The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-18

haudl)" was ali the tiny fellow could
manage.
These children took Washington
back more completely than anything
else to the old days when he had
brought his bride home with her own
little ones He felt those days come
back. too. when he was on his horse
IN the open. going the round OF good
twelve miles and more that carried
him to ali the quarters Of bis planta-
ton
Again a Farmer.
Once more be was the thorough
farmer. ransacking books, when men
and his own observation failed him.
to come al the best methods OF cult
walton Once more he took daily ac-
count Of the character OF his slaves
and servants. and Of the progress Of
their work. talking with them when
he could, and gaining a personal mas
terry over them
Contracts for work he drew up with
his own hand, with a minuteness and
particularly which were sometimes
whimsical and shot through with a
CLEAN OF grim hnmor
He agreed with Philip Barter that
II he would serve him faithfully as
gardener and keep sober at all other
times he would allow him -four dol
lars at Christmas. with which to be
drunk four days and four nights; two
dollars at Easter. to effect the same
purpose; two dollars at Whitsuntide,
70 be drunk for two days; dram In
the morning. and a drink OF grog at
dinner. at noon" and the contract
was drawn. signed and witnessed
with all formality.
A Thorough-G Going Master.
Philip no doubt found short shrift
OF consideration from his thorough
going master II there was any drunk
enness In the garden beyond the limit
Of the eight days nominated in the
bond. and found the contract no Jest
in the end. for Washington had small
patience and no soft words for a
breach Of agreement. whatever its
kind
He would help men in distress with
generosity and wise choice OF
means which few took the pains to
! exercise. but he had only sharp re
buke for carelessness or neglect OF
any slackness in the performance O
duty. Men who had cheated OF
: sought to impose upon him deemed
him harsh and called him hard mas
: ter. so sharply did they smart afte
! he had reckoned with them.
Washington exacted the uttermos
farthing But he spent 1t. with tn,
I other hand, to relieve genuine suffer
| ing and. real want. though II were de
! served and the fruit of crying fault
! In his home dealings. as in every
3 thing else, his mind kept that trait b,
!, which men had been awed in tn,
Y camp--that trick. as II OF Fate. OF let
ting every act come at It's conse
/, ouences and it's full punishment or re
q ward. as II he but presided at proc
!. ess which was Just Natures own.
i When he succored distress, he di,
I II in pity. not In justice not excusinI
d fault. but giving leave TO mercy. |
h he urged the government to pension
a and reward the soldiers OF the wal
> who had only done their duty. he him
/. self set an example
Rewarded for Service.
There were black pensioners not
a. few about his own homestead. Bishop
o his old body-servant. lived like n
e tired gentleman in his cottage there
IS even Nelson. the good sorrel who ha
g borne him so brayely In the field Ii
d Yorktown. now went forever unsat
A. died. free In his own pasture
But. much as he loved his HON
n and eourted retirement amidst the al
10 ties OF planter. the old life would ne
", come back, was gone forever.
10 He was too famous. and there wa
an end on Il, He could not go abroa
rs without drawing crowds about him.
be II he attended Fervlee on Sunds
a. away from home, though It were
e. never 60 quiet a parish. the very wal
H. Of the church groaned threatening
'w under the unaccustorned weight
n people gathered In the galleries al
rt packed upon the floor 10 see the hei
In OF the Revolution Not even a ri(
ID, into the far west. to view his Ian,
III and pull together his neglected bul
ness on the Ohio. was long enough
take him beyond the reach OF publ
ed affairs.
nd A Trip into the West.
on the ist OF September. 1854. VII
lar Or crAik for company. he set out
OF. horseback 10 so by Braddooks no.
in again into tho west
tut For nearly i've weeks he was de.
nd in the wilderness. riding close up,
ed seven hundred miles through the Il
ed. sated mountains. and along the reno
g." courses OF tbs long rivers that ran
10Y 10 the Mississippi. camping out as
lie, the old days when he was a survey
pit. and soldier in his premiership
,ok these very wiids; renewing his zs
ew for the rough life and the sudden O
Ich ventures Of the frontiersmsn.
xsr But though he had como upon b
sst- own business. II was the seat OF I
ture empirs be saw rather than b
own acres scatssrsd here and there.
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