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New-York tribune., 1906-06-15
TRADE IN CHICAGO.


OH. aE0 June 14.-WEeat fuctuated violently 70
CAV. though there nothing but the varying
hrmor of the crowd TO account for its sudden hons
ana 0oDs. in the end II was not far from the
point of rest Of the day before &c 10 I1c marking
the met loss in July. and 10 10 asc the decline IN
SeI'enher. Trading was chiefly for the later de-
livery. Corn underwent like yicisstudes and the
close. Ike the other. was "A trihe lower Oats
values were not swayed about as were those of the
other grains. That market firm throughout
although best prices We're not maintained 20 the
end. July in the end up a., and September
oats &c higher. Provisions were dun and a little
lower al the close
Wheat and the other grains Were erratic and the
rapid changes iF the former puzzled the traders
IHere were gains alternately bulls and hears
and the rises and dips depended largely on the
hunor Of the crowd. The session closed with
marked declines. Local receipts We're seven cars
with four cars estimated for tomorrow July
wheat opened 81 SIC. sold Of 10 s2asc then rallied
70 &c 10 @isc September sold from S27sc of to
FAC back 10 s3lsc. then to s27sc
Heavy and general rainfall I'm the Wester, corn
belt induced considerable selling Of corn at the
opening of the market to-day. At that time there
was break Of &c. Then there was a sharp and
severe reaction. The close az a slight decline
Local receipts 3s cars with g2 cars estimated
Tor tomorrow Shipments hence were 21s0o0
bushels.
n the opening the demand for oats was active
apd large AZ lower prices than yesterdays close
advances followed. but prices later declined
d>ocal receipts l52 cars alth 10 cars estimated
(for 10 morrow. Shipments hence were AZ ol
I b,.stcls.
Trade in provisions was Of a scattered kind with
prices ruling steady, after easier opening The
increased hog movement was the depressing jnn,-
early July pork sold SO 75 of TO SIG 10
and reacted 20 SIC 72H July sold from ss rs 10
IS s21z, of 10 s. 50 TO IS s7z July ribs sold from
s. % UP 10 s. s71% hog receipts were 5000 head.
sro prices e. The yards were &c lower.
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: no.,sa rates were as follows:

DOMESTIC EXCHANdE-NeW OTieahs-CoHi-
mercaI 75c discount: bank. 81 premium san Fran
cisco-Slght par: telegraph. 24c- Boston-loc DIS
count Chicago-5o discount. Charleston-Buyins
par: selling 1sc premium. Cincinnati-Par savan-
nah-BuyIng 50c discount; selling. 70c discount
Minneapolis-lOc premium st. Iouis-l5c discount
bid &c discount asked.
BANK CLEARINGS-New York-Exchanses
$3.50 S34 SOS; balances. S007i529. Baltmore-Ex-
changes S8,ss3 $50: balances. SioS 46l Boston-Ex-
changes s2s44S.294: balances. a.as3.4o- chicago
Exchanges S34152 2ss: balances. 25lOS2o Philadel-
phia-Ezxchanges s25. .s55 s52; balances. SSi5Oos
SILVER MARKET.-Bar silver SAC; Mexican
silver dollars soc. Bar silver In London closed at
q 11-l6d.
GOLD PRENIIUM.-rn Madrid, l0S; lisbon. 400
MEXICAN EzXCHANGE-Mexcan exchange on
New York IS quoted at 1882
GOVERNMENT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. receipts
reported from Washington. 81 O57.0&; internal reve-
nue. receipts S77SS34: miscellaneous receipts $40 258
Receipts for the day. N,SS41s4: expenditures H,f0
600 Receipts for the month TO date SO SIS s2; ex-
penditures s7.19oOoo; excess OF receipts &725 422
Receipts for the fiscal year to date $sSS 4730s5
penditures $550575 256; OF receipts SSS7 SO
UB-TREASURY-The Sub-Treasury was cred
itor TO the Clearing House sSl5429.
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The market for outside securities showed con-
tinued downward tendency. almost from the opsn'
ing The weakness extended throughout the eh'irs
list although offerings, aside from a rev OF M
recently active shares were comparatively sinas
AT times the trading was practically e = ssSIr ~
still but reCessiOnS OF some proportions =.
the slightest offerings. Bethlehem steel was uos-
l.. Havana Tobacco e., Marine common ana - -
ferred IA NaCkay common was nrin tns P.yI-
ferred declined 3. Chicago Subway fel ~ -. =.
the mining group Boston was down pon'' PTs,' Son
Coalition r. CRANKY s. Greene Copper n, COH
per Securities fell i'e United 49, Utah IA II -
bonds Delaware & Hudson Is We're or u ALL Aness sx
lean Writing Paper II " e5tinghOUse hAecIlp' ~
Ia Standard Milling 5s s.
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FOREIGN MONEY MARKET.-Cal money in
London. 94a2& per cent Open market discount
rate for short bills, 312a3 9-16 per cent; long bills
7-l6d51a per cent Berlin discount rate 37s Der
cent Berlin exchange London. 20 marks 4SI4
pfennigs. Paris discount rate, 7-16 per cent
Paris exchange London % francs 171a centimes
Bar gold in London. us 912d.
FOREIGN SECURITIES--Briti consols for
money, 1916; the account, Ss 1916. French
rentes. 9s francs 27l1 centimes. japanese 6s first
series, 10lh
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MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

MONEY MARKET.-Money on can Up - oen,.
las, loan s per cent: close oas1s per cent; ruins
rate s1h per cent Time money was auo.eu - - ~
cent for thirty days AZ per cent Tor sAy ' raortbs
ol4s. per cent for ninety days ana ioui rssIt
4a4Q5 per cent for five and SIX nionI n', or J,as
ouoted at 5ds5lb per cen, for sixty to ninety oays
5a5,. per cent for four to six months anu Jaw
per cent for others. -, .,oa5,,
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.-MarKet cloSe1
Ac,uaI closfno, rates follow:
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MERCANTILE MARINES GOOD SHOWING
Report for the Year Shows Large .SuruIus.
Against Deficit in 1904.

At the adjourned annual meeting Of the Intsrn,.
tionaI Mercantile Marine Company YESTERDAY an
the former directors were reelected with the .v
ception Of James III. Hyde who was succeeded ~.
Thomas w Joyce, Of the Office OF J. p Morxan a
Co. The officers also were reelected The raDo--
for the year ended December q, 1855 shows a sp,.
plus of S,1z7.49l, an increase OF SaaS2s as com.
pared with the preceding year. when there was I.
deficit OF $l.578TD.
The report says:
Notwithstanding a large Increase invthe vulun,
Of business for the year. there was a decrease /,
S5SS.555. which IS a remarkable showing and which
proves that the company is being efficiently a1i
economically managed. During the year thers r,s
an increase in the item of loans biLs payable egr
rent liabilities and debectUre bonds OF constltser.
additional issue Of S27HO00 ~ per cent rnortrags
and collateral trust bonds leaving a net retIcrfSr
8 2,Sso .'-'''''''- -' '-'' ''1f Of
After deducting from the earnings in 1905 tas
1903. amounting to S537.T rs and transferrfng so5,
90 to the credit and depreciation fund, the ba-
auce 70 the credit OF profit and loss account al ina
end of 1895 Is $EO15l The insurance and deprecIs-
tiOn fund now amounts to S.llS. TO The operations
of the Lseyland and National lines. in which tbs
company IS largely interested show profits for the
year on working account OF f101, Sc. against
am increas over o ~ fII b 20 6-S 1S ,o 2e5s ss
year 1875 was al written or 20 depreciation De-
tailed earnings follow:
Gross voyage earnings $50 ass 928 M as
Miscellaneous earnings 9-1.4o6 s2oos5 Inc. TSi
Totals .... ss3 s62 o1s SIS. s48 9aS Inc s4 SIS %,
Gross expenses. es.--- 27.45617i 27o40 $50 Inc. 4SSs
Me- earnings S5,q06 "a 81. SOC 40TsTnc
Excess premium and IN
teTest credited 20 In
fund. ..--... SCI 100 -unc. ss4 i5s
Totals ..--.-.. So TO 903 81 so6 4OT mo 81 es s
Interest on b1nds.-.. 3349 +I 3.312 15I Inc. 1854
Interest Loans. 4S2 1B7 $50 2S3 Inc. 70
Eng. income TAX. 4S.393 ~ 123 Dec 1870
Totals ......-...- IS ssOO55 So s4556T mo. ss44ss
Surplus ......- So $50 SIS 'S2os9 $50 Inc ss
Add transfer from In
fund -....... S9TO52 inc. ssT,N1
Deduct surplus In
suTanCe account S9T.0S2 Dec. s9TN9
Balance .-.- 81 37sI 900 Isl 142 Oes Inc 81 s2a ss
Deduct profit and loss
debit Dec 81 1904.. Ij3,.74S -Inc / SS7 "A,
DepreC. S. S....--. . 200 OO0 -Inc- . 000O.1
Total deduction. n...... 81 53774s Inc IS 5sT IA
Profit loss surplus go 152 'I142O9S Inc. se3 80
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AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD.

London. June II, p. m.-The market for Ameri-
can securities inactive and heavy. Last QUO
tations follow:
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GOVERNMENT BONDS.

The following shows yesterdays closing quota
tons for government bonds. compared with
Wedneedav's:
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lie FEDERAL TREASIIRN

Washington. june 1.-THE condition OF the Treas
ury at The beginning Of business to-day was as
follows.
RESERVE FUND.
Trust FUNDS TO REDEEM OUTSTANDING CEPTI
FTCATES
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RAILROAD EARNINGS.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA

CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
1896. 1905 1904.
Irrsi Teek in June. scV77 800 sl78256 sI56. 400
July 20 june 7-----. lO.s6S77O 9557.34S S.SS494S
CHICAGO. INDIANAPOLIS LOUISVILLE
Number niles.
FIRST week iu June Si1l.4+2 S1O95l9 SlOl o26
July 20 june IT,. 5.524.503 52l4 9eJ 4947.532
MOBILE & OHIO.
Number ~ miles 926 9i2
First week IN june. SI60 $50 Sl37 $50
July To June 5.----. S.7s7Z52 7.TO5,y70 1856 223
RIO GRANDB SOUTHERN
First week June. S9403 1888 So 46l
July % June 1--.--. i2G913 445.O97 4S2 923
TOLEDO ST. LOUIS & WESTERN.
.,-lnoer Of miles. 45l 40l a0I
Il.si Week IN June Ga3 SG9S7S S64 COZ
"~'l 10 June '--.--' a.N144,J S.490A9 3,091. III
NORTHERN PACIFIC
2lonih of MAY .-.--. S5&+@&2i Ss.427.lSo S37I6I14
july 20 May "l-.---. 5G'tG1u4 2I2 973 81 4lsoS3
HAVANA ELECTRIC
t-,. -, D.. lt-e 1905. Changes
' '~'7 -'---- '''h@i so2lsl Dec. 2347
DETROIT d MACKINAc
+TTst "'fS N June. S5}@l5 s29IS4 inc. S37IO
' E '- '-''--- -'''-o'- "-3.iiS Inc. 1888
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ACTIVE CURB STOCKS.

INDUSTRIAL.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-15
EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC PRODUCTS

The Department OF Commerce and Labor. Bureau
of Statistics. has issued the statement OF the ez-
ports OF domestic products from the United States
IN May II IS as follows:
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CURB MARKET TRADING.

$3.50. O45. 4l4 SG9LS00, 46t !
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Ny MnaEwegp
hD MR pAuaH1Es&

was In giving out Information about kinship
to the great Washington and the great
Writ.
Another at table was Miss Frances
Washington. daughter of Robert ]. Wash
ington Of Campbellton, near Oak Grove.
Miss Washington is a great-great-grand-
neice of the Father of his Country. She
is stately young lady, though few per-
sons in those parts call her Frances. She
Is simply Miss Fanny Washington. Her
breakfast gown was neatly cut and
dainty garment of white-dotted black lawn,
with white shoulder straps crossed. She
could not quite rid herself of some sus-
picion toward a dsheveled stranger who
had dropped in at daybreak from nowhere
in particular. Others at table were Miss
Elizabeth Writ Washington. about ten
years old. a quaint and reserved little las
sic, and Miss Frances Writ Washington,
nine years old. active. bustlng little
her part in the general conversation with
cOnsiderab bic animation. She took hold Of the
camera and plate case which the stranger
carried and said with naivete: Amt this
thing pretty heavy for you to tote" Then
at table was the baby. He had been chris
tened few days previously, and the name
given him was George Lee Swanson Wash
ington. 1t seems that Mrs. Washington
and Mrs. Swanson were school chums and
Swanson, wife of Virginia's governor.
George Lee Swanson Washington was
rarely addressed by his Christian name
the other children hailing him as Gov
ernor."
After leaving Laurel Grove the road
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twists and doubles through some fields that
are under the pillow. but mostly through
old fields grown UP in young PINE, and
through old pine woods remarkable for the
number Of dead trees. as though food or
pine-borers had wrought devastation there.
One passes several cabins A walk OF q
mile or so brings one to the home OF Law
renee Washington descendant of Angus
tine Washington Of Wakefield. brother Of
George Washington. The by-way which
The Star man travelled brought him UP at
the kitchen door Of this Washington home.
where he met Mrs. Washington. Explain
ing his mission Mrs. Washington called to
Mr.. Washington and that gentleman came
out. Lawrence Washington was in his bare
feet. He suffers from rheumatism and never
wears shoes unless the occasion or the
weather demand this sacrifice. He bears q
strong facial resemblance to Washington
the Father. This Lawrence Washington re-
ceived a patrimony and has lived leis-
urt'y life as a farmer and fisherman. He
served throughout the civil war a private
soldier In the 9th Virginia Cavalry and was
of considerable popularity with his COM
rades and his officers. He is an affable and
kindly man and has the esteem Of his
neighbors. The young girl in the right OF
the picture Is Miss Julia Washington, his
daughter. Another daughter is a profess
Washington is Miss Bessie Hungerford.
daughter of Mrs. Hungerford, who was
Lena Washington, a daughter of Robert ].
Washington.
few hundred yards beyond the home OF
Lawrence Washington is Blenheim. an old
brick house erected late in the eighteenth
century by william Augustine Washington.
son of Augustine Washington of Wakefield.
Mrs. Hungerford and her family live there.
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10 seat In the house of burgesses and
was a colonel Of Virginia militia in the
war waged against the Seneca Indians by
the colony Of Virginia and the proprietary
OF Maryland. When the immigrant John
died the Popes creek plantation passed to
his son Lawrence, described in old records
as Capt Lawrence Washington" At his
death the lands passed to his son Augustine
Washington. This man was the father Of
George Washington. Augustine was born
at Pope's creek in 1894. In 1713 he married
Jane Butler. daughter Of Caleb Butler Of
Westmoreland county. Four children re-
suited from this union, but only two at
tained maturity. These were Augustine
and Lawrence. Jane Butler Washington
died November "a, 1870. and her widower
ON March g, 173O was married to Mary
Ball. Rose of Epping Forest"-the Ball
dren by this marriage were George, Samuel
John Augustine. Charles, Elizabeth and
Mildred. who died in infancy.
1t was to visit this Washngton-land in
Westmoreland that Star man went down
the Potomac a few days ago.
The river landing nearest the birthplace
and childhood home Of George Washing
ton Is Wirt's wharf on Maddox creek q
stream OF some size and commercial dignity
Wirts wharf takes its name from tie
family which owned the landing place and
still owns many thousand acres thereabOut-
the Writ family. William Writ, born at
Bladensburg, Md, in 1772. Attorney General
Of the United States in 1917 anti Masonic
whose grave and monument are in Congress
sional cemetery, was member of this infiu-
entail family. The country adjacent to
Wirt'S wharf Is called Wirtland and num-
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HneCdOfeS COnCefhinu
Well-knOWn pe0Dle

The cost of the building was $50 The
committee In the west wrote that they
liked the plans very much. but the price,
they said. was high Couldn't Mr.. Huston
let them have church like that for
$l0,00O?"
Mr. Huston wrote back: Say 81 so more.
gentlemen. and let US throw you in a nice
spire.
Mixed Metaphors.
Edwin Markham at dinner in New York
said of mixed metaphors:
When / was teaching in Los Angeles I
used to read every week little country
paper whose editors metaphors were an
unfaiiing Joy to me. Once, 1 remember,
this editor wrote of contemporary:
Thus the black lie, Issuing from his
base throat. becomes a boomerang In his
hand. and. hoisting him by his own petard,
leaves him a marked man for life
He said in an article on home life: The
faithful watchdog the good wife, stand
ing at the door, welcomes the master home
with honest bark
Another time, OF a more personal matter
Ire declared: Our cow has been MIXED
in the pasture for three mornings running
before We got around to 1t. We know
who the miscreant is. and IL he does 1t
again we viii mention his name. let the
chips fall where they WILL
In an obituary of farmer he wrote:
The race was run at last. Like = tired
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In Virginia in 1857 and purchased lands in
the northern neck of Virginia. Reference
to map will show three well-defined penin-
sulas. or ''necks'' as they are called in the
vernacular in eastern Virginia. The first.
or southern neck" Is formed by the
James river On one side and the Pamunkey
and York rivers on the other side. 1t
comprises the counties of Elizabeth City,
Warwick, York, James City, Charles City
and New Kent. 1t might also be made to
include Henrico and Hanover. The middle
neck Is formed by the Pamunkey and York
rivers on one side and the Rappahannock
on the other. and comprises the counties OF
Mathews. Gloucester. Middlesex, King Will
liam, King and Queen. Essex and Caroline.
The northern neck" lies between the Rap
pahannock and the Potomac and comprises
the counties Of Lancaster, Northumberland.
Richmond. Westmoreland, King George and
Stafford. The east end Of each Of these
''necks' Is washed by the Chesapeake bay.
The mother county of the northern neck Is
Northumberland. As population increased
new counties were carved out of 1t, and In
this way Westmoreland the other counties
named and Prince William, Fairfax, Alex
andria and Loudoun were created out of
Northumberland.
At the time of the arrival Of the WASH
lngton brothers Northumberland county
covered the whole northern neck. Settle
ments had not been made very far from
the bay either along the Rappahannock or
the Potomac shores. John bought farm
that lay between Bridges creek and Pope's
creek in what Is now Westmoreland county,
about twelve miles below Colonial Beach.
At the time Of the purchase this place was
close to the frontier in the Potomac valley.
The land was probably bought from Col.
Pope. q great land owner in that country at
the time, and whose daughter, Anne Pope,
became the wife Of John Washington.
These were the great-grandparents of
George Washington, Father of His Country.
John Washington no doubt came into
possession of additional estates through his
marriage to Miss Pope. and he became
prominent in the colony. He was chosen
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in his trouser pockets for the early morn
ing air was chill.

in his trouser pockets for the early morn
ing air was chill.
Are you Mr.. George Washington? asked
the traveller.
Yes, sub, that's my name"
what relation are you to George Wash
ington, first Of Wakefield and then Of Mount
Vermont"
Indeed sub, 1 don't know just what the
relationship is. but Mr.. Wilson who lives
at Wakefield has 1t all figured out and he'll
tell you"
Here was a kinsman Of the Father OF
his Country. who, living in the old Wash
ington neighborhood had not paused long
enough in life's struggle to acquaint him
self with the degree of kinship. and yet
talk pedigree even in their Sleep
Mr.. Washington said: 1.-The farm isn't
looking so well now. You can't get the
hands to work it, They won't work. I've
got a lot OF potatoes In the ground that
I've been trying for a week to get dug and
very likely the frost will catch them be-
fore / can get them out. Wages are high.
and then the hands won't work. There
was something In this little speech sug-
gestive of the complaints which Washing
ton the Father often made in his letters to
Tobias Lear.
Then Mr.. George Washington changed
the subject. Wont you come in and get
warm and have some breakfast?' Well,
to a city man who had been trudging in the
chilly dawn without cup of coffee, this
invitation was alluring. At table there was
Mrs. George Washington. nee Miss Writ. q
comely matron who was much more insist
ent that The Star man should take more
conee, more corn mullins, more home made
sausage and more country butter than she
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YITHIN a hundred miles of
N.Y. Washington. on the Virginia
NM side Of the Potomac; is a
w Washington land rich In
memories of the father of the
republic and his family. The traveller sees
many landmarks of the colonial era and
meets many kindred of the great Washing
ton. The country has many shrines. but
few pilgrims. The founders of the WASH
tngton family in Virginia were two broth
ers. John and Andrew. descendants Of the
Washingtons of Sulgrave Manor in North
amptonshire. England.
There Is no certainty to the reason for
their leave-taking of England. Fallen for
tunes is given as one cause. the other their
loyalty 10 the House of Stuart. There Is
no doubt that in the war between par
lament and king, the Washingtons were
royalsts. This Is matter of record. Most
of the authorities incline to the belief that
the Washingtons came to Virginia, as hun
dreds OF other royalists did after the battle
of Worcester. because England during the
period of the commonwealth was uncom-
Portable for those who had fought against.
and could not swear fealty to, Cromwell.
Washington Irving says:
I'VE have little note of the Sulgrave
branch of the family after the ueath OF
Charles | and the exile of his successor.
England during the protectorate became
an uncomfortable residence to such as had
signalized themselves as adherents to the
House Of Stuart. In 1855 an attempt at
a general Instruction drew on them the
vengeance OF Cromwell. Many Of their
party who had no share in the conspiracy
yet sought refuge In other lands where
they might live free from molestation.
This may have been the case with the two
brothers John and Andrew Washington,
great-grandsons of the grantee of Sulgrave
and uncles of Sir Henry. the gallant de-
fender of Worcester. John had for some
time resided at South Cave In the East
Riding of Yorkshire. but now emigrated
with his brother to Virginia, which COL
ony, from its allegiance to the exiled mon
arch and the Anglican church. had become
G favorite resort of the cavaliers"
The two Washington immigrants arrived
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Der Of the Wirts dwell on their ancestral
lands,

Der Of the Wirts dwell on their ancestral
lands.
+
From Wirt's wharf the road to Wakefield
climbs wide plateau of sandy land, some
stretches of which are nearly fiat and
others gently undulating. The plain at
this season Is brown and white, with dead
corn stalks, stick weed. dog fenne:, mullen
flowers, withered field daisies and golden rod
In seed.
Scrub pine in the higher places and sweet
gum in the lower places furnish the land
scape with touches of green. Glimpses of
the Potomac two or three miles away
may be caught here and there as the
traveller plods along the road About a.
mile and a half from the wharf you come
to farmhouse that snuggles in the shade
Of a graceful willow, old black locusts and
honey locusts There are a clump Of fig
bushes, a Grape myrtle or two. chrysanthe-
house and appurtenant lands is Laurel
Grove. It Is Washington and Writ home.
The owners are Mr.. George Washington a
kinsman of Washington the great, and his
wife. who was Miss Writ. a descendant of
William Writ
The Star man had landed from the river
steamer at Wirt's wharf nearly an hour
before dawn. but lettering along the road
the east was alight when he came to
ing from the kitchen chimney; a man was
milking COW in fence corner. and farm
hands were moving about. A man came
down the gravel walk from the farmhouse.
He hadn't been long awake and his toilet
had been quickly made His hands were