The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-04-23
BY {. r. Hutohins, Rockville. Nd.

BY e. n. Hutehins, Rockville, Md.
Yesterday, / took the trolley, crossed
the Potomac, and got off at Alexand-
ria I imagine, comparatively few peo-.
pie realize the important place this
quaint old city has in past history:
Marvelously interesting phases OF OLD
life are attached to this place. In
1905, IL belonged to the Doag Indians,
as their hunting ground. Captain John
Smith, in his adventures for fortune,
passed by 1t, and was only stopped by
the falls of the Potomac. 1t was sold
lthe land) in 1877, to John Alexander,
$500, pounds OF tobacco. and a little
money. Xxx.
In 1749, John Carlyle built the Carlyle
house. In 1854, while Washington was
In command of the Virginia rangers,
an excited election contest occurred, be-
tween Mr.. Fairfax and Mr.. Payne, for
the house Of burgesses. Washington
supported the former. There were high
words passed between Washington and
Payne, and the latter knocked the
afterwards first in war" etc, down.
The next morning, instead of a duel,
there were the glasses and the de-
canter. Washington is said to have
said, Ito err is human. I was wrong
Mr.. Payne, but IL you have had suffi-
Client satisfaction, let us be friends"
Always after this, they we're the warm
est friends7 This perhaps illustrates
the first in peace" part.
In 1918 Christ church was built.
Many points of keenest interest are
centered in this old city. l notice but
three or four. each full of a lesson.
Tobacco Buiit Churches,
First is old Christ church. In 1765,
This, then chapel, was started, and
washington, then SO years old, was one
Oh the IL vestrymen. A tax WIS i'm
posed on the parish Of 81. 1S5 pounds of
tobacco. Part Of this was to build the
enurch in Falls church, and the rest
for h Alexandria church. Oronoco
tobacco was a big commercial factor
n those days. Not only were these two
ehurches built from the tobacco, but
me f1rst rector at the Alexandria
shurch got his first salary from 1t, being
bald 1890 pounds.
why shouldn't we smokers enjoy our
pipes, Tx Marvel style, and let these
IDEAS Of church building and pastors
1alary drift away In smoker
After the church was ready for oc-
Iupancy, no attendant was more reg1I-
ar q Washington. aud as 7 sat In
lhe double pew once occupied by him
Ielr and family, I thought. Of what
marvellous outcome had been reached
Fince he stood in that pew and adyo-
eated withholding allegiance from King
neorse. Just thing, nine years after
wards, when Independence had been
he arrived at Mount Vernon
On christmas eve. and the next day
FOUND him In his seat in this pew. The
pulpit IL just as It was then. There
are n same galleries, the same chan
cel. the same baptismal font, the tab
tets OF the creed, the same communion
tapie. the same reading desk and
cnalrs, the same solid brass Chandelier,
with It's crystal prisms, the same FROST
20 WINDOWS, and the same sounding
poaro that Were there In Washineton's
Tune. Hallowed memories cluster with
n these sacred walls surely. Where
the organ now Is was the slaves gal
tery. l sat In another pew, that of
General Lee. AS a boy, with others he
USED TO gather eyergreens and helm
decorate he church for Christmas sea-
sons. On Saturday. April 20. 1851. the
resignation Of Lee was received by the
government, and the next day he sat
In MS pew for the last time.
Women were thought In those old
rays to have been of some importance.
Tor IN the selection OF the first sex-
ton, Susannah Edwards was chosen.
ana she always preceded the members
OF the congregation UP the aisle. To-
eating q c family in its respectfye
pew, according to dignity"
NOW, n for Ia years, this dear old