Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-10

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He also counted the number Of clover, tim
othy and Saint Foin seed there was in a pint
that ne might estimate the quantity to SOW
upon an acre. While in Philadelphia in 1857
attending the convention which drafted the
| Constitution Washington ''visited a Machine
at Doctor Franklins Called a Mangle) for
| pressing, in place of Ironing. clothes from the
| wash-Which Machine from the facility with
which it dispatches business is well calculated
Tor table cloths d such articles as have not
! pleats q irregular foldings and would be yery
useful in all large families
1t would be easy to multiply examples of
Ten. Washingtons experiments to promote
agriculture and to devise better methods and
| implements than were then in use in the do
| mestic arts and pursuits, but have exhausted
the time at my disposal and, fear your
| patience. and, besides. think enough evidence
has been adduced to make it apparent that the
mind OF Washington was pre-eminently eff
cient In devising expedients and all essential
machinery to accomplish in the shortest time
and In the best manner, his purposes, whether
| In the management of farm, the command Of
| an army or the administration of the affairs of
| q nation.
wELL-BALANCED CHARACTER.
The parentage, the disciplined mind, the as
sociations and the pursuits of Washington.
| from his cradle to his grave, were all SO adj
mirable as to fully satisfy the most exacting
requirements OF the highest standard of excel
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that he was by his life and labors pre- emnently
deserving Of the admiration of mankind above
that OF any mortal who has ever lived. Each
act of his eventful life but the purer grows as
studied free from the passions of his time. Is
| Ii not lamentable then and to be deeply re-
| GREETED that the name of George Washington.
the central figure in all history, is not held as
| too sacred to be mentioned except with reyer-
entail praise? His name and memory should at
least be exempt from coarse and inconsiderate
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no foundation except in the depraved imagina-
| tions Of the vulgar incapable of approaching
| the virtues they profane.
Mount Vernon must ever have O peculiar
fascination to the lovers Of civil liberty and to
| all who admire genius and have faith in human
progress To climb its hills, traverse its walks
| and pass the portals which sheltered the man
| who amplifed and fashioned this mansion,
planned its gardens, fields and lawns and en-
bellished all with choicest trees and Towering
shrubs, which seems i'll some mysterious way
to bring the appreciative visitor near to the
| great Washington, for il was here the youthful
surveyor, the courageous explorer, the COM
mander of armies, the president of conyen-
tons and the fret President of the United
States found his favorite employment
in cultivating the soil. Here the purest
patriot of all the ages occupied
his splendid talents in keeping his heart in
sympathy with the latest improvements in
everything which tended to advance the hap
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and labored the most felicitous letter writer in
history. the greatest exponent of liberty guided
| by law, the defender of the inalienable rights
OF man, the possessor Of all the virtues The
vitality OF the Pater Patria seems sentient and
perpetual here-the patriots Mecca the home
| OF the immortal Washington.
Following DIR. Toner'S interesting historical
sketch came an address from ex-Representatiye
Ben Butterworth on 1.-The Influence of the Pa
tent System on the Prosperity Of the Country. -
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acteristic and extremely interesting.
RECEPTION BY THE PRESIDENT.
The city was reached on the return BY 5
o'clock and rush was made for Transportation
to the White House, where, at $50, the in.
yentors will be introduced to the President by
Mr.. John Lynch. From the reception the
visitors will 60 to the reviewing position in the
White Lot.
THE MILITARY kEvIEw.
The review will commence ct $50, with the
third United States artillery and troops B Of
the fourth and B Of the sixth United States
cavalry leading, the column. The National
Guard and High school Cadets will form on
Pennsylvania avenue at 4 o'clock, the right OF
| the line resting en- 18th street. After the re-
view the National Guard and the cadets will
march BY way of 18th street, to Pennsylvani,
avenue, to.4x street, where the brigade will be
reviewed by Gen. Ordway.
This being the actual anniversary day-one
| hundred years from the signing Of the FIRST
| American patent law-admission to the meetins
at Lincoln Music Hall win be free. A portion
| of the house has been reserved for the battalion
of High School Cadets, which has promised to
be present
NEW FKAru1Es At EUTAw HoUsz, BALr1-
NoRI.-New management new furnishings, new
decorations, new service, new sanitary arrange
ments. Center Of Wholesale end retail trade OF
the city. Theaters near. Ladies' reception
and toilet rooms free Of charge. Need moi
register. Headquarters for out-of-town chop
pers and thestsr parties. Ladies' rsstAurAn,