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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-01-04
Y. M. e. A. Reception.

The Y. NJ. c. A. held open house on New
Years Day aud received all their friends,
likewise all their sisters aud cousins and
sunts, for the fair sea was well represented.
At . p. "a an audience OF about 30 gathered
TO see the gymnsstlc exhibition. The class
went through a series on the parallel bars
then took the regular drill with dumb bells
and then shove the audience how they used
the striking bag. The audience seemed much
pleased with the performance and It IL safe
to say that II was one OF the best OF the kind
ever given In this city. Although It was re-
quested by many, the evening Programme.
was to long TO have IL repeated. After this
the Art Exhibition was opened and was
Viewed by all hands. Such n ridiculous col
lection OF articles, as for instance, Lexington
bellies. by |. A. C.. G. was two dinner bells.
Who would dispute the appropriateness, yet
VINO would expect itr When you read in
the catalogue the name OF THE Horse Fair ~
YOU naturally thought OF Rosa Bonheur but
It was only coats"
In the evening the young people OF the city
Gro ~ded the rooms, played games and en-
gagged in social chat. The reception COM
mittee was out in full force aud had made
very complete arrangements for the reception
OF the guests. Mr.. Jno. burdens office Wa.
used rs Il coax room; from there the guests
were ushered into the reading room. where
they registered their names. and from there
TO the parl0r where the first part Of the pro-
gramme was given. The MIsse. Peak playe
u beautiful duct; Miss Ride AuII recIted d
dialect selection which was well received
then Messrs. Chile-, Smith aud Conner de
lighted the audience by several selections. al
OF which were splendidly rendered. Al this
point they adjourned TO the large hall wher,
the orchestra rendered selections with greaI
skill while refreshments were served, ate
which MISS Rose Young recited two selec
tons In u charming manner BY a careful
count there were over 100 visitors during tn
day, aud II can easily he reckoued one OF N
most successful and enjoyable Affairs that th
association has ever given.
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FINAL ENT.

NOTICE ~ hereby gwen 10 all creditors aud
~ other persons inteI ested in the estate OF
George Masterson, deceased. that the under
signed, public administrator, will apply Ia
make n Hnal settlement oil sad estate 1T the
February term, 1850. Of the Probate court oi
Lafayette county, Missouri. to be begun aud
hid at the Probate court room, In the city OF
Lexington, on the second Monday In February
1890. s. n WILSON,
4 I.cEIts puIlic AJminfafratnr
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FINAL

NOTICE Is her'by given TO all creditors amt
~ other persons Interested in the estate OF
William LHud rdule deceased, that the under
signed, adIn nistrutor, will apply to max.
II unal settlement OF SAID estate, ut the Februaiy
term. 1872. Vi the probate court of LatAN
cite county, Missouri, to be began and held
1T the Probate count room In the city al
Lexington, on the second Monday IN February.
isHD. ROBERT J. D~IILINGHAM.
drr2l:S AIm ntni rrtOr
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Q. STALLINC'S.
EN OFFICE.

DERSOSS wanting work Of any kind or those
! desiring 10 employ laUOTers. cooks or ter-
Vanta, can register their names ut my grocer
aud dry goods stOIe ON mann street, opposite tht
puHtriiirr. M charge Tor registering, nDd th'
small lee required Will only Toe collected WheI
tbr pITttrs Hgr'" amt then by the person EN-
nluyInU iulNADyl JNfp. II JORDAN
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NTOrICE II hereby given to all creditors
~ and other persons interested In the estate
OF John ID. Patrick, deceased, that the I'M
dersiyned. public administrator, will up
ply to make IA Anal se;tl, ment of sand
estate at the February term $500, OF the Probate
court OF Lafayette county, Missouri, to be
begun and held ut the Probate court room In
the city If Lexington, on the second Monday
in February, 1890. =. N WILSON,
dec2Itl Pub &c Administration
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RollRlONR.

Usual services ut the Baptist church to.
morrow. Sunday school at $3.50, and preach.
Ing BY DIR. q. W. Hyde al II =. IN.
klder N. Peachee will preach at the HicklIu
school house Tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock.
Subject; 1.-THE Triumph OF Christianity over
| InhneIIty.D
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FINAL

NOTICE II hereby given to all creditors and
~ other persons interested in the estate OF
>pUtswUOt NJ. McCuliOch, decd, that tn" under
signed, executor, Will apply 10 make n final set
uemrat 0i said estate.a at thet,bTuaTy ERIN 1891, oi
the Probate court OF Lafayette county, Missouri,
To be begun aud held at the Probate court room
In tue city OI Lexington, on the second Monday
IN February, lagO. y. l.. SMITH,
decl4t5 Executor
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FINAL

NOTICE is hereby gwen TO uli creditors and
~ other persons Interested In the estate OF
Alfred Jones. deceased, that the undersIgned.
aiministratrix, Will apply to make Ia final set
Element of SAID estate. at the February term
1880, OF the Probate court OF Lafayette county.
Missouri, to be- begun and held at the Probate
court room, in the city oil Lexington, on the
second Monday IN February. 1880.
SOPHIA j. JONES,
I.cDg Ai,I.t
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FINAL. EMIT

NOTICE ~ hereby gwen To all creditors aud
~ OH = persons interested IN the estate al
l~iarrispn Z. Ihrisin n deceased, thai the un,iot-
signed ,g'lmIuI-tIaI Urs, vii! apply tp make D lun!
s"tiiCmcuto OF said "niaIe At the February tenn,
lo9O, OF the Probate court OF Lafayrlt,
county, Missouri, TO be begun aud held AT tn
Probate cUurt room, IN the city Of Lexington,
Mo on the second Monday in FEBRUARY
Isan BOBl:itT Il WRIGHT,
JoIIN W. SPENCER.
,Iar1I,h Admtn,ntrui,ru
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FINAL EMF.

NOTICE IL hereby gwen TO all creditors and
~ other persons lnIeIcsiCd in the estate at
N"Hnd'r &. Ewing. deecased, that The under
signed. administrator will apply 10 make u
linal settlement of said estate, at the + bruBr y
term, 1880. Of the Probate court of Lafayette
county, Missouri, to he begun and held nj the
Probate court room. in the city OF Lexington.
IN the second Monday in February ls9n.
dcC2l JOEL II. EWING.
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HERIFE, SALE.

Hannah IInwsare. Mary II iicaHcr and Jen, l.
son Hc"ncr, her husband. plaintiffs,
vs..
Alice z. hrh ani Jacob Erb. her hush md, de-
PENDANTS,
virtue "f II special decree aud order of sale
ID issued from the Office OF the clerk OF the
circuit court Oi Lafayette county, Missouri. In
the thpvr entitled cause. wherein Hannah
H0wsHrc, Mary l. BeaneT Eau }, nerso n
lieamcr, her husband. ure plaintiffs, and Alice
l.. Eau aud Jacob t.yh, her husband. are drlen.
dunts. ~ 49," .iIrrOted and TciurnabIe to The
NmIiL ~, M. lA.M- OF nnIn rnmIi- [ VIII IN
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NOTICE Ia hereby given to all creditors ant
IN other persons inter ested IN the estate o
Henry JOTdIng. deceased, that the undersign
ed. administrator. VIII apply to make u Ana
settlement OF said estate 1T the February term
1880, Of the Probate court of Lafayette county
Missouri, To be begun anu held at the Proba,
court room. IN the city OF Lexington, on tn
second Monday In February. 1890.
JNO. +. DIERkER,
I.,,ItE
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FINAL

NOTICE Is hereby given to all creditors Ant
IN other persons interested in the estate o
Mar'ha lsh, deceased, that the undersigned
administrators. will apply 10 make u ina settle
n'cnt of said estate NJ the February term, 1880
Oi the Probate court Of Lafayette county, Mis-
souri,, To he begun and held at the PrObuI
court room, in the city OF Lexington, on tn
second Monday in February, 1899
JOSEPH A. WILSON,
drrlgtb AImtnI.Irutn,
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FINAL SETTLEME EMF.

NOTICE ID hereby gwen TO all creditors ami
~ other persons IN crested in the estate OF
Burnett !. Landlord. deceased, thai the under
signed, idmlnisirItor. will apply to make II
final settlement of said estate, ut the FebruHF ~
trim, 1880, OF the Probate court Of Lafayette
county, Missouri. to H. begun and held at the
Probate cont room, IL the city oil Lexington
on the second Mondav in February. ls9O.
CHAT. L LANKEOkD,
Il -AIIE Alnnunnna..I..
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FINAI EMF

NOTICE Is hereby gwen to all creditors and
l< other persons interested In the estate OF
Patrick Mcbride, deceased, that the under
signed, ajmInistratrix, will apply 10 make n
nnai settlement of said estate at the / ebruary
term, 1890, Of the Probate court OF Lafayette
county, missouri, To be began and held III the
probate court room, In the city of Lexington,
on the second Monday III February 1880.
JAM MCBRIDE,
dec2lt6 AhmIulstrntTIG
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N A EMF.

NOTICE IL hereby given to all creditors an
~ other persOns Interrsted in the eetatr Oi
Henry Ge'Ler, decreased, that the undersign.
ed. executTiX, will apply 20 make u nnal setIir-
menl OF said estate Al the February term, 1891
OF the Probate Court of Lafayette county,
Missouri, To be begun and held ut the Probal.
court room, in the city of Lexington, on Ia,
second Monday In February. 1890.
nURATHEA GELZER
dpCoItA Lrecu,rtr
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INTO Wh'.' T~tanKlin St, one door ust ur Wa
40, are tnGSure Store door,
nGINIsTRAToH'S N face.

ETTERS OF administration on the r-ruIr OF
- Henry G. HOteler. deceased. were grant Il
10 the undersigned on tn" iri day OF January,
Missouri.
All persons having clnims egaiast taId cstntr
are required to exhibit them tor allowance To
the administrRtOT " Within one year after The date
of said letters or they may he prccludrd from
any bepellt OF such estate; and If such Chime be
not exhibited within two years from The .t4te ii
said Letters they viii be forever LaFyrd,
This 3rd day of January, IsM
: THOMAS Is. CL AGEIT,
janith hdm'uistuinr
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MONDAY. February Sd. 1890,

between the hours al . O'Clock N the forenoon
Hud = o'clock IN the afternoon Vi sHll tRy. IN
front cot ia" cuurthus.sr door In the city at Lex
Inpiun, IN lhiaNC * county. Missouri, duTIns
the session Oi the county court OF shtd county
Srii %puultcly nj auction IT, the highcat bidder
IuT cash alt III" right .iitis, i~ntErcht and estate OF
thu above named plaintiffs aud defendants OF,
in and to the i"iiuw Ing veal estate situate, living
amt hring IN tue county OF Lafayette and state
MissoarI, to wit: The nOrth-hall oil the south
east quarter III srolion numbered one N, also
all thIt pnrl ul the northeast quarter OF the
southwest quarter oil said section one ny. lyIus
ON the east side OF the SnI-a-lIaT creek, suppos-
at To contain III cen ~ aces more or less, all
beIng In township numlrT forty nine (4q) of
range number iwTniY-Gine t2y), containing in
all ninety i've tgiI HCres more or less.
eileen under my hand this 10th day OF Deem
Der, lSsS. CHARLES 3.
AeOEslu sheriff.
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srO.KHOLDFRs, MEETING.

OBJECTION OF DIRECTORS The annual
u election of directors Tor the Morrison Went
worth Bank for the ensuing year Will be held IN
the dIrrct"r'u room OF said bank IN lexington
Mo on We'ipr,day, The sth day of January.
1890 Election viii he held between the hOui
81 O'Clock II IN and 3 O'Clock y. III. of thai
day. Al stockholders are eGpecIed TO be- present
). Il. WENTWORTH. Pres.
Gro NJ. CATRON, Secretary.
Iu.n.n.nLur lNLh lAAn a. nlaII
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FINAE ENT,

NOTICE h hereby given TO ali creditors and
~ other persons interested IN the estate Of
| janice +. LarkIH decreased, that the UNDER
signed, administrators will apply to make ii
InHl settlement Ol said estate, ut the February
.'rn. lsSO, OF he Probate court Of Lafayette
county, Missouri, TO he begun AMI held At tie
PROBATE court room. IN the city OF Lexington,
on the recOni Monday IN February. 1880
MARY JANE LAitklN,
| ,anIs almIptatrtr,x
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NOTICE TO DELINQUENT CITY
"X-PAEERS.

FFICE or CRY COLLECTOR,
I~ENISGruH. No Dec. 9,h, lSs9. (
1 IL Delinquent CIty InX-PhyrTs, who have
n been su' q by the cay attorney, are hereby
nOtil" / that It their Delinquent TaNeS are paid
To the city collector within sixty (GOl daya iroa,
the date hereof. all costs Will he :eslitt, Il. rave
IhtrIy tAU) cen > on " ch Gaze, TO the city mar
shall by ore. 81 "a" CAY Council.
los &. CEINN. CIiy Marshall and Coz.
Hy laos ~TANpIsu Deputy Collector. ul4t4
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CLxOAKS !
ADM,NIsTnATOR's NOTICE.

ETTERS e ADMINISTRATION on the estate OF
IL Marian Is. smith. decreased. were granted
to the undcrsIgned nn the 2GIh day OF Decem-
Der, 1855, by the Probate court oI Lafayette
county, Missouri.
All persons having claims against aid estate
are required TO exhibit them for allowance to
the administrator within one year after the
date of SAID letters, or they may be preeluded
from any benefit OF such estate, and If such
claims be not exhibited within two years from
the tate Of This publir alton they will be for
ever barred.
This 9Sth day uf December. lSS9.
ARCHIBALD s. SASASGLEN,
dec2st5 Administrator,
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THE ORADL.N


Born-In this city, at 30 a. m, January
l, 1890, TO the wife OF Mr.. Jas. Summers-s
girl.
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Died-In Waldo. Florida, on January l.
1890, at the residence OF her father, George
Ii. Ambrose, Mrs. GEORGIA A. YOUNGS,
aged 81 years.
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a.
tending
and who tol
tho family Of
near this city,
sas City, Wei.
physician sbe VII.
Mr. VIM. StewArtsi..
Col, 1t which place he bssG
lion as salesrhsnfn slstge or.
lIshment. Itafslusoless fSp luato
people OF hfs many good qfisIit
are too well known 10 REQUIRE men
regret to lose MIN rom our .bubin,
society circles but wish for him aplfa,
aud healthful home and Il ~prosperoHs IfleD
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Messrs. Bour v Son will iii yoIr lars ar
caus with pure, home made lard II lei with
them VI their store on Franklin ~ enNa Il
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SMITH Bros.
THE CHEAPEST GENERAL SUP.
PLY HOUSE IN THE CITY,
IN OUR MEAT DEPARTMENT
WE HAVE

Dry salt Racou. per pound ................ q.
Smoked Bacon, per pound ....,...... ...... -
Rreakiast Bacon, per pound 800. ........ H.
Sugar Cured Shoulders, per puunG &c. 81. -,
California Ham, per pound .............. y
Choice Sugar Cured Hams. per pound .....Igh
Dried Beef Hams, per rnuni go. ......... IL
Choice Family Lard 3 pounds for go. -. ~
Lea Lard, unrenderCd. j pounds for ..... -
Leaf Lard rendered, per pound .............lU
Fresh Pork Size Meat. 3 pounds Tor ...-... -
G.. dice cuIt Beef. 9 pounds Tor .......... .. -
We also kee. il stock u tuil line of Queens
ware, Glassware, Inwhr CUTLERY, SmUk INK
and Chewing Tobacco, Pipes. Notions. 81 &c
Just recei ed. II fresh supply Candies aud
Nuts of all kinds FOR tht Holidays I:cnuuiul
Candy Toys. elegant presents Tor every m,n's
Sunday girl. Brig I and gparkling decor ton
Tor Christmas Trees Person wanting pres nts
for their children will do well to hook at on.
stock. To see ID to believe.
A Zig Present; W. want you all In crn aud
see our latest and gr 'at PrIAr On Elegant
Imported Music Box OF six airs will be give u
Freel with our old reliable 4 uerIcan Family
Is tking POwdTri We Will also give away win
each pound elegant CrysH al GItsswI are consist
ino, ngali0 ! pitchers, prrserve bDwls. n"
WITH HHU
HI
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JOHN POWELL.

JOHN POWELL,
Can Supply you with christmas Goods
Olives per quart .............. 40
Anchovies per pound. ........ -. 20
l6 pounds good Currants Tor. ....$l 60
9 pounds Valensia Raisins for. ~. l co
? 10. packages self raising Buck
wheat Flour for. 10
3 Id. packages self. raising Buck
wheat Flour Tor. ............ %
25 pounds ckwheat Flour..... | 90
Arbuckle's Coffee, per package. q. %
% ID. package finest mixed nuts. so
With each package we give Il nut
cracker gratis.
2 pound cans Plum Pudding each. 80
Codfiah per pound. ............ Od
Mackerel, extra large and fat,
ehcn. ........ lZt
We have q large stock OF the finest
candies. nuts. figs, oranges, &c.
Nicola cigars, so in box, for ......... 6!
Henry Clay cigars, so in box, for. 81
Crescent cigars, 90 in box, for. ... / =!
St. George cigars, 20 in box, for. | II
LAMPS,
LANTERNS.
GLASSWARE,
QUEENS W. q, &C
CHEAP.
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,Wesklp gntelliaenter
NucIsl oity and County Paper.
SHORTS.

absolutely puTe-Pontoon and Star Band.
have q few choice Bronze Turkeys for
NNals. Miss Fannie Newman, Lexington, Mo.
Fake your Jars or cans to Bour h Sons and
have them Illed with pure, home made
lard. decl4tf
For SaIe-A tirst-class music box with
y bells. VII sell cheap; call on l.. X. Kauf-
mann. noVSOtf
Go To LOOMS grocery store, 18th aud
Franklin avenue. for Your castor machine oil.
he hs the best. ~1unelo'i
Smoke Stewards Pontoon and Star Band
guaranteed absolutely pure, with no flavor
ings. Ask your dealer for them. )an4t2
Don't use packing house lard when you
can get the pure article by leaving your lai'
or cans with Bour 4 son, Franklin avenue. I
The most thorough and efficient instruction
on the Piano. Organ. Violin, Viola, Contra
bass, etc., and In Theory snd Harmony II
given by FL zeisberg at the f. A. semi
narv. sl4lf
Cheapi C,ceapil I have Just received q Gu
of fine Michigan salt, fresh from the mine
and have another one on the road, which
win sell at 81 % per barrel. Come and &c
A. A. Ioomis. iune22ti
Persons failing TO get their paper REGULAR
rom the carrier will greatly obllge us b
leaving word at this Office, where a pape
; will he given you and u reprimand to th
carrier. II we hear no complaint, OF cours
we must conclude that the paper Is left VII
due eg nlarity. u
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"a.
CHEAP 4

II 81 ia Lea.
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A Fight Between Hippopotami.

Herbert Ward, describing in the
Ledger canoe voyage along the Upper
Congo, Africa, says:
At noon we saw two big bull hippo
potami, whose bodies would compare in
circumference with an average elephants,
fighting on a sand bank. The monsters
rushed at each other with their immense
jaws wide open, and gored one anothe;
with their formidable tusks; then rising
on their hind legs, dashing their massive
heads together, they fell heavily on the
sand. Recovering themselves, they
would recede few PAGES, and charging
one another, again the clash of their
meeting tusks and the grunts of rage.
snorting the bloody sand from their nos
trils, could be distinctly heard as they
reared up on their hind legs only to fall
back again. We watched the encounter
for upward of half an hour, until the gi.
gantic brutes, all gored, bloody, and Gov
cred with foamy froth, fought their way
into deep water and disappeared in a per
feet sea of foam and spray, the troubled
waters FLASHING up in waves on the sand
bank they had quilted.
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The Badger a Good Fighter.

One morning, as we were driving
through sage brush region, we saw a
large coyote stop suddenly, as if he had
met something which required his serious
attention. He had arrived within yard
or two of the hole of badger. That
the proprietor was at home was certain,
for we could see his head protruding
from the front door. After a
little hesitation the coyote stepped for
ward and at the same time the badger
advanced quite out of his hole and stood
with his nose close up into the face Of
his visitor. We now regarded them with
interest. We expected in minute OF
two to see a well-whipped wolf. But
not so. The badger remained firm, but
the wolf turned away. I
I had once seen large dog under just
such circumstances as with this wolf!l|
The dogs self-conceit forced collision
and in minute he discovered his mis-
take. He returned to his master with
nose and side we'll slashed. The badger
is the most industrious of animals. Of
ten he digs half a dozen holes in one
night, and from one to two feet in depth, in
the hardest clay and gravel, and as often
in the road as elsewhere. These pits
become traps for bugs, crickets, lizards
and other insects, and furnish the badger
with the food be expects when he digs
the pits.-F0rest and Stream.
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stream. The old stone mansion occu-
pied by Washington and his personal
staff fronts the station of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad, and southwark a
quarter of mile is the spot where Wash
ington's original headquarters stood,
The building now removed, occupied
oy him in December, 1777. Less
han a stones throw away is the bub-
bling spring, named after the famous
General, whose waters, unless Congress
Iional action intervenes, will be turned
into the plebeian beer. 1t is on the right
oa=k of Valley Creek, and on the other
hde of that, step below, is the site of
The old Valley Forge, built in 1857, and
probably the oldest rolling mill in the
United States. A few hundred yards
southeast, extending in a zigzag line ap-
,roximately north and south for quarter
If mile, are the remains of the old en-
renchments and breastworks, still easily
iistinguishable by the irregular and scat
cred heaps of stones and the uneven ele-
'ations of the green sward. On the right
,f these remains are the foundations,
stones and decayed timbers of Fort Wash
ngton, which served as the eastern bull
rark of the camp, while southwest of
his, quarter of a mile further, is the
headquarters of General Knox and the
,ficers of his command. A short dis
ance below, on the other side of the val
ey creek, is the site of Lafayette's head
quarters. The railroad station near
Washington's stone house, which was
hen owned by Isaac Potts, is four miles
.ast of Phenixville, thirty-fve miles from
Philadelphia.
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RECEPTION ROOM.

Residents in the neighborhood still
point out to visitors the place under an
,ld oak tree on the left bank of Valley
Creek, where Washington was discovered
oy Isaac Potts on his knees in prayer, his
checks wet with tears, beseeching the
Almighty for guidance and victory for
The army intrusted to his command.
The Potts's residence, adjoining Wash.
ington's headquarters, was recently pur.
chased by the Patriotic Order, Sons OF
America, and it has been converted into
national museum. The old mansion
vas restored to it's original style of archl-
lecture and some of the old furniture Of
The Washington residence at Mount Yer
aon placed within it. The museum also
contains a small arsenal of armorial
relics of the Revolutionary War. The
village of Valley Forge covered the sight
If the artifcers' headquarters and gun
shops. The encumbrance upon this
PROPERTY was entirely obliterated by vol
uutary contributions of the Patriotic
Sons Of America, aggregating S337o.9S,
during the Pennsylvania State camp term
of 1855, and not one cent was taken
from the State camp treasury for this pur-
pose, although due authority had been
given by the State Convention OF 1856
to make up a balance then due, but
which was Immediately thereafter made
up by the camps. A free title was there.
upon acquired by the Centennial and
Memorial Association, the male members