The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-02-21
Washingtoniana in PhiIadelphia.

Philadelphia more than any other cttv
| in the country, is privileged to make Of
Friday next February -. the occasion
10 honor the memory OF George WASH
ington, in observing the one hundred
and sixty-ninth anniversary OF his birth.
| Here he lived and governed as the first
president and here today may be found
the greatest collection Of relies Of The
great man and fighter for his country.
There viii be the usual exercises at the
University OF Pennsylvania and in The
schools and the day viii De generally o.
served as a legal holiday.
In this city there is an immense store
OF Washingtonisna- Il all Of Philadel-
/ phia's Wsshingt oniana-the auto graph
/ letters of the man. his shoe buckles.
! spectacles, lottery tickets, punch bowls.
account books, portraits. tOasung forks.
/ desks. candiesticks and what not-sbould
/ be collected in one huge haIl-the exhI-
bition would be On worth travelling hun
/ dreds OF miles 70 see.
/ The Historical society. il its building
1 at Thirteenth and Locust streers. has
what is probably the best collection Of
I autograph letters OF Washington IN ex-
! istence- Ferdinand J. Dreer. who has
! been for years a close student Of Wash
ington's life, gave this collection TO the
! society. In Independence Hall there are
many things OF interest that we're once
/ the personal property Of washington
Simon Gratz. Charles Roberts and nu-
I merous other Philadelphians have in
their libraries enough Washingtoniana
4 TO equip an historical museum. and Stan
I V. Henkels. the auctioneer, owns. besides
some excellent Washington autographs,
photographs Of nearly all the mass Of
I Washipgtoniana that in the way of bus
I mess has passed through mis- hands in
! the past twenty years
In the big glass case devoted to Wash
ington relics in the museum in the east
wing Of Independence Hall the student
may observe the great mans spectacles,
which are so heavily framed in iron that
it is odd they did not make Washington
! round-shouldered He may also observe
the Washington toasting fork, which re-
sembles a riding whip, and has an ivory
handle very beautifully carved. The Cox
family punch bowl, from which. as the
placard on it says, Washington and
his staff drank often" Though not, Of
| course, too often); Washington's Masonic
apron, made of satin and painted curl
ously with trowels, open eyes hammers
the hour glass and scythe, the hive, the
anchor, the ark and other Masonic en-
blems: his little iron pocket compass,
shaped ike a fat. oid-fashioned watch:
one Of his drinking cups, and, indeed,
many other relics are there.
And upstairs. in the main building
there is a hair-cloth sofa, huge and
graceful, which decorated the Phjladel-
phia house of Washington, and later
became the property Of Robert Morris.
.%2ere is the light, trim writing table. OF
mahogany. brass and gilt, on which
Washington wrote the Bill of Rights for
Virginia Finally there is the shapely
pew Of pine. well darkened and polished
- h. - = =
in Old Christ Church, on North Second
street
Certain little, yet interesting things
about washington may be learned from
a review of some of the Washingtoniana
that has passed through Mr. Henkers
hands. The big things about Washing
ton it would be idle here to write Of,
because they are familiar 10 every one.
It is not generally known. however that
the great man ran a lottery. That he
did SO IS proved by a signed lottery
ticket, in the possession of Mr.. Eenkel.
1t was called the Mountain Road lottery.
But the Mountain Road Lottery was not
conducted to bring to Washington any
private gain. The tickets sold at dol
lar each (they bring fifty dollars now,
thanks to the signature upon them, and
their proceeds went towards the max
ing of the Mountain Road, through the
Cumberland Gap, near fredericksburg.
FAVORED PHILADELPHIA FOR CAP
ITAL
A letter written on December -, TT76
from the Trenton encampmeut to Robert
Morris, shows Washington was psrturb-
ed. Note the spelling and phraseology.
This letter sold for $40. It follows, in
part:
Dear sir:-Your favor OF yesterday
came duly to hand-for godsake hurry
Afr Mease with the cloathing, as moth
ing win contribute more to facilitate the
recruiting service than warm and COM
Portable oloathing to those who engage"
In a letter to James Madison. Wash
ington favored the selection Of Phiiadel-
phia for the first session Of congress.
He saidi
Upon maturer reflection. I think the
reasons you offer in favor OF Phnadel-
phia as the place for the first meeting
of congress are conclusive; especially
when the farther agitation Of the cues
ton respecting Ats permanent residence
is taken into consideration
Here is how Washington. in T7S4, re-
Piled to Fielding Lewis request for a
loan:
You vry much mistake my circum-
stances, when you suppose me IN a con-
dition to advance money. 7 made no
money from my estate unrlug Lue nine
years was absent from #. and brought
none home with me. Those who owed
me-for the greater part-took advantage
Of the depreciation and paid ne OF with
six pence on the pound -"
FROM HIS PRIVATE ACCOUNT BOOK. /
From WashingtoD's private account
book, which sold az auction in this city
eleven years ago for s., leo, these items /
are taken:
July q. TS.-Chsrge for box OF
claret q !
Oct. 10.-Gave Nelly Gusts, for
pocket money .....-+...---....---.--.--- 80 /
Nov. 15-Lent Madame dc Segor,
French lady in distress 80 4
July u, 1796.-By cash sent Harriet
Washington. TO buy her wedding
clothes OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES -.-...---s---s 4vJ
Nov. s.-Gave George n. Fayette, for
the purpose OF getting himself such
small articles Of clothing az Re higlt
want and not chuse 20 ask for 10 i
July I7.-Paid for a roll q Pomatum-
Oct e. I7s.-Gaye ny servant Chris
topher 70 bear his expenses to
person ~ LEBANON. IN Peunsyiva-
MA. celebrated for curing persons bif
Oct 23.-Christophsr returned q The
ABOVE ..----------.------------ s.s.----s.-- Il
Girls Hen Want 10 Marry.
Men 1--we beauty. bBt se'torn marty
fer e. Ssztness and good taste Ear out
weigh beauty and sioveulnesa