Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-22
George Washington.

by Emily StinSOn. Grade MI. Age 10 Years
George Washington was born on 4 plan
tation On Bridges Creek. Virginia Il small
stream emptyng into the Potomac river
Not long after Washingtons birth tFcb-
rltary -. 17:;2D his father moved to an es-
tate on the RappahannoCk river, oppo-
site Fredericksburg. When George was
twelve years Old his father died leavingi
Mrs Washington with tiVe very nice
boys.
George when at school would play
soldier ana his companions would make
him captain George. when he would
draw his wooden sword AMI give the
command to come on and when h"
drew his sword in earnest and gave the
same command they did charge IN earn
Eut once he had 4 different kind Of i
battle than this it was with a skittish
colt of his mothers that no one had tried
To do anything with This is how ii hap
pence: ON" morning when the boys
were in the pasture the colt was
prancina about and Kicking IN his heels
George said: Boys If YOU will help me
put a bride on him. will ride him. 50
the boys got the colt into a corner and
slipped Il bride on him. with leap
George was on his back. The colt ana not
like it: he kicked about and did every
thing to get George off. but he might as
well tried tn throw off his own skin, be
cause George stuck on.
When he was fourteen years old h"
went to visit his brother who lived on the
Potomac river. Il little above the Lord
Fairfax estate. Lawrence had married
Mr.. F;tirfaX's daughter. Lawrence called
his place Mount Vernon after Admiral
Vernon.
When George WAS little older, the
governor of Virginia sent him. and a
Young gentleman through the wilderness
with Il message for the French general.
one day they set out with their bag
gage on their backs. When they got 10
the Allegheny river they found it filled
with floating ice. 50 they made Il raft of
inoton was ierllcd into the stream. That
night he slept in his wet clothes. After
while he got to the French fort The
general gave him rude answer and
sent him back. When he got back tn"
governor made him Colonel Washington.
He WAS with Braddock in the wilderness.
After a little while Lawrence died. and
left George heir t." his estate called
Mount Vernon. AT last when the Revo-
luton began and they ma le him com
mander-n-chief he left his home and
went to Massachusetts where in the city
of Cambridge he took command under a
large elm tree
When the British were in Boston. he
drove them out.
i short while befor" this there WAS q
battle at Breeds hill mow called Bunker
HID 1t was q terrible battle. and the
British won the day They ran up the
hill three times. and the third time they
gained the victory.
There is Il little story connected with
this battle \ British officer WAS shot in
the head. When he fell he lay on the
groun |. and one of his guards came and
took him to the rear, and from there he
| was taken to his headquarters. where a
| surgeon performed an operation. ne had
| Il looking glass brought, ana saw his own
brains. for the first time he was sure he
| had Somc.t
/ one winter Washington was at Valley
| Forge the British were in Philadelphia.
| where the Tories gave dinner parties
| balls and everything to make them com
| Portable.
Washington marched his army into
| Valley Forge in the winter liz. They hao
| a hard time there. it was cold and The
/ army taS we may cali it, hal little money
t clothing or anything else. At once they
! began building houses they were really
| hutsD That WAS dreadful winter
There they We're IN the cold. As the
/ saving goes '1t is darkest Just before
| dawn" sure enough for in the spring
word came from France that the French
would help America. The Americans re
! ioiced.
When CORVALLIS was at Yorktown
Virginia. Washington penned him, il
| with the aid of the French.) They
| formed two columns. one French and tn