Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-29

splendid ancestry. as the following
little anecdote will testify
! While accommodating in West more
land county, Va, one of Gen. Wash
ington's officers CHANGED upon q fine
team CT horses driven before plow by
q burly slave. Finer animals he had
never seen. When his eyes had
Toasted on their beauty he cried to the
driver:
Hello, good fellow: I must have
those horses They are just such ami
mails as I have been looking for
The black man grinned, rolled up the
whites of his eyes. put the lash to the
horses tanks and turned up another
furrow in tho rich soil. The officer
waited until he had finished the row;
then, throwing back his cavalier cloak,
| the ensign Of rank daZZled the slaves
eyes.
| Better see missis. Better see
missis." he cried, waving his hand to
the south, where above the cedar
growth rose the towers Of a fine old
Virginia mansion. The officer turned
lup the carriage road and soon was
wrapping the great brass knocker of
the front door Quick the door swung
upon it's ponderous hinges and grave.
ma iestic-looking woman confronted
the visitor with an air Of inquiry.
Madame" said the officer, dOffing
his cap ana overcome by her dignity.
II have come to claim your horses in
the name OF the government"
MY horses" said she. bending upon
him pair of eyes born to command.
Sir you cannot have them. My crops
are out and l need my horses in the
field
Il am sorry" said the officer. "but I
must have them, madame. Such are
the orders of my chief
Your chief? Who is your chief.
pray:" she demanded with restrained
warmth.
The commander of the American
army. Gen. George Washington "e
piled the other, squaring his shoulders
and swelling with pride. A smile Of
triumph softened the sternness of the
womans handsome features. Tell
George Washington" said she, "that
his mother says he cannot have her
horses"
With an humble apology. the officer
turned away, convinced that he had
found the source of his chiefs decision
and self-command
And did Washington order his officer
to return and make his mother give up
her horses? No: he listened to the
report in silence; then. with one of his
rare smiles. he bowed his head.
This story is told at the expense of q
recently appointed supervisor of 4
public school in Philadelphia: One
day she happened to be visiting 4
school where a young incorrigible was
undergoing punishment for q series of
Imisdemeanors.
| The teacher cited him as ''the worst
boy in the school-one l can't do any
thing with. I've tried everything in
the way of punishment.
Have you tried kindness?' was the
gentle inquiry of the other lady
II did at first, but I've got beyond
that new
AT the close of the session, according
to The Philadelphia Ledger. the lady
acked the boy if he would call and see
her on the following Saturday A boy
arrived promptly at the hour ap-
pointed. The lady showed him her best
pictures. played her liveliest music.
and set before him 4 luncheon OH her
daintiest china, when she thought It
about time to begin her little sermon.
my dear" she began. were you not
very unhappy to have to stand in the
corner before all the class for punish
Iment?'
| "Please, ma'am," broke in the boy,
with his mouth full of cake. that
wasn't me you saw. 1t was Pete and
he gave me 10 cents to come here and
take your jawing."
Periodically James Gordon Bennett
comes from Europe to inspect his news
paper plant in detail, and careful pre-
parations in all departments usually
precede his coming, but recently one
unhappy printer scandalized his
fellows by appearing in 4 semitipsy
condition on the momentous day. The
man was barely able to keep awake,
but was still sufficiently alert to evade
the foreman until Mr.. Bennett dis
covered him in person. During an
unguarded moment the printer had
come in contact with an ink
roller, and his face was covered with a
thick black smudge of ink. He did not
move during inspection, but leaned
sadly against the wall and returned
Mr.. BENEFITS gaze pathetically. Mr..
Bennett said nothing until the moment
of leaving, and then called the fore
man after him. The shop waited
anxiously for the result. Presently
the foreman returned furious. Shaking
ms INST IN the ink-smudged countenance
of his subordinate he calculated:
say. you wash up an go home.
and come back tomorrow when you
are SOBER
ITO get my wages?" stammered the
offender. Am bounced?"
| "Naw!" snorted the foreman in dis
gust. The boss saw all the ink
smeared on you and called me out to
say that you look like the only man in.
the shop that works, and he raised
your wages IS a week, d you!"-New
1 York Times
Representative Hay of Virginia tells
TINS: MY state is rich in almost
everything, and it is a matter of history
mat Oil was discovered there many,