Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-08-24

part of the tract which Richard Mar
shall, who patented this land in 1871,
would most likely have chosen for a
house site. There is nothing of these
things to be learned in the neighbor-
hood. Few of the men living for 20
miles around will admit that they
have passed 40, and the Rambler met
no woman who would confess to more
than 80, but information may come
from some of the Marshall family,
! which is numerous and still promi-
nent in Maryland and Virginia, and
members of which are scattered over
less desirable parts of the world.
Joseph Trimble's will was probated
in 1885. He directed that his bank
stocks, bonds of the District Of Co
lumbia and other securities be sold,
and of the proceeds $4,000 be given
TO his niece, Mary Blakely: 5000 to
Mary Stoddert. daughter of his de-
ceased niece, Margaret Isaac; $500 to
his nephew, Joseph Blakely; $500 to
John Trimble of Ireland, and $500 ito
the children of my deceased niece.
Margaret Gaddis, share and share
alike
To Mary Blakely he left the two
northernmost houses on Seventh
street southeast" in square SSl. which
is bounded by X, l. Sixth and Seventh
streets southeast. Ito hold in trust for
Blakely he left real estate in square
661, which is on Buzzard Point be-
tween L and V streets and First
street and the Eastern Branch south
west, and real estate in square 904.
which is bounded by q and /, Seventh
and Eighth streets southeast. He
leaves to Mary Blakely the house in
which l now reside and also my rock
away carriage, bay horse and har-
of
the claim l have against the Govern
ment for having cut wood off my
farm called MarshaWs Adventure dur
ing the recent war"
He made other requests to Mary
Stoddert. daughter of his deceased
niece, Margaret Isaac. and his
nephews, James Trimble and Mat
thew Trimble, and his nieces, Mary
TrimbIe and Jane Trimble The will was
dated March %, 1880, and witnessed
before Judson T. Gull. John Morris
and James Hoban. There is a codi-
Gil dated September 4. 1885. under
which he leaves $500 to his brother,
James Trimble, in ireland, and the
codicil was witnessed by Judson T.
Gull, James Hoban and Frank D.
Johns.
TT was about thirty years ago.
though l have not the date of
the deed. that the Joseph Trimble
house and part of Marshalls Ad-
venture were bought by John Kelley.
dairyman, and John sold to Wash
ingtonians thousands of gallons of
milk from cows fed on the grass of
MarshalrS Adventure.
1 followed path down the slope
of Oxen Run and it led to a house
and garden. 1t was necessary to
cross the garden to get on the road
to the Trimble house. and a kind
faced woman was in the garden. A
dog chained to one side of the house
was broadcasting an alarm that
tramps were loose
1 called to the woman. Where is
the Joe Trimble house?"
Look out for the dog" she answered.
where did John Kelley live about
here?"
Look out for the dog" she said.
The dog was Observation-Disclosures
with the desire to make the writing
of this story impossible. He was ir-
ritated that he could not break his
chain. He was saying things in the
loudest tone and which, if translated,
would be unfit for publication. /
tried to calm him with some mice
doggey-nice doggy" stuff, but /
could not change his opinion that /
had come to ROB the house. / passed
him at greater range than the
chain allowed him to reach, and wcnf
on to the house, the picture of which
you see.