Evening star., 1927-12-02

stood on the porch with Mrs. Guam
trell when the flag was taken from
the iatter's hand by. passing troops.
Mrs. Mcfarland heartily agreed with
Mr.. Proctor and sent him an afiidavit
made by her mother as to the trunt
of the Quantrell incident.
Following Mr.. Proctors reading, Dr'
William Tindall, another vice presl-
dent of the association, read STATE,
ment which Thomas Buckley, frleno
of his in the Confederate forces, mace
to him in writing years after the Il.i'
War. After relating the incloents
during which his entry into the Con
federate forces were reviewed, MI.
Buckley, referring to the day on witch
Rarbara Is reputed to have waved her
fiae at Gen. Jackson. said he was
Wing on the pavement with otner
soldiars about 400 feet from the
hone Of Barbara Fritchie," when ne
heard cheering. Learning that JACK
son was nearing. Mr.. Buckley wrote
Heard No Cheering.
az ran out into the street, TOOK on
nv can and saluted the general. re
took off his cap and bowed 10 me-
smiling most pleasantly. theh re-
turned to my place on the pavement.
.sThere was no cheering by cltlHelS
nj anv door or window. The genera
was then passing Barbara frllchlS
house None but soldiers were awake
and moving. Later on that oay' rom
every window on the street came
cheers and waving flags, both Union
and confederate. Their cheers were
for Lincoln. for Jefferson. for the
Union and for the Confederacy, as
tho nreferences of those who cheer@u
were inclined. ..xoa
IT saw no one abused or restrained,
nor insulted in any way. was ~,
that immediate neighborhood untll
late in the day, and 1 can say that
am perfectly certain that Gen. stone
wall Jackson was long before sun-up
that morning as far away from freu'
erick as South Mountain or lts Vlcih-
itv. There could not have been any
such incident as related IN the poem
about Barbara Fritchie. Gen. jack
son was not there; am sure that she
never saw him at that time.
Ouotes Grandniece's Denial.
Herbert P. Gerald. visitor to the
association. attracted by the announce
noart that further Barbara Frltcnle
refrtation would be offered at the
meeting. told the members that ne
once wrote to Whittier asking infor-
nation about the facts described IN
the Doet's work Whittier replied, MI.
Gerald said, that he had been sent
clinnings from a newspaper Dy
woman later identified as Mrs. r. -
n Southworth, describing the incl
dent. Mr.. Gerald also said that on
visit to Frederick some years ago ne
met grandniece of Mrs. Frltcnle
who, when asked about the fag-waV'
ing, declared emphatically, "AuntX
Barbara never did wave that nag:
The reason she gave. Mr.. Gerald SAID:
u,as that Mrs. Fritchie was ''bedfast"
at the time.
Tn his paper on Washington's old
swimming holes, Mr.. Harmon read.
"As a boy / went swimming In
Rock Creek with other boys in the
neighborhood many times. The
swimming holes, as / remember, We're
Snaky Bottom, located about ioo
wards below the klingle Road Bridge
at a projecting rock into deep wafer
which made a good living place. Here
7 learned to swim at the age OF or
10 years. Sycamore. located at the
turn in the creek just 100 feet DeioW
the Boulder Bridge now on tne
Adams Mill road in the Zoologlcal
Park: Big Rock and Soldiers. adJoln-
ing. located in deep water about one
quarter mile above Sycamore. AT Big
Rock there was a large rock project
ing into the stream. and from 1t the
bows would do their stunts. The 'ast
two places were 'frequented mostly by
the colored boys during the day, nut
in the evening the white boys were
often accompanied by their fathers or
other older persons and took IN Big
Rock"
Remembers Operating Mills.
Mr.. Harmon here recalled that sew
eral mills were in operation when ne
and his companions visited the Rock
Creek swimming holes. He reminded
| the association that 'our road to the
| Sycamore hole was out Nineteenth
| street, then across Kalorama road and
down the hill. then across the little
wooden bridge. then up the creek
passing a good-sized stone house on
/ the opposite side of the creek located
| at the foot of the hill on Adams Mill
road, leading past the old colored
cemetery Just off Columbia road and
Eighteenth street"
| The stone house. Mr.. Harmon said
| was old Adams Mill, and at that time
| it was occupied by "a stumpy old
white man. who had a vegetable gar.
den next to the creek adjoining the
m