The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-03-28
CONSERVATION in the hearts of tn
housewives.
Wakes Old Georgetown Memories.


Wakes Old Georgetown Memories.
Many tales are told of the boats
which put into port and it is said that
when SpiIman sailed from jamestown
| in the pinnace Tiger many years be-
fore to trade with the Indians for
! corn that Capt Henry Fleete, who
was among those to land, was captured
and held He learned the Indian
| language and almost entirely forgot
| his own Later he was ransOmed and
taken to England There he told many
wonderful stories and in writing of the
upper Potomac said 'it aboundeth with
all manner of fish. The Indians in one
night will catch thirty surgeons in
place Of the river not above twelve
fathoms broad And as for deer. buff
falo, bears, turkeys, the woods do
swarm with them and the soil is ex-
ceedingly FERTILE"
The spot where the surgeons were
caught has since been identified as the
stone house and mill built about the
end of the eighteenth century by Amos
Claud; the mill is now known as Eads
MILL George Washington was said to
be exceedingly fond of fish, and fish
ing was one of his pastimes; in a let
ter he has said he went a-dragging
for sturgeon frequently"
A Busy Little Town.
Had one stood where the north abut-
ment of the new bridge now towers. in
those early days. he would have looked
over the old 'sbusiness section; on
Browns bakehouse" on Water street,
"John Lawrence's skin dressing" OIL
Fayette street, 'Dawson's Soap and
Grease factory on Water street near
Frederick on the tobacco warehouses.
the inspection house and the
wharves. It was a busy little town and
many shops of miscellaneous char
acter flourished and grew. An extract
from an old letter written by Maj An
drew Ellicott to his wife Sally, when
in the city to make survey. read:
II bought for you in little shop in
Georgetown pair Of black mitts and
small smelling bottle
In olden DAYS two fairs were held |
annually by the town Each lasted
three days One was set for the first |
Thursday in October and the other be-
gan on the second Thursday in April. |
and on these days all persons were |
free from arrests save only for felony, |
and breach of peace. The gentry came |
from far and near in satins and home
spun and the fair was tremendously |
opened by the baliff, who read a |
proclamation which began. "Oh. yes
Nd hot ,cy NJ f{v1oo @te,l
twa times Oh, yes! and that's the
theird and last time; come all manner
of persons" whereupon he stated what
must not be done by the people on the
day under penalty of punishment, and
it ended with land I'll haam to my
Danner."
In 1859 the race track was opened
In conjunction with the fair, with
gentlemanly betting 1t is said of
the races, bet moderately. and gen
orally subscribed to the purses The
old fairs were gay and festive occa-
sions, statesmen and private citizens
gathering together for pleasant recre-
alton.
Key House Is Now a Store.
On the spot where now is being
quilt the north approach of the new
bridge stands a little shop, Hopkins
Hardware store. 1t is all that is left
If the Francis Scott Key mansion.
From this house went forth his two
sons who were killed. one in a duel.
One bright morning, the 4th of July
n 1928, to the accompaniment Of the
marine band, little party of people
let out from the Union hotel on Bridge
treet and proceeded to the spot where
'ohn Quincy Adams, then president Of
he United States, turned the first
padeful of earth for the new water
way to the west, the Chesapeake and |
ohio canal, which was completed In
october, 1850. A few days after the
anal was opened the Freeman Raw
on came down from Cumberland,
here she had started with the Eliza
eth, Southampton, Delaware and
'hio, all bearing coal, and was the
rst to round bend half mile above