Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-02-12


trip up the Potomac river to Mt. Vern-
on.
We passed in front of the tomb of
and his wife and up to
the old mansion. We saw the old bed
stead in Washingtons bed room
where he died, ana the bed in Martha
Washington's room where she died,
and much other ancient and artistic
furniture, also the kitchen and uten-
sis, the old music room, the summer
kitchen, and the old coach that Wash
ington used to ride in, and his flower
garaen, his green house, the old
spinning room. After all these sights
we gathered down in front of the
tomb again, to listen to a speech by
Senator Pomerene. He delivered a
fine talk to US. We then boarded the
boat to go back to Washington. Up
on landing for dinner and from there
we paraded the streets of the city a
while and then to the train for the
night.
When all were on board, the train
pulled out in the country about 10
miles, so we could rest without the
noise of the city. About $50 the next
morning we had a fine time joking and
getting ready for the mile trip to
breakfast at the Winston again. At
ter breakfast we went to Washington's
monument which is 555 feet high, 55
feet square at the base and 80 feet
square at the top. 1t has no windows
above the door until che top. 1t is the
largest piece of mason work in the
world. It has an elevator and stairs
to the top; you can either walk or
ride.
1t takes the elevator 80 minutes to
go up and back down once. wanted
to walk up or down, SO l rode up and
walked down so l could see all the
blocks of marble, contributed by near
ly every country in the world. Some
states gave more than one stone, but
there was stone from every state in
the union, and nearly every one out
side the U. S.
| l managed to get to the bottom af-
ter a while, and after all the rest in
my crowd got out, we went to the new
national museum. This is SCI 36E
feet in area, being greater than any
other government building except the
Capitol. So you see it has enough
room in it for quite few things. We
did not have to stay together here, sc
two other lively boys and l started
/ together, and we saw nearly every
thing in the museum We only hac
SO long time to look. We first weni
past the skeletons of every kind o1
animal living and extinct, from {
mammoth to a mouse.
We went past the birds of all kind!
from an ostrich to an English spar
row. We than went thro the most in
teresting part where there were hun
dreds of mummies. Some were sit
ting on board spinning, others sit
ting on a bank fishing, and in on
place we saw a little hut, with
small door it, with only one room il
it. Just outside of the door was
woman. sitting on block of wooe
holding a baby, and man not ia
away on his knees skinning deel
A little way from that were two boy
skinning rabbit. The whole famil
were mummies. Another showed
man making fire by rubbing sticks to
gether. There were several other sue
sights on that floor. In another plac
}, was a collection of stones, some abou
the size of a pea, which were wort
thousands of dollars because they ar
/ the only ones of their kind in tn
/ world, also diamonds and rubys, G
, various sizes and precious stones G
| all kinds.
: In another room is nothing bu
but money, different kinds of none.
from every nation in the world eve
) iron money which was used by tn
+ ancient Spartans several hundre
2 years B. c., also money from ever
country on the globe in use at th
; present time. After feasting our eye
r here awhile, we went down stairs an
saw in one corner of one of the room
e a place about ten foot square, wher
t there were three people called tn
LAGOON group. They were three wh
tried to do something contrary to th
rest of the people, so they were ia.
tened together by serpent and petr
fed. Leaving the museum we wer
= to the printing and engraving built
ing. A lady guide took us around
this building. Entering an elevate
we went up two or three stories, the
winding around for some time, "
came to the room where they max
money. We were not on the san
floor as the employees, but were U
about 20 feet on a cement walk {
5 feet wide. From there we coul
see the people making money. 1t
said they make one million dolla1
each day. They have the paper cut
certain sizes, which they lay on
table and put black wax on it, the
wipe it off and run the paper thro
machines and person takes it an
lays it on pile all ready to be Gu
it is then carried to another perso
who cuts it, it is then ready for use
On the other side they were maxim
postage stamps and revenue stamp
= Leaving there we went back to tn
Winston for luncheon. After luncheo
we all gathered on the south side {
the White House where we were a
lined up and marched through tn
White House and shook hands wit
President Wilson in the famous Eas
room. This is where they hold the
"a balls for various state occasions. Al
| ter shaking hands with the Presider
we marched out the east door and ha
z our pictures taken.
81 From the White House some of l
vt went to the old national museum
ri which to my mind is more interestin
than the new museum. Here we sa
the old cannon which Lafayette brouel
from France during the Revolution
We saw all of the first locomotives an
the first steam ship made by Robel
Fulton, and every boat made sint
Fulton's invention. The first stre'
car and a model of the first inventio
of every kind. We saw models {
tevery one of the new ships that al
being built, also model telephone an
telegraph and the first real telephor