Milford chronicle., 1932-02-19
GLENDALE
George Washington

ted States. The school children uI
less they are kept posted, will nat
uarrly in part forget the grea
deeds performed by this great an
good man.
The 200th anniversary of his brit
will take place within a few days
February %, and should be celebrat
ed in a becoming manner by all tn
people of this country.
The great men who will lift thei
voices in his praise, should not fai
to show to the world, the grea
things which he accomplished al
commander-in-ch of the Ameri
can Army, and as a statesman a!
we'll.
George Washington was borI
February %, 1882 in WestmorelanC
county, Va, and died at Mt. Vernon
December IA, 1899.
WashingtOn's early life as sur
veyor and soldier under Braddock
is a matter of history, but he left
the army in 1853 and returned tC
Mt. Vernon as a planter. This same
year he married a Mrs. Custis, who
made him a wonderful wife and aid
ed him in every way to reach his
future prominence.
He was appointed commander-in-
chief June II, 1775, and. took COM
mand of the army under the historic
elm at Cambridge, July 3, of the
same year.
What an immense task Washing
ton had to put the disorganized and
ill-equipped soldiers in shape for
future battles. His first enterprise
succeeded, but then came reverses
which looked as if the final end
would come and the British govern
ment would be triumphant and place
the colonies under their yoke once
more Yet Washington persevered;
he would lose some battles and then
win some. until the battle of York
town, which Washington by his rap
id marches from the Hudson 70 the
Chesapeake Bay, and when they,
Washington and Lafayette, caused
the fall of Yorktown, and the sur
render of Lord CORVALLIS on Octo-
ber II, 1881, virtually ended the war.
The British had enough and sailed
with their army for the home land.
The general and soldiers who
fought and won the war of the Rev
olution have long passed to the
Great Beyond. Such names as Gates,
Greenfi Putnam, Sumpter and Lafa-
yette will long be remembered, but
the name of Washington should be
and his memory kept
green in the hearts of the people of
the United States for all time to
come.
While Washington as a general
was not so prominent as he was as
a statesman, yet as a general the
great victories which he won, left
us as a heritage a government the
grandest in the world today and
flag with its red and white fields, |
which stand for a free and enlight-
sned people wherever seen.
AS the first President of the Uni
ed States Washington showed his |
qualities as a statesman. Many of |
he things in the Constitution of the |
United States was put there in
Vashington's time and many of the
hings which he said are often quot
d from by the statesmen of today.
Yes, Washington was great man
nd some go as far as to say, "He
las been universally deemed the
.reatest of Americans and one of
he noblest public characters of all
ime."
Let his 200th anniversary be the
randest yet held.
Oats To Mulch
One of our most progressive far
lers read in the Rural New Yorker
ONE time ago that if any one would
Ow oats between the rows in straw
erry patches, at the last cultivat-
lg they would grow to full size and
hen the winter weather arrived it
ould kill the oats and they would
Ill over the rows making a mulch
lat would not have to be done la
II on.
The idea was all right if the wea-
Ter suited and we have no doubt it I
as been tried by other farmers and
orked we'll in other years.
This winter has been a remark
lie One-it has been spring-like, :
I'd things such as grass and flow I
s have continued to grow and ,
DOM all through the fall and win {
T season up to the present time. I
This farmers oats continued to c
ow and are still growing. They [
ok fine and promise an abundant
Op later on. a
This berry grower is in a quand- 9
y how to get rid of the oats with e
It impaTing the strawberry beds. v
. knows he can't put a mower. to a
t the oats as that would tear up i
S beds of plants and to take the t
ne to pull them up and get clear c
them in that way, would be two D
pensive and take time needed for "
her work on the farm.
This farmer is still waiting for a O
" days of old time winter weather s
come and kill his oats that he
II still have his mulch as first in n
lded, but in the future ne will 81
III straw and other material and W
Itch his strawberry patch in the a
| fashioned way as the winters of v,
e years are very changeable and
one can forecast what the wea- Il
sr will be. cC
rhe latest reports were that the is
IS were still growing. b,
The writer might add that this has
IN a remarkable winter owing to SC
continued warm weather. Buds r