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the number Of it's members has con-
tinued about the same.
Ellerslie plantation contains about
one thousand acres in Rappahannock
County, Va, in the heart OF the beau
tiful Shenandoah Valley. The house
was built in 1914 by James Jett. The
founder of this seat of quality was
a descendant of Lord Calvert. In 1915
the hedge of lockwood was planted,
the slips coming from the nearby
estate Of Rose Hill, owned by Will
liam Ar1nistead Lane. -
Perhaps the wives OF these men ex-
changed slips and plants in the genial
custom of our grandmothers. If SO,
the wonderful accession to the cathe-
dral lockwood was cared for in its
most tender growth by Betty Green.
wife of Mr.. Lane, whose granddaugh-
ter Helen Lane, married the Rev.
Arthur Johns and Is living In Wash
ington today.
During Mrs Johns, early; married
life she lived at Ellerslie and helped
care for. the old boxwOod then.
Ellerslie passed through the fires
Of the Civil War, and in a recent let
ter the Rev. William A. Lane Jett OF
Richmond gives interesting recollec'
tions Of the old place in the war days.
I'm 1882, his letter reads. "the
troops of the Federal Gen. Pope en-
camped upon the place and every
thing, fencing, shrubbery, ETC.. was
badly damaged" Still the lockwood
survived. it all and shows few traces
Of the tragedy. .,.- -;
The lockwood at ElIerslie was dis
covered for the cathedral by Charles
II. .Merryman, the landscape contrac.
tor. Gratitude is felt by the All Hal
lows Guild for Mr.. MerryElan's part
in securing this lockwood. He held 1t
for the garden committee for over a
year, In spite Of more tempting offers
and Is whole-heartedly supervising its
transplanting at the present time.
# T. \ 4
THAT the lockwood will thrive on its
newly found plantation in Cathe'
dral Close is the confident assurance
of Mr.. Merryman, who has had sew
eral years of experience in trans
planting lockwood. Much of the soil
| of the Bishops Garden, Mr.. Merry
man said, was taken from the eXca-
vations for the cathedral itself, and 1t
was necessary to prepare more suit
able soil by adding rich top soil and
wood dirt. Mr.. Merryman said the
hedges are feeding up well and watch.
full care is being observed by the
gardeners.
| It took eleven cars to transport the
Ellerslie lockwood to Washington.
One day in March the cargo arrived
at the National Cathedral Close. A
corps of gardeners was on hand. under
Mr.. Merryman's direction, to attend to
its transplanting.@ Each block of the
earth containing the lockwood plants,
or rather small trees. weighed about
a half ton, heavy, but none the less
delicate, with sensitive root mass and
LEAKAGE about It.
| Each portion Of the hedge as trans
planted was intensely individual, each
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Novel Heating Plan.

RY storing up heat in water. en-
gineers of a Milwaukee company
hope 10 provide a way whereby cleo
tricity can be used without great ex-
pense for warming homes. and gener-
ators that normally remain idle at
night can be run to advantage, thus
eliminating the loss of unproductive
equipment, according to Popular Me-
cha
Their plan is to heat the water by
electricity in highly insulated tanks at
night and keep the temperature at a
useful height during the day by
small amount of current. The hot
water would be made to circulate
through the house in much the same
way that II does in an ordinary fur
nace-heating system.
The value Of electricity as heating
agent is recognized, but in daytime.
when current consumption Is great and
capacity is taxed at peak hours. suffi-
cient electricity for heating purposes
could not be delivered without the ex-
pense of erecting additional plants. 1t
is hoped that by the water-stOrage
plan no extra generators will he
needed and the equipment used at
night will be available for service dur
ing the day. The idea will be tested
cut in competition with an ordinary
furnace
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or guide, the little paths were over
grown and the original pattern of
Washington's old maze could scarcely
be discerned; but one small circle of
lockwood made an especial appeal-to
form perhaps the very heart of a
cathedral garden, around which other
portions will slowly develop. So, with
a loving care amounting almost to
reverence, this entire circle. piece by
piece, was brought over to Mount
st. Albap, as well as three large and
beautiful specimens of Semperivirens
box
The lockwood, the story goes, was
set out by Washington himself. An
eminent Virginia historian in speaking
of this particular box said:
There is no doubt that the plants
were set out by Washington with
slips taken from Mount Vernon. 1t
adorned the gardens of Hayfield
Manor, the only house Washington
ever built, and the place where his
cousin, Lund Washington, lived dur
ing the Revolution and during the Pc
riod when the Mount Vernon house
was enlarged and remodeled by Lund
Nowhere in the United States can
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lockwood being un1oaded IN tle bishops GafderO "

piece modelled with an invention of no
human hand-shadow pockets. under
cuttings, peaks, pinnacles, irregulari-
ties massed one upon another and
against each other, in compact green.
AS. soon as planted the separate frag-
ment was at once absorbed in the long
line Of the mass, losing its identity
in the lights and shadows Of the whole.
and the onlookers had the surprise Of
Gothic discovery. s-- .s.
There are other interesting episodes
in the living book of nature of the
Cathedral Close, particularly as relates
to lockwood.
Some time ago the officials Of the
garden committee Of All Hallows'
Guild heard of some ancient lockwood
which remained on an old Maryland
plantation near Damascus, a little
town 35 miles from Washington. When
the explorers, after the long motor
trip from the Capital, reached the lit
tie farmhouse which now remains of
a once noble estate they were amply
rewarded by the sight of wonderful
box. AS Mrs. Bratenahl wrote in. her
report:
There 1t was before us. It's great
size, its noble dignity, and that quality
Of beauty which age alone can render.
A great find, as the collectors would
say; and surely the finding Of ancient
lockwood is a game like all other col
lecting, only with living antiques for
its material"
It's owner had allowed a young
cherry tree to grow up in its midst,
while a chance bonfire had partially
destroyed a fine lockwood beside it..
The digging, Grating, trucking and
transplanting Of what was to. be. the
Bishop Harding Memorial lockwood
was a strenuous task in itself. A
great ball of earth, liz feet in diam
eter by 2 feet thick, weighing 6 tons.
came with it's mass of f1brous roots,
and as the soil never even cracked,
the roots within 1t were undisturbed,
so the lockwood never showed the
least sign Of its 35 miles of travel,
even though its age is over 200 years.
An expert pronounced 1t the finest
lockwood Of the dwarf type (Buxus
suffruticosa) he had ever seen, and
said it must have been brought over
from England by the original cav
alters of Maryland. UnQuestionabiy
more than 200 years old, there Is no
reason why it should not continue
its growth for centuries longer.
X X X y
THE next lockwood treasure came
i from the gardens Of ancient Hay
field Manor, Fairfax County, Va,
where the house had been built by
George Washington in 1851. Here,
indeed, was living antique the
Cathedral must possess! When offered
for sale several years ago. the charm
ing garden of old English lockwood
was purchased by New York lady.
but in closing the sale the trustees
of the estate made the stipulation
that one-fourth Of the lockwood should
not as a gift but for an opportunity
to purchase. Again the All IIallows'
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Guild came to the fore and accom-
plished the purchase. thus securing
for the Cathedral gardens lockwood
trees that were probably admired by
George Washington himself in their
infancy.
The visit to Hayfield to acquire
the lockwood is vividly described by
Mrs. Bratenahl.
Ruined and utterly deserted" she
wrote, nothing left but a few frag-
ments of broken walls and chimneys,
there yet remained enough to sug-
gest what once had been a colonial
home of dignified proportions. But
there was more than this-much more:
a personality. alive. still vivid. not
wholly vanished. with a garden of
memories, pungent, tangled and neg
lected, clinging to its doorstep.
"There was something singularly
touching about this garden. nesting
there within the shelter Of these
ruined walls. growing there so buoy
antly and bravely, with the spirit of
youth in its tumbled and exuberant
masses, while it's roots found secret
nourishment in ancient history. With
no care. no human touch to restrain
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Automatic Foghorn.

log creeps up the Irish Channel. 1t
grows denser. Then suddenly from
lighthouse comes the blaring,
mournful blast of foghorn. At reg
ular intervals the warning is repeated.
If you climb up into this lighthouse
In Dublin, Ireland. you will see no
one, for the warning is automatic.
The fog itself sets the signal going.
This remarkabss device is the inven-
ton of a young professor of the Ma
tional University of Ireland, ]. j.
Bowling, according to Popular Science
Monthly.
A huge lamp sends a strong beam OF
light slanting across the channel onto
a large window in the lighthouse.
This window lens concentrates the
light on a light sensitive cell inside
the lighthouse, producing an electrical
effect that is magnifled so that 1t
operates an electrical relay. When
the light beam is dimmed by fog the
relay current reverses, closing an
electrical circuit that starts the fog
horn.
Ships going by. birds. airplanes or
other passing shadows have no effect
on the signal. Only persistent weak
ening of the light by fog operates the
signal. The apparatus requires no at
tention, and for a year has operated
successfully.
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Historic Thomas jefferson Boxwood ~%

tic and medieval gardens with view
of adapting some of their features for
the Washington Cathedral.
In what is known as the Bishops
Garden some Of these plans are near
ing fruition. 1t is to inclose this
garden with its mass of flower color
that hedges of ancient lockwood will
be placed as a frame around a lovely
masterpiece, enriching and deepening
it's beauty. c<> @
The reason the All Hallows' Guild Is
so anxious to acquire all the lockwood
possible is that it ought to be planted
in hedges surrounding the Bishops
Garden before the flowers themselves
find tleir way there.
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such fine specimens of boxwood be
found. On the paths which it bor-
dered, practically all the great states
men and landed gentlemen of the time
walked and discussed their problems"
X X X X
THE WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL
has the great good fortune to
have as its landscape architect Fred
eric Law Olmsted of Boston, who
draws the plans and directs the land
scaping and garden work of the Ca
thedral Close. Mr.. Olmsted has a
wide reputation, and has vivid irnag-
ination as well, as practical knowledge.
He has made close study OF monas-
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BY LEE POE HART.

w YASHINGTONIANS are be-
coming more and more
AN aware OF the wealth of
flora and fauna in the
close of the National Ca
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The cathedral annals will cherish
the fascinating story OF the latest
addition to the lockwood wealth Of the
close.
1t was the first step in a three years
program to complete the Bishops Gar
den by the time the general conven-
tion of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in America opens in Washing
ton in the Autumn Of 1928.
The garden committee learned OF an
entire plantation OF old English box
wood, six hundred feet and more Of
dense hedge, height varying from to
4ia feet. in ruined garden 70 miles
from Washington on a Virginia planta-
tion in the foothills Of the Blue Ridge
Mountains. 1t was the famous PLAN
tation of Ellerslie, in Little Wash
ington, Va, the first town in America
to be named after George washington.
( With about three hundred inhabitants
in those early days Of incorporation.
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MT. PLEASANT-Detached

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Also rear stairway, to second door. Hot
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yard and a concrete garage. At a price to
sell quickly. Immediate possession
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KENNEDY-BUILT HOME.

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SALE OR RENT-HOUsEs.

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-29
PITTSFIELD

Frances Baker of Dedham, Mass. re.
turned home Monday after a visit with
her cousin. Mrs. Eva Conner, at her
home on Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. stil]man
returned Tuesday from Surry. where
they nave been passing their vacation.
Mrs. Hazel Chase and daughter Pearl
OF Bingham are in town visiting Mrs.
Sarah Patten and Mrs. Harrie Ma.
thews and other relatives and friends.
John Hayes of Betroit was a busi-
ness caller in town Tuesday.
The Methodist Ladies' Aid Society
Will meet at the Manson Street Meth.
od1st church with Mrs. Lottie Gardiner
as hostess instead of at the home of
MRS. Gardiner as previously an
nounced
MISS Josie Knowlton, r. N, of Bel.
1ast, was q weekend guest of Mrs
FRANK NJ. Fairbanks at her home on
Park street. Miss Knowlton returned
to Belfast Monday and Mrs. Fairbanks
went to Unity to pass the week on
business.
Mrs. Addie Roberts and Mrs wey-
mouth Of Newport were visitors in
town Monday.
Judge Charles F. johnson Of Port.
land, of the United States supreme
court, was in town Monday afternoon
calling on friends.
E. r. Files of Portland was a bust
ness caller in town Monday afternoon.
Mrs. w. S. Dearborn, who has been
a guest of Mrs. Herbert T.. Palmer
returned Monday to her home in Ken
nebunk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-29
Name Smith Again
CONTINUED from Page One)

senator, Comptroller and attorney
general, there was no sign of insur-
gency on the floor of the conven-
ton and the delegates vociferously
endorsed the slate agreed upon by
conference of leaders of the party
with the governor at the executive
mansion in Albany more than a
week ago.
The mention of Governor Smiths
name was always a. signal for noisy
demonstrations throughout today's
session. And the executive was al
luded to repeatedly as the next
president of the United States" The
receptive attitude of the governor
with respect to the presidential
nomination was doubly evident to-
day.
"One nomination at a time" said
he, in opening his speech of ac-
ceptance.
After a lengthy discussion of state
issues, he concluded his address in
these words: Il will conduct the Of
flee of the governorship of this state
so that no one in this convention
will have to hang his head, and /
will continue to attempt to vindi-
cate the belief that you can take
them from the sidewalks of New
York to be a credit, not only to the
state, but to the nation"
The other indication of his hope for
political advancement was seen in his
successful insistence that the party
platform contain plank declaring
for American adherence to the world
court After the Albany conference 1t
was announced by several of the con-
ferees that a decision had been reach
ed but the platform should contain the
reference to the world court. When
the governor arrived here Sunday
night it became known that he would
press for the inclusion of a world
court plank. This proposal, however,
met with pronounced opposition on the
part of several Greater New York lead
ers who usually are in agreement with
the governor on every subject. the
text of the plank furnished the only
real fight in the resolutions commit
Tee and the plank as finally accepted
was q compromise between the TWO
divergent views. 1t follows:
LAS the Senate of the United States
has by it's action voted that this ma
ton adhere to the world court, with
provisions intended to safeguard our
national sovereignty. we trust that, If
these reservations are accepted, our
participation will promote the elimi-
nation of future wars and the solution
of all international disputes"
A liberalization of the Volstead act
was urged by the platform and hope
was expressed that the electors Of the
state would vote Eyes" on the refer
endum at the fall election to deter
mine the will Of the voters on me-
mortal to Congress to amend the Vol
stead law by permitting each state to
determine for itself what constitutes
Intoxicating liquor"
The platform in addition to its
world court and prohibition planks en-
,dorsed the public record Of Governor
Smith. reaffirmed the general Demo-