Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-05-01
Among Capital Churches
And Old Cemeteries

tobias Lear. Washington's private
secretary; A. ID. Bache. the organizer
OF the zoe survey: Signer and Vice
PRESIDENT Elbridge Gerry Of Massachu-
setts. Ut was from him we got the
verb. to Rerrymander.')
Among the last days of President
Iaft's administration. he laid the cor-
ner stone OF All Souls Unitarian
church.
The First Presbyterian church, COT
winch the New York Avenue is an Off
shoot. became famous under the pas
torate of DIR. Byron Sunderland, when
1t was attended by President Cleve-
land. st. Johns is another historical
~ interesting church. Here President
Madison was AN attendant. The orig
mai wineglass pulpit is still in this
church. II is related that once while
Bishop R~avenscroft was preaching. 1t
began to move on account of improper
fastening OF the %snaplatch. 1t vent
several feet amid h agony Of the
the rector n the CONSERVATION of the
congregation. The bishop is said to
nave afterwards remarked. Il suppose
the clergy may sometimes Ven with
the present form of preaching desk. run
away With their subject. but not with
the desk also" President Madison was
regular worshipper at ST. Johns. so was
Henry Clay In the afternoons. but in
the %forenoons he e regularly to the
Unitarian. During Jackson's second
term. he WAS a egula attendant here.
Martin NanBuren and VIM. Henry Har-
rison divided attendance between this
Presidents Tyler, Taylor and Arthur
always attended this church. In low
ing remembrance of his wife. President
Arthur CAV a very beautiful indow to
the church.
Soldiers Home Cemetery.
/ spent a couple of hours the other
day in wandering about the beautiful
cemetery of the Soldiers Home. Here
are h grave of 5000 union and 300
confederate soldiers. Here is a beau
tiful stone chapel, its o covered with
luxurious vines, it's sides with choice
running flowers. and Its walls within
covered with flags and badges. A
massive o gate is in front. n
looking in o see three collins, sealed
metal. They are covered with fresh
flowers all the time. One contains
General Logan. the brave old Black
Eagle,' the other w his children. n
the brave son of his father, my dear
friend with whom l dined the day he
left Manila with his regiment, Major
Jack Logan. Having had this intimacy
with the son and having had the honor
of being classed as a friend OF the old
general, n a frequent visitor to his
- - AiCiii>' SAAAS oPOC Si'A AAAA
lowed ground to me. Let us hastily
walk through Dab Hill cemetery. on
the southern bank of Rock creek.
Just by the gateway is the chapel
built in the architecture of Henry WIN.
1t is literally covered with beautiful ivy
which was brought from Melrose
Abbey. One is attracted at once by a
tall monument. 1t is to John How
ard Payne. who gave us "Home
Sweet Home" He was originally
buried in Africa where he died, but in
1882 Mr.. Corcoran OF Washington had
the remains brought here. Here is the
statute of William Pinkney. Che was
the Episcopal bishop of Maryland
This cemetery contains the splendid
mausoleum of the Corcoran family, and
also that of the Van Ness family. The
latter is n mode of the Temple of the
Vesta at Rome. In this cemetery are
buried Chief Justice Chase. Secretary
Of War Stanton. Prof. Joseph Henry
and other notables. We are only a
little walk from the great naval obser-
vatorv but we have walk e quite a little
and perhaps you are tired.
q. r. HutchinS.