Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-09-04


gar Allen Poe monument TIN
monument is in front Of the church
door and marks the grave Of this
Inflated poet. II was erected by
the school children Of Maryland
in single penny offerings, and rep |
rcsents the one cent gift OF thou
sands Of children who are to-day
prosperous professional and bust
ness men. Poe was a resident of
Baltimore and wrote his best
poems in that city. lie was n sick
ly man, drank much, and was out
of tune with earthly things, The
reality of Poe was the unrcality OF
most people. Poe saw and talked
to the raven as literally as my
fingers are now striking the keys
of this typewriter. His ANNA
belle Lee" was as much his bride
asleep by the sounding sea as the
shoes now on your feet are part
Of your clothing, The grave Of
Poe attracts few people was told,
but in Europe Poe is better known
than any other American Poet. In
my opinion Poe was the greatest
literary genius America has pro
| duced.
/ saw the spot where Charles
Carroll of Carrollton lived, Charles
Carroll is but little known on
Vashon island. He was one Of the
signers Of the Declaration Of In
dependence and was perhaps the
bravest of them all, for he signed
his name, and then for fear some
other Charles Carroll might be ac.
cused and hung as a traitor, he ap-
pended "of Carrollton." ! am not
sure Of this, and have no cyclopc-
dia near, but / believe he was the
first president Of the first II. r..
in the U. S. The Baltimore and
Ohio was the first road built in the
III. S. and believe Mr.. Carrollton
was the first president Of it. Ii
so, he was an old man, but at
least this will be suggestive mater
| ial for the High School students
of Burton and Vashon to look up
next week. AT any rate his
"home" was pointed out to me in
the staid old city of Baltimore, and
lifted my hat in front Of it,
i | saw the Thomas Wildey monu.
ment in Baltimore. Widely was
! the founder Of Oddfellowship in
the U. S. He and a few of his
| brethren met at the--was it three
or seven--stars tavern and there
worked out what is now American
! Oddfellowship. That monument
is one of the imposing shafts in the
city, the top Of the shaft catches
1.-THE first drops of falling rain and
the first CLEANS of the rising sur
Significant of the Orders that
dries the tears and brings sunshine
, into the faces of orphans, widows
? and the destitute.
The home of Cardinal Gibbons i,
| in Baltimore. 1t is a most impos
ing mansion in the heart of the city
{, and at the time I last was there
! the Cardinal was one of the mos
beloved men in the city. Protes
tants and Catholics all united il
acclaiming him great American
citizen. l saw the home of Booth
the oyster millionaire and last bu
not least the home of Emerson
a the bromo settler capitalist. EN-
erson was poor drug clerk. 4
woman came in to have him fill ;
z prescription for her headache
1 She said it always helped her
( Emerson kept the prescription
I. changed it a bit, started to put VI
0 his "bromo" and to-day is many
j. times millionaire.
e l spent many hours in Druit
+, Hill Park. A tremendous park il
: acreage and native trees. Many
monuments are in the park. On,
. fair sized one to Robert Burns.
c was down at Kelley's place o!
E Eutaw street. This was TO
several generations one of til,
best known eating houses in tn,
world, 1t catered solely to tn,
serving of oysters. Big oysters
as large as the emancipation pro
clamation and as thick as you
foot served out of the shell at
I, cent each-and the crackers ant
. horse radish were thrown in t,
s boot.
t There are many famous peopl
e living in Baltimore. On my frs
e visit there met Joshua Leverin;
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