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was once the home of u tribe known as
the Dogues. and a creek on the estate
still bears that name. They were proba-
bly, part of the great confederation of
tribes of which Powhatan was the ruler.
1t is now believed that Augustine.
Georges father. built the first home at
Mount Vernon on what is the site of the
present mansion. Its beautiful situation
would naturally lend itself to the location
of a home. About two miles from the
mansion house of today Is the site Of an
old mill, known to have been built by
this same Augustine Washington. Tht
mill was on the banks of the Epsewas-
in limestone, began to crumble back in
the sixties and the farmers in the vicin-
ity hauled away some Of the stone.
This mill was in actual use for fifty
years by Gen. Washington, and so
superior was the quality of the flour he
ground that it was admitted to English
markets without inspection
The huge brick barn covered with ivy
one sees at Mount Vernon today was
built by Augustine Washington also
Here baby George no doubt rode on the
back of the plough horses and climbed
into the farm wagons just as country
boys do today. But in 1879 a fire
destroyed the house and Augustine
moved down to another plantation of his
near Fredericksburg, Va This place
was known as Pine Grove.
While Georges half-brother, young
Lawrence Washington, was absent from
home. the father rebuilt a house at
Mount Vernon for him and this now
forms the central part of the mansion.
On his return, Lawrence brought to the
home his young bride. the beautiful Miss
Fairfax. daughter of his neighbor. Col.
Fairfax of Belvoir, an adjoining estate
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poses which 1t will serve, the gap which
Il VIII ill, the great services which are
held in such cathedrals abroad-are. upon
this occasion, written for The Star by
Henry White. Mr. White was long secre-
tary OF legation at London. was later am
bassador 10 Italy and to France. Alto
sether he spent twenty-five years in the
diplomatic service. There is no man in
the nation. whose experience has better
fittcd him TO write upon the subject in
hand
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our people and strangers. In any case,
L'Enfant sought and obtained from JET
ferson the plans Of many foreign cities
which our third President had collected
during his residence abroad as the rep
resentative of this country.
In June, 1891. L Enfant submitted his
first plan to the President at Georgetown,
and in a letter attached he wrote in
quaint English and spelling, I'm plan
ming the plan here annexed for the in
tended federal city l regretted much being
indered by the shortness of time from
making any particular drawing of the
several buildings"
1t requires little Imagination to picture
Washington. with this plan before him.
studying out every detail, and Directing
perhaps to what L'Enfant calls 1.-The
presidential palace which on the sec
ond map appears as the Presidents
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been present at one of those services to
realize. the solemnity and dignity OF the
scene produced by combination of the
exquisite architecture of the abbey, the
dim. religious light within its wallis the
silence prevailing before the beginning
of the services, the reverent bearing of
those present. the singing of the choris-
ters. and, above all, the music Of the
organ: especially the rendering of THE
Dead March in Saul at the conclusion
OF the service. beginning with distant
and scarcely audible rumbling sound, and
winding up with the most glorious notes
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termination of war or the passing of
some other great calamity affecting the
entire nation.
OF the many interesting memories con-
nected with the writer's service of more
than a quarter Of a century as an Ameri-
can diplomatist in Europe. none stands
out more wildly than those of various
memorial services in Westminster Ab5dy,
services were not only in memory of Brit
ish subjects, such as Mr.. Gladstone, Lord
Tennyson and others of eminence in the
service of their country, but of our own
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Gen. Grant. President Mckinley, John
Hay, Whitelaw Reid and other Ameri-
cans Of distinction to whose memory
Great Britain wished to pay signal honor.
the last such service being for the late
J. Pierpont Morgan At these services in
the abbey there were present official rep
resentatives Of the king and OF other
members of the royal family. cabinet
ministers, the great officers of state, men,
bers innumerable of the army navy and
civil service. besides as many of the
general public as could find room in the
building.
1t Is impossible accurately to describe.
much less for any one who has never
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In collecting material for his book.
Washington. the Man. and the Mason. .
ne came upon much interesting matter
winch, he claims, explodes the popular
tradition that Washington made his home
at Mount Vernon for the first time after
the death of his brother Lawrence. 1t
shows that the first of that name who
came to this country acquired this land
and that the father of his country
played as a baby about on the sIopins
lawn. Except for a brief mention in an
almost unknown history, this statement
has never before been made public
The first Washington to land in the
new world was Col John Washington.
who came from near Beverly, England,
IN 1851. This was only about fifty years
later than the jamestown settlement.
This Col. Washington. who was a man
OF great influence in the infant colony,
was the great-grandfather of Gen.
Washington and the first owner of the
tract now known as Mount Vernon. He
brought over with him hundred immi-
grants and he. with his partner, Nicholas
Spencer. received from Thomas Lord
Culpeper grant of 5000 acres of land
situated on the Potomac between Epse-
wasson and Little Hunting creek.
y y
Col John Washington left twenty-five
hundred acres of this tract--that part in
Guiding Mount vernon-to his eldest son
Lawrence.
The son of this Lawrence WASHINGTON
was Augustine, the father of Gen. George
Washington. Augustine took his bride,
Mary Ball. to his home at Wakefield, in
Westmoreland. His sister, Mildred, In
herited the Mount Vernon property, but
on the death of her husband Roger
Gregory, she sold it to her brother Au-
sustine. And it was to this same place
that the family were removed in 1874,
when George was baby of but two
years of age: Here he toddled about in
his third and fourth years.
The country in this part Of Virginia
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which that instrument is capable Of pro-
ducing.
In contrast to which. 1t may be recalled
that when Presidents Lincoln, Garfield
and Mckinley died the Capitol under the
dome or the Senate chamber. neither Of
which are connected in the public mind
with a church or religion, were the only
places in which their memorial services
could be held in Washington.
And in further contrast to the honor
paid In England to the memory and to
the remains of our late ambassador to
that country, which were escorted by an
imposing military procession through the
streets Of London to the abbey, It should
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Shortly after the death Of Lawrence
Washington, his daughter Sarah died
without heirs. and the Mount Vernon
estate passed by will into the hands of
Gen. Washington. In order to acquire
full title. he purchased from the widow
Of Lawrence her dover rights. Hence
forth he was sole owner Of the estate; an
estate which had been in the family since
its acquisition by grant in 1870. and
which remained in the family until sold
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E RG WASH

Z o K G E WASH
INGToN, the an
niversary of whose
birth Is today cele-
oratcd. wanted to
plant q great ma
tional cathedral in
the nations CAPT
( j. l. n W, 1l5
years after his
death, such a ca
thedral is being
built. The pur-
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in 1858 by John Augustine Washington
to the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association.
These facts. which shed some interest
ing light on the early history of Mount
Vernon, were obtained by Mr.. Callahan
after constant study of the old official
records of the courts and vestry books of
the counties in this part of Virginia. They
establish beyond all doubt the truth,
which is that the central part Of the
Mount Vernon mansion was built by Gen.
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HAT Mount Vernon
was for a time the
babyhood home Of
George Washing
ton, and that the
big brick barn still
standing and COW
cred with vines
was built by his
father, are facts
recently made pub
lie by Charles II.
Callahan of Alex
andria.
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Mass of Material Re-
Gently Collected Shows
Washington, When a
Baby, Spent Two Years
at Mount Vernon
.Afterward Was Taken
to Fredericksburg, Va,
by His Parents-How
Mansion at Mount Yer
non Is Kept in Repair
House Has Been
Shingled Four Times.
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1t is Furthermore hoped that the fact
of it's being built by particular branch
of the Christian church will not prevent
those belonging to other branches Of the
church universal from feeling-at all
events, when services are held there in
connection with events OF national i'm
port-that it Is a national house OF God
When the revision Of the Bible was un-
dertaken the scholars who were to carry
on the work and who represented almost
every branch OF the Christian faith as
sembled before entering upon their duties
at a service in Westminster Abbey. and
the writer wi never forget that one of
the most interesting features OF the ma
tional services there, at which he was
present. was the fact that practically
every branch Of the Christian religion
was represented at those services, usually
by some Of the most eminent of its meu1s
bers.
May it now be hoped that in days To
come the services ut the cathedral In
Washington. which will certainly bs
equally open to ALL as the national
church contemplated by President Wash.
ington was to be, may be characterized
by similar representation Of different
denominations, and a step or two thereby
gained In the approach to that unity
among Christians in matters essential.
which 10 20 earnestly desired by many
Of our best citizens.
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narrative presently becomes it's sharp OBJ
session. You reach out perhaps in vain,
for something to which you may familiar
ly compare your unsatisfied sense. The
field of American life is as bare Of a
church as a billiard table of a center
piece"
1t is probably known to comparatively
few OF our country people that in the
original plans Of the city of Washington
as accepted. by its founder. the illustrious
man whose name it bears, space was pro-
vided for a national church. but such is
the fact At the beginning of our his
tory as a nation authority was given by
Coreress TO President Washington to Sc
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be noted that when Lord Pauncefote.
British ambassador 10 the United States.
died in Washington a few years ago our
government realized that there was no
church OF national importance in which
to hold the service wherewith 1t wished
to honor the man who had been for so
many years loyal servant OF his coun-
try and faithful friend of our own, al
though, fortunately. we were In, posi-
ton to send his remains to England il
one of our battleships. as those of Mr..
Reid were sent home in British ship.
1t may be said that in a country where
in no religion lie supported by the state
the idea of a national cathedral is inn
possible of realization. inasmuch as Con-
gress cannot, of course. vote money for
the erection of such Il church: ana
cathedral built by any particular demon
nation could scarcely with accuracy ne
called a national church. Doubtless tHis
will be the feeling-and very natural
feeIing-on the part of many of our Eel
low-citizens On the other hand. that
the erection of such cathedral in Wash
ington would iii need in the nations
life. long felt by a very considerable sec
ton of our people. is beyond q doubt,
and the Episcopal Church of this country
Is making the attempt to do SO.
After the signature of the treaty OF
Paris, whereby our war with Spain Of
ficially terminated. a peace cross was
unveiled upon a beautiful hilltop above
Washington. which had shortly before
been purchased as the site for the new
cathedral The unvcing of this cross
was combined with a service of thanks
giving for the termination OF the war,
at which President Mckinley. many Of
ficials of the government and con-
course of people estimated at upwaras
of twenty-five thousand were present
Upon this land has since been built the
Gothic crypt of the choir Of the proposed
cathedral. and in this crypt cathedral
services have been regularly held for
more than year past.
An illustration of the proposed cathe-
dral at Washington as designed by the
eminent ecclesiastical architect M.
Vaughn. is published with this article.
1t is hoped that this modern American
Gothic cathedral will be found to COM
pare not unfavorabIy with its great
predecessors across the seas. It's proper
lions are exceedingly fine, and its posi-
ton unrivaled
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No Americans alone Of. all civilized
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BY HENRY WHITE

WI AsHlNGTON is the only capital
w or great country which docs
not possess n national catbalr.,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-01-28
Lincoln County
Connr' S. Report.

Wiscasset, Me-, Jan. N.-(SpeciaD.-
The Lincoln county commissioners
have just completed their financial re-
port for 1918 and have sent it to the
printer for distribution.
The total appropriation for the year
was s13.4OS and the expenditures were
approximately 1884, There is AN out
standing debt however of $500 of long
standing which will leave an unex-
pended balance for the year of Sl1l1.96.
One of the heavy expenses Of the year
for which, however, provision was
made, Appropriated $1,000 for repairs
to. the historic old Court house be-
sides installing an up-to-date heating
and lighting plant. 4lfas IS
Lore H. Ford of Whitefeld is chair
man of the board and his associates
are Percy E. Storer Of Waldoboro and
J. Edward Knight of Boothbay Har-
Dor. 1t is generally believed here
abouts that MIR. Storer will soon ten
der his resignation as a member OF
the board. being an active candidate
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Searsport O. E. S.
Installs Its Officers.

sfL.
searsport, Me-, Jan. 27.--(SpeciaD.-
After partaking of bountiful supper
at 6 O'Clock, the officers-elect of An
Choir Chapter, o. E. s., were privately
installed by Mrs. Adelaid Parse. past
worthy matron. She was assisted by
Mrs Eva Nye as grand marshal The
officers. Worthy matron, Mrs. Ida
Adams; worthy patron, 3. F. Colcord;
associate matron, Mrs. Eva Nye; sec
rotary, Mrs. Louise Fletcher; treasurer,
Mrs. Jennie Gilkey; conductress, Mrs.
Henrietta Young; assistant conduc-
tress, Mrs. Elizabeth Weber; chaplain,
Mrs. Caro- Whittier; organist. Miss
Lena Nye; Adah, Miss Florence Col
cord; Ruth, Miss Mabel Griffin; Esther,
Mrs. Emily Colcord: Electa, Mrs. Ma
mic Littlefield; Martha, Mrs Annie
France warder, Mrs. Adelaide M.
Parse; sentinel, DR.. F. K. Sawyer, Fol
lowing the installation there was in
formal speech making. So
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of snow, and also for extra horses Tor
teaming purposes. There was also
demand for more horses for the log
ging districts, SO that considering the
season and the weather the trade could
be called fair, with prices about the
same as a wee kago. The heavy
horses are the best sellers, both in the
green horses fresh from the country
and also in the seconds that are turn
ed in, that are in good condition, and
these bring the highest prices, out
side of fancy harness classes.
The best heavy drafters, 165041s00
lbs, sold from s325@425, with the
heaviest and most choirce horses go
ing at slightly higher values; medi-
UNI, first class, green drafters, from
s225@325 heavy wagon and express
horses, from $1s0G225; farm chunks,
at $780, 200. Second hand horses sold
at an average range of $509175.
At the City Sale Stables-At most
of the stables the supply was light,
with offerings of two to five carloads
of green country horses, and from 25
ais acclimated and seconds. Sales
were reported fair for the season, spe
e,ally as the largest auctions sales
fell on the most stormy days of the
week.
At J. C. Keith's sale stables at the
Brighton Stock Yards there were Of
fe-ings of three carloads of green
country horses and about 80 seconds.
Sales were of fair volume with prices
about the same as were obtained a
week ago.
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BELFAST.

The revenue cutter Woodbury. wa
in this port Monday night, sailing o
Tuesday morning. Although no re
port as to her business here was mad
at headquarters, it is supposed tina
she came to look over the Ice situa
ton in the harbor and bay. This re
mains about the same, although tn
intermittent SHOWS of the past tw
days are not at all encouraging. Their
is already a thin coating Of ice eac|
morning, which becomes broken u
during the day. Should 1t remain col
over Sunday there might be some dan
ger, as there would be no steamer
to break up the ice should 1t form
Mrs. Leila Hale of Castine was i
town Monday night to attend the OPP
era Patience. given by talent Of tn
Belfast Musical Society. She was tn
guest of Miss Maude Matthews, North
port avenue.
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ton will supplement the Maine State
Teachers Association and will work
in harmony with it. The purpose as
expressed in the new constitution is:
To promote acquaintance and good
fellowship among the English teachers
of the State; to conduct investiga-
tons; to publish findings; and to CO.
operate in every possible way with
other similar organizations through
out the country.
Officers were elected as follows:
President, Prof. Roland P. Gray, Uni
versity of Maine; vice president, Prof.
w. H. Harthorn, Bates; secretary and
treasurer, Prof. r. X. Maxfieid, Col
by: editor. Prof. G.. r. Elliott. Bow
doin. a
The delegates Were entertained at
luncheon at Foss hall. the guests OF
President Roberts of Colby College.
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Paul VS.. Walker Case
Taken Up Tuesday,
Sorosis Meeting in
Library Parlors.
Ho1u Parts Are Awarded
Girls Of High School.

Skowhegan, Me-, Jan. 27.-(Special).-
The Teachers meeting at the Sorosis
Tuesday evening in Library parlors
was one of the pleasing events of the
winter. The program was in charge OF
two of the High school teachers. Miss
Blanche NJ. Emory and Miss DOROTHY
Elliott, and consisted of numbers o.
practical and literary merit. The hos
tesses We're: Miss Leila Wyman az
Miss Maud Bacon. The program col
sisted of music by the Teachers Man
dolin Club, composed of the following.
Miss Harriet Simpson, Miss Marjorie
Loring. Miss D. Jet Briggs, Miss Flor
ence Burnham, Miss Josephine Leigh
ton, Miss Mabel Sweet; paper. 'Edu-
cation in China" Mrs. Alice Mitchell;
vocal solo, Miss Florence Burnham;
paper. Value of Food" Miss Alice
Harvey. teacher in domestic science in
the Madison and Skowhegan schools;
piano solo, Miss Harriet Simpson.
The remains of the late Mrs. John
Grant were brought here from Savan-
nah, ca, Tuesday and placed in the
tomb and will In the spring be buried
in the family lot on the South Side.
She died suddenly at the age Of about
40. She was born in North New Port
land but had been a resident of Show
hogan for a number Of years, being
the daughter Of the late Zenas
Vaughan, a former sheriff of this
county. A brother. DR.. p. II. 5.
Vaughan of Yarmouth, survives.
For the first time in the history of
tie Skowhegan High school French
American of the town was awarded one
of the scholarship honors of the Senior
class which went to Miss Fedora
Lcwia. who won the salutatory of the
class. She is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Lewia of North street.
Her family are of some of the prom
inent French-American business peo-
pie Of the town and her uncle is Sec
orld. selectman of the town.
The LADIES' Night of DeMolay Com
mandery win be Thursday evening in
stead OF Friday evening as was stated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B. Steward will
leave here tomorrow for California.
WlSIG lfty VIII pass w. ~.~A ~.
Belle Merrill has been engaged to
work IN the Steward store during their
absence.
Peter Ploude died Monday night.
after several weeks sickness. He was
about so year old and had been in
business here.
Lester Shepley has resigned his po-
sition as janitor at the Bethany church
and william Golf will be the new jan
itor. Mr.. Shepley has also resigned as
janitor at the Public library on ac-
count of his new position as janitor
of the schools, and Willis Bailey will
take his place there.
Mrs. ]. H. Mathews fell down stairs
Monday and was quite severely in
jured No, bones were broken.
1t was reported here Tuesday that
there are 80 inches of snow in the
Mcosehead Lake region.
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1T is SERIOUS.
Some Augusta People Fail to Realize
the Seriousness of a Bad Back.

The constant aching of a bad back,
The WEAKNESS, the tired feeling.
The pains and aches of kidney ills
May result seriously if neglected.
Dangerous urinary troubles often
follow.
An Augusta citizen shows you what
to do.
Mrs. Walter Hall, 153 Northern Ave,
Augusta, Me-, says: For years one
Of my family had trouble from his
kidneys. There was much pain across
his back and any work that required
STOPPING or lifting made the trouble
worse. His kidneys were weak.
Doan's Kidney Pills relieved him.
Since then when he has taken them,
they have warded off any return at
lacks. A number of my neighbors
have used Doans Kidney Pills and all
speak highly of them"
Endorses Doan's Again.
One of our representatives inter-
viewed Mrs. Hall on April 10, 1912,
and she said: "Doan's Kidney Pills
have done lot for myself and friends.
cannot speak too highly of them"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name--Doans-and
take no other.--Adv.