Evening star., 1916-03-12

Prince Georges county. is the minist er
at Addison Chapel.
Following the main street of the VIII
lage as far as the bridge over the cleo
right-hand turn, will come to a tree at
the fork of two roads. and on that tree
is nailed a sign which tells that the
road to the left is the Carmody road.
and that which leads straight ahead is
the Chapel road. The Chapel road is
one of the old highways of the region.
Before the building of the Mud pike.
which for more than half a century has
been called Central avenue, the Chapel
road was the great thoroughfare be-
tween the lands of Concord. Independ-
ence and Seat Pleasant and neighbor-
ing estates and Washington II con-
nected with the old Anacostia road.
leading along the Eastern branch from
Anacostia through Twining, Benning
and Kenilworth to B1adensburg. 1t
took the name Chapel road from the
fact that it led to Addison Cha pei,
which was considered the most i'm
portant place along its course.
The Rambler turned southeast and fol-
lowed the Chapel road For nearly
coZy homes. which form a part of the
village of Seat Pleasant. Two new lit
tie churches stand along the way.
Finally the houses become fewer
Vacant lots. clumpS of pines and con-
siderable patches of fallow land lie be-
tween the houses. Then one comes to
the last house on the southerly side of
the village. the narrow concrete foot
walk ends and the Chapel road plunges
into woodland and resumes its ancient
character of country road. The Ram
bier stopped at a big brick house in
fine grounds. the home of George
Palmer to make inquiry as to the way
TO the old Seat Pleasant house. Still
southeast the course lay. Masses of
alder. showing touch of spring. and
groves of sycamores along the streams
were notes in the landscape. OF course.
there were cedars, some in ragged rows
with irregular intervals between them.
and some in little families or colonies
off the roadside. Nobody could think
of Maryland landscape without cedar
trees in it. The Chapel road intersect-
ed Central avenue, along which the
Rambler has tramped several times
this winter. Crossing Central avenue
the Chapel road becomes a mere lane.
1t bridges the track of the steam rail-
road to Chesapeake Beach and passes
between wide cleared fields to high
ground.
On the highest point stood few
locust trees and among their trunks
were some box bushes. The Rambler
knew that had been the site of house
and to himself he made a guess that
Seat Pleasant house had stood there.
A few yards beyond the locusts and
the box was a broad rambling house,
fenced with white and shrubbery in the
garden. The family was at the mid
day meal and knock at the dining
room door was answered by pleasant
faced woman. At the head of the table
a strong and hardy man with shock
of iron-gray hair was eating though
he enjoyed good health and he turned
and said, Come in In answer to the
question he pointed to the shaggy
locusts and the seedy box as the place
where Seat Pleasant house stood.
The man at the table was the pres
ent owner of the site and many acres
of surrounding land. His name is ].
II. Frye and he and his boys raise many
kinds of vegetables which Washing
tonians eat. Mr.. Frye was Confed-
the battles in which the Army of
likes to talk of the old times. And
a place at the table for the Rambler
toes. country ham. coffee and preserves.
Rambler went over to the site of Seat
the cellar walls mark where the house
has fallen into the cellar and out of
are growing
The Seat Pleasant lands were not
originally a part of the Independence