Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-21

pIendid CHARIOT. q heavy, clumsy,
,ut snowy vehicle that was perhaps
he most elegant affair OF It's kind
D the country.
Falkland. too, was a centre of
,c&ce and industry M well as OF war
md romance. Early In the last cen
ury farmers teamed" thither from
he southern counties Of Pennsyi-
panis, through the little crossroads.
md brought their corn or wheat 70
or Christjana and took home
loads OF merchandise or fertilizer
Others drove their fatted cattle 10
the sleek, contented steers
almost fliing the narrow roadway
two days in the week, pioddin9 their
way % the shanbies,
and chewing their cuds as they went
Tho drivers would stop at the littis
inn overnight, whiio their "beevos"
rested, and filed their paunches fsofn
the lush grass OF the pasture. in re-
freshment for the next days drive.
The nor might take a dram OF grog
at the hotel for their stomach's sake.
at an outlay Of perhaps six cents for
a brimmins glassful.
The old house at tho end oe tho
was also hotel at one time. and
one is assured II was well kept. II
fiour!shed about the time the Brandy.
wine Springs hotel was at the zenith
Of it's popularity, and possibly ft may
have catered 20 tho wet needs n
the people thereabouts, those who
might have hesitated TO seek an inn
so elegant as the resort OF the sum
he rf-ft f~t.
az the end OF an arching double row
Of locust trees, q hundred yards or
so away.
Assurediy the most interesting INK
/ connecting tho present with the last
/ century Is the old Fell mansion, which
sits loftiiy. with much patricisn Dig
nifty and elegance. in a superb frame
work Of forest trees. boxwood and
Towering shrubbery, that is a blaze
of color and brilliant greens in sum-
nertin1e. overlooking Che country
round. A section Of IL doubtless saw
the old Springs hotel grow under the
direction of Justa Justis, ard was al
most half a century old when the inn
Il went up in smoke and down in ashes.
II is pure colonial IN design with all
the simple charm and distinction that
are characteristic Of those splendid
houses that had their genesis in the
brain Of Sir Christopher Trenn, 70
whom this country owes much for
the elegance OF its early homes and
distinction Of its public buildings IL
wss erected in three sections, in a.
, many periods, the original part early
I in the eighteen hundreds. II Is. az
> this time the home ot the seventh
' generation OF the Fell family.
: No less interesting is the interior
2 Of the fine old house. Within are
: furniture and fittings that delight the
lovers OF the handivork Of such artist
y craftsmen as Chippendale and Shera-
$ ton OF the last century-sIi cousts-
= tentiy OF the same period. They ar.
r such treasures Of the art OF bycons
n days that one would expect tn find
t them only in 8 museum preserved
y for future reference or cdsncatiou-
e The house is now owned and ocer-
u pied by Mrs. Frank H (Elsts rsr)
g Boynto1, daughter Of the late WYYiianr
: Jenk. Fell. its preceding owner. From
! it's wonderful doorways. remark
able examples OF the wood carver's
= skill, one may see long sweepo OF
= countryside, a veritabIe rural para<lss
= that impelled the admiration OF VIII
= liam Penn and later OF GeorE~ wan
!. ington.
Is Il was at nlill there that onvvs
Evans invented the elevators for the
- movement Of mobile grain. one Cf ehe
!, greatest boorD 20 man N tho eAxiy
"a devices for the easement OF his physi-
~ cal burdens. Just over the elevation
as AID tree top. the sight carries almost
,e 20 Oliver Evanss wheeIwright shop
where he learned his trade. He VA,
be the Edison OF his day-the latter par
IL OF the 18th century. His invention,
he were innumerable, and It has beer
no sad that this humbly born Della.
as warean did more 10 lift the whit,
dis mans manual burden than any per
nd son of that century. He wrought
nd also, the first horseiess carriage-th
ey progenitor OF the automobile Of toda,
on the steam dredge. and, indeed, -
many things that he died with tn
81 world. and mankind generally great
mt his debtors. .
nd
hal
~ ter part OF the 18th century. was th
hs grist mill and cooperage establish
DIV ed in 1912. where farmers brougf
nd their grain 10 be ground into fiou
ar. and meal. and came for barrels an
ed tubs and similar articles. The mi
nd was built by the Evans brothers.
ids there were three of then-one
The whom, Oliver, was just referred 70 {
an inventor. Stanton already had
community .ili established more tha
IN so years before, in 1879.
ern The enterprise OF the Evans va
iv- not successful monetarily, and n
cry sheriff sold it to David Nivin ten yea
IRE, after its construction, and three yea
ind later. William Fould Cor FaullS) 3,
ped quired q third interest in II, and
ere the end of another four years boug
red the property, which included a
ers acres. IL was from William Faul
ans who came from Pennsylvania, III
Az the section took its name as Faul
aIs lal. Ip 1928 the mill and proper
:, was sold TO Jonathan Fell, who W
ele already well established in the spi
a. business at Philadelphia, and the m
49, was used for preparing spices fro
ara that time forward until his suceesso
fa,v retired from business. II was impo
ma ant also from the fact that it grou
,.o, and commercially prepared the fl
ing chocolate and cocoa that was put
this the market in America, and II
OAK. pointed the way TO some of the larg'
ode fortunes in this country. Tho firm
per- c. ]. Fell and, its successors had a &C