The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-04-21

eldest SON Charles and Mrs. Z. w.
Washburn made up a party and
motored to Mankato Friday. Think
ing the roads would be better, they
came via Good Thunder and GER
tainly met their Waterloo, as that
vicinity had a very heavy downpour
almost impossible. While Mr..
Grannis and son were attending to
business matters, Mrs. Grannis ana
Mrs. WashbGrp made short calls
at the homes of Sam Grannis and
Roberts brothers.
The following letter is from Mrs..
Frank Clague:
Washington, d. c., March 81
Saw the last days exhibit of the
ninth annual Amaryllis show held
at the department of agriculture.
From nine o'clock in the morning
till nine at night for a whole week
this Amarylis show, said to be the
greatest in the world both in var
iety and bloom, was open to tine
public and from eight TO ten thou
sand each day passed the exhibit,
This plant is a native of Brazil and
the PEOPLE OF South America were
greatly pleased with the colorings
achieved by the growers here. One
greenhouse was set apart for tins
show which was originated by d.
rector Byrnes of the department.
Here were over n thousand
plants and FIVE thousand beautiful.
highly colored trumpet SHAPED bios
SONS met u gaze as we entered.
Each plant averages one TO four
stalks and each stalk from two to
eight blossoms. Botanists have
been. striving for years to produce
a white Amaryllis and owing to the
great uccess of this department
last year, botanists from all parts
of the world have gathered here to
witness the first pure white Amar-
Wills. which was to be named III
honor OF Mrs. Harding. Three
plants proved TO be almost a pure
white, but Director Byrnes is not
satisfied but hopes by another year
to be able to produce the pure milk
white petals of which he dreams.
The day after the close of the ex-
hibit these blossoms were all cut
and distributed among the hospi-
tails and shutins of Washington.
Who has not been thrilled by that
famous poem, Phil Sheridan's
Ride. must tell the boys and girls
that Sheridan's famous war horse
Winchester, is to be placed in the
National Museum here and when
he privileged to see the famous
Winchester mounted and capari-
soned as when ridden by his dash
ing master Sheridan twenty miles
away" to turn defeat into victory at
Cedar Creek. Winchester died in
1878 and was in his twentieth year.
After mounting. he was on exhibit
in a glass case in the clock tower
building of Governors Island, New
York, for many years. When the
val came in 1917. the space was
needed and the exhibit was placed
in storage in a warehouse there.
Here Congressman Kennedy OF
Rhode Island found Winchester
museum of washington. A framed
Sheridan's will accompany the ex-
hibit. In this letter he gives a BIZ
ography of the horse and gives the
names of the forty four engage
merits through which Winchester
bore him and the dates of saEae.
Winchester was reared near Granu
Rapids, Mich. and was brought in
to the service by an officer of the
Second Michigan Cavalry of which
Sheridan was appointed Colone,
May 25, 1852. Shortly after. the
regiment was stationed at Rienzi,
Mississippi and this matchless steed
was presented to Col. Sheridan IN
the name of the officers Of the reg
iment. Winchester wasN nearly
three years old and from the date
of his gift until the close of the
Civil war he was ridden by Sheri.
dan in nearly every engagement
of the war in which he took part.
Sheridan says of Winchester: "Re
was an animal Of great intelli.
gence and of immense strength and
endurance. He always held his
head high and by the quickness OF
his movements gave many persons
the idea that he was exceedingly
impetuous. This was not so for i
could at any time control him by a
firm hand and a few words, and he
was as cool and quiet under fire as
any of my old soldiers. doubt If
rhis superior for field service vas
ed to this is the list of the forty
four engagements through which
Col. Sheridan and Winchester safe
" rassed from the summer Of 1852,
to the close of the Civil war ia
1865. On the 2Sth Of March a sim
pie but impressive ceremony took
place in the Botanic Garden at the
fort of Capitol Hill when President
Harding turned the first spadeful
of earth on the site of the Memoir
ial to be erected to General George
Gordon Meade. Present we're a
grandson and a great grandson oil
the Civil war general both bearing
his name, and to the former was
delegated the privilege Of raising
old glory over the site of the up
turned soil. The construction OF
the long planned tribute is in the
hands of the Meade memorial COM
mission. Pennsylvania has appro-
priated $500, 900 for the design and
construction Of this memorial and
Charles Grafley of Philadelphia,
the sculptor has surrounded Gen
eral Meade with six figures repre-
sentinS qualities which be says are
essential to the character of a
great general. These are: Military
courage, energy. fame. loyalty. chi
valry and progress. The sculptor's
Interpretation Of his memorial is:
"The general in the center front
of the group stands, his work ac-
complished, ready to. step forth
from the cloak of battle into the
future era of progress. Chivalry
at his left and loyalty at his right
hold back the cloak while loyalty
also raises aloft over the generals
head a standard of wreath and gar
lands in commemoration of a great
achievement. Fame and progress
occupy the central positions right
and left on either side of the circu-
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