The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-04-29

OR SOME TIME SOCIETY has been aglast by reason of the uuor that
Mrs. Cleveland has had Dolly Mndhons silver spoons melted down in the
style of these modern days but all is again quiet along the Potomac since
tn major dome or factotum in chief of the palace as Abigail Adams WINS wont
'aI 'h' white house has given it out fiat that he still has in his possession the
Identical spoons used by the immortal Quaker~s and that the melting pot story
wick" canard' 1t is well; old styles as well Is old things re frequently
TN best Perhaps the time may come who knows, when Donys spoons will
I'sa as great a price MS souvenirsof a day that isl dead as does genuine Cremona
" M OF tn greatest services that Mrs Lucy Webb Hayes rem
a~td tn country while she presided at the white house wast to 90 on m eyplor.
IN expedition INTO th' sar"ts" of that famous mansion and rescue from cob
. " n oblivion the rich olafashioned mahogany furniture and the antique
chin" Used by Mrs Martha Jefferson Randolph when that gracious lady was mis-
trs of the presidential household
All these things have historic associations pleasant to ax,u uw, e.m,
that m II the long stenmed corncob pipes which the grim old lion Of the hcy.
""se "eish'n to smoke would he as eagerly sought by curio hunters MS the ia
nous sword OF Marengo What would a patriot not give for twg of that san.
my 70 winch Thomas Jefferson htched his Virginia Thoroughbred ON the ab of
March io, when he rode up to the capitol unattended to be indicted into the
presidential ohh'cf To Be sure, there re some 'inkrcdulous soft headed tumips,
who won't believe the Sphng story at all; but it isn't worth while to N nj.
ION TO then Why they say that George Washington over mt down the cher.
~ Tree though my little boy has n Ratchet that he gpt at Mount Vernon which
~ mad Ut {. that very tree If we give these iconoclasts an inch they will
AK an en- With one fell swoop they would rob us the stories of pocahon,s
sa capt John Smith and Ethan Allen and the British officer, and Gen Taylors
reply to Gen Santa Anna, and the dear knows what else besides We know that
TN beautiful Indian maiden did save the life of the gallant young rnglshman
nave heard thu tale from the lips of one of her descendants There is picture in
tn rotunda of the capitol which represents the baptism Of pocahontos M ,,,,
swee'" and mai''nl! she looks in her 1aptsmal robes while John Rofc stands by
wi"a ok OF rpf admiration on his face l love to look at the picture took
u! h.e oy th~r and standing before it, told him the whole story He knows
hi' I" true mt these pretended searchers after truth tell us that John Rolfe
~ hdie S'd widower, who married the Indian princess because she owned
"er". aa! OF real estate They Syithat Ethan Adams reply to the British Off
, -, VINO Nsss" ny VIA authority he was madea prisoner instead of being by
ms "u'no'g OF Jehovah and the continental congress really was you BANKED
old rat come out of your hole" They say Gen. TAYLOR never sent Com SAINT.
M .ns worn yen layor n'ver Snrrenders but then when he received the
Men'%n general message to surrender he replied, tell the BANKED old fool to
Hth-weN, he gave him permission to 70 where had peonle no hort nv 40
n"a speaking OF Ger Taylor, they say he was never known as odd Rough and
Ne""! IN me army, which is supposed to have given him the title, but that TN
term originated in the mind of a fanciful newsrape correspmdsnt n wm,a
' nm, ,e sea OF war glowing eulogy of Gen Taylor saying; They call him
wa Rough and Ready" And the name became fixed ON him fo,cys, ~, ~,
wonst is yet tocome. The other day picked up a article written nv ,be bro,h
erin "a Of ten Thomas Jonathan jackson, entitled The Real stonewar Jack
%n In which he afhms that the name "Stonewau by which tho ,r.t ror.ro,
will be forever known in history, story, and in song, was the insnrotion no. ~
N, Inv" .h %s, %. p. " u va correspondent who giving his fancy free play and writ
,as ~" tan FOR his paper, invented the whole story, and we are asked To be
nve hat another story which we have known and loved is as baseles IS the fab
rc of vision. Wv "'
10 hitting and appropriate the last words Of Daniel Webster, Il still liver