainly
Mrs. Chase is not so well off financially
as to be able to throw away such q place.
She is, however, very peculiar woman,
and If she can't get what she wants for it
she is not likely to let it 60 at all. She
has been offered $3.50 a month for the
house and she won't take it. She, wants
| $500 a month, and unless she gets that
| prefers to let it stand idle. Queer? Well,
it's about on par with most of her per-
formances. Now, here's an estate worth
$50, ,00O-she has been offered that for, it
land yet she viii not make any use Of it,
Why, she wouldn't allow it titled when
she lived there. She kept two or three
men employed keeping it in order, but
wouldn't allow the ground titled. The
taxesare something enormous" fsE'.''''
"Bht," suggested the correspondent,
ssIt has been stated that Congress has re-
lieved the estate from taxation" "That, "
continued the gentleman referred to, "is
like many other things that have beer
said about this family. 1t is only partly
4 true Congress did relieve it from GER
tain taxes, but those were back taxes al.
together. The place, you know, belong.
ed to her father. He bought it long be-
fore the war. After his death it wa.
found that there were some S29, 900 taxes
due and unpaid on it. Well, Kate wa.
pretty shrewd. She knew her power ant
how to make use of it 10 advantage. Sh'
proposed to the other heirs that sh'
would take the estate just as it stood
providing for the taxes herself. giving u
to them, suppose, certain of the othe
property. They agreed to that. Th
property was transferred to her, in he
own name, and after while q little bill
made its appearance in Congress REMIT
ing the taxes then due. That, however
does not effect it now"
4 The old servant now. in. charge tell
many stories illustrating peculiarities
his mistress. She wouldn't let him plan
cabbage anywhere near the house, be
cause she could tHsnell 'em." Las
spring she engaged a man at very hig
lprice and set him to blowing up the fields
She said she was going to make the Ian
of some use to her. But, bless you, b
hadn't got it plowed before she calle
! him in one day and told him to stop q
work on it, that she was going to Europ'
to be absent five years. p. .-.t