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Here lies the body of Elizabeth towen, Berry.
80 17as and departed this life October g. iscs
Here lies the body of Walter Zachriah Berry
Mho WAS WAS born 90 Agrl A. 1907 and departed this
In memory Of Priscilla NJ. wife of zachriah
Berry, born February IA, 1901, died June "a,
Concord house is in a garden of about
the size of a city square. The grounds
are grown with oaks, tulip trees, spruce,
naples, buckeyes and holly trees. Up to
the south front of the house leads
brick pavement. and in the grounds is
the trace of a circular drive that was
bedded with gravel, but this is now
covered with turf. but the big stones
that bordered the drive are in place and
visible. The house is two full stories.
with a cellar, lighted through windows,
and a garnet lighted through dormer
windows, which stand out from the
steeply sloping single roof, green with
moss. At each end of the house is a
broad. heavy chimney, which rises
above the peak of the single roof.
the house are deep covered porches.
Grouped about the house, but at the
usual distance from it, are the meat
house, snokehouse, icehouse, wash
mouse, mousse, COTnnouSeS,
en- houses, stables and barns, and near
by are some tenant houses. A village
of outbuildings fills the picture.
In the house are portraits of early
Berrys of Concord painted by some of
those numerous intinerant portrait
painters of whom the Rambler has
previously written. and who roamed
the country before the advent Of the
daguerreotype.
Concord house is not as old as the
Berry ownership of the estate. 1t was
probably built by Zachariah Berry
about 1900. There is a question as to
whether 1t was built by Zachariah I or
Zachariah II. but there are evidences
that 1t was built about 1900. and it Is
known to have been standing when the
British marched through that section
before and after the capture Of Wash
ington in 1914. Zachariah Berry 1 was
alive then, his death, according to the
inscription on his tomb, not having oc-
Cured until March rs, 1915.
That Zachariah Berry was a brother
of Benjamin Berry. founder Of the Ber<
ry family of Independence. Seat Pleas
ant Sunnyside and others of those
farms which the Rambler has recently
visited just over the District boundary
east of the city.
Thomas E. Berry, who bought a large
part of the Addison tract of Oxon Hill
and was living in the splendid Oxon Hill
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The Prophet.

a N English novelist said in New York
&A on his return from the war thea.
ter:
"a wounded Tommy was travelling
in France. The train stopped. and he
put out his bandaged head and saw a
brand-new battalion of territorials
marching in fine array toward the
front.
"'Are you dahn- hearted:' the Tom
my shouted from his carriage, and all
the regiment. from the colonel down.
shouted back a gay and thunderous
'Nor
The Tommy, as he drew his ban
daged head In again, yelled:
"'Well, We soon will be when ~ yet
in them trenchesy"
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bridge, robbing the old place of Its in
dependence. The financial loss comes
in the shape Of lost fees, Of course.
Of the school IL another thing that
causes deep concern. There are GER
tain ways of doing certain things in
as in all schools. rituals,
some of a serious nature,
some otherwise. but all important.
These customs have been going on for
centuries. handed down by the upper
classmsn to the lower. The prospect is
now faced that II the war keeps going
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pital is the ward devoted to hot-water
treatment. Here men with poisoned
wounds live in water heated to tenn
perature of 100 degrees. Bath tubs have
been set up and beds built into them.
The tub is filed with hot water, which
is always changing, and the men are put
unbandaged. There they stay for days
at time, often weeks. not leaving even
to eat or sleep. The hot water cleanses
the wounds and alleviates the pain. 1t is
rather heroic treatment and it isn't taken
except when other methods fail, but it is
often most efficacious.
The hospital was erected at very low
cost. In London the cost per bed in a
$4,000. In Cambridge the cost is less
than $50.
DR.. A. E. shipley, master of Christ's
College, has taken leading part in the
organization of the hospital. In a book
let he has written concerning the place he
says:
'1t is difficult for people accustomed
to closed and curtained rooms to real
ize the part that air plays in the main
tenance of health throughout their
lives; hence the value of pure. fresh
air in helping the body to cure wounds
and to throw off disease remains often
unrecognized. We are apt to forget
that the air contains 20.S per cent of
the most important of the chemical
elements required for the proper nutri-
ton and cleansing of the tissues of the
body, viz, oxygen. The rest is nearly
all nitrogen. which is practically inert
when. soon after the beginning of
the war. it became clear that. owing to
the Improvement in the method Of
transport of the wounded and injured,
incapacitated men could and did. come
direct from the front to the military
hospitals in this country, it seemed
that the time had arrived to put into
practice on a large scale that open-air
treatment which had been for SO many
years severely tested at the Adden-
brooke Hospital. at Cambridge. and at
many hospitals in other centers.
THE most striking result obtained
when a patient lives in the open air is
the maintenance or restoration of
healthy condition of the body, a feeling
of pleasure at merely being alive, a
certain elevation of spirit and conse-
quent kindly good will toward others.
This improvement in health and morale
certainly happens when patient is
transferred from closed ward to an
open lair ward. These happy symptoms
are obvious even to an unframed OBJ
server. but underlying them, and, in
deed. Intimately associated with them,
is an increased activity in the tissues
of the body, a raising of the patients
power to throw off disease. tendency
to counterfeit the sepsis SO often asso-
ciated with wounds and a speeding up
of the rate of return to ordinary health
almost beyond belief.
"Air, the destroyer or transformer Of
all the waste products Of vital activ-
ity. exercises a similar influence on the
products of disease. and as these prod
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house on the Maryland ridge. opposite
Alexandra, during the civil war, and
whose tomb, a brick vault in the hillside,
was obliterated only few years ago, was
related to,the Berrys Of Independence and
Concord and his wife was sister of
Thomas Berry of Concord.
Leaving Concord, the Rambler traced his
way to the point where the road south
east from the blacksmith shop on Cen
trail avenue branches right and left. 1t
was the right fork that led to Concord
and the Rambler next followed the left
fork. which leads to Walkers mill.
This is the only water mill operating
in Prince Georges county, Md, and one
of the three still grinding in the region
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punts on the cam, no undergraduates
strolling about. athletic fields showing
porters were on hand here and there.
They were the only people about. Win
dows closed everywhere and every
where silence.
That night the writer spoke of 1t to
one of the worlds most famous phi
losophers. great man in Cambridge,
saying how terrible it all was. He,
like other professors. must have felt
classrooms. and with many of his own
pupils among the killed and wounded.
He agreed quite simply:
Yes. but we wouldn't have 1t any
other way"
And that is the way they all feel
about it-said that undergraduates, al
most to man, have departed for the
front, but proud that Cambridge men
see clearly their duty. and do not lack
the hardihood to carry it out.
And II is not only the undergraduates
of Cambridge who have shown the
spirit the institution breeds. OF the
graduates. there are upward of 10000
who have gone to serve. At last ac-
counts nearly 700 of these have been
killed and hundreds of others wounded.
The situation with regard to the in
structors is much the same as that
concerning the undergraduates. OF
those of military age, nearly every one
has departed. Those staying behind
do so because of age or physical dis
ability.
What classes there are are sparse in
numbers. One of the masters of leading
college said the other day that he has
one lecture where his class consists of
one solitary student, and this one
Indian. But the lecture goes on,
this master solemnly delivering II to
his single student. OF the 500 who
remain in Cambridge. there are very
military service. Many are Indians.
some are Americans. considerable
number are medical students who. SO
far. have been advised not to go. Now,
however, II is contemplated to permit
these boys to enlist. This is being met
with vigorous opposition, for II Is fore
seen that II the medical students are
permitted to drop their work there will,
later on, with all the loss to the pro-
fession through the war. be . serious
shortage Of doctors in this country.
There used to be a number OF German
students at Cambridge. Now that they
the German army. 1t Ia being recalled
at Cambridge that some of them used
invariably to spend their holidays on
motor cycles and that they always
went to the east coast. II ever there 10
an invasion of England by Germany 1t
is anticipated that these ex-Cambridge
students will be in the front rank.
Wars wounds may some time heal. but
It will probably be . good many years
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point to point follow the easier con-
tours of the land.
There has been mill on the site now
occupied by Walkers mill for upward or
200 wears The earliest Berrys of Con-
cord built a mill there. and perhaps
mill stood there even before Concord
became Berry property. The mill was
operated at least by three generations
of the Concord Berrys-Zachariah. the
elder: Zachariah. the younger, and
Thomas. All these men lived to ripe
age. The civil war and the competition
of giant mills of the northwest, win
low railroad transportation charges.
made the operation of the little mills
on the branches around Washington
precarious business. and In scores OF
cases losing business. The wheels or
the Berry mill on the Concord property
stopped, as the Rambler believes. during
the civil war or very soon after, anu
the mill fell out of repair.
The present miller, C fl. Walker. liis
the Rambler's friend. the blacksmith,
also a Washingtonian by BIRTH but de-
scended from a family long settled in
Maryland. Miller Walker went out FRI m
Washington about forty-five years sso
to build a number of bridges along The
Mud pike. He saw the mill-seat on the
Berry farm. and. completing his bridge
building bought the mill property from
Thomas Berry, rehabilitated the mill
and turned miller.
He is proud of the meal turned out
by the mill. and says that. given hard
white Maryland corn grown on the ianos
around Washington and properly cured,
he will produce as good meal as can be
produced in the United States. HIS
daughter brought out bushel OF SO to
show the Rambler. 1t was creamy. hne
and soft. and though the Rambler might
have overlooked it. the miller and ms
daughter called attention to tie feSt
that the meal had no bran in IL. Here
is the suggestion for anybody buying
cornmeal-look out for bran in the meal.
Branlessness is test for cornmeai.
The miller's daughter made the Rambler
some corn bread out of the meal-and
the good meal. the daughters skill and
the Rambler's appetite made a happy
combination.
The miller before the civil war was
a member of the National Rifles. when
the armory of that organization was
Temperance Hall, on Z street between
9Th and 10th streets. which later became
Marini's Hall. He told the Rambler
many stories of the members of that old
military company, of Capt. Shaeffer, who
went into the Confederate service; Lieut..
Smead, who was killed at Bull Run; Ar
thur McDermott, Oscar Hough, who
Joined the southern forces; Lieut.. Ross
Fish Fred Mcclure and many of the
others.
Should you stray eastward of Wash
ington you should take a look at the
big. old brick house of Concord, and you
should go down to the ancient mill and
listen to the slow. but Industrious, song
of its wheel.
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rIHE actual battle line in this great
struggle is scarcely a hUudred
miles away, but in London one
gets little touch of the real
tragedy Of il. In the streets there are
many soldiers: often one sees wounded
men, strolling about in the loose blue
hospital uniforms. with flaming red
cravats. or being driven about in
motor cars or carriages by kind women,
but these men of battle are jolly lot
and they do not bring home the trag-
edy of IT all
England suffers, but her wounds are
not open ones. like those of Belgium,
with ruined Louvain, or France, with
the cathedral at Rheims standing
gaunt and hollow. But there are evil
dences of what II all means and how
vital IL is. A few days ago the writer
was taken to Cambridge University by
don OF one of the colleges there.
There the truth came home. There
was the evidence-the proof of what
England was doing.
Beautiful Cambridge. The ancient
cradle of British learning is deserted
Streets. courts and buildings that
should be echoing the glad ring Of COL
lege life are empty. The thousands of
young Britishers who should be there
are gone. departed to the four quar-
tiers of the globe, to tight in England's
numerous wars--in Flanders, in the
near east. Africa, Mesopotamia II is
like an American university in summer
time-deserted-but with a difference
There are enough students and in
strUctors left TO make the thing more
poignant: TO suggest what was and
what ought to he. and-what really is.
The presence of the few. the absence of
the many. strikes one with dreadful
force. In all Cambridge University in
the various colleges that make up the
whole. there should be 1000 under
graduates. There are 500. The rest
of these boys. many OF them barely of
military age, are in khaki. Many of
them are dead
On this day the writer had visited
half a dozen of the famous colleges Of
mbridge-Corpus. Trinity. Christs.
Jesus. King's-beautiful old-world
places every one. enhancing In their
antiquity, splendid in their architec-
ture. but best in their atmosphere of
British breeding-of things clean and
fine. And as visitors walked on from
one place to another. in haze Of gran
deur. mixed with antiquity and quaint
ness. they found the place empty. No
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before Cambridge University Is graced
by another German student.
Aside from the sad tale empty Cam
bridge has to tell, this sudden evacua-
tion is a serious matter to the great in
stitution. Financially the war is ter
rife blow, from which the university
may be una BILE to recover without some
sort of state grant This would be dis
tressing to those belonging to Cam
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and the reports we get indicate that
all are doing their duty nobly.'
That describes the situation through
out the university. The ratio of men
serving is nearly everywhere the same,
and on all sides there is wholesome
evidence of unanimtty of pluck and
purpose.
But with all the inherent beauty of
this great old university the most Won
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for a year or two longer there will be
no upper classmen, and when the uni
yersity reopens, say two years hence.
the student body will consist of one
large mass of freshmen. Men who
were there before the outbreak Of the
war. in their second or third year, will
not care about returning to school.
They will have become too old, besides
having acquired in the field habits and
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around Washington. the other being Burnt
mills at the point where the Colesville
pike crosses Northwest branch in Mont
gomery county. Md, and Roberts mill on
Cameron run. south of the Little River
turnpike, a short distance west of Alex
andria, and since the extension of the
corporate limits of Alexandria, that mill.
for anything the Rambler knows to the
contrary. may be within the city of Alex
andria.
The Rambler understood the miller to
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H1HE country traversed by the Mud
pike, which the moderns now
III call Central avenue, revives

E7HE country traversed by the Mud
pike, which the moderns now
call Central avenue, revives
& many memories and yields in
teresting matter to the explorer. 1t is
very old country. 1t was closely set
tied and we'll cultivated while the ter
ritory west of Rock creek was still in
wild state. 1t is interesting in that
numerous descendants of those early
settlers are still living there. The
Rambler has twice written of his trav
els in that section, but the end is not
vet and there are roads and fields that
are vet to be tramped over.
Up to last Sunday the Rambler had
advanced eastward along Central ave-
nue. as far as the road which turns
north through the lands of that old es-
tate called independence. Leaving be-
hind the dirt road that leads south to
Sunnyside and the road which leads
north through lands which are still
known as Independence. the main way
that is, Central avenue-leads up
grade TO a small cluster of buildings,
comprising blacksmith shop, the
home of the smith, a frame school
house and decaying log house which
seems to have served it's mission in life
and to be waiting by the roadside until
all its timbers shall return to dust. At
this point on the road the land falls
Joy hne view, but not a very extern
sive one, for it is a region of low hills
and the horizon does not seem to be
far away.
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of a wide section of country. A man
occupying such a position and having
his place of business and his dwelling
house at a high point on high road
is somewhat of a public character.
The automobile is pursuing Its con-
Quering way in that part of the world,
and many of the farmers there are
using cars" but they continue also to
use the horse, and rural blacksmiths
have expanded their industry to in
clude repairs to automobiles. Kalenback,
the smith, is not a native of the region
he serves. He was born in Washing
ton sixty years ago. and served his
time"-that is, learned his trade-in
Washington, and, striking out for him
self. opened on the Mud pike the little
blacksmith shop which stands there to-
day, nearly surrounded by a motley
collection of vehicles, which, If not alb
solutely down and out, are at least
temporarily out Of the running.
The crestfallen loghouse, according
to Kalenback, once stood on the farm Of
William w. Hill, about mile north
east of it's present site. William Hill,
member of the extensive and promi-
nent southern Maryland family of that
name, was a large landholder in that
section. He died about twenty years
ago, and the Hill homestead, surround
ed still by goodly acreage. is occu-
pied by William Hills son Edward and
his family. The loghouse was moved
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.

LONDON, January 20, 1916.
The actual battle line in this great
struggle is scarcely a huudred
miles away, but in London one
gets little touch of the real
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-14
RIVALS FIGHT OVER
GIRL OF LONG AGO
Bitter Jealousy is Revived
Among Two Italians After
Halt a Century.

Fifty years ago James Alfonzo, IS,
and Gastova Gontele, %, were friends
in Sardinia, Italy. They were also
rivals in love for the hand of a beau
tiful young countrywoman. Each
pressed his suit with the ardor GUS
tOmary to young lovers in warm
cllmes. and while the girl smiled on
both she was unable TO make choice
between them. Then came the final
effort Of Garlbaldi 10 unity Italy, and
tho two suitors we're called to war.
Brayely they marched away, each
determined to do his duty TO the ut
tcrmost in the hope that such devo-
tlon would win him favor in the eyes
OF the loved one. All the priyations OF
a hard campaign were endured by the
two lovers, until at last Garibaldi was
defeated and fighting ceased.
The two rivals then returned home,
only to learns that the girl they loved
had died during their absence Short
~ thereafter their paths in life separ-
ated, and as the years rolled by the
Swecthearts face became u dimming
memory.
Tho other day. in box car on a
railroad in northern Indiana, two
white-haired old men met. members
OF a rowing gang Of railroad laborers.
Chatting, as these old-tiners some
times will, they discovered that they
were the love rivals OF long ago. Sad
ly they spoke Of the girl. As remIn-
iscences were exchanged, memories Of
the old sweetheart became more clear,
and in the breast OF each the old-time
passion was again revived.
Once more the aged hearts ached
as on the day when first they learned
of their loved ones death. With
every renewed pang of memory. calm
"reminiscences gave way to argument
and to words more heated. each feel
Ing that he alone was the one most
favored in the eyes of the girl of long
ago.
Suddenly in an outburst Of anger,
Gastova. the younger, burdened under
the weight Of his seventy-two years,
drew stiletto and lunged at his rival.
The latter met the attack on his own
ready blade. and the two old men
ragged back and forth in the car until
both dropped exhausted to the floor
with blood flowing from many wounds.
In a hospital. on adjoining cots.
MORALLY stricken. lie the two aged
rivals for a hand long since grown
cold.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-14
COUNTY
NEWS EVENTS
ARE REPORTED
Correspondent Keeps Tab Of
That Section for Readers Of
the Telegram.

WESTON, Sept. Fern Leaf Re
bekah Lodge No. 1O1, Of Weston,
will hold a picnic at JaJckson's Mil
park. on Sunday afternoon, Septem
Der II, for the purpose OF celebrat-
ing the sixty-ffth anniversary Of the
order. All Rebekahs and Odd Fell
lows are cordially invited to come.
Mrs. Harry Hayden, Of Camden, re-
turned last Friday from visit with
her son, Jack" Hayden. who was re-
Gently operated on at the st. Mary's
hospital, Clarksburg, for Appendix
citis. She reports him doing fine.
John Keaton. superintendent OF
mechanics OF the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad at Cincinnati o., has
been visiting Mike McGloghlln, in
the county.
George Joel. Of Rochester. \. Y.
travelling salesman for the Stimer and
Moore Whip Company. OF Westfeld,
Mass, was in the city on his twenty
fifth annual visit Saturday. He Is
81 years old and has travelled for
sixty-two years, working for only
two firms during that length Of time.
He looks to be good for twenty more.
The county court has decided TO
place before the people Of the coun-
ty the question of whether the peo-
pie want to pave the four leading
roads to the county line. To do this
the court estimates that it will take
$1,000,000. 1t will be voted on at
the fall election. One prominent
farmer remarked on the street in
this language: Sure. / am for the
bond issue. Who wouldn't be? 4