Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-05-18

1t had cost less than the appropriation
which was very unusual as the cost OF
such buildings usually exceeds the APP
preparation. With the remaining
money it is proposed to erect statue
OF Senator Morrill, inside the building.
Vermont figures secondly in that the
librarian who ranks next to the head
librarian is Mrs. Alice McClary
Stevens, daughter of the late Ira Nc
Clary of Peacham, lady of charming
personality, one whom it is a delight
to meet.
One of the most delightful days of
the trip was the one at Mt. Vernon.
In sixty five Mt. Vernon was in a
state of dilapidation but in the inter-
vening time it has been restored.
There is not only the familiar building
known as Mt. Vernon mansion but
there are many sman houses in con-
nection with it, such as the buffers
house, kitchen, laundry, weaving and
spinning houses, schooI-house. A
little back of all these were the slaves
quarters. In fact Washington had a
little world of his own. The garden
has been preserved in it's original de-
sign peculiar to itself, like no other
garden of to-day. The only plant
used in its construction is the old
English box, which makes a massive
bed OF green growing about a foot
high fashioned into different DESIGNS
such as heart, crescent, cross and
many others. Looking a mile distant
from the west front of the M ansion
was the porter's lodge and about six
miles from that was the little church
Quilt from plan drawn by Washing
ton. One bishop said of Washington
ne would never permit any weather
or company to keep him at home.
subsequently he became interested in
the church at Alexandria which ia
now in state of preservation and
Washington's pew is pointed out to
the stranger. The ladies of the Mt.
Vernon Association have restored az
far az possible the relics of Washing
ton furniture, firearms and portraits.
On the wall hangs the equestrian
painting, the reproduction of which
we are all 80 familiar with, "Washing-
ton before Yorktown" Also on the
wall hangs the key of that stronghold
OF tyranny in France, the Basti,le. q
relic of the French Revolution pre-
sented to Washington by his friend
and companion-in-arms, LAFAYETTE.
Not far from the mansion is an nm
pretending structure of brick an
preached by an iron gate through the
bars of which one can see the marble
sarcopbagi containing the remains of
George snd Martha WASHINGTON
AFTER leaving the charming spot we
nave boat-ride of Is miles ND the
famous Potomac. It's waters flow as
RED as in the sixties l am SIRE. Aswe
sailed along We passed Fort Washing
ton on the right. On the left Alexan-
drla and in the distance on the banks
or the river was seen the Pillars of
Arlington, Robert Lees old home and
tnls means the National Cemetery
where rest the thousands of known
and unknown side by side, those that
served in the Spanish American as
well as civil war. There is no lovelier
spot on earth, no more peaceful rest
Ing place, but as one wanders tbrough
and overlooks this city of the honored
dead they surely realize to an extent
the price paid fer freedom. Mothers
were there searching for the graves
or their sons, sisters, brothers and
wives, husbands. One sight that bro't
Tears to my eyes the morning we we're
tnere, mother had found the grave
or her son. 1t was marked with q
wooden tablet with his number there
on. When she found the number she
knew that under that cod rested the
remains of her dear boy. She stopped
and with a pencil wrote "Mother,s
Darling" and the date she found the
grave. This is only one incident that
met our gaze but all through this vast
held were these heartrending sights
that proved to US war was a reality.
In Georgetown we found overlooking
the river the home of the late E. D.
E. N. Southworth, a humble looking
cottage with unkept grounds. The
location was charming, natufe had
done her part but humanity had
tal'ed TO respond. Not so the home
OF tho far-famed Red Cross leader.
Clara Barton, whose home is a few
miles farther up the river, an unpre
tentlous yet commodious residence
Well lighted and well aired. The resi-
Dental part of Washington consists
or rows of brick blocks broken here
and there by wooden cottage which