Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-30

now overgrown with hedges of lockwood
which at one time bordered the trim.
fancifuily shaped flower beds. but are now
SO thick that they completely hide the 1T
tie beds they used to outline. Round the
entire garden. inside the stone wall, is a
magnificent hedge of tall lockwood. This
Is reputed to be finer even than the famous
box" at Mount Vernon. planted at about
the same time. Roses and vines. lilac and
other olc-fGsh!oned plants and shrubs, run
riot now over porch. wall and outbuildings.
making the house quantity picturesque
amidst its setting of tall cedars, locusts
and hemlocAs.
A Bit of the OIdcn Time.
The old manor house. which, from its ap-
pcarance and close surroundings, would
seem In place perhaps hundred miles re-
moved from the hustle and din and move
ment of modern life. lies within q few MIN
utes' walk from this city's limits and but
Seven miles from the gates of the White
HOUSE. 1t is located en- what is known as
tie Jones' Mill read. which is about half q
mile from Connecticut avenue extended.
II Is beautifully situated. overlooking miles
o. the surrOu- ding country, and at its feet
flow the historic waters Of Rock creek On
the slope of the hill. about q hundred yards
brnsath the house is the spring from the
parity of whose waters the curious name
or the manor is taken.
On expressing a desire to see the spring
We were taken down to it, passing through
the old apple orchard ou- way. As we
res2ie1 Ourselves with the really fine wa
ter, we were told that We were then stand
f5 On the stcnc slab on which Washin ,ton
stood to drink when ne stopped there ON his
return from Pittsburg. after the defeat of
Er2ddock. In iisJ he was accompanied
D. Z ie'' CT his men. and the party after
ward went up 10 the manor house to rest
end visit the family. Another event that
this recalls AM that al Is to the historic in
tercst Of tae place is that during the Brit
ism invasion Of ASKING ton in 1914 M
Ths:'25 Monroe. then postmaster Of Wash
fngton city. took refuge at Clear Drinking
AMI, ar Monroe ke>r.nS the post office
Open there til after tie British had gone.
! ne Hited States mails were TAX IN to a
los hCCse th-n standing opposite the manor
hJuse.
N ancient Estate.
The estate CT Clean Drinking IanOr has
been Ia tAe family whose descendants live
there today since icSo. whrr it became the
property oS Col John Coates, who was the
grandson of either john Coates or Col.
Henry Coates. who came from Sproxton.
Engi-ai. in 1859. 1t descended to Eliza
beth tie daughter of Col John Coates.
Who !::arric-i Charles Jones. gent, who
brilt the present manor house in 1I50. The
land ieccrlS OF Maryland SHOW this gen
tica.a-n IL have been a man OF great energy,
having recorded seventeen deeds for land.
bait a mill. the ruins of which still stand
near the house and to have been men,
Der @! the first court of Montgomery
county. Maryland also member OF the
csm-.tiitec Of safety. A granddaughter OF
tits Cha les Jones. sent. Eleanor Selden,
marie! JohI Augustine Washington. the
Er4n-IepAeG of Gen. Washington. and last
nemCcr of tne Washington family to own
nd r,,ile at Mount Vernon.
At Clean Drinking Manor the son of
Carrie ~oIvs. sent. John Coates Jones,
l. sE.4l 49, H1Nr I.,,.y.
der major III NsaS in the service Of his
C,iGt-y fsUfn early in liz, TIL late in I7S;,
when the array Of Washington muster
e. he was aid 10 Gen William
S-aGliS,ood ana The muster roll dated
September l., ITIi. White Plains New
OrI. has the signature OF John Coates
zones captain Brig Mai. Jones became d
Considerable land owner, az me received
GJo acres Of bounty laad from Virginia,
l. OatJ. and RI acres in Maryland, west OF
Cid Fort Cumberland He possessed be-
s:t=s. other Maryland property, including
LiOnocacy Manor. which he purchased.
: his Joan Coates Jones married in lI.4o
Dorothy hanson Harrison. daughter of Col
l-otCTt Hanson Harrison, who succeeded
joseph i.ceI as secretary to Gen. Washing
TN. Their son. John Coates Jones' the
-s5aIi &C The aged lady row residing
e Clc,&I Dri.-l-ia.s Aanor. vas born In
u. .ie came % i've there the death
a mis- rather III 1887, and there died In
g. leaving six children most of WHOM
are married and settled in the vicinity
as Il midshlpman In the old navy and
ksr"ei in The Mexican wa, but contracted
fever iii China, from which he died An
other son. Nicholas T.. Jones' resides at Inc
Oil home with his mother
Ancestral! Treasures.
Ms. John Coates Jones is the descendant
OF a Ions line OF revolutionary heroes and
patriots, ana Is enrolled by right Of her dis
t-nSCishc1 birth as a Iacinbcr OF the society
known. IS the Daughters of the Revolution.
u which society she has wi!led some Of her
ancestral treasures. The most Interesting
o. these = a punch bowl of India ware.
vhicn belonged 10 Col Robert Hanson Har-
r.sOa. and. as Col liza -rison was Gen Wash
i-.StUn'S close neiShDOr and friend as well
as secretary, IL is more than likely that this
bowl Vas Il familiar object TO our first Press
iie.ts sight we'll its contents pleas
sntly familiar to his palate. A pair of
lated andirCns, which also belonged TO Col
Harrison. will also become some day the
property of the Daughters of The Revolu-
ton. Mrs. Jones maiden name was Eliza
beth Sinclair Parker Her father was Cone
Land Parker. appointed by Gen. Washington
surveyor OF customs at Norfolk Va. wh,c n
Position he hcld through two terms under
Gen. Washington end till his death under
Jackson's administration.
Mrs Jones uncle was Col. Josiah Parker
a descendant Of the Earls Of Macclcsfteld
England He was all TO Gen. Washington
and member Of all the conventions, OF the
state in lTI5 He was n distinguished SOL
der In the evolutionary war, and q photo