Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-02-21

rUuIAs LIAR. wAsHIS0ruS PRIVATE
sRcEETAET.
prIss-i ~ nv wishes low a squat tvru
made BOYS would suit brst N cmiErauts
ar not 90 boz bad there can b. no Doubt
that some OF the dutch servants in the
family could easily procure such a. are
wanted from among the citizens
When Washington found IL necessary
20 take house ina Philadelphia com
mittce OF citizens hintcd something
about paying the rent thereof but
the president firmly declined % have
nybody but himself pay b. However.
b. seems % have had some dficulty in
arriving at n fair figure owing 90 VAR
Gus improvements made necessary by
bis occupancy and % the apparent boz
disposition % the owner Robert Nor
ris. 10 -, a price 81 rental lie writes
10 Mr. Lear
I hope there f. no intention u adding
near ~ ~ Cent 90 the rent % the house
I occupy. for I veil remember my d"sir
INK you 90 inform the Committee that Z
ssssf and Eoaid know upon what term, Z
was % lnAabit the House and ". YOU cold
me they ssd nTsi the Rent al i0E D.
Annum
Washington secretary made = trip
90 Europe In the fall Of l7g3 a black
smith was needed on the Virginia plsu
tations Accordingly the landlord wrote
10 Mr. Lear
~ % should b. convenient and perfect
IS safe Tor you % ensaEc FOR mo on r.f.
sonable terms a complete Hiack smith
you would oblige me bt doing 40. A. there
are laws in England prohibiting such On.
gagcments under severe penalties and
such may exist in other Countries you
will understand me clearly that for no
consideration whatsoever would I have
you run the smallest risk 81 cucounterirr
them-you know run we'll what Kind ~ a
smith would suit my purposes. . He
must have a character on which you can
rely. not orly as complete workman FOR
a farm. but ~ an honest sober and In.
iustrious man. II he comes on warrs
they must b. moderate. 4 with or with
out wages he must be bound 10 serve ne
three years -four would be better
Washington sometimes became IN
dlgnant az the derelctions OF house
servants which shows that present
day problem was In existence thru
He writes
on the 9th. ! wrote you two Letters
In one OF them I intended Out forgot 80
10 have made request that you would
enquire after the lad that used 60 walt
at Suffers william | think his name wasl
whose sery1tude had expired. and n olsen.
gagged ana his character good. as wen as
handy. TO engage him for me ut eight
Dollars p. Month. with the other allow
ances known TO You being what am
now obliged 10 give. TO the most indirer-
ent set OF servants | ever had
The common opinion is that Wash
ington was such an Gdstcre personaec
that he never deigned TO smile or crack
a joke. A postscript 90 n letter to
Mr.. Lear Just after he left Phlladel.
phla and the presidency in 1877 has a
humorous touch. The ex-president was
arranging to have dis things sent back
to Mount Vernon, 10 which he was re
firing 10 end his days In peace and
quietude. He gave Instructions 10 have
the CRATE packed In some old carpetln,
to keep II from scratching. THE bed
stead which Nelly Gusts slept on be-
longs Mrs. Washington says 10 me
let this and the trundle under II be
sent In the VESSEL After various 9th
er Instructions and Washingtons ha
bitual expression OF affection, regard
etc, with which he closed all his let
tiers TO his secretary came the post
script: "On one side | am called upon
to remember the Parrot, on the other
10 remember the dog. For my own
part ! should not pine much IL both
were forgot"