The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-29

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with the aid of few "nips," they snooze
till time for a late dinner, after which they
pass the evening with dominos and an
amateur musical concert. BIZ Sterrett
and his crowd embrace every opportunity
70 go up the Potomac, and Bill seldom fails
10 return with one or more four pound fish
and delightful story of the five pound
fellow that was hooked, but got away"
a Mixed Crowd.
Being a new man. as it were, followed
ths usual rule of taking the famous places
jn turn, and first of all Mount Vernon, of
course. The trip can be made very quick
j. by the cars, but on Saturday afternoon
almost everybody goes by the elegant boat,
which makes the trip in something over
an hour each way The new iron and steel
steamer Charles Manchester was built eX-
pressiy for the Mount Vernon Ladies' as
ISOLATION, and by a sort of unwritUen law
its early afternoon load is made up of
rather the most mixed set of people to be
found in America, while the elite or the
select, as you may choose to call them, go
on the evening trip. OF course L took tho
early boat, and the crowd was well worth
seeing. There was every color from lily
white to glistening ebony and every rank
from senator TO peanut vender. A few
congressman made the trip with oonstitu-
ents who were visiting Washington, which
is the only influence that takes them down
there after their first visit. There were
three Cinnamon of high rank and perfect
)y dazzling magnifcence of dress. There
were Americans from many states and
about 100 school children, including three
young Indians, students of Carlisle or
Hampton probably and dressed in conven-
tional suits of most horrible discomfort.
There were hard handed laborers off for a
half holiday, solid looking business men,
several foreigners of very distinguished
appearance and at least one French noble
msn-at least he was pointed out as such.
AS everybody knows, the Potomac is a
clear and swiftly flowing highland stream
ELL it reaches Georgetown, after which it
widens rapidly and becomes a mere arm
of the sea. AS the steamer moves out on
Its broad and placid bosom the view from
the promenade deck is beautiful indeed.
,AH the hills surrounding the city can be
taken in at once, ana one realizes as never
before what a pity it was that the city
was built in the wrong direction. 1t was
the intention, of course, that the nagnif-
cent residences should extend eastward
from the capitol, and that all the fiat west
ward should be given up to military and
naval establishments as far northward as
the White House, which was To be the
center of another capital, 50 TO speak, the
public buildings ana residences of officials
and ambassadors extending from it over
the rise to the highlands of the north.
Everybody knows what is to be seen on
the way, SO it is only necessary to men
Jion them in their order. First. TO the left,
Is the United States arsenal, which was
destroyed 10y the British in 1914. And
any schoolboy can remember the satisfac-
ton he felt in reading that a spark from
the burning buildings fell into a dry well
where the Americans had concealed their
powder, causing an explosion which killed
several of the marauders. In 1864 another
explosion killed u women who were en-
ployed there. just across the eastern
branch is the government insane asylum
and beyond it the naval powder magazine
First to excite interest on the other side is
"
the time worn jokes are repeated As a mat
Ter of course. and occasionally some IN
usually bright fellow gets up "a new one
1t is Of peculiar interest. they say. as the
only finished city in the United States
ana Is laid out beautifully also thorough
j.. IL Is honored rs the place where
Washington had his chief social and roll
gious associations. especially his Masonic
relations. And visitors from the enter
prising west add that while it is not quite
20 dead a. George Washington, it p good
second. To me it has a historic interest
also as being 50 thoroughly old English
il Is one OF those places which would in
England be called a cathedral town
that :. an old time center which has been
missed by the railroads and remains I'M
Changed through many generations.
Points of Interest.
Not far below is the once noted Jones
point and on the Maryland side Fort
Foote- Last before reaching Mount Yer
non, Is Fort Washington. Tie river there
Is two miles wide, and we get our first
view Of Washington home. the Mansion
House, standing about 200 feet above the
water. 1t Is evident AZ the first view that
this would Ike a great place of resort even
31attve timber i everywhere well preserv-
ed- the hills rise IN magnificent swells.
and the outlook over the Potomac in both
directions Is fine indeed. The plain brick
tomb IN which lie the two S.arcopha-i con
tanning the remains of George and Martha
Washington looks exactly like the pictures
20 be seen IN almost every patriotic house
hold, but Just now 4 temporary interest i
added by birds nest built on the little
cornice al the back of the tomb-the moth
Or bird now Matching there undisturbe6
ny the visitors. She is a sparrow and
English at that. This cornice surrounds
the door opening into the vault at the
rear, where lie the remains Of so members
OF the Washi5 gton. Blackburn. Corbin
Bushrod, Lewis ana Gusts families The
proposal 10 remove the remains OF George
and Martha Washington 10 the crypt
Of the capitol, which was brought VI
from time TO time for 30 years, was long
ago abandoned, and Mount Vernon will
henceforth remain our national Mecca.
preserved as nearly as possible just as
Washington left IT,
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