The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-02

- ~ the presidency. left washington
,.t.h ths simple instincts and habits OF me ooun
=, ,cagnate and man Of business. ne ~toso - ~
f4erd IN those latter days that ne nau Aeen1
Vernon in need Of careful aeeeneion - -. .nev
sror, the army Friends were welcome. put -
.A -. ~. s.ect s,mole fare-a bit OF mutton ana
-,sss ~ wine we're all the table boosted. Lau,t
ss,u .fter washington had dehnitely iao @7iuV
az os-es ~ state. Col Darlington found u ne-
vernon stir marked simplicity. The veteran uI1n
the occasion Of Carringtons visit went 70 Dee -
midnight instead OF nine o'clock, eAtehaiAs ui'
time three hours in honor OF MS CUES. -
Wash,neton always spoke OF her ofheial NE Win
a. 1avses and formality as her lost days ana
Mrs Carrinston found her in her own rooms Win
a chamhermaid knitting in one corner, and n1ue
nerress learning TO sew in another Ine hrst i@aJ
~ The White House was even then knitting gloves
and stockings for friends and dependents II was
Of this period or perhaps few years Garner enA.
an English actor tells pleasant story. ne was
on the public road somewhere near Mt vernon
when nrivate coach was upset. The occupants
a fine lady and her escort, almost angrily demand
ed helm. While the actor was doing what ne eouio
n large man rode up on horseback, dismounted
rendered efectual aid for which he received scant
thanks. and started the illmannered pair upon
their journey Then the stranger turned 70 tne
actor recognized him and recalled the faet OF hAs
ing seen him more than once upon the stage BY
this time the dClJA IL tAA A@o +N~NG-
on horseback as Gen. Washington The incident
clozed with the actor on his way to dine at NJ
Vernon.
For most OF US today that giant figure In tne
background Of our short national history sufhces
to hide the perspective of the earlier Washington
in his successive stages as a colonial American.
Nevertheless the plain planter and provincial sol
der called upon to lead a new nation IN war ana
in peace and to take an unwilling hand In worio
politics. must always have thought OF his later
life in relation with his humber past. whoever
would know Washington in his entirety must not
content himself with reading American history
from Bunker Hill to the middle Of John Adams
administration. and standing barred before the
tomb at Mt Vernon.
He must visit the Northern Neck. where
Washington, even at his greatest loved to live an
equal among his neighbors; he must see Freder
icksburg. with the stin standing homestead Of
washington's mother and the house sf his sister;
he must take the delicious walk from Wakefield
wharf TO the lonely birthplace monument in the
great wheat field overlooking the Potomac see
the very plantations that the schoolboy OF 1T4e
looked upon, hear the mad mockingbirds as ne
must have heard them. Above all, such student
must navigate the lovely waters Of the Potomac
IN its lower course where the stream aud its
tributaries spread and branch like an inland sea;
must hear the homely speech Of the nattTe popu
lation to whom the name Washington connotes
not only the dead hero, but their living neghbors
Of one blood with the first president