Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-04

tits surely an odd conceit to fancy the dig
| nifty OF the first officers Of states attached
| to or supported by large congiomerations OF
| artificial hair.
| He Visits Mount Vernon.
Crossing the Potomac by a wooden bridge
| mile and a quarter in length. the toll OF
| which is a dollar, / proceeded through Al
| exandria to Mount Vernon. Whatever Is
| worth describing in the house or situation
| has been many times described Having
walked through the gardens / requested the
old German gardener, who acted as Ctce-
| roni. to conduct me to the tomb Of Wash
| ington: "Dere. go by dat path and you will
| come to It," said he. i followed the path
| across the lawn to the brow that overlooks
| the Potomac, and passing a kind Of cellar
| in the bank. which seemed to be an ice
| mouse, continued my search. but to no ef-
feet. l had already found II. however.
| This cellarlike hole in the bank, closed by
an old wooden door. which had never been
painted. was the tomb of Washington. With
| not rail-. stone or even a laurel, Ito
| flourish DER his grave"
| 1t is said that the federal city will finally
| receive the remains Of its designer; but the
dead can wait. and in the interim the mat
ter was nearly cut short by an attempt to
| steal the bones from their present recepta-
Gle. to carry them about for a show. The
Old door has since been kept padlocked.
Era of Good Feeling.
Mr.. James Croggon's paper is as follows:
The period when this account was writ
ten and published was, and has been. de-
| scribed as the era of good feeling. the. two
| terms of President Monroe being blessed
| with but few matters to cause irritation.
| and, according to the traditions which have
been handed down, the people were happy
| and contented. In the decade from 1910 to
| 20 the population of the city increased
over 90 per cent, and having emerged from
the war of 1872 in triumph. a second time
successful over the parent country, the
| damages were being repaired and the resto-
| ration of property devasted by the enemy
gave employment to many mechanics who
| made their homes in the city. Two new
| buildings. the State and War Departments.
| were being added. and private enterprise
| was to be seen not only In the construction
| or dwellings,, but in places of business and
| manufacture, and there was employment
! for all who desired it. Not only were there
] settlers from other sections of the country
| attracted here, but numbers from Europe
| rounded homes here. almost as soon the
war mad closed, and a number of the crown
| ed heads OF Europe lost subjects who be-
4 came citizens of the District
Prior to the war OF 1872 In the vicinity
| OF the Capitol most OF the hotels were
located, but by 1920 there were a number
on the avenue O'Neale's. afterward Gads-
| py S, was at 21st street: east of 18th street
was Sanford's. with McGowan's on the
south side while on the Willard site
| Strother's Hotel was located At 18th
street, now the Raleigh site was Applers
| Hotel The predecessor of the METROPOLITAN
was first known as Keowin's. but was then
| the Indian Queen (Brown's). Queens Hotel
| was on Capitol HILL
The churches, too. in the early days were
located about the Capitol: Christ Episcopal
| church. Rev. A. T. Mccormick now near
the navy yard, and Trinity Methodist Epis-
copal, Rev. G. T. Peyton. now at 4th and
streets southeast; on New Jersey avenue
the First Presbyterian. Rev. Mr.. Post from
4 uyn Srr.th ~ &4r
and St. Peters Catholic Church. Rev
| Father Lucas, had been established at Cd
| and c streets southeast. About the Presi-
dents house Rev. DR.. James Laurie's
| Church on F street between l4th and 18th
streets was then of the Associate Reformed
| faith, but changed later to the Presby-
| streets was then new edifice. known IA
| miliarly as Parson Hawley's Church The
! Foundry Methodist Church, under Rev
John Bear, had few years before COM
| menced It's mission at 14th and G. streets,
| and the Baptists were then at 18th and /
| streets. under Rev. o. Brown. and on 4th
| and Virginia avenue southeast the colored
Methodists had a church, on 4th between
| Virginia avenue and d street southeast
| St. Patrick's, at 10th and G streets, had
| then diminutive brick edifce. built about
| 1909. and was under Father William Mat
| thews. St Mary's, or Barrys Chapel, at
| N and Half streets southwest. was then a
| place of worship. In this year the New
York Avenue Church had just come into
l ".
| Daniel Baker as pastor.
The Cnitarians were in a new edifce on
the site of the Police Court, 9th and d
| streets.
| institutions Of Learning.
There was a Catholic college in George
town on the higher educational plane at
that time, and plans were being formulated
| for the establishment of Columbian Col
| lege, which was incorporated and organized
| the following year. Among other institu-
| tions of learning were what is now Con-
| zaga College, then the Washington Semi
nary, between 9th and 10th streets; John
| McLeod's Academy on 9th street between
| and H streets, just then established;
| Hugh Maguire's boarding school on Capitol
| Hill. There were two public schools,
| which were taught by Henry Ould and E.
! D. Tippett.
The markets were but four in number
| the Center or Marsh. facing the avenue.
| but extending then barely the square be-
| tween It'll and Sth streets; the West.
| l, at the intersection of Pennsylvania
avenue and 10th street; the Capitol Hill,
| in East Capitol street, between LIST and ID
| streets, and the Branch or Navy Yard
| market, south of K between 5th and 9th
streets southeast. AS a rule a fire engine
| was located at or near each market.
| to identifying the last resting places of
! the dead, and the few cemeteries were gen.
| orally severely plain in plan, laid off in
blocks, and few burial plots had the least
4
| grounds, owned and managed by the cor
| poration, through trustees, the Western,
| between street and the Boundary. 18th
| and Goth streets, long known Holmead.
| and the principal graveyard for many
| years. and the Eastern, between II. l, 18th
| and 14th streets northeast, which was but
| little used.
| The Catholics had a burial ground at the
| head of Sd street, just over the boundary.
| known at St. Patricks, and about the
church on 10th street. between F and G
| Streets were a number of graves. West
| of DR.. Laurin's church, street between
| 18th and 14th streets, were a number of
| burials made. Christ Episcopal Church,
| on street southeast had located what
| Is now Lnown as the Congressional GENE
| terry, near the Eastern branch. and today
| 1t Is the only cemetery in use in the old
| city limits. ST. Johns Church had burial
ground on the square between 10Th, 18th.
| and streets, which was so used for
| half a century. Subsequently others were
established on ground originally plated
| for residences.
| or wha rves there were Coumhe,s on tba