The morning times., 1895-07-14
Villas and Cottages
THAI Dot the District
Delightful Country Homes With Many HISTORICAL
Social and Political RemnscenCes--IheIr
Names and Those of Their Owners.

John Saul. who has resided AT this place
for nearly half a century. He has all or
the incidents and events of this historic
neignborho0d at his fingers ends, and one
can be entertained for hours at time Dy
the "reminiscences of ante-bellum and re-
construction pers0nages.
The old - rshall Crown House Is Oh
rectly across the country, and it is known
for miles around as The Llndens.' On
the Piney Branch road may be found
"A rgyle." for years the home Of the Blag-
dons and where BodiskO, the Russian mn
ister, in the early part of the Ihtles once
lived
JOHN JOY EDSON'S HOME.
About a mile from the city stands Shady
side. for years the home Of b. E. Warner,
but now occupied during the csummcrmonths
by John JOY Edison. An avenue lined with
tan trees. whose tops overlap, forming
natural arch. stretches up from the thorough
fare. while through the vista appears
a most hospitable country home with
broad. spacious porches and peaked shingled
roof When the reporter visited the place
| the family was taking supper under
shady oak. while two wandering Italian
musicians were making the gathering soft
| shadows musical with the sound Of the harp
] and the mandolin.
Down near the gateway a number Of
/ buried under the bed Of the private drive
| way A few years ago the remains of
| fourteen bodies We're dug up and inferred
1 by orderof Mr.. Warner.
| EX-Gov Shepherds homestead, large,
rambling, drab-colored building, is desig-
mated as BLEAK House" But, notwith-
standing the cold. cheerleSs name, this is
a most homelike place Nowhere does the
! grass grows more green or the flowers
| and fruits Weld more bountiful crop than
| here The house is antique and interesting,
| while the interior abounds in costly fur
! niture and fixtures.
The CIaggett's who have been for many
| years identified with the business interests
| of the city. have long owned The Old
! Homestead" Dorsey Claggett, the newly
| appointed register. is scion OF this stock.
HOME OF THE BLAIRS.
Houses are like men in some respect
Many are mixed mp in exciting, important
occurrences and are the scenes OF events
which make history. To this class belongs
theOaks, the home of the Blairs. Here lived
Montgomery Blair, the senior member ofthe
famous firm OF Blair & Lee, the one time
publishers ofthe Globe This Journal during
the Jackson regime was the administration
paper, and in those days when there was no
| such Thing as Government Printing Office,
this meant not only all OF the news items,
but also large quantities OF government
printing.
State policies and platforms were often
| devised and agreed upon in the old Struc
ture and il was at one time favorite meet
ing place when the leaders had something
big on hand There were few Of the great
statesmen and politicians OF Hickory's time
who We're not entertained al Blairlee.
1t hasanoiheT claim on popular attention
because OF its having been the Confederate
headqua rteTs during EaylSs raid. WheT
the troops were nearly all down at the
front with Grant and the city exposed tC
the enemy il is said that the Confederate
officers delayed in order to do justice
to a barrel of fine old Bourbon which the!
discovered in Blair's mag uificientl ly-stockeC
cellar. Ii is stated that they avowedll
preferred the liquor TO Washington, but n
any rate the Union troops arrived and th'
t Capitol was saved.
UNION BULLETS WHISTLED.
Rossie Park is the name of the estate nov
owned by Senator Cameron, bu for year
! | the home OF the Lays. On this propert.
there is still standing a barn which j
4 fairly riddled with bullets fired by tn
e Union soldiers at the Confederates VIII
] had ken refuge in the structure.
: Poplar Grove, the residence OF PRO-
2 W. E. McNally. obtained its name from IN
collection of tail North Carolina poplar
which surround it. Dr. c. q. ston