Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1899-06-28


yard OF the mansion house which
Washington is said to have used as
an office. The original Greenway
Court was destroyed by fire many
years ago. The oldest house of the
Millwood neighborhood, still in per-
feet repair, is Saratoga, owned by Mr..
Powell Page. 1t was built by Gen.
Daniel Morgan, of Revolutionary
fame, he employing in the work Hes
sian prisoners taken at the battle of
Saratoga, where he played distin-
gulshed part. The walls are two and
three feet thick, made of stone and
covered outside with yellow stucco.
Its great dining hall is about CITY
feet long and the huge fireplace
scarcely atones for the six windows
and two doors.
Saratoga is Saratoga still tn all
who are so fortunate as to Journey
that way. The fitting ground is not
far mp the glen and the DAYS of tourn-
aments are not yet over. About IA
mile distant is the little village of
Millwood with its old stone flour
mills, two of them more than a hun
dred years old, one built by General
Morgan and the other by Col. Ma
thaniel Burwell, who acquired the
property from his grandfather, King
Carter
Grand for situation il Garter Hall,
the home o. the Burwells. Ii is by
far the most imposing of all resi-
dcnces IN this neighborhood, with its
expense of portico and tall white p.l-
lars. Here has been banqueting and
the sound of merriment for more than
q century. In the shade of the great
trees which throng the grove of forty
acres, the sleek cattle still rest in the
shade. Many are the sweet homes
far aud near to this village centre
aud here, too. we find modern
church built In 1884, to meet the
needs of the thickly settled neighbor-
hood. Here they come to worship
and to wed, but to bury their dead
this people journey back to the sacred
spot at the "Old Chapel"
Between the years of l74O and 1850
Cunningham Chapel. log structure,
was built at a cost of e49-Virginia
money. About 1890 this was replac-
ed by stone church, near the same
spot and upon the two acres of land
given by Col. Nat Burwel for a
church and a cemetery. This is by
far the most interesting spot in the
county. Bishop Meade tells of it in
his valuable book "Old Churches and
Families of Virginia" He says he
was a small boy when confirmed here,
by Bishop Madison, and afterwards
served it rs minister for twenty-five
years.
Here be gave his flock those words
of wisdom for which he was famous.
Could the sounding board give forth
an echo of the past the admonitions
of beloved saint might live again,
or breathe n benediction. High above
his people stood this man of God and
he fed them with the flour of wheat
garnered from life of steadfast pur-
ity. 'Tis not always county gath
ers its souls together and presents
them almost as a united family to the
Giver of all good things. They have
custom in this unique community
of meeting on All-Saint's Day to
bring flowers with which to honor
the graves of their ancestors. 'Tis a
reverent ceremony and full of love:
yet 1T is also a joyous time, usually d
time of radiant sunshine and beauty
and also of becoming autumnal sad
ness.
Modern churches have accommo
dated modern needs but midsummer
brings each year the divided neigh
bOrhood together and once again they
kneel around the chancel and do as
their fathers did. The selfsame vel
vet bag at the end of a long rod, re-
ceives the coin, and the tall backed
pews almost hide each other from his
neighbor. 'Tis but step into the
cemetery and here the great, great
grandchild will visit the tomb of his
fathers and know his place will be
among them. Many wander far away