The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-02-16
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glimpse OF Mary Bail at the most AT
ttnctlve age, sixteen. II Is dated "Wil.
linmsburg. Va. the eth Of october
l722 Madame bail ard her sweet
Molly have gone home. Neither thinks
Molly the comellest maiden she
knows. She is about sixteen. Is tall
and very sensible and loving llei
hair IL like FAX. her eyes are the color
Of yours. and her checks like the May
blossoms. wish you could Pee her"
The home OF Washington's mother
In Fredericksburg IL in an excellent
state OF preservation. II II now the
property Of a noble band OF Virginia
women. known as the Society for the
Preservation OF Virginia Antiquities"
In spite OF the terrible shot and shell
Of two wars, II remains unmclested
During tho battles around Frederlcks
burg In the Civil war there In the H.
tie town and county of spottsylvanIa
II Is said more great armies maneuV
cred, more great battles were fought,
more men were engaged IN mortal
combat and more officers and privatCs
were killed and wounded than in any
similar territory in the world More
men were said TO have fallen In bat
tie In this one county during the Civil
war than Great Britain has lost In
all her wars OF century. and more
men wcre killed and wounded In four
hours at the Battle OF Fredericksburg
than Great Britain lost In killed,
wounded and prisoners In her eight
months war In south Afrlea.
When these terrible days we're over
the old house was found without a
scar. Apparently. not "A shot had
touched f. II Is Of frame, with hall
running through tho center. with
rooms on either side. There IS moth
ing to betoken luxury; there II no fine
paneling or frescolng which is so
marked feature OF so many Of the
homes OF that date In Virginia As far
as obtalnahle much OF Mrs. Washing
toms furniture Is there. In her bed.
room we are shown her four'poster
her bureau. her capbox and one or
two old chairs. In her dinlngroom
an oldfnshloned table. chairs and her
bread'box We are so prone 20 Ideal
lie our heroes, and all that pertains to
them, but close and candid inyestlga'
tlon viii reveal that In the latter years
OF Mrs. Washington's life We nnd
much that Is stern. undemonstratlye,
and not what VIC would be pleased to
term "a dear old lady" She was u
woman OF most indomitRble will
Mother and son were alike In this re-
spect, and the consequence was that
there was not always harmony be-
tween them. She was said TO be
most penurlOus. trait which Wash.
ington inherited. II is said.
AS VII be seen by her will which
Is n copy OF the original preserved In
the courthouse In Fredericksburg, she
speaks OF her Negro Wench. Old
Bett." TITS said shortly before her
death she requested this faithful slave
be buried by her side, and their dust
has mingled for many generations.
The oldfnshloned garden nt the rear
OF the house must have been In lts
day one Of Its chief attractions Mrs.
Washington was devoted 10 flowers
and spent many Of the last days Of
her life In this spot II was here that
the visit Of Marquis de Lafayette was
announced TO her. She came forward
TO meet him dressed IN a white cotton
frock, which history also states was
tucked up. She received him without
the slightest trace Of embarrassment
remarklng, as she did so: Marquis, |
should not pay you so poor a compli.
men as to detain you while | change
my gown" She battled in the last
days of her life with much pain and
suffering, dying OF the terrible disease,
cancer. She lies buried near the scenes
OF her youth and her happy glrIhood
days, while history recalls her as the
mother OF Washington, the belle and
beauty OF Virginia, "The Rose OF
Epping Forest"