davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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eral and a Mr.. Herbert taught the
village school in a log building on
DR.. Colts farm, being succeeded by
Mr.. Jarbel. Mr.. Fowler succeeded
Riney, the tavern keeper, and Mr..
Taylor succeeded Fowler.
THERE are some old homes in and
near Poolesville, including the old
home of John Poole, said to have
been built in 1893, but undoubtedly
much Of the original house has been
replaced from time to time, so that
today there is probably little remain
ing of the original building. But even
If this is true, the site itself is
historic, as being the spot where the
first house of the town was built and
which later housed its first post oflce.
When the writer visited this place, he
took snapshot Of this modest home,
owned and occupied by Mrs Fannie
Morrison. On one side of the house
there is a very old chimney, which
might have been part Of the original
structure, but the foliage was then
too dense to bring this out clearly.
Another house visited in this quaint
town was the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
JuliaS Hall. This frame building.
though brought down to date, still
retains traces Of age, and not long
since, when some electrical work was
being done in the house, and the
electrician was fishing for his wires,
he snagged two large cavalry sabers,
probably concealed there by Union
or Confederate soldiers during the
Civil War. Apparently, they were still
in perfect condition.
The Peter family figures very
largely in this part of Montgomery
County, and Poolesville, we find, was
once a part of a tract of land known
as 1.-THE Resurvey on Part of Forest"
a survey made to Robert Peter, May
II, 1884. An account of this we'll
known Georgetown family, which
married into the Custis family, tells
us that this branch originally came
from Scotland, where they possessed
considerable landed estates.
Robert Peter, the enigrant, was
born in 1726, at CroSSbaSket Castle,
Lanarkshire. Scotland, and died at
his residence in Georgetown in 1906.
His wife, to whom he was married
on December 81, 1867, was Elizabeth
Scot. He was one of the earliest mer-
chants in Georgetown, and quite
likely the most prominent, and from
1889 to 1898 was mayor of the town.
His son, Maj. George Peter, did the
bes: he could to bring victory to
the American forces at the battle
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his farm near Buck Lodge, In Mont
gomery County. Having served its
purpose here, and being no longer
needed, it was moved to the home
stead of Joseph Collision White, brother
of Stephen White, and placed In his
front yard and used as a seat for
many years.
I IPON the death of Joseph Collinson
White his farm descended by in
heritance to John Collinson White, and
before the latter's death Mrs. Jones
asked permission to have the marble
removed to Monocacy Cemetery and
suitably inscribed as a Confederate
memorial. Mr.. White being a Confed-
crate veteran, his consent was not
hard to gain, and Mrs. Jones, with her
unfailing energy and tenacity of pur-
pose, set about her self imposed task,
with the result that late in November,
1911, less than one year after the work
was begun, the tablet was unveiled
with simple and appropriate cere-
monies by Alta Jones, q little grand
daughter Of Mrs. Jones and the late
Benjamin j. Jones, whose name is on
the tablet.
For number of years, says resi-
dent Of this part of the country, Mrs.
Jones made annual visits to the ceme-
terry to plant flowers around the mark
er, but during the last years of her
life she was not physically equal to the
labor Of love, and finally passed on to
her reward in February, 1922. And, to-
day the people of that vicinity not only
regard this tablet as a memorial to the
Confederate dead, but also as memo
rial to Mrs. Jones, who labored so hard
to put it there.
The Monocacy Chapel, as We see it
today, is modern structure, having
been erected in 1915 by E. v. White
Chapter, United Daughters Of the Con-
federacy, near the site Of the Civil War
church. The corner stone of the pres
ent building was laid June 3, 1915, by
Pentalpha Lodge, A. F.. & A. NJ, of
Gaithersburg, Md, the speakers on the
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building otherwise damaged to such
an extent as to render 1t unfit for
service. Under these circumstances,
we are told, the vestry transferred
their grounds to several public-spir-
tied gentlemen to be used in common
with their land adjacent, purchased
by them as a public cemetery, COM
prising about nine acres.
TN JANUARY. 1872, the association
was chartered as the Monocacy
Cemetery Society Of Montgomery
County.
Apparently, the old gravestones, re-
ferred to by Scharf, who wrote around
1882, have row all (or nearly alb dis
appeared, for the writer saw no stones
of this early date. One, however,
which attracted his attention greatly
was a memorial to the Confederate
soldiers buried within this city of the
dead. It is a large marble tablet,
measuring about four by six feet, and
stands on the main side of the road
way just beyond the chapel. At the
head of the stone are the words: I'm
loving memory of the valor and self
sacrifice of the Maryland soldiers in
the Confederate Army whose names
are inscribed hereon.
War of 1861-1s65."
And then appear the following
names: William F. Dade, W. Seneca
Viers. Elijah Viers, John w. Holland,
William H. Dickerson, Charles M.
Butler, Henry C. Mason, Elias Moul-
den, Richard S. Stallings, William H.
Waesche, j. Collision White, Thomas
H. White, Alonzo Sellman, Francis T.
williams, Lieut.. Edward ]. Chiswell,
Samuel C. White, M. Thomas Pyles,
Dr. Edward Wootton, Benjamin j.
Jones, Capt. George w. Chiswell,
Henry 3. Viers, Elias Price, John P.
Sellman, John P. BouicS, Francis E.
Burch, Mai. 3. S. White, Richard P.
Hayes, James w. Reed, George w.
Butler, Wallace Sellman and B.
Franklin PyleS
At the bottom of the stone, beside
the carving Of the Confederate flag
and wreath, are these words:
This tablet is erected by the ladies
of Old Medley's District, Montgomery
Co., Md"
The writer is told that the placing
of this marker was due to the efforts
of Mrs. Ann Virginia Jones, the neces-
sary funds being collected by her in
small sums from many interested
friends and acquaintance.
The marble slab used for the max
ing of this unusually large tablet has
an interesting history, having been
brought from England by Stephen
White in the latter part of the eight
eenth century and used in a lanyard on
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Old Monocacy Cemetery, Beautiful Spot
Has Impressive Monument to Mary
land Soldiers Who Fought for Con-
federate States in Civil War.

incident, which took place at his
parents old home, Locust Grove, dur
| ing that period:
"On one cold, windy day two Union
soldiers, who with several others had
! broken away from camp and gone to
the mountain to get whisky, were on
their way back, and the two of them
got in the creek by the mill; one fell
/ of his horse and got very wet. They
came up to the house and Mr.. Carson
loaned one some dry clothes while his
could dry ard gave them their dinner
in the kitchen, which then had dirt
floor After dinner there were some
Negro women and their children in
the kitchen, the women ironing. when
the soldiers began abusing the chill
dren. Mr.. Carson went out and told
the women to take the children to the
quarters. This made the soldiers
angry, and they started quarrel with
Mr. Carson.
"At the time young man from
Charlottesville was visiting at the
house. I think he was related to the
Belts. He was very tall and wore a
coat with long tails. When he heard
the fuss he got up and bolted the
door between the dining room and
the kitchen. My father Immediately
opened it, Just as one Of the soldiers
pulled his pistol on Carson. Carson
hit him in the chin. knocking him
down, and the bullet passed over Car.
sons and my fathers heads, and is to
this day imbedded in the right side
of the upper frame of the window
between the dining room and the front
porch. Carson jumped into the din
ing room. bolting the door after him.
The soldiers swore that they would
kill every one in the house.
THE battle ragged for nearly four
hours, at the end of which nearly all
doors and windows on the lower floor
were either shot out or cut out with
Sabers. The soldiers were attacked
on the outside by two dogs and two
old ganders The dogs were killed
and both old ganders had their bills
cut of just below the eyes, but lived"
IT WILL be recalled that when JubaI
Early made his raid on Washing.
ton, he crossed the Potomac at Whites
Ferry, which is only few miles dis.
tant from Locust Grove, and here,
upon one occasion, when Stonewall
Jackson was passing this way on his
raid into Pennsylvania, he stopped at
the Gotts' for dinner, and the story
is told that his soldiers were so hungry
that they took the food off the tray
before it could even reach the gen.
eral. When the effort to reach him
and his staff seemed futile, and he
was urged to come into the house for
his meal. he declined, saying, Let the
poor fellows have what you can spare,
they need it more than we."
The Maryland people are interested
in their history, traditions, old homes
and landmarks, but, perhaps, few are
more active along these lines than is
Mrs. W. A. Daniel of Dickerson, with
whom the writer had an appointment
some time ago, but was unable to keep
it, though he drove about 35 miles to
do so, only to be misdirected when ale
most within sight of her home. But,
such is life! Maybe he shall try again
soon, for there is still much to be said
about the old families and buildings
Of this part of Maryland.
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occasion being Col. r. e. Lee, a grand
son Of Gen. Robert e. Lee, and Mrs
Cordelia Powell Odenheimer, president
Of the Maryland Division, U. D. C.
The chapel was dedicated and pre-
sented to Monocacy Cemetery Associa-
ton June 3. 1921, the Building Com
mittee being composed Of Mrs. William
G. Brewer, Mrs. Mary Hays Jones. Mrs
Charles williams, Mrs. Bette Wootton
and Mrs. Florence w. Pyles.
IN ADDITION to the early graves In
this cemetery mentioned by Scharf,
another author, writing in 1908, men
tons gravestone there at that time
dated 1748 and another 1852, the
names Of the deceased, however. hav-
ing been lost through obliteration. A
stone TO the memory OF John Douglass
of Castle Steuard, Wigtonshire, Scot
land, who died in 1922, is still to be
seen, as Is the one to the memory of
Mary and Anastatia Cross. sisters, who
died the same date, August 8, 1855,
and whose gravestone bears the fol-
lowing verse:
when ardent glowed the Summer
skies,
Mid burning heat and sultry weather,
Death came 10 them in friendly guise
And smote them in his love together.
In union thus they lived and died
And here lie buried side by side"
Other early marked graves here are
those Of Robert Wilson, died 1885;
Solomon Davis, died 1922: Mary White,
consort OF Capt. James White of Mont
gomery County; Francis B. Austin, died
1929; Miss Mary Hilleary, died 1916:
Mrs. Sarah Ann Gumaer, died 1912; /;
John Serimeger, died 1890; Mrs. Mary
Manly, died 1928; John Manly, died
1916; Dorcas Hammontree, died 1896:
Benjamin POOL. died 1843, and Robert
Doyne Dawson, son of Thomas, died
1924.
Poolesville is Just about as old as the
Nations Capital, the first house being
erected there in 1898 by John Poole.
from whom the town received its name.
Its growth was slow, for at the expira-
ton Of 10 years only the Poole. Melton
and Campbell families were living
there, and only three or four residences
composed the town. Poole was the
pioneer merchant, Campbell the only
cabinetmaker thereabout and Melton
was the tailor.
AS business picked up, and the
town began to grow, a Mr.. Riney
opened up a tavern, Mrs. Rice
millinery shop, Mr.. Powell made and
mended the peoples shoes, DR.. Lyles
prescribed the physic and looked after
the health of the community in gen.
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Of Bladensburg, but was forced to
retreat. Another son, Thomas Peter,
married Martha Parke Gusts, grand
old home. Tudor Place, in this city,
is still standing.
Maj. George Peter entered Congress
in 1916, and was the first Democrat
elected to the House of Representa-
tives from the sixth Maryland dis
trict Opposition to his being seated
because he was a resident of George
town-whieh seems to have been ad-
mitted-was ignored, and "Darnes-
town" now appears in the Biographi-
cal Directory of the American Con-
gress a. his official address at the
time.
ZIP NEAR Dickerson, Maryland.
which is still in Medley District.
there is an old mansion known as
Locust Grove, or maybe it would be
more readily recognized as Colts
Mill, though this old -four and grist
mill is no longer standing, having
been razed about 20 years ago, to
make way for the State road which
now crosses the place where it once
stood.
The Gott family, for whom this
mill was named, was one of the
pioneer families Of this part Of Mont
gomery County. and at a very early
date occupied the old home, which IS
still in good state Of preservation.
A few years ago the writer had
the pleasure of making the acquaint-
ance of Richard Brook Gott, warrant
clerk at the Police Court, who resides
with his family at Dickerson, and,
though Locust Grove has been out
of his family since 1917, yet he kindly
furnished the information for what
follows concerning his family and the
old mansion and mill they once owned.
According to Mr.. Gott, the original
owner of this property was a Mr..
Veitch, who now has residing in Wash
ington several descendants. From the
Veitches the property passed into the
hands of John L. Trundle (who mar
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Geologists say that within g few
years, due to the sediment borne
mouthward by the Yangtze River.
China, the rocky islands which stand
IN shallow water at the mouth Of the
river, viii be surrounded BY ytce nelds.
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THE hand Of the practical psychoIo-
gist is evident everywhere in that
sector Of Toyland reserved for adults.
It clamors for attention in the null
berry-colored cloth which covers the
billiard table designed for the recrea-
ton, or, to be up to the minute, the
'rumpus room" The traditional green
cloth has been found harder on the
eye, the psychologist says. 1t is .
thing like that which shows how mod
ern Santa really is.
And, Is he artful?
One looks at playthtng like the bill.
lard table. for instance, and thinks
Of it as just billiard table. A closer
glance discloses that it is a lot more;
that, with mere snap Of the wrist 1t
can be converted into a ping-pong
table, a surface from which the
daintiest of supper sandwiches may be
served; in fact, almost any kind Of
table for which there is a recreation
need.
It Is that way with so many 1885
model toys and playthings-they are
Just full of the multi-purpose idea.
All told, it looks like the merrtest
Christmas in years If Santa has any.
thing to do with it. And, will hel
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D Colts flour and srist MILL which formerly stood
the Little Monocacy River near Dickerson Md (2 Slave
quarters Locust Grove, built in 1888. (5) Gott home
stead, known Locust Grove at Cots mill a. Richard
Gott Q807-1852) early of Locust Grove.
Locust Grove.
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ried Polly Veitch) about lS00-Mr
and Mrs. Trundle being Richard Brook
Colts great-grandparents, their
daughter, Mary Elizabeth Trundle
having married his grandfather
Richard Gott. jr.. the son of Richard
and Ann Norris Gott, who came to
Montgomery County some time prior
to 1890, since his name appears in
the first United States census of that
county taken that year, when his
family consisted of himself and wife,
one son under 16. apparently four
daughters and nine slaves.
Richard Gott, sr., was originally
from Anne Arundel County, and first
settled on Buck Lodge, between Boyd
and Jacksonville, on the old White
Grounds road.
T TPON the death of John L. Trundle,
his daughter, Mary Elizabeth
CTrundle) Gott, inherited that part
Of the estate including the old mill,
together with the water rights. The
old mill was built by Richard Gott, jr.,
about 1900; the old stone quarters in
1888. A part of the mansion will date
back to 1900 or earlier, but during the
passing years since then 1t has been
modified in some respects.
AS in the Hall house in Poolesville,
muskets, sabers and bayonets were
found in the Locust Grove mansion
when part Of the stone wall was
removed subsequent TO 1865.
There is quite bit of Civil War
history attached to the old place. says
Richard B. Gott: MY grandmother
had six daughters and one son, the
latter, my father. John S. Gott, who
was 16 when the war closed. She had
four sons-in-law in the Confederate
Army-Col. Elijah v. White, Lieut.
Thomas H. White, Robert Dade and
Benjamin j. Jones, all in the 35th
Virginia Cavalry, commanded by Col.
Elijah v. White, who operated inde-
pendently for time and were then
attached to the brigade of j. E. B.
Stewart, and after his death to "Ros-
sers." The Yankees frequently came
there and searched for these men. On
one occasion when they came my
grandmother told them that she was
tired of these searches and she wanted
them to make thorough search. She
showed them all of the secret places
and bade them enter, but they refused
saying that they would not take the
chance.
THERE were many exciting times in
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THERE were many exciting times in
this part of Maryland during Civil
War days, and many tales are told of
clashes between detachments of SOL
diers of the two armies and between
the residents and bands Of marauders,
and Mr.. Gott relates the following
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New Toys
Continued From First Page.)

(COntlnueu fTOm F1rSL Fage.D
can dip into his gigantic bag and pull
forth any number of card and other
devices designed to test intelligence,
ingenuity and even credibility. Many
of these games are the counterpart Of
the psychologist toy BOr the child.
scaled up to the adult 10.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1935-10-31

Alig mondtam XII ezeket a
vegzetes szavakat maris lat
tam, hogy Himler elsapadt,
megnyomta az asztalan lev6
villamos cseng6 combat,
amely a nyomdaban adott
jelt, k0zelebb huzodott a tele-
fonhoz es valami nagyon fur
csa szemmel nezett ream. K0z-
ben a nyomda ajtaja XII
nyilott, azon teljes herkulesi
melt6sagaban bevonult Steiner
Pal 0csem, aki bika erejii
ember es aki kezeben a nyom-
daban hasznalatos eros faka-
lapacsot forgatva hidegen ker-
dezte::
Most ussek, vagy kes6bb?
Steiner Pal lattara Himler
mlntha megkOnnyebbtlt vol
ma, inert cobb csak AIT
mOndta:
Egyel6re nehany vizes-
leped6 is eleg lesz maid.
Maid hozzam fordult es biz
tatgatni kezdett::
Most mar beszelhet,
Greg! Mi maid meghallgat-
juk tiirelemmel es a vegen
meglatjuk, hogy NIT kell ten
mink. Eppen csak addig var
jon, amig a telefon-k0nyvb6l
kikeresem a bolondok hazanak
a telefon szamat, hogy kezem
iigyeben legyen, ha kell.
No, Sc a fakalapacsra, Sc a
hideg vizes leped6kre mem ke-
rult a sor, SGT a vegen AIT
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1935-10-31

mondta Himler a nala annyi-
ra szokasos sz6fukarsaggal:
= Mem is olyan rossz! Mi
kor lesz keszen a kezirat?
Mas ember nyakamba bo-
rult volna es egekig dicser a
kitiin6 gondolatert. A Ma
gyar Banyaszlap szerkeszt6je-
t6l azonban az is eleg, ha kez-
irat erkeztenek hatarideje fe-
l6l erdekl6dik.
Legfellebb annyit tett hoz-
"a, mikor mar tavoz6ban vol
tam:
Tegye belle az irasba a
pontos cinet, hogy engem ne
zavarjanak az erdekl6d6k s,
sok levellel. Fajjon a mag;
feje attol, ami ere az irasr
k6vetkezik. Van nekem ugy i
|eleg gondom a Guffey to, 4
v6nnyel, hogy mi jut abb6l /
magyar banyaszoknak?
Vegil, mikor mar kiint vo |
tam az utcan, oda is utanaa |
kiAltott:: |
E6leget pedig ne kerje, !
inert abbol ugyse gazdagszi 4
meg.
nyen el6zmenyek utan i,.1
tottam el odaig, hogy veg 4
nekivaghatok az igazi irasnat
(Folytatjuk). y
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1935-10-31
Hogy Iehetunk ,gozdogok?
fEolytatas a six oldalr6D

(Folytatas Six oldalr6l)
Anelkul, hogy mondana DR..
Farkas Geza, tudom en- ugy
is, hogy Nemenyi Miklos Err
more gondol, a youngstown
magyar lap szerkeszt6jere,
de aaogy en- ismerem Meme
nyit, ez a melyen szanto ko-
ponya maskent gondolkozik
es koriilbelul ezeket mondja:
Alexander Hamilton a
viiag legkonnyelmubb embere
volt. elverte volna a Darius
kincset is es megis a legjobb
penziigyminisEtere volt az
maid a szeg fejere, inert hi
szen yak tyuk is talal neha
szemet. Varjuk meg tehat,
hogy mi sill XII a dologbol, mi
el6tt Iebecsuln6k a kis irast.
Megmozdulnak persze ma
sok Is. Els6nek st. Louis va
rosbd jon maid a tavirat Kali
dor Kalman szerkeszt6 bara-
tomt6l, aki mem sajnalja maid
q penzt hanem reszletesen ta-
viratozza:
CONDOS SANDOR urnak
3271 East 116th Street.
Cleveland, Ohio.
Semmi Szin alatt sc
Aruld ell a nagy titkot,
0reg, addig, amig velem
r,em beszeltel. ElS6sorban
Mi ketten lesziink gazda-
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1935-10-31

ero szakallam, amikcr az Greg
Kakas Marion meggazdagszik.
Valami vallomasfelet is kell
tennem, miel6tt az igazi mum
kahoz hozza kezdenek. Hosszu
ideig t0prengtem felette, hogy
nekifogjak-e a meggazdagodas
titkanak elmondasahoz es mi
el6tt vegleg d0nt0ttem volna,
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1935-10-31

gok, hogy megteremthes-
SILK az amerikai magyar
aggok menhazat es az
amerikai magyar ujsagirok
nyugdijintezetet. Egyel6re
tavirati uton ertesits arrol,
hogy gazdagodhatnek meg
annyira, hogy egy vi tell
kabatot vehesSek, inert err
re van legnagyobb sziik-
segem.
KdIdOr Kdlnad71
A sok iras melle kapok maid
egy csomagot is. Tiz tires zsak
lesz a csomagban, meg Kele-
men Janos szerkeszt6 ijcsem
levele Daytonbol, amely ICY
hangzik maid:
Csak ezt a tiz zsakot
t0ltsd meg nekem szaz dolla-
ros bankokkal, a t0bbit az
utan megtarthatod magad-
max, inert rad is elfer valani.
Ketsegtelen azonban az,
hogy utoirata is lesz Kelemen
0csem levelenek, amely kortil-
belul EFT suttogja maid barati
sZeretettel:
Ird meg azonnal, lesz-e
k0ltseged ARA, hogy lej0jj
Daytonba az 6szi vadaszatra,
vagy pedig egy kis egyetemes
gyiijtest rendezziink e celra,
hogy XII ne maradj a mulat-
sagb6l?
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1935-10-31

Hiaba, ez a Kelemen flu is
meri a dorgest es sejti, hogy
en- csak elmeletben leszek gaz-
dag ember. Neki ugyan hasz-
talanul meselek afel6l, hogy
lehetunk gazdagok. Kelemen
csak egyet fuj kitarto alhata-
tossaggal:
- AkkOr leSZ .nekem terdig
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1935-10-31

elobb meglatogattam a Ma
gyar Banyaszlap szerkesztojet,
Hinler Martont detroiti irO-
dajaban es ait mondtam
neki:
Hallja-e, szerkesztom! A
legk0zelebbi cikksorozatomat
azon a cimen from maid:
"Hogy gazdagodhatunk meg?"