Evening star., 1927-11-03

| home. but selected another route"
In his paper Mr. Proctor suggested
| that the Barbara Eritchie story was
4 concoction to arouse the patriotic
impulses. The only account of Gen
Jacksun's entry into Frederick. he
declared, is that written by Union
| Army surgeon, in which no mention
| is made of the fiag-waving incident
A week after the supposed incident.
Mr.. Proctor recalled, the battle ot
Antietam was fought, In which Oiiver
Wendell Holmes. now Associate Jus
tice of the United States Supreme
Court, was wounded. Referring I"
the wounded soldier Holmes, Mr.
Proctor read.
He was reported to have been
mortally wounded. His father, Dr:
Oliver Wendell Holmes. the celebrateu
poet and writer. came on from Boston
to see his son through Frederick on
the way to the hospital. His rem
iniscences of the occasion resulted in
a hook. NV Heart for the Captain.
Had the Fritchie story been true. one
would naturally expect so able a
writer to have mentioned it in his ex-
periences.
Quotes Member 0f Stah.
Quoting Capt. H. kyd Douglas.
member OF Jackson's staff Mr.. Proc.
tor read that Confederate's own de.
NAL of the truth of the story. Capt.
Douglas mentioned the age and ill.,
ness of Barbara Fritchie and added:
1T is still sadder to mention that her
own loyalty was not above suspicion.
as her relatives assured me if she had
waved flag to the rebel tread it
would not have been the Union flag.
Reading an excerpt from Whittier's
own writing concerning his famous
poem. the associations chronicler.
Proctor, added further testimony re-
garding the truth of the incident,
when. after suggesting the story was
started by Frederick woman visit.
ing in Washington, he quoted the
poet:
1.-The poem, barbara Friiechie,
was written in good faith; the story
was no invention of mine. 1t came
to me from sources which / regarded
as entirely reliable: it had been pub.
lished in the newspapers. and hac
gained public eredence in Washing.
ton and Maryland before my poem
was written. I had no reason to
doubt its accuracy and | am still con.
strained to believe that it had founda.
ton in fact. III / thought otherwise
would not hesitate to express 1t.
THAT there was foundation in fact
for the paem few would doubt. said
Mr.. Proctor in his own right. Indeed.
a Mrs. Mary Quantrell, then living in
Frederick and whose descendants re.
side in Washington. Is said to have
been the real heroine of the poem. but
as she did not have sufficient age to
rod fn
he added, and this fit in better with
Barbara's 9G-exit Mary: enter Bar
bara."
Market Opened in 1909.
Reviewing the history Of markets In
the District. Mr.. Harmon said, in part
Public markets were authorized by
an act of the Corporation of Washing
ton on May 3, 1902. and the Center
or Marsh Market was erected in Octo
Der of that year. The West Market
was established soon after. as shown
by the fact that scales. weights and
measures were provided for 1t in
1903. with the appointment of
a supervisor for the market days set
for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
and later Saturdays.
1.-THE West Market was located at
the northwest corner Of the triangle
At Twentieth and streets in 1902. A
town hall was above 1t for meetings
and a house was provided for the ap
paratus of the old Union Fire Com
pany in the following year. This mar,
ket was originally 20 by 40 feet. the
lower part of brick piers and the up
per part the hall. Later an extension
was built on the rear the full length
of the building and was inclosed by a
high fence on Pennsylvania avenue.