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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-02-17

Susan Riviere HetZel in her His
tory of the Mary Washington Asso-
citation" following very closely Marion
Harland's STORY of Mary Washing
ton," writes of the funeral as follows:
Business was suspended in the city
of Fredericksburg: crepe hung from
the houses. The church was thronged
with her friends and neighbors. Her
body was followed by her loving
daughter and grandchildren to the
place chosen by herself for her last
resting place, near the granite bowl
der now called Oratory rock, where
she loved to retire and pray for her
beloved son during the troublOus days
of the revolution.
The mourning was general all over
the country, press and pulpit made
note of the event. Members of Con-
gress wore crepe for thirty days as
for a distinguished official. Congress
passed a resolution to erect a monu-
ment to the mother of Washington,
and to that resolution Gen. Washing
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Historic Memories Cluster Thick
Around Old Town of Fredericksburg
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Il feel a great interest that the
ashes of this good American mother
should remain where they are, and
wish to be allowed the honor of indi-
vidually erecting the monument
which. | assure you. sir, shall be in
the style and execution to please the
family of Washington and the citizens
of the United States. Let her sleep
upon the bosom of her mother earth
where she selected her pillow, and
! let the willow of Mount Vernon from
the tomb of her son be tranSplanted
to wave through time over the moth
er's grave"
The design adopted for this monu-
ment was a square pedestal inscribed
Mary, the Mother of Washington"
| There were two Grecian columns on
each side, each surmOunted by an
eagle, and between the columns rose
an obelisk, topped with bust of
Washington, and perched on top of
| the bust was an eagle with out
| stretched wings
The corner stone of this monument
was set May l, 1888, by President An
| drew Jackson, who delivered one Of
the most elaborate and impressive dis
courses of his career.
Soon after this ceremony Mr.. Bur
roughs sustained financial misfor.
tunes and the work was suspended
The pedestal was in place and the
obelisk had been hauled to the grave,
but was not erected. Some desultory
efforts were made appropriately to
mark the grave, but without success,
and the approach of the Civil War
turned peoples thoughts away from
such tender memories as those of
Mary Washington.
1t was in 1889 that a strong impetus
was given to the monument move
nent. The city of Washington and
he whole country were wrought up
over the approaching inauguration of
President Harrison, when there ap-
Deared in one of the Washington pa
)ers, under the name of local auc-
ioneer, this sensational advertise
nent:
lie grave Vi MARY, lu6 HlOtueT Oh
Gen. George Washington. to be sold
at public auction. to the ladies attend
ing the Inauguration of President
Harrison, on Tuesday, March 5, 1889:
At IL o'clock m. we will offer at pub
lie cutlery. at the capital of the 1pited
States of America, twelve acres of
land, embracing the grave and mate
rial of the unfinished monument of
Mary, the mother of Gen. George
Washington"
This advertisement created the ex-
element it was designed to produce |
Mrs. Frances r. Goolrick, of Fred |
ericksburg, descendant of George |
Mason, Of Gunston Hall, issued an
appeal through the press in October, |
1882 reviewing the history of the |
grave of Mrs. Washington and propos-
ing that an organization be formed |
having for its object the erection OF |
a monument over the grave of George
Washington's mother and concluding
with these lines: will the women
of this republic respond to this ap-
peal? Are they not willing to under
take the patriotic work."
Of course, they were, and the Ma
tional Mary Washington Memorial as
ISOLATION was started in each state
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HOUSE OF WASHINGTON RELICS
Hasbrouck Home in Newburg, N. ",
Full of Revolution Reminders.

Full of Revolution Reminders,
The beautiful city of Newburg, on
the Hudson river, has honored itself
and conferred a priceless boon upon
the state by preserving the old Has.
brouck house, which served as Wash
ington's headquarters from April 4,
1882 to Aug. Is, 1888.
Built by Jonathan Hasbrouck in
1850, 1t has the comfortable look of
the unpretenticus y-and-a-half
house of the period, and stands finely
on the sloping bank of the river. The
walls OF the house are of stone, two
feet In thickness. An old-fashioned
Dutch stoop or porch opens upon the
first floor, with its six rooms in add.
ton 10 the kitchen. The ceilings are
low. with heavy timbers of hewn
wood. which support the floors of the
upper rooms, originally only four in
number. The sloping roof is sustain.
ed by long timbers OF roughly hewn
cedar wood. which still gives out the
pleasant odor peculiar to that tree.
While some changes have been nee.
essary, the house to-day is very near.
ly just what it was when Gen. and
Mrs. Washington occupied it with
their military family.
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cestors are buried, and not far from
it is Epping Forest, the girlhood home
of Mary Ball, his mother. There is
| Winchester, where he passed much
time during the French and Indian
war, from where he was elected to
| the house of bourgesses, and near
! where lived his great and influential
friend, Lord Fairfax. There is Alex
andria, where he long voted and wor-
SHIPPED. Then there is Fredericksburg,
which was the real home of his boy
hood, where he attended school,
where he performed some of those
apocryphal feats attributed to him,
such as throwing silver dollar across
the Rappahannock, etc., where he was
initiated into Masonry, where he took
nnal leave of his mother before as
Stunning the Office of president at New
York, and where Mrs. Washington.
successfully known in that city and
the country round about as "the Rose
of Epping Forest" Belle of Lancas-
ter" 1.-The Roman Matron" and "Old
Madame" died August %, 1889.
1t was four months before the death
of Mary Washington that George
Washington babe her farewell The
little frame house in which this part
ing took place still stands at the cor
ner of Charles and Lewis streets. The
house is now owned by the Society
for the Preservation of Virginia An
Equities, and it is furnished much as
it was when Mrs. Washington lived
there. The room in which she died
and her bed are preserved intact
Washington, after his final meeting
with his mother. proceeded to New
York for his Inauguration. He never
saw her again.
Three days after her death Mrs.
Washington was buried The grave
was dug in the grounds of her daugh.
ter, Betty Washington-Lewis, who
lived on the southwest edge of Fred
ericksburg and about the distance oil
five or six squares from Mrs. Wash.
ington's house. The site of the grave
was near a group of rocks jutting out
Of hillside and overlooking a tran
quill little valley that lies between.
and Mary's Heights.
one of the bloodiest ridges of the Civil
War. This little group of gray rocks
was favorite spot with Mrs. Wash |
ngton. She retired there in fair
weather to knit read her bible and |
pray. At those rocks some of the
most fervent prayers for the safety
Ind success of Washington in war
we're sent to heaven. Because OF
he association these rocks are now.
ind for more than a century have
,een, called Oratory rocks. They are
haded by heavy oak trees. 1t was
shady place IT. the DAYS of Mrs.
and the trees that shield
ID her from the sun survived till 1862,
When they were torn to death by the
torn of shot that rolled over the
rave of the mother of the country's
ather.
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Plans for the historic arch which is
TO be erected at one of the entrances 10
The old Cambridge (Mass.) common by
the national society, Daughters of the
Revolution, have been approved, and
the work will begin Immediately
When the plans were first presented
to Mayor DAILY of Cambridge the pro-
posed site for the arch was at the en-
trance to the common near the his
toric Washington elm However Of
ter the various committees had been
consulted In the matter the site was
changed to the entrance at the inter-
section of Gardner street and Massa-
chusetts avenue, very nearly opposite
Christ church.
The plan for the arch Is suggestive
of colonial architecture, fianked on
either side by law walls, that form a
recess. On each of the side walls are
low stone seats. Between the two
large gateposts is wrought iron arch
having in the center the seal of Massa-
chusetts.
The arch will cover an area 80 feet
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gate opening is about eight feet and
the arch will be Is feet high. Gran
lite is to be used for the stone work.
and the recess is to be paved with
granolithic blocks.
On the walls at either side of the
gate posts there will be two handsome
bronze tablets setting forth the pur-
pose of the memorial. On one tablet
Is the seal of the society and figures
representing Justice and Prosperity.
with the inscription: Near this spot
Washington took command of the con.
tinental army July 9Th, 1775" Erect
ed by the Daughters of the Revolu-
ton" (the date to be added. The 9th
er tablet has a portrait of Washing.
ton. with the continental flags. and
figures representing peace and war
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GREAT STATESMAN AS HE WAS.
Portraits Of Washington Have Not
Gone Him Justice

Portraits Of, Washington Have No,
Done Him Justice.
"Napoleon's cynical definition OF
history as a lie agreed upon has a
direct application to the general ac-
ceptance of most inaccurate port
raft of Washington. Whatever the
father of his country may have looked
like, he certainly did not resemble
the popular Stuart" This rather
startling assertion is made by Will
lam Curtis Taylor the text of an in
teresting study in the Booklovers
Magazine. His method of proof is
ito secure a scientific confirmation of
the agreements and comparative eff
facement OF the disagreements of the
original artists" for whom Washing
ton actually sat. After careful study
of over 1000 engravings and num-
Der or original paintings and various
coins at the mint, final reference
was made to composite photography,
three applications being made THE
selections for the several groupings
were not arbitrary. but were guided
ouiy ny tue pOlHt VI view Oh the feat-
ures." The resulting Washington is
remarkable in its definiteness of out
line and lifelike appearance. The re-
productions of the original paintings
which accompany the article are very
helpful in following Mr.. Taylor's in
feresting discussion of the individual
conceptions Of the different artists.
Washington gave at least forty-five
sittings to over a score of aspirants.
besides posing for several shadow sill.
houettes How he regarded this tax
on comfort he remarked In letter to
a friend: ~ am so hackneyed to
the touches Of the painters pencil
that am now altogether at their
beck and sit like Patience on a monu-
ment while they are delineating the
lines Of my face. At first | was as
impatient at the request and as rest
i've under the operation as colt is
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who fell into disgrace by his abrupt
withdrawal from the army. All three
were trial by court-martial and dis
missed from the service.
Tradition has it that after Lees re.
buke by Gen. Washington at Mon
mouth the latter sent a note stating
that he would call upon him on GER
tain morning, and that he hoped all
past contentious and bitterness had
been forgotten. Lee could not eradi.
cate the old anger he felt for his ad
versary, and, unlike the ordinary man.
he could not make a commonplace
excuse for not desiring to see him. He
had to do it out of the ordinary-do
it as no other person would. So on
the day fixed for the visit of Gen.
Washington, Lee sent away his Italian
servant and all the negroes and thea.
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The idea of this arch was suggestet
to the national society, Daughters Of
the Revolution, by Mrs. Adeline F
Fftz, regent of the state society q
Massac husetts.
The reasons presented by Mrs. FIT
were these: 1t was in New England
the American revolution had it's birth
1t was in Cambridge that Washington
took command of the American army
whose integrity, skill and undaunted
patriotism accomplished our country s
| freedom
Again, we feel" said Mrs. Fitz.
that to place a memorial in a com.
munity where thousands would gath.
er inspiration and thousands of visit.
ors from all lands revert the deeds OF
the founders of our republic at the
birthplace of freedom would. be a glori
Gus accomplishment for our society,"
This recommendation having re-.
ceived the approval of the general so
ciety, Mrs. Fitz brought the matter
before Mayor Daily of Cam bridge, ask
ing that site for the proposed me,
mortal arch be granted at the entrance
to the. old Cambridge common, near
the Washington elm. The matter was
referred to the city council and the
plans have since been under consider.
alton by the municipal art and park
commissions and other committees
having jurisdiction in such matters.
Notwithstanding that up to the pres.
ent time the plans have been some
what tentative, during the past few
months something over 500 was
raised toward the fund of $4,000 neces
sary to complete the memorial.
AS the members of the society in all
parts of the country have undertaken
to raise this sum as a part of their pa
triotic work the coming year, it is
hoped that it will be realized early in
the spring.
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with England. 1t took a long time for
the country to recover from that war.
and so it happened that nothing but
a little headstone marked the grave
Of Mary Washington when Lafayette
visited this country in 1925"
Agitation in behalf of monument
to Mary Washington crystallized in
1880, when the people of Fredericks-
burg raised $4,000 by subscription,
and were proceeding with the collec-
ton of the necessary sum, when Silas
f. Burroughs. New York banker.
wrote to Thomas Goodwin, mayor OF
and asked the honor
of being allowed to build the monu-
ment, saying in part:
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OF the saddle; now no dray moves
more readily to the tbill than to the
painters chair"
Few distinguished men of our
day." Mr.. Taylor asserts, IF they were
painted by so many different artists,
would show without variation in such
range OF portraits the kindly phases
OF character which are reflected from
the canvases that we have been con.
sldering We can no longer believe
those historians who tell us of the
habitual stateliness and reserve of
Washington. When not on his profess
sional dignity, he must have been
geniality ITSELF
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mounting his horse, he rode away, first,
however, having left note affixed to
his front door fthe only one) saying:
NO MEAT COOKED HERE TO-DAY
1t is said that Washington came and
knocked in vain: but when he read
the paper he silently rode away, rec
ognzing the bitterness of his former
companion stronger than ever.
Gen. Lee was called the Boiling
Water by the Mohawks, to distin
e1uish his restless temperament
temperament which led him over Ell
rope and other countries before re
found final residence in America, se.-
Ting in Virginia in 1873. He became
an ardent Republican. and was one
of the original major generals of the
revolutionary war. When Washing.
ton rebuked him on the field of Mon.
mouth and charged him with ill-timed
imprudence, Lee quickly retorted: Il
know of no man blessed with larger
portion of imprudence-that rascalIy
virtue-than yourself"
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and was man of rude jest and wild
revel, but with brave and patriotic i'm
pulses. He worthily fought many
fights for the people he loved and h.s
home. In his will he disposed Of a
large area of land, and requested that
his remains be laid to rest at certain
point In the edge of Martinsburg-a
location which is now included IN
the estate Of former Senator Charles
Faulkner, and in the northwest corner
OF the beautiful grounds which front
his home. The general also provided
in his will that certain sum of money
be expended in erecting a substantial
monument over his grave, but the ex.
ecutors OF the estate never got further
than placing a few hugh stone bowl
ders for foundation. Somehow, az is
sometimes the case in such matters.
the money was not forthcoming. and
today the large stones for the founda.
ton of the monument are all that
shows where the great fighter and lib.
eral citizen is buried.
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confronting Fort Duquesne. He COM
manded a battalion sent to the aid of
South Carolina by Virginia. Soon af-
ter this he abruptly left the service,
returning to his home to spend the
balance Of his days. Gen. Stephen held
large landed possessions, and gave to-
the contry the land on which Martins
burg now stands.
1t is said that Stephen, like Morgan
and other soldiers of the period, was
much given to the wine cup; and, un-
like his neichbor, zee, he loved COM
pany and was never happier than when
he had his friends around him. From
his cabin there was often the sound
of revelry in the long hours of the win
ters' nights. Stephen kept open house
all the time. He loved the wild woods
in which he lived; he loved his people,
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-02-17

Valley Forge, the site of the his
toric encampment of the continental
army under Gen. Washington, will
soon be added to the various places
Of famous revolutionary ground now
set aside By state and federal govern
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-02-17

Just about nine miles up the Deia-
ware river from Trenton stands IN
old house, untenanted and lonely,
where only ghosts and memories keep
Christmas revels in this year of grace,
but where, $50 years ago. there was
held the most mementous Christmas
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-02-17

Carnegie's Pastimes.
Andrew Carnegie plays golf in moo
Grafton, but is extremely fond of trout
and salmon fishing.
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BY CAROLYN WELLS

BY CAROLYN WELLS
She lived lot of years ago.
She was my grandmother,
My great great--really, [ don't know
How many greats there are
So mischievous her eyes OF brown
They called her Naughty Nell,
OF all the girls in Concord town
She was acknowledged belle.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-16
3lBOxeSOfGOld
800 Boxes Of Greenbacks
For the most words made
up from these letters
Y-I-O Grape : Nuts
35l people will earn these prizes.

Around the fireside or about the well
lighted family reading table during tn
winter evenings the children and grown
ups can play with their wits and see how
many words can be made.
20 people making the greatest numbe
of words will each receive a little DO,
containing a $1,000 gold piece.
10 people will each win one box con
tanning a $500 gold piece.
800 people will each win a box con
tanning $1.00 in paper money and on'
person who makes the highest numbeI
of words over all contestants will receive
a box containing $4,000 in gold.
1t is really a most fascinating bit Of
fun to TAXI up the list evening afteI
evening and see how many words car
be added.
A few rules are necessary for absolute
fair play.
Any word authorized by Webster's
dictionary will be counted, but no name
of person. Both the singular and plural
a be used, as for instance grape" and
grapes"
The letters in "Y-I-O-Grape-Nuts'
rov no roneatad In tho came word
~
Geographical names authorized by
Webster will be counted.
Arrange the words in abeticsI
classes, ali those beginning with A TO-
gether and those berinning with z To
Come under n etc
vo M ! isa you ia, are writing down the
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-16
ST. iOUISANS REST AGAIN
WOMEN NO LONGER AFRAID TO
LOOK OUT AT NIGHT.
John Lawrence Brady, Jack, the
stabber," Betrayed 1y "a wom-
AN and CoDfcsscs.

st. Louis, Feb. 12.-With Jack. the
Stabber," behind the bars, the women
OF 81. Louis are breathing easier after
three weeks Of uncertainty as to wheth-
er or no they would be stabbed If per-
chance they ventured out after dark.
Following the arrest and confession
OF John Lawrence Brady, Saturday,
that 1t was he who stabbed Ia women
on the downtown streets of st. Louis
on the night of January % last, and
that he also stabbed Miss Adele Fiaher-
~ at Ninth and Washington avenue a
week before, his mother declared that
mis- crime was the result of a prenatal
influence.
Il am positive that an attack | suf-
Tered affected my son and caused him TO
stab these women said Mrs. Brady.
BRADY Is an unemployed restaurant
worker, 70 years old. His confession
was made to Chief Desmond after a Sc
we're cross-examination. But he could
give no reason why he should attack
women with a knife.
Il was seized with an impulse" said
'ouiuu L uelp IL, duQ l OOn I
know why | did it,
Three employees Of the Richard Han
Ion Millinery Co., who had previously
captured and released Brady, and a half
dozen victims. identified the prisoner
as the man who did the stabbing.
These identifcations, however, were
unnecessary, for after Brady had talked
privately for five minutes to Chief Des-
mond he made a full and free confession,
which was taken down in shorthand,
and, when transcribed, was signed by
Brady as being correct.
Brady's boast to Mrs. Lesia Gray, a
woman he visited occasionally, that he
had escaped from his captors, on the
night of January 90, led to his arrest
when he visited Mrs. Gray's house early
Saturday.
The woman notified the police and
they took him. There was 800 reward
offered for information leading to his
arrest.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-16
LYNcHED AT CADSDEN, ALA,
bunkie Richardson, One of Four Ne
ErOes Charged with Assault
and Murder, Lyuched.

Gadsden, Ala, Feb. 12.-Bunkie
Richardson. a negro, charged with the
assault and murder of Mrs. Sarah
Smith here, July Is last, was forcibly
taken from the Jail here at an early
hour Sunday morning and hanged to a
bridge of the Louisville G. Nashville
railroad across Coosa river. Twenty
four masked men went to the Jail, over
powered the sheriff and jailer and made
short work of the prisoner. Four ne
groes were charged with the crime
against Mrs. Smith, one of the most
fiendish ever committed in the state,
W of whom have been legally axe
cuted. The third, Will Johnson, was
recently convicted and sentenced to
death, but last week Gov. Jelks, be-
liev.ng there was strong doubt of the
prisoners guilt, commutsd the negro's
sentence to life Imprisonment.
Richardson, the man lynched, had not
been indicted, but was in Jail awaiting
the action of the grand jury.