Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-02-20

MARY WASHINGTON. ton who gave
her frst-born son that magnificent
physical form, with its extraordinary
powers of action and endurance, that
self-poised mental force, that power to
command, that calm dignity and gentle
grace which ROBBED the uncrowned King
of the American people with a majesty
perhaps unequalled by airy character
the world has ever seen, and who gave
Der son supreme regard for right, and
taught him in confessed weakness to
look to God for strength and guidance.
1--WE have long looked with sorrow
upon her ruined tomb. The unfortunate
business failure of generous and pa
triotic citizen of New York, who over
fifty years ago undertook to build a
beautiful and costly monument at her
grave; his earnest desire that it should
not be completed by others so long as he
lived and hoped to recover his fortunes;
the exposures of the war period; the
desolations of a battle field, and the
long-cherished but disappointed hopes
OF an appropriation from the United
States Congress-all these things have
brought us to the present time, with the
tomb in its present condition. The re-
sponsibility of any further neglect will
rest upon all the people of this country.
At last our hopes are revived. A general
sentiment is rising. stimulated by the
| meeting at the Old South Meeting
House, Boston. and by the action of the
Washington Post, and has found
widespread expression that the time
has come for action by the people to re-
build this monument and affectionately
preserve it as grateful memorial Of a
great American mother.
with confidence in the disinterested
and patriotic end at which we aim, we
appeal to the people of our great Amer
lean Republic to all us in our work. Let
the 22d of February, 1890, the ami
versary of the day when this great
woman gave birth to her hrst-born son,
be marked and celebrated by contribu-
lions all over the land to this piouscause.
Let subscriptions be opened by news
papers. Let local associations of ladies
be formed with fee Of one hundred dol
lars per member and let the money
collected be forwarded. from time to
time, to the National Bank Of Fredericks-
| burg. Va. As the gathering of funds pro-
| crosses, public notification will be made;
and when the amount contributed shall
be deemed adequate we will spare no
effort to secure an enduring monument,
as appropriate and beautiful as art can
make, which shall be guarded and re-
spected by our children and by theirs to
the latest days. The city OF Fredericks-
| burg will make IL the center Of a pub
| lie square. with wide avenues of
approach. and the American people
may come, and all the world look on,
and see that republics are not migrate
full. And among all the many monu-
ments to the Nations heroes of war
and peace, there shall be one to
woman. a wife and a mother, who
sought no publicity for herself, but
gave the most magnificent gift this
country has ever received-her son to
be its Father.
LET every reader OF this appeal
deem 1t duty and a privilege to con-
tribute to this long neglected patriotic
work. Mrs James. Power Smith, Pres
| ident; Mrs. James F. Thompson. Score
tary; National Bank of fredericksburg
| Va. Treasurer.
A test was made on Thursday by a
party Of New York experts of the elec-
trical execution machines al sing Sing
prison and they we're found TO be even
more deadly than they bad been repre-.
scented.
The furnaces Of the Chestnut Hill
Iron Ore Company al Columbia, Pa,
which have been idle for three years,
are being repaired 70 put in blast d
mediately. They are among the large7<
| furnaces in the State
An old soldier named Alexander Black
burn was murdered Thursday al Leaven-
worth, Kan, presumably FOR pension
money be had recently drawn. William
Green and George Wickerson lcolored)
ave IN arvad With the rrinaa