Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-04-28

fN'' - "'s southern hons.
sor' you can find. Frequently ,o,
are heated by gas stoves. wi,b ''''s
lnes Tor the gas fumes and h,,.- yen
10 escape. This plays havoc No.. at
speakers throat and makes
susceptible to colds. Eve, = 'na
IN the larger towns waitress. "''a's
ing waist-line belts, dump :, w. ar
at the table some twelve 60. % acc
dishes, with spoonful or 10y
IN each dishlet, nina Of l
samples" you never eat. and ,l
tnree you would not eat prera-.4
food is. And yet our cou,,,
fraced by calling this sor, nc
food the American plan" A..
roadside tavern in England
shame us by the sort of food s
ana the attractive way in viii
served. AS man who has po,,
the world more than the aver
Gen. want to record nv won-.-
every town OF any pride and en.,--
IN ADDITION to having good road ,5.
ing In and out of it, does M,
immense advantage of frs,.,, .''
community hotel, built as ,;,;..--.
enterprise, to both attract the teas
pubic and to leave upon tbosa
travellers the delightful and las,ir, -.
preston which modern hotel +. ." ,.
TO produce. But nothing shor, % lU'
and cold water in the rooms ,.n
private and otherwise. and an a.,a.,,- ..s
olning-room service can be consi+oras
Inc so-called american Plan" 81 ~.
ing is no longer the America, A.
with self-respecting, modern Aneri, a,
citizens. 1t is a relic of bv-pone la,.
| may say in passing that the VIZ
sor Hotel in Wheeling, w. Va NV
decidedly the best one hit upor -
his tour, and the "Vendome" res,,m
rant in Johnstown, Pa.
In passing through Uniontow, D,
our auto-bus ran for miles in si,L,
OF the ridge of mountains behind ub;.h
IS old Fort Necessity, the grave q, ,ba
frst victim of the French and r,s;.s
war, Jeronville, and the grave Of Rr,d
dock. History unrolled as | rode alo,,
looking at this romantic and bis,o-;,
section of Pennsylvania. Our NUN
washington, a young colonial Officer
on a mission for Governor Dinwidiis
with orders to defend the land borde-
ing on the Ohio from French appres
sion, hastily built what he called For,
Necessity, and when he saw that the
French commander, Jeronville mean,
to attack him, ordered his men 10 FIRE
and the French commander fell. This
LED OF course to hostilities and ultimate
~ to that war which the captu-o NJ
Quebec ended and which eay, tina
North American continent to the En-.
elish instead of the French The most
picturesque as we'll as disastrous epi-
Sode in that war was the defeat of
oraodock, which took place near the
spot where the French commander
above referred TO had fallen. Here in
these hills the brave but arbitrary
braddock, with his English regulars,
met Indian warfare for the first time,
and thew lost their heads completely.
braddock persisted in not listening 10
Col. George Washington. who even at
late hour could have saved the dav.
Braddock finally fell mortally wounded.
AS he Law gasping for breath he KEEP,
saying to Washington: at all seems
so strange" Washington had Brad
docks body buried in the road, he him
self reading over his body the burial
service of the Church Of England, and
then, when the grave was filled. order
ed the wagon train to drive over The
grave to hide it from violation BY the
Indians. Years after, a man in dig
ging up some part of the old road found
the unmistakable remains of an English
ofhcer's decorations. This led to the
body being disinterred and buried un-
der great tree, where a monument
now stands to commemorate the spot
Probably in all American history there
is no more romantic chapter than this
expedition Of Braddock, and the retreat
so masterfully carried out BY Col
George Washington AS sat in the
auto and looked upon a spot of Such
historic interest, felt glad that could
speak to the people on Americas
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