The morning times., 1895-07-21
Glean Drinking Manor
I'm Hiisstorio Landmark
First Occupied by COL John Coates In 1850,
and Afterwards the Property of Maj,
Courts Jones.

T long since disappeared Near the house the
walls vet stand of what was once the
servants quarters. The roof is no longer
there. and the flooring is now velVety em-
erald moss, the old door, however nahEs
heavily on it's rusty hinges, defylng time
and wind and weather.
THE OLD STONE DAIRY.
Just at the angle from the house stands
the old stone dairy, with its moss s-coVered
roof and tangled mass OF wild roses. The
iron-b bound door fastened by an antiquated
paddock, has not been opened for over
hundred years. The well with its old oaken
bucket is the realization of the poem, and
so dear to her heart are these scenes OF her
childhood, that no changes despite the
ravages OF time will be made during the
life of the present incumbent, who is
lovely old lady over whose head cluster the
SHOWS of nearly century. She is stiil
active and cheerful, with remarkable
memory, and to her the associations are go
dear that improvements would desecrate
the soil made sacred TO the memory OF heroes.
The old roses climb and cluster at Will,
the white and purple and white lilac bushes
are gigantic in size, aud there Is a forest OF
blue flags.
Beyond is the little graveyard, where
rests several OF the near relations or WASH
! ington, who also were closely allied TO
lIie ONUcTS. oNtI tlltAt laws tllN S'e'iHS
blossom trees, rich in flower and perfume,
stand as sentinels guarding the symbolic
mysteries OF life and death.
nAuguStiue Washington, the la stowner
| of Mount Vernon, was a granddaughter or
| Gen Washington, and married a grand
| daughter of Charles Jones, so that the last
| of Waehington's family, born at Mount Yer
| non, were the children of this marriage.
| This Mrs Wa shington lies buried in the
| Quai nj old q rayeyard of the manor.
THE BOX BUSHES GARDEN.
To the south OF the house is the garden
| laid off i'm 1850 by Charles Jones, gentle
man, who planted the box bushes now
| the pride of the owner. The box at Mount
| Vernon was planted by Gen. Washington
himmself in 1747, but it is said that the
| beautiful bushes at Clean Drinking Manor
are much finer They have overgrown
| nearly all the pathway and walking through
| then gives one the feeling o ofwading through
| sof, new-fallen snow The original
| flower beds are oyerrun with weeds, through
which the rcd ana white Of the York and
! Lancaster roses struggle as of yore for
| supremacy, but it is all beautiful, even
! in its decay.
| Back 10 the manor house you enter the
! drawing room direct from the porch. over
| the mantel-piece stands a long narrow MR.
! ror, so dear 10 the hearts of the bellies
/ Ol Il DdNl EtItlhAItll w uiiN HAiCNA.NA N''''f
| narrow glass occupies the space between the
two front windows In one corner is an
odd corner marble-top stand, with git
uprights. and although these three pieces
are over $50 years old, the gliding is IN
remarka BILE state Of preservation. lhere
areold candelabras with pendant prism sthat
| excite the envy OF a connoisseur. Every
where are relics of the past. The
mahogany and hair-Cloth chair, the IA
vorite seat of Col. Josiah Parker, an uncle
| OF the present owner, is among the number.
Col. Parker was member OF Gen. Wash
| ington's staff, and distinguished allke IN
I public and private life. A Nirgluian 10y
birth. in his old home OF Smithfield, Isle
OF Wi ght county, his memory is still
| held ia highest yeueration. There is also
a picture OF him, the original or which is
| a CONSPICUOUS figure in Col TrumbulFs s
picture OF tie Battle of Trenton, now in
the Gallery OF Fine Arts Of Yale College.
EVOLUTIONARY ASSOCIATIONS.
There are other pictures taken from old
! portraits of beautiful women and brave
men closely allied by blood or marriage.
| Among them one with large sad eyes,
whose young life ended on that fataI night
| in December, 1911, when all Virginia wept
| and mourned. as the horrible tidings told
OF the burning of the Richmond theater
where perished her Governor, many OF
| his staff and the very flower Of her youth
| and beauty.
| Apart from the revolutionary associa-
| tions, another historic event or later
| date ceuters here. During the British in
vasion OF 1914, Thomas MOuroe, post
| master of Washington, with his wife and
others sought refuge at the Manor House
Mr. Monroe kept the postoffice open, until
the departure of the British. The mails
were distributed from the old log house
opposite.
Further down the hill stands another
homestead, now deserted, but once famous,
as the residence OF jefferson Davis, when
Secretary of War, in S52.
At the foot of the hill, and occupying the
land belonging 10 the Manor House, tai
though in no way connected with it, is the
Chevy Chase TrestIe Club. The large rustic
pavilions are in perfect harmony with
the Trestle Bridge towering 50 feet-aboye
picturesque Rock Creek and extending
400 feet on either side With the cool
shade from the old sycamore and walnut
trees, and the siIvery creek flowing ever
on TO the music of its ceaseless rhythm,
the artists eye could here feast and have
40 wish for other or fairer scenes.
KARMA.
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