The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-03-15
JOAQUIN MiLLER,s CHAT.
Joaquin Maier. ,n Philadelphia Press

\ joaquin Aaief, n Philadelphia Press. A decent li,tle boat starts al 10 o'clock sharp from dirty wharf. and takes you to Mount Vernon. aa hour and a half down the Potomac. two hours waiting iherc. then back to Washington City for SI. This also includes admission to the grounds. You can ret lunch on the boat, CT a, Mount egnon, The whole thing IS under the management of the ladies oi the Cn,ted Ssatcs. as all know
 As we steamed down the stream. now full to ovesfowing and iawny as the IT.. Der rlvef when howlinE through the streets ot Rome. the gleam ot the sapi,cl, the glowing white monument. the hc,rhts ci Arlington. the whole vast eirVIe of the city. m fact. was the most impressive to ee met ~Ith m all the soild. The ap- pfoach ,e tscnoa on her mountain by the sea Is grand sight NeniSc is very beautiful as yos come trcm Attiea by sh,p. but you ~ill had nothing So nehle. sublime and beautiful in the whole tlr. saa of thts earth as the sight ot Wash
 agion As;, from the deck st ship lar down the ho;omas
 ont party nambets nearly ,o winch the captain tod iSc was above the iall, average Inc Centennial year numbered nearly one hundred thousand pilgrims ae are told
 The sslve, bell struck sweet, sal tone as ~e stood m from he ocatc of the sweeping nVei. which ls two miles wide here. and landed apon the idle and empty lutle whad. whc'e Washington once SUI peiin,ended the loading and unloading ot hs barges.
 Two ar three hundred s,eps up the ~est bank and 100 feet pctpendlc ular and VIC stood bctore the dozen or two iron hafs that form the door at the bu.k tomb locking ln upon the marble collins ci Martha and George Washington
 l, ls A res,tul >po, and plrasan, ,he,e amid the trees m tho >ioplng hut The great ta~ny nNer. isppng as toptuvsi .lfuits. rolled at the feet ei the m,shu dead. a silent and eternal teaulem X tfcgfo psddled a canoe along thc waters edge lar oa, we saw \ boat load VI hsh etmen Now and then We heard |. shot i.u Asay, ~hile o,ethcaJ thousand stesa flew Aal) to the e.,st. anu aw-d tonttuaously ts they flew knl this was all ] ceuld see et hear !. l steod unoos- cred ,hctr before the tomb loek.n ln apon lhc sione oiiia NhleA holds all tha, remains te as oi the father ei hls teuntfy.
 aln compelled hcre ta rali attention to thc levltY et the gutdcs lu whose hands you fall on setting loot in the boat They have quiie mistaken then mission iet example, how does thts sound from he lips of a gray halfed guide sS he lay hold If one of the iron btfs ot the tomb and ~lth taii bat coo ked launiiy on his head, he addressed tho thoughtful pll gums Ladies and gentlemen. ahem Arc you listening ladies .lnd gentlemen When Iofd tolefidge vas here he asked [ me why II was that the huekrse Tree ~hteh ,he punec oi Wales pIan,ed there i had lied And, ladies and gentlemen. ! lns~etcd lord Cociidsr that II died [ bc ause nothing ot roy .ity could live E neat General Washington
 Nl course. one can css ape tho by | dropping out II lhc .to~a and wander 'ng about alone i,ut II makes one an pleAsautly eenspiea1us. aai Yoa ptesci ,o submit 'e ,he r4tn oi ,ll sentiment and I 'he das whle might. but iot ,h.s gaI- fulaas old sfay dunce bc une AS ,.u rcd ! .,s a..l S,bba.h
 i~o nr thfee hundred steps to the l ngh'. and up gradual incline. and you stand on the broad hish porch oi houui : efBon
 The great user ei-eps close Under. heath. one hundred tert oI two below ] ea mtgla seppose you soald throw sionc stsnd.nE "n the pofth tnto the Potomac as secn through the tee. that hug the hiliside and the ~aiets bant below All Ii qeie, se quict Ao~ and then d bdnyaid iosl baa k m the rrai suaIaed his glossy ae,k and allied out loud and ieaI IT the et.ihi absalh here inc. shaggy dog ~,llaecd and romped about the gfassy door yard whiIe iH uui oyer the vast tiyef aoine black, ~ide ~tnged budA kept .s4slIny round ,nd round. wen, back saJ atoaad lutu the barnyaid to lnquirr 1ta, kind oi 1llds they sere. 1 met very respectful, but very st.nmrfy, negro hrfc. He took nia ap in his hand and t~isunz II all about. and opening h,s taoath many tinss. he finally said
 Do-do.dose burAs was fea,~d by de Lord io p-p -pgtiiy de YeAfih.
 bu, ~hat flo yoa all them, 1ncle /"
 ui-iur-iat, and he tsisted his cap. baf sed out. came fotward, sInkcd his eyea. bat could not sa on
 Do you mean turkey bulfsfd. =
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 Down jondsf the tomb, the family vault. placed 10 the rear of the two mar bic rafi,us where about ,hiuy of inc Washington family lie bancd, ,s locked up and closed forever. The ssy has been 'hfo~n .Hso the tEuslJ old iYlomt 70 lie there antii the iasi trump shAi! open all ,oupDs
 he thing. ko~eser. oi the mos, sango- lar .n,efcsl hefe 5 the key z [ ,he I3astlle, yfeaetsed bY fhnmas fame Lafayette. eho gh' f 70 Au4etl aad tfesen,cd n 10 Washington r. hangs here n glass case. mAss4ys aid monsI0as li .s < n.deogs, horrible thing, and has per. Eaps, fnofe blotsd and mlscfy on s fhAE any other piece of ron or steel that vas