Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-08-15
Where the Washingtons Flouri.hcd.

Not very far from Charleston. W.
Va, which, by the way, was named
after Charles, the younge brother of
Washington, and laid out on hi, land.
Is l.eetown, where stands the hist ,ric
mansion, "tiarewood 1t is ro ,mv.
square house of gray stone. fairly EN-
Droidered with rich, green moss. and
was the hospitable house of Washing
tons brother, Samuel. Here he lived
happy and content in turn with each of
his five wifes, anil in the broad hall di-
yidlng the 90 lble suites of parl rs
hang his portrait in oil surrou i d by
the pictures of the five women. whom
he was said to have adored. The
youngest of them represents a bright.
parking maiden of Ii. She WAS his
first bril", and, like the second. very
pretty. The others look homely, but
good.
IN the par'ors are two well-preseryed
mantelpieces o. black marble which
! afayette present ii to Samuel Wash
ington when he built the house, and in
these same par,ors James Madison was
MARI ed, and Ous Philippe, and his
brother, the duke of Montpen ier, and
IeaugOlals, wee entertained.
The house is now occupied by Mr..
Ice, direct dies endant of the Wash
ington family, and wlO has generously
given some of his most valuable relics
to Mount Vernon. He says laughingly
that self pres r. alton ha, been at the
bottom of these gifts, for he wishes to
turn tie It'd of urist curiosity more
to its leglt.mat channels and secure a
quiet home for himself
Not far from Harewoo stands the
pictures lue RUNS of an ancient chur h,
erected in the re.gn of George H., and
suppo o'ei to haze been haunted ever
since the duel of aw ence Washington
and Col. Briscoe, VIII ch to ok place close
to its walls. and in which the former
was killed: his spirit is said to wander
about the old ruins moaning the name
of the fair lady he fought for. an not
one of the colored population in the
neighborhool will go near it after
dark.
Worship In u Japanese Temple.
III. ". Lucy N Temple B.
This Is co nmOn custom among the
old peo. le of the buddhist faith. Hav-
.ng closed thei, account with life, they
Ge ote their remaining davs, be they
few or man to propitiating Buddha.
wearyinr him with incessant "rayer for
admittance Into the Heavenly state
We saw many of these people in the
the temple. Two, neat old lady and
a vigorous oil man, were mott cable
for tie business-like way in which thAy
set alb 'ut their task. They had taken
possession of one OF the little chapels
that abound in the temple, small al
cove with shrine crowded with gods,
and filed up with trays bearing food,
each labelel with the name OF the
donor. 9th man and woman
were Oh their knees, AMI each
hal q tiny wooden hammer with
which they necessarily struck small
gong. The Old man, with the selrsh-
ness of his sex. had in addition pos
sessed himself of large bronze bell.
From ii re to time he stru X this, its
sonorous notes drowning the sounl of
the womans gong and fixing the attcn-
ton OF bud Ina exclusively upon him
IL the VIII le both man and woman
rapidly pldHed. the old man oc aston
ally breaking forth in song. with most
comical effect. Like lto's mother, they
had come here in the early morning.
and evidently meant to stay till the
place closed. Cne cloth before the
shrine was haniful o. cop per coins,
doubtless the joint Offering of the
worthy couple. Judiciously distributed.
a 3-penny bit will g. long way in
this kind of expenditure, AMI day so
spent need not be costly.