The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-09-17
MONTICELLO
JEFF EFSONS BEAUTIFUL OLD
HOME NEAR cHARlOTTES-
VILE
4 visit ts the \ storie Spot Oescrn-
ed ~ Interesting style.

low rAar wears De- fuArn over Inl-
work ever holding rlG-e % biz heart the
. -aIirhrenmenr AMI rgltion ci lis De-
owed .olnrrymen.
What g-auder monument could the
Peer of irgin.a have than th.- me
old niver-iry
Jefferson travelled over Germany
Switzerland ami France. even viriring
Greece .nd Rome. with the idea 0f 1Arh
ina plans Tor rhe niversity he Env- thr
ulsn-upon which most OF the ouiilinI-
anW stand The art winter of hi- Iiie ne
IA In bi. char 10 the library of the ru-
tunda AMI watched the w0rsmen put
unr n place the great torinthian eoi-
amns The r0tlndA r. modelled -xsrriy
from the Roman Pantheon. All 20 the
buildings Jefferson planned are modelled
from irpes or Roman originals.
And one 'eel- ~ they stand 90 the rn
rrnds steps gazing town rhe lutlirf1n-ir
AZ th. iar blue bills beyond the sris'iemit
buildings. rhat they nave indeed stepped
INFO sar away .reece and ara looking
AWAY over I0nian MOUNTAINS.
Know rhe truth and 10 viii make you
frae nor only II seen under the mytno-
ogicai group over the entrance 90 the
A.a-iemic building but W. 'esi DO 10 ~
blue 0f rhe -ky. rhe thine Of the -un AMI
the -ofr ri.-es-e- 0i The orpsz.
And 81 Thomas Jefferson. tha lrand
la Nsar of America hAs leif gr Dir
work
Then travelling lp the road % Monti
cello. rhar lrJe mountain A. -
rave the rown below us snf pas IN
-foe ialds and 80 the reApers gathering
x-ain. time rolls back I.s scroll and W.
..sa imagine J-fers0n riding up -ne same
xintinc roAd over the gurZLng. 1ah-
b5n.r gvAna and % through the nealtl-
uI Wc0a ever winding higher and 1ign-
-r. while -he birds keep up a ceireie--
caro-. and fiU sbyIy from branch %
nrsnrh. often le stopped. ! anOW To .et
liz horse irins 81 rne mo-r-gro 80
trough wherp rne ,rysra. spring Eusnr-
from me rorAs ~ rne north side u hen
W. enter re wide old Lale- o. rhr
.--rguds and hear rhe bell PEA forth its
.i.ruaI ef entrance. We .eel Indeed we ar
1o -hs -s.-red ground 0i Monticello.
There II a dense 0as i0rs-t on either side
~ -h,. driveway ana when ~ smer-e
rom This W ara AZ the lawn Eat- And
lose ro the house The driveway lead
.n.r -o rha entrance a. -he -arr turns ann
in .ear.ng the house ald grounds one
roes BY quite another foad. noc even
visible from the entrance driveway go
~ can understand how Jefferson could
-sne biz u.ia aad children by one roai 30
-afarv whiis the BRITISH -oliiers came
up the other.
Largp stone lions grace the terrace on
either side OF rhe steps We entered Ine
northern p0rric0 znG the view rom n r
f7e .r-sen bile sloping away until Tol
..e the valley far below AMI rhe blue oi
M Mountains those f2rdi-rAntl -
faint that they seem % be1d with tn-
flrq ~ The heavens. Ol looking Arounn
AZ rbe heaariful and varied gieT--rretrh-
-n.r AWAY. one seems % fr-i enT 57i-
'..r-0u : views Eere DrOAd sni '.-' Alin-
10 there On rh&I mountain le hV-e
t60ve most worldly things. and 30 nai
b, hroad view Oi Heaven ~ well AZ -Artn-
Ha lived 40 near % NATURES : hear
and nature II always grand and true
leFsr.ou Travelled in many foreign lands
ant a..o held rhn highest offices ~ lI-
state and country. yet we know ne vac
{ the plain. lnAsEumiDg. country gentie-
man till his eearh he VA fond Of ms
.hin4rv and We kre tod he bad lir oTn
blacksmith shop up AZ Monticello,
I wh-rs ~ fashioned many u=eiul tninE-
( sor h.- own use. The asIis used about
the older buildings Of the diversity were
masa AZ Iefersons blacksmith shop
/ since the sre a. the rotnnda N - many
I II these nails are sold ~ souvenirs DJ a.
l. IL. .r..T
I Bur. IN speaking Of the MAJ nave
I wandered away from the osi naln-lon
I house. The entrance hal II wide with
dark 0aken floors in faneag!, zie zag pat
terms. The room - high picehed, gDi1g
1D 10 the dome There IL \ curious 0id
.,ock over the entrance. s85d 90 De JET
farsou'. own workmanship. Like Long
allows Clock IN the STAR, irass mum
hereG with solemn stroke many a chang
in the old mansion. Forever, never
Naver forever the old refrain ran 3D.
"A the dark polished doors gave oaes
the arbo Of our fOOt-talls IN measured
Tar TAP How many bigh-heeied, be
,afrhed Ard powered danes in rustling
broeafe have Irod those floors IA Day-
If Auld Lang Syne when MONTICELLO
wa. the home Of JehsrsOn3
There IL q quaint odd gallery runnins
half around tie upper part Of the hail
anf a fn ne odd hre-Olsce on the eastern
- with high, carved mantle in toionia
.rvi. The hal would look its best of
xinfer evenings 1t the twilight hour
,virb the great logs piled high upon the
hearth and sparks and blaze dancing up
rhe eide throated chimney. rejecting
min 4rure lights in vsinscotting anc
aoor- sending back earieatured pictures
from the shining brasses
ON such an evening several guests saT
around the fire in this same old hall, JET
iersou in their midst. when servant
rushed in % give them warning that the
British we're even within the grounds II
il said after his guests dispersed. snn
sanFiun away mir vile and children that
ba A. the last minute made his escape
throngE d subterranea1 passage and
rot s,,felv ~ Charlottesville There ar
.rill such pass9ges. enc leading 90 the
servaats' quarters a7def 10 eastern ter
race. and the other in the rppos,te cirec
zion toward charlottesville. There .se
many tine old trees upon the lawn. AID
the view from the north <ast i isespecisliy
ane. There igst beyond the lawn f.ncp
mrn1meut OF granite, erected By the
Jefferson Club 0f St Louis No. 70
eommemorste Jeherscn's purchase OF
I.0ui.ana, also their love fJr Dim md hi-
principles.
The Jefferson hgrving ground j. with
in the grounds. ia the mist of riie oak
grove lt ia incl9sec ~ an ron railing.
A tall marble shaft N srks Thomas lefipr.
sOn grave.
AZ I wandered about the sonthern
lawn admiriBg the house from thGt
Doint. la a group Of cedars, came
upon what looked lie the ruins Of an
old sun diai. Only the Odd stone lace "a
mained, fat Ike table. and broken and
lichen grown;severalla large pieces ofstoae
which Judged might be part Of the bass
or remains Of stone seats, we're near
IL was growing late and our party
nreparvd TO leave. The little son OF ths
present owner Mr. Jefferson Levy wa.
sitting under the maple trees with an
nurse. taking his supper OF bread aaf
milk. talked with him, and found hiu
a bright little fellow, with innocent blu
eyes that looked straight into mine a
ae talked
We were soon out OF the grounds ans