Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-02-16


|RITlswAR FJRlT IN PEACE.
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EsE8 WI ASHIN GTON's
ESl life at Mount Yer
MI q EpU non before the
[IS l7SY@ turmoils of wal
EAA. tAM brought the bit
EgtNsg gs$SAl, terness of Valley
kHa%Sg Forge and after
S4 ward the weight
W. of public ca E S
|pntS a pleasant picture of the
[na country gentleman. And
says the Chicago Inter Ocean,
K were not lacking, even in the
bments of the house, in lications
De heroic mold in which it's mas
|Tas cast. When Washington first
bed with his wife at Mount YER
he ordered from Europe the
Of Alexander the Great, Charles
Of Sweden, Julius Caesar, Fred
of Prussia, Marlborough and
4 r. Eugene, and in addition asked
Statueltes Of 1.-TWO wild beasts"
his admiration is for the great
Ter and statesman; next, the
ess but brilliant military adven-
and last the exciting chase.
Shington was married at 27. AL
he was one of the foremost
Of the country. "For him the
e and ivy were entwined with
a0rcI and fame was Sweetened
putin He was rightcously ready
aw from life all the good things
fate and fortune, then smiling
him, could offer, and he took
eaSmcS frankly and freely, with
oneSt heart One loves to pic
mat gallant, generous, youth
lFe' brilliant in color and man
Iorm' riding gayly on from one
colonial town to another, feast
uancng courting and making
&c months after his marriage
oS'on settled down to the life
aIler at beautiful Mount YER
N0cn of the furnishing for his
was ordered from London. and
eeuons denoted refinement and
,'Se sense OF propriety. He APP
10 nave an unfailing instinct
1 l'ang for that which is APP
a.e' HIS own dress, his furni-
Is harnesses, the things for
gu'Idren, all displayed a love
P'o'tN but with constant in
' 'lal all should be of the
1Hs'ons active life, as we'll as
assures was largely out of
ne understood every branch
"'s' he rose early, worked
o,! n gave everything his person
'S'on kept his own accounts
ou'erluI eXactness, and he
uuoey lie iarmed, as he fought
| ''n'o' better than anybody
.hoI,,, '''c ne appeared an
"'''u' square and solid
k,S1ty ,oy was hunting. Washing
,'N Nv were filled with the best
,s. aa, Virginia could furnish.
h m' "own in the register him
N,sl,.o l,.o0oeu coach horses" for
hlIl'tg'on carriage, Magno-
,or D'oooed Arabian, used bv
ilI, y, as roadster, ponies for
pnts and' finally, the high
,D3 ,"'ers' n, chinkling and Valiant.
r. pnIueSEin, n and a score of
a.,. n 'oe morning he visited the
te5 4E ~ ana next he visited and
,, se Kennels of the hounds
Va ',a ,t Bingwood, Singer and
and 4uSlc and Sweetlips-all
no. ,.'n 'gager to set the woods
bon,, WIN their baying.
se.au aus met three times a week
brsa,l r,"son, Off they would start
ed an' n1 Washington, splendidly
loy S,, generally on Blueskin, an
honn1a riding in the midst
wai,, ne wore a blue coat,
belyo, l''Voat' buckskin breeches
orina cap After him came the
BY \, se"tlemen and ladies',
hab, "'S, s., Washington, in a
apSin,,,' sS,,' There was no Difficult
er a , H.. ana away they would
|untrv Vg ~. black or gray fox.
otTeri, was mostly wild and un-
10 th' rough and dangerous
of tbis =. 9orses. Washington's
to lho 'lme is filled with al
acky Cn,,, u went hunting
hee Sos Suslls and catched a fox
peEp "ours' chase; found IL in
iaa mo or "catched fox with
cb,sa 'u cut ears, after seven
ERE w. IN which most of the
b Lo,S o"SSrs'ed;" St and, "fox hunt
CoI 'u pl Fairfax and his broth
i, di'. drialrfax; started a fox
h 4 tSa alned at Belvoir and lyA re-.
md ya q, was ,as the soul of hospi,
lpntSas' ~ lew times, especially
gpag, 'g season, was the house
saJ a'o,s' os He liked life md
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