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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-04-14
WESTINGHOUSE MOTHER.
How the Great General Was Receive,
After Years of Absence.

How the Great General Was Received
After Years of Absence.
When the tidings of the splendid success
at Yorktown were brought direct from the
general to his mother, she was moved to an
exclamation of fervent thanksgiving:
"Ihank God! tho war ia ended. and we
shall be blessed with peace, happiness and
independence, for at last our country is
free" Shortly after the surrender of Corn
wallis, Washington left Yorktown with a
brilliant suite of French and American Of
fcers, and started upon his journey to
Philadelphia, stopping on the way at Fed
ericksburg to visit his mother. 1t was
nearly seven years since he had last seen
her face; he left Mount Vernon in May,
1775. and did not return until the autumn
of 1871. Now that the time of nesting
drew near, his mother was serene but very
quiet, only smiling to herself o~ftener
than usual. But it WAS not the hsro
crowned that filled her thoughts. but the
son who. after years of absence and danger,
WAS coming back to her. On the 18th of
November, 1871, the tow of Fsedsricks-
burg was all aRlov with Joy and ~revelry.
Washington, sin the midst Of his numer-
GUS and brilliant suite" wrote Mr.. Gusts,
sent to apprise hsr (his Hlotbor) of his ar
rival, and to know when it would be her
pleasure to receive him, Alone and on
foot, the general-in-chisf of the combined
armies of France and in America y no goes
on to say in the Rrandiloquent style of thu
day, "the deliversr of his country, the
hero of the hour. repaired to pay
his humble tribute of duty to her whom he
venorated as the author of his bsing," etc.
| When tho warm embrace of greeting was
| over. looking into his face with earnest.
close observance, her eyes enkindled with
maternal love, she said tenderly, You are
| growing old, George; care and toll have
been making marks on your face since ]
saw it last" Her voice is said to have been
sinPularlv sweet. and she loved it's cadence
rs she called him by name. She inquired
as to his health, and sho spoke much 'oi
old times and old friends. but of his glory
not one word."-Mfs. Ella Bassett Wash.
| ington, in Century,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-04-14

composed Of the Trinity sands. Part of it,
where the sands have been worn away
BY the commissions of nature, is of the red
beds.
The conditions are very curious to the
scientist, but the main question with a
practical generation is about the water
condition of this great plain. Running
water in Dickens county is the only stream
on the vast plain. 1t is a bright, sparkling
stream that suddenly breaks out of the
ground, ripples over pebbly bottoms for a
distance of ten miles, and then myster-
iously disappears. How il this absence of
running water to be accounted for on 3d.
600 miles of country possessing a fair rain
fall?
This answer is, the great Gaping strata
of the staked plain are as porous as q
sponge. Every drop of water either evapo-
rates or sinks downward through tho soil.
Until recent years the Staked Plain was
considered utterly waterless. But there
have now been dug into these porous strata
more than 1000 wells. These wells do not
flow, but the water from them is pumped
freely by windmills, and she staked plain
is thereby made a pasture for countless
herds of cattle. These wells have been OBJ
tanned in all parts of the plain. Digging is
no longer an experiment.. This water soaks
into tho ground and is stored in the mortar
beds and arits. 1t is kept from going
from going further down by the underlying
red beds. 1t constitutes one of the most
| remarkable sheets of underground water in
this country.-St. Louis Globe-Denocrat.