The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-09-14
Washinqton's Private Secretary.

want of it.
washington's Private Secretary.
There is in the western part of the city
an old warehouse, built in the last GEN.
fury, in which the archives of Govern
ment were stored when brought here by
water until houses conld be prepared for
their reception. This warehouse belonged
to Col. Lear. a native Of Portsmouth, N.
H., who was fitted for college at Dunn
mer Academy at Byficld, Mass. graduated
ut Harvard University in 1888, and two
years later became Private Secretary to
Gen. Washington. In 1902 he became
Consul General at San Domingo, and in
1904 he filed the same position at Al
giers. The next year Qs05) he went as
Commissioner to negotiate a peace with
Tripoli. On returning to the United
States he became an accountant in the
War Department. One morning in Octo-
Der, 1916, after Col. Lear had finished
breakfast, he took tic morning PAPER
and walked to the summcrhouse in his
yard. Soon after the sounds of a pistol
we're heard, which alarmed the family,
and proceeding to the summerhouse they
found Col. Lear seated on-n bench with
his brains blown out and the fatal pistol
is his death grip. When Washington
gave Col. Lear his war correspondence
to classify; he directed him to burn the
letters of Mrs. Washington as he anne
across them. She was not an accom-
plished scholar, and her noted closcness
in money matters doubtless led her to
make occasional remarks in badly spelled
sentences, which Washington wished to
have destroyed.-Brn Per1ey Peore.
In conversation with q representative
of one of the largest New Jersey nurseries
a reporter of the New York Mail and
Express learns ttat the old Lombardy
poplar trees are again coming into fash
ION. The dwarf naples of Japan are
also now in favor. They come one ana
q half to two feet high, and cost ST. SIS
each. The Norway spruce is still popu-
lar as IN evergreen; also the Nordman's
fir, which is new and taking the place
of the old English silver fir. The retin-
ospera evergreen, from Japan is finer
than the arbor vitr. In hedges, the
California privet is taking the place of
the old American privet. It's foliage re-
sembles the leuf of the camellia. Box
wood hedges are yet out of style. In
shade trees naples are in demand, Eng
lish, Norway and sugar. The elm is out
of style, on account of u peculiar insect,
Of q parasite or carnivorous description.
The Carolina and greenleaf poplars arc
in favor. New Jersey is greatly enlarg-
ing its productiveness in small fruits.
There is a largely increased sale in black
berry vines. The sweet early harvest,
tho earliest OF all, which grows in clus-
tiers, is in demand. The small fruit in
dustry has also increased in Now York
and Connecticut. The peach still leads
in the nurseries, oil over the country.
Large numbers, both of peaches and
apricots, are ordered for California.
Delaware and Maryland orc buying New
Jersey peach-trces. The old trees in
those two States are dying of defective
sidebark, and Jersey is expected to sup
ply half q million this fall-two years
from the seed and n year from the
bud. They are planted from the middle
of October to the last of November, and
bear from two to three years from the
time they are set out. The Keiffer and
Lamonte pairs, both especially adapted
to canning, sell largely. The flesh is
solid, but not particularly luscious.
Watcrproofs Ii light weight WOODEN
material in dark and medium tints are
preferable to thoseS of rubber. The ma-
terial sheds water and has none Of tina
unpleasant odor of India rubber.