The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-04-23
Quaint Ola Alexandra.

church has stood with open arms and
q generous welcome to all.
Carlyle House for Sale.
I next went through the old Carlyle
house, once the most famous house In
Alexandria. 1t is now deserted, and
marked For Sale" 1t was built by
John Carlyle in 1745. He was collec-
tor OF customs under the crown, and Mt
Washington's request was appointed by
Governor Dinwiddie, major and quar-
termaster during the French and In
dian war. / went all through the old.
deserted place. And old moat still
exists. and dungeons are still here
where hostages were kept. The two.
spacious old wine cellars greeted me
with dismal max dness. l stood on the
lower stairs, down which washington
and Braddock went together to fight
the Indians. and on the upper part OF
which Washington proposed to n wa
rejected by Miss Fairfax. This house
IN those days was kept open for all
the gaiety OF the times, for society
surpassed for culture and refinement.
In Washington's diary frequent mem
ton is made of the famous dinners he
attended here. p.
I visited the Masonic temple, where
Washington was its first master. It Ii
a wonderful place. 1t got It's first char
ter from Pennsylvania in 7T83. In
100 IL ShIEStldEISu ILLS anu OOldlhOu
one from h grand lodge Of Virginia.
In this lodge room there is such a
priceless collection Of Washington's
relics that n stands almost In silent
reverence. Here is the trowel used by
him in laying the corner stone Of the
capitol September Is, 1898. Here Is
his apron, woven by Madame Lafayette
and presented to him by the marquis
in 1886: the masters chair, sat in by
him, his bed chamber clock and the
gloves he wore at his wedding. These
are among the riches, Leaving the
sacred traditions Of Washington, I
walked down Oronoco street and saw
the two houses Robert e, Lee lived In
as a boy, How fragrant the emo
Of Washington, so loyal, so devoted to
mis- country, so patriotic; the other. SO
gallant. SO brave, yet a traitor to his
country. Lee was a Virginian. That
is the only ease he could yer give
for taking sides with the south. It ig
a fiimsy reason for allying himself
against his country, OF which Virginia
was a small part. VI.
Where Rebel coIors Flew.
And now I visit a house (aIso de-
serted AID For Sale") which Is asso-
ciated with later times. This is the
Marshall house. I climbed to the top
and stood where a rebel flag few, 50
years 6 next month. It had worried
Lincoln. A little owe a month later
the union forces came, and young
Ellsworth. Of the New York Zouaves,
marched his regiment in front OF the
! hotel and, with a little squad OF his
men, rushed up the stairway and
hauled down the odious colors. AS he
came down, Jackson, the proprietor,
who had displayed the flag killed
him with shot fro q double
barreled gun. A fire eater of the south,
he was about to shoot again, when
Corporal Brownlee shot him and then
pierced him through with his bayonet.
Thus I have given a brief sketch Of
some Of the sights OF Alexandria, 1t
does one good to visit these old places,
so thoroughly imbued with the men and
times Of the building Of this nation.
One realizes something of the tremen-
dous march that has been made, some
thing of the trials and hardships which
were endured in those times that
tried mems souls" something OF what
this government has cost. Living in
the exact localities. and by faith in the
presence Of the great men OF b past,
one gets to have a deeper and more
loving devotion to "Old Glory and all
that 1t typi6es.
Blu and crimson and white II shines,
Over the steel-tipped, ordered lines,
Hats off!
The colors before US fly.