davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-07
TROY GOATS.

Fare TO all resorts north and east lower than any
other route. CITY OF TROY or SARATOGA leave foot
West 10th st. daily. except Saturday, O l. NJ. Express
trains for Saratoga, Lake George, Adirondacks, &c.
Sunday steamer touches at Albany.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-07
sstal estate for sals-Nsw Jersey.

EoR sALE.-DR. MARCY'S BEAUTIFUL PLACE
l. on Orange Mountain, West Orange. New Jersey.
for sale; eleven and half acres; well furnished dwell
ing, house; gardeners cottage; two large stables;
hothouse; grapery, choice vines; ice house filled;
garden fruits; and abund xuce OF pure water. One
OF the most beautiful and heal:htul locations In Amer
ica; gardener will show the place. For price, terms,
&c. apply to DR.. MARCY, 500 9th uv., New York
city. .
EoR the Hudson. opposite Yonkers. about
l. six acres; suitable for factory, stone crusher, or
grove; neverfailing spring.
HARLE Du BOTS. Fort Lee. NJ.
PiLIsA DIES DIsTRICTI Large lots. S75; terms
OF. SO monthly; high ground; near houses.
Ell Broadway.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-07
"STONIMCTOM NJ

For stonington. Narragsnsett Pier, Watch Hin. Bns.
ton. and all points East, Steamers Maine and New
Hampshire. Leave Pier 80. n. H., one block above
Canal ST., week days only. at 8 p. ii.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-07
New York and Boston All Rail.

N. Y, N. II. & II. II. X. and connections.
From Grand Central Station.
Leave. BY way OF Due.
oO4 A. NJ, Springfield aud Worcester. $50 T.. N.
1000 A. NJ, THEW London and Providence, 8 100 Z. N.
1908 A. NJ, New London and Providence. 4 80 =. N.
1900 NJ, Springfield aud Worcester. $40 i. NJ.
1900 u, NJ, Air Line and ". Z. Il. H., 500 p. NJ.
LOG \. NJ, New Lordon and Providence. 700 p. NJ.
500 =. NJ, sNew London and Providence, 300 L. II.
400 p, NJ, springfield and Wore 'steT, 1000 p. NJ.
300 \. NJ, sNew London aud ] evidence. ll;o0 +. N.
HOO y, NJ. springfield and Worcester, 0ilh A. N.
1900 p. NJ. sNew London and Providence, GEO A. NJ.
sRuns daily. including sunday.
ttBay state Limited; all parlor cars; fare o.. In
GLIDING parlor car seat,
, 1Air Line Limited; arrives AT and departs from Park
Square station. BoSton. Return service same hour
and by same route. " 90
Through pArlor and sleeping cars By each train.
@ Z. HEkP6TEAD, Gen. Pass. Agent
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-07
Selert 3Gard.


West slide.
10TH ST. 81 wEsT.-FiHt-class rooms with board,
lO reasonable.
D tn ST, 81 wEST.-Hsndsome. cool rooms; or
OF cellent board; summer ratos; transients accom-
modated.
ESTHS ST. ~ wEST.-Desirable rooms with board
CC American family; referencea-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-07
PROVlDENCE Lime

TOT FTUNIuthce direct, BDaton and all InlNrd and
ssashore Resorts East and North thereof. steamers
massachusetts, and Pilgrim. Orchestra on each. Leave
Pier 30, \; r., on block above Canal st.. week days
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-07
LONG ISLAND and BLOCK ISLAND.

For Orient. Steamers ShinnecOck & Moutauk
shelter Island, leave New York daily except sun.
r......., days. at 3 =. NJ, Saturdays at ] =.
"r'c"por'' M, from Pier 40. H.. r., Pike Slip.
sOuth0ld. Saturdays boat does not go TO
SAG ltnrbor, block Island, and Tuesdays. Thurs.
nnd days. aud saturdays boat docs not
FLOCK Island. 90 10 Sputhold
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-07
Dwelling HOUSES u 1Et-Gity.

nEsIRABLE HOUSES, Furnished eEd unturniShed.
IL in desirable locations; ront 81 200 to 5000.
FOLSOM BROTHERS. $50 Broadway. cor. 18th st.
NIlD BIT, sos ~EAST.-Piyato houssi ten rooms, ali
OZ improvements; rent $50. Gan Be seen any time.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-07
ANCHOR LINE.
HAMBURG. LINE.

TWIN.sCREW from Ncw York to Plym.
outh d.ondonl. Cherbourg. Pasls and Hamburg.
Columbia, July q. z AN. columbia. Aux. 3. TAM.
J. Bismarck Juiye9, 1OA p. bismarck ,Au. 10, A
HAMBURG SERVICE. by Twin.sorew Mail S. s.
Prussia. July 10. l:SOP.M 1 Pennsylvania, Juiyl H.
First Cab, 176 up; second class. $40; storage, ESQ.
Hamburg IN erican Line. ~ broadway.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-07
FALL RIVER LIME

For Newport, Fall River. Boston. Marthas Vineyard.
Nantucket, Cape Cod. and all Eastern and Northern
Mountain. Inland and seashorc points. Steamers
Priscilla and Puritan in commission. Fine orchestra
on sa1h. Leave Pier is. \. r., foot OF Murray st.,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-07
&tsambsEts.


For New London, Watch Hin, Biock Islsnd, and East.
ern Resorts, also Worceatcr and North OF Boston and
hast. steamer city Of Lowell or City OF Worcester
leaves Pier 40 COid MOI, n H.. next Desnrosscs st.,
week days only at 0 y. NJ, Orchestra on each. Close
connection with. New England and Central Vermont
Railroad trains for all New England points.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-07

Scr Sale or % Iet-sltw aersey.
EoR SALE or to rcnt-Handsome residence, with
IlarRo piazzas, l2 rooms and bath. electric light and
gas and all modern improvements; 10 minutes walk
from depot. Apply Dr. wM. Z. LINDSIEDT. New
Brunswick. MI.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-10
WHOLE NO., 332.

the midst of his vast properties in
America. dis grants included originally
all the lands lying between the Potomac
and the Rappahannock and away into
the mountains for distances then un-
known.
Like young Washington, Lord Fairfax
was an ardent sportsman, loving horses
and horsemanship, and an enthusiastic
rider to the hounds. Finding George "a
congenial companion as we'll as good
and accurate surveyor. he employed him
to help ascertain the approximate extent
of his illimitable domain. They became
intimately acquainted, and the English
lord held in great respect this young
man of erect and vigorous frame, clear
blue eye, honest countenance and great
powers of endurance. He took him first
to his hunting lodge at Greenway Court,
on the farther side of the mountain
ridge, and there he was initiated into
the tolls and even perils of a surveyors
life in the forest. Years later, it is re-
lated, even after his quondam protege
had become famous as the great Revolu-
tionary general and had received from
the noble lord s countryman Lord Corn
wallis the sword surrendered at York
town, the nobleman was still living at
his lodge in the wilderness.
When Cornwall delivered up his
sword, Lord Fairfax was 90 years of age
and still stanch loyalist, in which
character he would have suffered many
indignities had it not been for the pro-
hu Nac a,,l
which he gratefully remembered But
on learning of the humiliatng surren-
der he said to his valet, "Wcll, Joe, you
may as we'll put me to bed, for it's now
high time for me to die. " And die he
did shortly after, and was buried in the
soil Of Virginia.
Some excerpts from Washington's
earliest diary, "a journal of My Jour
ney Over the Mountains begun q
month after he had entered his seven
teenth year, will give us glimpse of
his life at this time:
Sunday, March l3, 174S. Rode to
his Lordship's Quarters, about 4 Miles
higher up ye River. We went through
most beautiful Groves of Sugar Trees,
81 spent ye best part of ye Day in ad-
miring ye Land -
March 81, 174S. EARLY this Morn
ing one OF our Men went out with ye
Gum and soon return'd with two Wild
Turkeys we then went to our Business
run off three Lots & return'd to our
Camping Place, "
His exact and methodical habits show
themselves thus early. The account book
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-10
CHAPTER Ill.
AS A SURVEYOR.

George applied himself ardently to
his studies under private instructor,
one Master Williams, and in two years
had become an expert surveyor. Most
of the time at this stage of his life was
passed at Hunting Creek, in the COM
pany of his half brother, Lawrence, and
at the age in which many boys are in
dustriously acquiring a large stock of
bad habits he was surveying his broth
er's property, his plans of which, accu-
rately drawn. still exist.
He was also frequent visitor at Bel
voir, an adjacent estate belonging to
Mr.. William Fairfax. whose daughter,
Anne, Lawrence had married. There he
met the largest landed proprietor in
Virginia, Lord Fairfax, relative OF his
host, a most eccentric individual, who
is said to have been disappointed in love
early in life and so became recluse in
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-10

and ledger which he began at this time
and continued through life contain en-
tries of all the sums, no matter how
small, which he spent from day to day,
among them his gains and losses at
cards-especially at "loo'-and sums
paid for lottery tickets That his life in
the woods was not all fun, even though,
with his grand physique and his love
for outdoor sports, he enjoyed every mo-
ment III the open air, letter written to
one of his friends after he had spent
several months in the field will show:
"Since October last have not slep'd
above three Nights or four in Bed,
but after walking good deal all the
Day lay down before the fire upon lit
tie Hay Straw, Fodder or Bearskin,
whichever is to be had, with Man, Wife
and Children, like parcel of Dogs or
Cats. &c happy he that gets the Birth
nearest the Fire! There's nothing would
make it pass off tolerably but good
Reward: A Doubloon is my constant
gain every Day that the Weather will
permit my going out and some time six
Pistoles the coldness of the Weather will
not allow of my making long stay as
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-10

wAsHINGToN's BIRTHPLACE.
scion Of the house nurtured in free
America. The first, the last, of his
name, Washington stands peerless, un-
approachable.
He himself entertained feeling of
contempt for, rather than an interest in,
the matter of his lineage, as evinced in
his reply to letter from the "Garter
King of Arms" Sir Isaac Heard, in
1893, "This is a subject to which,
confess, have paid very little atten-
tion." Still, it is known that his imme-
diate English ancestor was the Rev.
Lawrence Washington, fellow of Bra
senose, Oxford, and one time rector of
Purleigh in Essex, whom the Puritan
parliament elected from his living on
the score that he was "a common fire.
quenter of alehouses, not only himself
sitting daily tippling there, but y
hath oft been drunk
This charge was refuted by his friends,
who asserted that he was Every mod
est, sober person. - However. the Puri-
tans got hold of his living, and he
was driven to such straits that two of
his sons, Lawrence and John, shipped
ON board vessel for Virginia. Two
hundred and forty years ago they set
tied in Westmoreland county, between
Pope's and Bridge s creeks, bought large
tracts of land and soon became known
as successful farmers, stanch church.
men and gentlemen of standing in their
community.
There is q tradition that John, from
whom George descended, had been
knighted by James / in 1923; but, if
SO, he was not known by his title, if he
had any, and his friends did not think
any the less of him Oh this account. He
acquired prominence as a field officer in
the Indian wars, and the parish in
which he resided was named in his hon.
or. A certain Baron Washington of the
German branch Of the family, writing
in 1914, says the first Americans of the
name were wealthy, and hence he
couldn't see why they came to America.
That shows the continental opinion of
our country at that time, and which
seems to be held even now-that we are
of Importance only as we contribute to
the wealth seeking nobility, whether in
the shape Of crude products or beautiful
heiresses.
In 1894 was born Augustine Washing
ton, whose father was Lawrence, son of
the original Colonel John. At the age
of 81 he married Miss Jane Butler,
who died 1728, leaving two sons-Law
renee and Augustine She was laid to
rest in the family vault at Bridges
creek, and 16 months later, in March,
1870, the widower married Miss Mary
Ball. This lady was the youngest
daughter of Joseph Ball, who came to
Virginia about 1895. He was prosper
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-10
CHAPTER II.

In Mary Washington family Bible
(still extant) is the following entry. in
the round, schoolboy hand of her eldest
son:
George Washington, Son to Angus
tine and Mary his Wife, was born ye
lth Day of February (22d, new style)
1912, about 10 in the Morning, and
was Baptized on the 3D. of April follow
ing"
The house to which Augustine Wash
ington had taken his bride was very
modest one, yet it ranked well among
Che Virginia farm dwellings of that
period. 1t had four rooms, the only one
with any approach to ornamentation
being the "spare room,' which had a
Dutch tiled chimneypiece. A piazza
opened upon the river front. The young
wife found already there her husband IS
two sons by his first wife and retinue
of servants, while about the surrounding
plantation was every evidence of the
prosperous farmer. The Washington
home farm lay along the Potomac for
about mile. part of it still covered
with primsval forest, between Popes
and Bridges creeks. The river here was
about mile in width and abounded in
the best kinds of fish, while small game
in abundance roamed the woods and
fields. 1t was an ideal home for boy,
but their firstborn, who saw the light
on that February morning in 1882, was
not destined to pass many of his boy
hood years at this spot.
One morning in April, 1875, when
George was 3 years of age, some serv-
ants were burning refuse in the garden
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-10

limited education at their mother g
knee. and afterward some of them were
assisted by private tutors.
Washington. " declared the eloquent
Edward Everett, "is unquestionably to
be added to the lisN of eminent men
whose characters haze been nodded by
mothers influence" Now, while there
is no proof whatever of the correctness
OF this surmise, and while undoubtedly
Mary Washington did have an eye to
the amusements and physical exercises
as well as to the morals of her children.
there was never II home staying youth
who owed less to his mother than
George Washington did to his. She
loved him and was so fond of him that
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-10

WASHINGTON AT TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. ~
adjacent to the house, and the roof took
fire, the lowly dwelling soon being con-
sumed to ashes. Mrs. Washington and
her maids succeeded in removing the
furniture, and when her husband re-
turned from the field he found dinner
prepared for him in the kitchen, a
rude cabin near. As he owned another
estate in Stafford county, near Fred
ericksburg, he removed his family thith-
er to dwelling very similar to the one
they had lost, which stood on the left
bank of the Rappahannock, above a
steep bluff. within sight of the town.
Eight happy years were passed here, the
only real sorrow being the death Of the
youngest daughter, Mildred, until, in
1743, the father of the family was sud-
denly snatched away at the early age
of 40. r.
Augustine Washington left large
landed property, though not much avail
able funds. To his eldest son, Lawrence,
he bequeathed the estate at Hunting
creek, now known as Mount Vernon
TO Augustine, the home farm at Wake
field; to George, the lands and house
where the family then lived. and to each
of the other sons farm of 600 or 700
acres. The income and management Of
all these properties were given to the
mother until the SONS became of age.
Mary Washington now showed that
the confidence of her husband in her in
telligence and business ability was not
misplaced. She at once assumed the di.
rection of affairs, deyoting all her eper.
gies to the welfare of her family aud
the management of the vast estate. Hei
children learned the rudiments Of theil
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-10

precocity and his methodical habits aro
shown i'll one of his still existing manu-
scripts which contains copy of the
"Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour
In Company and Conversation, " TO the
number of 110.
The means of education at that time
were very limited, especially in the
south, and his home teaching, together
with that acquired from the "hedge
schoolmasters, did not exceed the linn
its of the three RS" Later on he was
drilled in mathematics, bookkeeping
and surveying, but he never was con-
versant with more than the most Or
dinary branches of English His orthog-
raphy, like his mothers, was at first
extremely defective, but by persistent
practice and constant labor he finally
acquired the clear and fluent style of
his later years,
With such an inimical environment
of ignorant negroes and profigate whites
it is surprising that such sturdy, sane
and we'll balanced character as George
Washington s should have been evolved
at all. Many another boy, with similar
surroundings, though equally the object
of a mothers solicitude, has gone.astray
But he was sane Of mind and strong of
body, from the first the popular leader
of his boyish companions, who appreci-
ated his integrity, honor, veracity-
characteristics sustained to the end of
his days.
There exists no reliable life drawn
portrait of him at this period, the stories
purporting to be authentic, like those of
The ridiculous Weems, ''the fddling
parson," having been proved unworthy
OF credence, including, it is needless to
say, that of the cherry tree.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-10
NEIHART, MONTANA. APRIL 10. 1897.

cheney in the kings English as it is
writ, and so late as 1860 we find her
writing the following letter.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-10

PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON JUST DISCOVERED.
she exerted herself on several occasions
to prevent him from going away from
home, but his education was not acquir.
ed through her, nor apparently were his
high and lofty aims inspired by her.
She always declared. it is said, that
George was good boy, f." but it is not
on record that she ever assisted him
along the road to eminence. She herself
was illiterate and narrow, in her old
age peevish and fault finding with her
eldest son, never truly grasped the
greatness to which he had attained and,
according to local rumor, smoked pipel
1t will be set down as rank heresy,
even at this late day, to deny that the
mother of Washington was an angel in
carnate and that he owed all his great
ness to her guidance in his early youth.
But the real and solid facts show that
from his earliest years he was singular
ly self poised and independent. His
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-10

cheney in the kings English as it is
writ, and so late as 1860 we find her
writing the following letter:
DEAR BRoTHER-This comes by Captain
Nickleson. You seem to blame me for not
writeing to you butt doe ashure you it is
note for want of a very great re gard for you
and the fa'siiy butt as / don't ship tobacco the
Captains rcVer call on me soc that / never
know when tha com or when tha goe. I.
Your loving sister, MARY WASHINGTON.
But, whether she were good 'spell-
err or no, she was evidently a very at
tractive maiden when in her teens, as ia
shown through the medium of an old
letter, which has escaped destruction,
and which was written by a young
friend of hers:
WINS BURG. ye 9TH of Oct, 17a2.
DEAR SUKEY-Madam Ball Of Lancaster and
her Sweet Molly have gone HON. Mamma
thinks Molly the Comliest Maiden She knows
She is about is Yrs old, is taller than Me. is
very Sensible, Modest, and Loving. Her Hair
Is like unto Flax. Her Eyes are the colour Of
Yours and her Chekes are like May Blossoms.
wish You could see Her.
This pretty portrait is, it is believed,
the only one extant of the woman who
became the mother of Washington. 1t
has been claimed, and with a show of
reason. that Mary Ball was descended
from the famous mad preacher, John
Ball, who led the common people of
England against the privileged classes
some 500 years ago He was a socialist,
II not rank anarchist in the opinion
of the upper classes, for the conundrum
he was prone to put to them in the shape
of wretched couplet was this:
When Adam delv'd and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman?
intimating that the Lord at the begin.
ming created no distinctions as between
his creatures. They gave up the conun-
drum, hut declared that the sentiment
was as wretched as the rhyme and got
the archbishop Of Canterbury to put him
in Jail. Wat Tyler released him, bat
young King Richard finally cut off his
head and stuck it up on pike at Lon
don bridge, along with some other of
those misguided folk. If this be so-if
Mary Ball was descended from such H.
lustrious ancestry-then her eldest son,
George, came honestly by his hatred of
oppression and eventual dislike of mo.
narchical institutions
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-10

Gus planter, with large estate on the
left bank of the Rappahannock river,
but 1t does not appear that he gave his
daughter the benefits of finished edu-
cation. In truth, her requirements we're
very few in the way OF book learning,
even though her virtues were many and
admirable. She never acquired prof.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-10
WASH|NGT0N
The Boy, the Lover, the
Soldier and the
Statesman.
By F. A. ODER.
Author of THE Empress Josephtne,' y
"1rdUels In Merico," Etc, Etc.
copyright, 1897. by the Author.1
CHAPTER /.


ANCESTRY.
Although the Encyclopedia Britain
MICA, in its last edition, states that "the
ancestry of Washington can be traced
no farther back than his great. grand
father" yet it is certain that the roots
of his genealogical tree are driven deep
into English soil. The evidence is con-
elusive that it has been followed back
connectediy as far, at least, as the
twelfth century, but it is also true that
1.-THE genealogy of George Washington
is matter of greater Importance to the
memory Of his ancestors than to his
own. He throws back far greater glory
than he can inherit. Z"
Five hundred years in king blighted
Britain failed to produce a name that
could even remotely compare with this
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-10
WASHINGTON MINIATURE CONTAINING LOCK
A

wAsHGNGToS MINIATURE CONTAINING LOCK
OF HIS HAIR.
the Lodging is rather to cold for the
time of Year have never had my Cloths
of but lay and sleep in them like Ne
gro, except the few Nights have lay'n
in Frederick Town.
His first experience is fortunately pre-
served
Lighted into a Room 81 not being
so good Woodsman as ye rest of my
Company striped myself very orderly
& went to ye Bed as they called it
when to my Surprize | found it to be
nothing but little Straw, matted to-
gether without Sheets Or any thing else
but only one thredbear Blanket with
Continued next week.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-10
MONTANA.

The most extensive and one of the
oldest and most reliable houses in
Western Montana. We are prepar-
ed at all times to furnish Groceries,
Provisions, Teas, Spices, Ladies'
Mems and Children's Boots and
Shoes, Furnishing Goods, Clothing,
Miners and Mining Supplies at
short notice and at LOWEST POS
SIBLE PRICES. We make
speciality of strictly pure and high
class eatables of all kinds. We lead
in every line and enjoy constantly
increasing measure of public con-
fdence and patronage. We mark
our goods 20 per cent lower than
any merchant In Meagher county.
Therefore we do not advertise 10
OF 20 per cent discount for cash or
thirty days. We advertise no special
day sales. We bay our goods iii
large lots for cash. Therefore we
are prepared to compete with any
prices quoted in Meagher county.
We are grateful for pastpatronage
and kindly invite all to come amp
examine our goods and get prices
before purchasing elsewhere.