Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-04-30
WASHINGTON RELICS
4 COLLECTION OF PERSONAL AND
FAMILY TREASURES

A. Uspr-tsasssss UsiSor. With . etsss-
oas Record -rhs Ceiiecfi"" of Prsssy
nelly Cs.ti.-Tb~ hr2.. C.ndieseteks sd
sua4.r.-Th~ esnp 0stnt.
The sIbjsst uf the " asnington reiics ulay
spneaT . hargnsyed one to many persons.
and set they are no nIore uite than the mem
ory Of the zreat man their former owner
When yoa ~nfef the .funt main entrance OF
the National aiu-s.ini. II you have never Wis
red the plafe tefore. rte prUsabilitie. are
that you sill fir-t ,aIl.- W lrUat Of the ca~ss
which rnntaiD h. article which were the 10
kngings OF ten arlington There are
more than one huntr,-i different pissss In all.
aud they have ten -s'urei BY the govern
ment fr,a1 tim. 70 time during the interval
t-tx.--u the bath IT Washington and the
present. day
The hng .kirt.-t -,iit ni uniform worn by
Washington the gb"inprable day when he
resigned his commission at Annapolis. and
consequently laid down almost absolute
power over the Stairs TIE had liberated from
King Georges sway, hangs t-.fore you IN
manner s1lggeztiyo Of the display 'eioilings'
u Mr. Drytsnheimer n Chatham street
some rreyerent hand mas priggei on@ Of the
plain. fat old fashioned fire git cat but
tons The uniform of a Continental com
nandsr in chief exceedingly simple
There is no gold lace, and the only ornamen
tatiun Is such as is obtaine'i by the contrasts
u blue and buff
NOT STRONG IN HIS LEGS
The small clothes of knee breaches are .
-anty garment The size u the buttoned
bottom banfl- nf the par indIcaf-s that the
wearer was MT pishty III the ies, They are
of entirely plain buff cloth. without stripe or
la.lng The coat has turned cuffs OF bud,
WITH row u the zane plain gilt buttons,
which run Up the front On one side. arranged
N row around the lorder The waistcoat
Is inn. .fnHigh 10 extend half we TO the
knees in front, AMI Is fastened by a row Of
smaller buttons Of the design and character
II the coat buttons.
A considerable portion Of the collection Wa
ncu,iei In the Lewis purchase Of ISIS The
articles hal remained in the Lewis family
since the death Of MrA Lawrence Lewis
She pretty, dark eyed Nelly GUSTS,
Waahinston, pride, pa; and adopted daush-
ter who IN due time married Maj Lawrence
Lewis, Washington nephew
The lest portrait Of Washington extant, q
nalf length, came with the Lewis collection.
The Well known Trumbull miniatures Of
Washington and his wife rest in their dulled
gilt frames The women who gaze ON the
lares and penates Of the Washingtons take
especial interest Ia the little siken blanket in
which the great George was swaddied when
an infant The original lining Of cherry silk
was surreptitiou-ly removed by some de-
yected specimen ~ the great American van
dal wntn the relic was on exhibition many
years ago at Fredericksburg The family
account hook contains the record Of Wash
ingtons private business for twenty one
year, The handwriting is clear and the
general style Is excellent Every expeudi
tlIre even a. low As Ia pennies Is recorded
FOND os THEIR CARDS
The Washlnytons we're fond of card uar
ties They made frequent visits To Gunston
Hail the home II the Masnus. their close
friends uear by Mount Vernon Whenever
the Father " his Country lost >ixpnce or
a shilling at whist down went note in the
ledger There is a pair ut cheap, cast iron
fire irons that NAV have tse.n used in a cham
ter The chairs ar. of old black ST Domingo
mahogany They are of the PATTERN that the
fashion of TODAY renters acceptable for draw
ing room use The arm chair that sat by
Wash,ngtons bed is preserved II is a sad
relic. for in it the dying hero was placed for
a change II position shortly before he drew
his las, breath The Lewis family neglected
th, sacr.si chair shamefully
The original covering was OF six danask,
but vixen the chair came to the government
1t was upholstered IN dirty canvas A full
length mirror, in which the general president
used to take siderong gl,nc,.s to ascertain II
his u4ruke was accurately adjusted was
brought from Paris for him He was said to
have been very proud of this looking glass,
and IT hung in the drawing room al Mount
Vernon as the chief Of the household gods