The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-22

shortest ever made by any president,
and the letter s'Iffwas used six times.
Among the sebriquets applied to
Washington are the following: "Fa-
Their of His CountrT." american Fa-
bias" "Cincinnatus Of the West" at
las OF West "AtlasI of America, DE
liverer of AmerPca.Y savior of His
Country" -
His military cateer resembled that of
the Roman Fabias. who declined to
open battle in his war against Hanni-
bal, preferrrng 10 harass ny marches,
counter-marches and ambuscades. 1t
is a historical fact that Washington
never won battle
He was married JAN II, 1859, at VIII
Harrisburg, Va, to Mrs. Martha GUSTS,
widow of Daniel P.sCustis. Her maiden
name was cambridge. She had two
children, and died of bilious fever May
Y, 1902, at Mount Vernon, at the age
of SeVenty-One
In respect to his ability to tell lies,
there is evidence that he could easily
use a lie when it would serve the pur
pose Not that he was untruthful in
his relations with men, but he did not
hesitate to deceive when deception
would answer his purpose
He accomplished the most part of his
great works with apparent ease by a
rigid observance of punctuality. He
rlgidly kept every appointment, and
was not always complimentary in his
remarks to those who delayed him or
failed to keep their engagements.
He suffered a good deal from tooth
ache, and before his death all of his
teeth had been extracted. He was
among the earliest to have false teeth
made by the first American dentist
who opened an Office in New York,
shortly after Washihgton's4 inaugural
as president. .t~-
The French revolutfonist, volney,
asked him for a letter of introduction
to the American people. 1t was an
awkward position, as for political and
personal reasons he did not care to
give it, so he shrewdly wrote: &C. Vol
ney needs no recommendation from G.
Washington" $50
Court records in Westmoreland coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, show that three
claims for taxes We're entered against
him during the year 1887 to compel
him to pay taxes. The humorous clerk,
commenting on these actions, remarks:
George Washington, Esq, appeareth
not to like taxes
He was at one time an extensive land
owner in WeStmoreland county, Penn
sy1vania, sued John CJohns, in 1856, to
recover rental amounting to G12 As I'd.
The goods of the defendant were sold
to satisfy the claim, and the terse
word, "evicted," which concludes the
record, explains the rest
At Alexandria, in 1854, he had dis
cussion with a man named Payne over
candidates for the general assembly Of
Virginia, which resulted in the future
president being knocked down, as the
result of an offensive remark. After
wards he apofogfzed to Payne for pro-
yokfng the quarrel. ss--i5esE
None of the popular lives Of Wash
ington contain the familiar story of
-hatchet: . ~This storyt Originally appear
ed IN a h1storgsof Washington written
by an imaginative preacher by the
name of Weens, who wrote books and
sold them by subscription.
When he was appointed to the COM
mand of the federal army by the Sec
ond Continental congress he Suppressed
ed Gen. ArtemuS Ward, of MaSsachu-
sets, whe, by the same congress, was
made the ranking major general of the
four appointed, the others being
Charles Lee, Philip Schuyler and Israel
.P2utnan. ~ - =
He was away from his home at
Mount Vernon for eight years during
the Revolution On his return he made
many IMPROVEMENTS. His diary for
May, 1886, has this record: Finished
laying TWENTY eight courses of the
pavement@in my piazza. Weather very
unfavorable for It'll remains as he
laid it nearly 100 years ago.
= On Friday, May 25. 1881. when named
as president of the constitutional con-
ventfon, he said: Let us raise a stand
ard to which the wise and honest can
repair; the event is In the hands OF
God, During the whole convention he
never made a speech, but as presiding
officer made short comments.
-.yr He Was. on Gen. Braddoclz's staff as
aid-de-camp during the British cam
paign against the British and French
II. w estern Virginia and pennsylvania.
He read the service for the dead at
the burial of Gen. Brad1ecI1, and was
the only mounted officer not killed or
wounded on The bloody field by the
MOnOngahela.
The Mount Vernon estate was origf-
nally the property of Lawrence,
Georges half brother, who named it for
Admiral Vernon, under whom he serv-
ed in the British navy. The last own
er Of the estate before it was bought by
the association was Bushrod Washing