Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-12-03
o.. lions, beavers.snd wasery animals

ing on the banks in their artificial
homes. We sew all kinds of wild
snimsls, come with their young, and
there were some gentle little ponies
which the visiting children were rad
ing around. and lovely white swans
which others were chasing around
the lake with their little boats.
Resisting the plesdings of my
friends for a longer stay, it was with
regret / left there on Tuesday, Octo
Der %, and returned to Washington.
l could not resist the temptation to
go once more over to Alexandria, aud
to hunt mp what remains of the old
Marshall House. Within its walls !
have spent many happy days of my
early married life. II belonged 70
my husband ut that time, and he
afterward rented it to Mr.. Jackson.
who killed Ellsworth, aud so spilled
the first blood shed in the Civil War,
Phere is hut u sUall portion of it
left. What was not carried off by
the Yankees as souveniers, WAS visited
by destructive fire over twenty
years sgo,Snd almost entirely obliter-
ated. Ii is still M object of interest
to visitors, and we succeeded in get
ting photograph of it. as it once
Was, and little sOnvenier Of il, and
also of Old Christ Church, 10 wh,ch
we ais" made visit of inspection.
The old cObble stones that Washing
ton made the Hessisns pave the
streets with. are still there, though
workmrn in some places, were busy
taking them up, and replacing with
brick. We returned by n boat to
Washington, passing from shadow
aud rest, to sunshine and hustle, for
il seemed so when we visited the
Bureau of printing and engraving,
where we saw all the dirty work of
making money, men with hands,
arms, and clothes covered with priu-
ters ink, which they seem to dAcble
in. Young ladies' and all stand
smearing and rubbing, and running
these bills through machines, all day,
and every day; and others are max
ing them into huge piles. The win
dows and doors were all closed, and
| suppose this was to keep the money
from blowing out. 1t seemed = very
close, unhealthy place.
At the agricultural department We
saw ali the fine fruits aud vegetables,
in wax and wood, leaves, ect., pressed.
At the Chrysanthemum Show. the
flowers were beautiful, completed,
DER shadowing our little midgets( fol
so they seemed in comparisOn).
They were certainly aristocratic
flowers, with Aristocratic names
We went into the big California tree.
which is quite g good sized room,
with it's winding stairs. We went to
the city postOffice, and to the Dead
Letter office aud here saw them
examining letters; young ladies and
men opening letters and remailing to
the parties who wrote them, if any
address is found. All worthless
ones are stored in big bag to be-
destroyed.
There were q great many things in
glass cabinet that had been
sent to the office because they had not
been called for, some of these were
handsome, some costly, some valua.
BILE rs gifts, others worthless and
trashy or ridiculous. At night
we went to the Halls of the ancients.
Here were images and pottery. repro
ductions from Greek, Moonish,
Roman, Egyptian, and Assyrian
Civilizations, and here we saw the
moving pIotures-Prince Henry and
Miss Alice Roosevelt on board the
yacht trip around the world, the
beautiful Venice, the Coronation of
King Edward and Queen Alexandria.
the last speech of Mckinley, the
funeral of Mckinley.
l visited several large stores in
l.. f.