The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-17

OF mourning from Continental Europe's cap
tive ccnguefof coming from such quarter
Myrtlc-corwned mounds and wooded hill
! tops form the background Of the premises
| The evidences are brick barn built hy
] Lawrence Washington, a wei ut the kiichen
door. ana n spring-housc han way down the
! Hill, where tho vatrrs conducted by an iron
| nine are caught in a wooden basin, and.
| escaping by overflow, seek the river below.
/ Onc can hear them rushing with such a
ciattcr behind the door Of "A wooden vault
| farther dOwnthat. for moment, workmen
arc believed 90 no pumping within. The
i00i-path up the hill leads t0a C60lingr0Om.
Here Washington kept his meats. To this
10 ones smile is specially seductive, No. 3
on the programme may consent TO become
pioneer. This. however, is entirely DIPLOMA
win hlm. His duties are 10 carry the keys
TO the mansion and promptly CVict all yisl
itors at O'Clock. When asked If this was
ashingtOn's wine cellar. he tells YOU the
General knew the value of time too well for
that. The liquors were kept under the ban
quot hall into which small gablcd door at
Inc north OF the mansion opens.
The grNelcd path from the summer
house, built above this brick-lncd cavern,
leads by the deer-park and slave quarters
into the road 20 the p0rtcr's lodge. half
mile distant. As one stoOps 20 pluck
wild-hOwer. ne must not imagine the coach
bearing the Washington crest ever rolled
over these cherish powders. slight traces
Of the old road yet remain, 10 he discovered
hy the aid Of a gO.Sipy old-time darky.
coming mp. The new road curves 10 the
right. where entering the double gate
through which Lady Washington passed as
q bride IL makes "a complete circuit. BE
ginning on the right, the riile-housc. the
Kitchen garden, the buffers room, the
family kitchen. the colOnnade connecting II
with the family diningToOm. the west par
Tor. the banQuet-hall. the colOnnadc con-
Meeting 10 with the state kitchen. the gar
denor's house and the howcr-garden front
cresccri-fl~hioued ON this grand avenue
With Washuetou's iOndno~s for Nistas, TWO
are preserved one Of Fort Washington,
from the east porch. the other the pOrier's
lodge and the road 10 Alexandria from the
pedestal capped with the sun-dial
What has been written are facts; but II
one wishes 90 learn the Whims with which
a great man can be accredited let him study
the contents of the mansion. what WIN
the two chairs i'm Christ church that IN
which Washington presided over the Ma
sonic Lodge at Alexandria, and those IN
this dwelling said 90 have belonged to him
Washington must have been staunch adj
yocate of the theory Of greatness in repose.
Not only does his sword Of swords
lie i'm the library of the state De
pariment Of Washington City beside DR..
Frauklin's crab-trce cane, surmounted by
the Iberty-cap, and bequeated by the
philosopher a. the first President, but
swords. crossed and eheathcd. are here and
at the National Museum. until one would
think them. if not made % match his differ
cnt costumes, at least tempered to vary
with the fiber Of his foe. With all tins par
aphornalia we now know why history had
not the audacity 10 record Washington as
. minute man." That he never Jared on
roast potatoes served on chips. as did Gen
eral Marion i'm his south Carolina guerrilla
warfare is proved 10y a cO0k--tOye used at
Valley Forge. now IN the National Mu-
scum. Nor did he for drink depend on
his canteen 20 quench Dbl, thirst amid the
tolls of camp life. 4 liquor case, almost
as big as his trunk. sits before his secre-
tary i'm his death-chambcr. II w Washington
knew how 90 fight the Indians. he also
knew how to enjoy the luNurics Of English
army life. The darns i'm his uniform. pre-
served in the National Museum. and his
at Mount Vernon, alone protect
him from the reputation Of sl barte. \
man that can mend old clothc, and sew on
button. has not escaped all the hardships Of
life.