Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-04-27
COLONEL WASHINGTONS
DEATH.

COLONEL WAsHINGTON's
DEATH.
Colonel John A. Washington, who
had inherited Mount Vernon and sold
it to the Ladies' Association, was
well-known in the social circles of the
city which bore the name of his dis
tinguished ancestor. He accepted a
commission in the Confederate army
early in the war and was killed early
in September, 1861, while out on a
reconnaissance with two other officers.
Secreted in bush by the roadside
were a number of the Seventeenth
Indiana Regiment, and as Washing
ton and his companions came up the
road the Indiana boys arose from
their place of concealment and fired.
Washington fell from his horse On
the first round, having received thee
bullets, two of which passed entirt ly
through his body, entering at the
right breast; and one of the quar- tet
was also hit, but the two remaining
unhurt managed to get him away by
supporting him on his horse. The
body of Washington was conveyed 10
the quarters of Col. Waggoner. He
lived for the space of half an |, nr,
and never spoke save to utter once,
"Oh, my God!'' the next day his
body was sent to the rebel CAM, un-
der a flag of truce. In the pockets
of Washington was found 800 in
United States gold currency and a
splendid gold watch. His dress was
new and of the most elegant make,
broadcloth coat and pants and a
white satin vest.
CLERGYMEN's CLOTHES.
1t has been decided by thos who
have been discussing the sublini sub
ject of clergymen's clothes tina there
is no authority whatever for tl.e cler-
gy wearing the style of clothes they
do. Clergymen's clothes are sombre
and solemn looking, so much SO that
an assemblage of clergymen is dark
and gloomy affair. Their dress may
| be said to be the antithesis of npun-
ing paper, for while mourning paper
is white edged with black, the clerical
suit is black, edged with white, There
, can be no denying that clel yman
: in the orthodox dress is a mel: ncholy
2 looking individual, and his spasinodic
: efforts to be cheerful are always held
in check by the solemnity of his en-
4 castings. Why clergymen shonll not
, dress like other people we lave no
f means of knowing. The on'y rea-
a sonable hypothesis is that they wear
distinctive dress in order that peo-
e pie who are given to the use of rash
e words may know when clergyman
is present and repress their objura-
tions. Doctors are a distinctive
: class and so are lawyers, but neither
: doctors nor lawyers wear a distinctive
I, style of dress. They dress very much
b like other people, only in most cases
!, not so we'll. You can tell lawyers by
Il the bags they carry over their shoul
I ders, and it is therefore hardly cor
n rect to say that they are not labelled.
y But they do not all dress precisely the
: same way as the clergymen do, name
ly, with black trousers, black frock
a coat, white collar and necktie and
s black top hat.-Toronto Telegram,
The origin of the common phrase
Cup Salt River receives quite an
= ingenious explanation in the current
number of the Magazine of A,neri-
h can History. Salt River geo"raphi-
! cally speaking is tributary CT the
l. Ohio, having it's source in KeEincky,
It and is very crooked stream and
6 difficult of navigation. In the early
e days of Ohio and Kentucky, il was Il
+. stronghold of band of river pirates
l. who were in the habit of preyi..l on
b the commerce of the Ohio. and row.
'e ing their plunder up Salt river, where
)t it was never recovered. Hence i
5, came to be said of anything that was
le irrevocably lost. ''Its rowed up
g Salt river" and by an easy and
Z natural transition the phrase came to
o be applied to unsuccessful candidates
"a for political honors.