Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-06-11
Hare q an echo Of old.tIme courtesy:

Here Is an echo OF Old-time courtesy'
Mrs washington presents her compn-
Aments TO Gen. Knox and oegs his accept
auce of two hair nets. They wouIo nave
been sent long ago but for want OF tape,
which was necessary 10 finish them, anu
which was Dot obtained till yesterday
NEwBURG, March the 6th, 1883.
Evidently the great General was oe-
lighted with the gift, for he replied as
follows:
Cen. Knox has the honor to present his
: most respectful compliments 70 Mrs. WaSu-
inqton. and to assure her that hels deeply
Impressed with the sense Of her goo9nesS
IN the favor OF the hair nets, Tor WhlCh Ae
\ begs her TO accept his sincere thanks
WEST PoINT. Sth March, ltS5. -.
These two quaint epistles form part OF
the colonial exhibit which the Board OF
Woman Managers has gathered at the
Fair. Ii was originally Intended TO
Mace All these relics ia the Womanis
building, but their owners did not con-
slider IL a safe warehouse for their price
lass treasures. This statement was the
only response they gave 70 repeated aD-
meals for the loan OF their heirlOoms. So
the interchangeable managers set about
finding some place which should prove
a relic haven in its immunity from
moth, rust, thieves, and other threaten
ing agencies.
They made q long and determined
effort, asked aud secured the influence
OF the President, and at last a special
AeoncessiOn was made 70 the persistent
vomen, and the alcOves OF the Govern
ment building were secured for the ex-
hiblt. A whole company Of marines Is
chartered at this point, and the entire
building is under the most careful sur
~yeiIlance. This put a different phase
on the subject, and little difficulty was
experienced in gathering the most nota-
bic collection OF relics ever shown In
this country. With the exception OF
, Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia,
all OF the thirteen original States nave
sent valuable contributions.
In the Massachusetts, collection are
numerous dignifed and quaint auto
raph letters Of famous ~personages.
There Is also a Bible, printed In 1859
nd brought TO America by John Alden
b the > dover. OF course, there is a
lagmeut OF Plymouth rock, and insep-
Iarably associated with these two things
Is the pipe once smoked by Miles stand
isb. Benedict ArnOld's fife and Aaron
Burr's visiting card are in a case with a
pair Of baby shoes once worn by an aid
de-camp OF General Washington. Here,
30, are the epaulets and spurs Of Gen.
B~urgoyne, captured in the battle OF
Saratoga, and near them is a piece Of
the torch that Gen. Putnam carried into
the cave at Pomiret, Con-, when he
. killed the wolf.
John Hancock's proclamatlons are
ehown, also the ring be wore when he
signed the Declaration OF Indepen-
dence. There are several watches
which belonged to John Quincy Adams,
who had either an tnOrdiuate love OF
ieWelry or was unfortunate In his eX-
p~eriences with timepieces. The snuff
box Of Major Pullings is In the same
case with silyerware and br0nzeS made
BY Aaul Revere, for whose benefit
Major Pulling hung out his lantern the
night that Revere took his midnight
} gallOp.
Gen. Joseph Warmers Latin grammar
Is on exhibition. A copy Of the stamp
c Of 1865, some old fashioned "pitch
] pipes used by the Puritan fathers be-
fore the invention Of the tuning fork,
relies Of Roger Williams, Gov. Winthrop,
and other famous men and women,
make an exhibit which the lady man
ayers regard with sOlicitous pride.