Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-09-06

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cheek?" asked Miss Rose Ellen
Berlin whom we were visiting at
Warsaw on the Northern Neck of
Virginia, as we looked at some
family portraits in the parlor. GA
Northern soldier put his bayonet
through the canvas" said she in
dignantly just as if the War be-
tween the States occurred only a
short time ago much in the man
ner in which Miss Mag Fields of
Rockville, says, "Of course when
the Yankees came to the Sentinel
office one put his old big foot
right through the door,.
Miss Rose Ellen, called "Sister
Rose" by most of her acquaint-
ances, and Miss Mag are both in
their nineties, both keep up-to :
date and are good takers inter-
ested in everyone and everything.
Both have Revolutionary ancestors
and both are ready to fight the
Civil War right over again. Miss
Berlin will be 90 in February :
each year ON her birthday her
friends, including the ladies of Mt.
Airy and Sabine Hall come to
help her celebrate. Since help has
become so hard to get she and her
brother, Joe, have done all the
work around the house. Among
their relics which include some
valuable china is grandfather
clock which John Brown is said
to have repaired shortly before
being hanged at Harpers Ferry.
"He did not help it any" crytically
remarked Miss Berlin.
Miss Rose took US to visit her
neighbors, the Wellfords at Sabine
Hall and the Taylors at Mt. Airy
: two old homes not usually open
to the public, and on a tour of
Warsaw and Tappahannock. The
love and attention paid her ever
where showed the high esteem in
which she is held. At Mt. Airy
the ladies brought out their fam
Gus rose wine made from the
leaves of damask roses for her.
First to Sabine Hall through
woods for l and 1-2 miles to the
mansion, built in 173O by Robert
king Carter for his son Landon.
The road continues another mile
and half to the Rappahannock
River .yaall through Carter land.
There are thousands of acres still
belonging to the estate. The house
overlooks the river which seems
very near. In the old Southern
manner one drives up to the tall
pillared portico at what is really
the rear of the house. There is a
marvellous old lockwood walk SO
overgrowh that one can not pass
through it. Both grounds ano
mansion show lack of care. After
being occupied by several genera.
tons of Carriers the estate passed
in 1861 to Elizabeth Carter, wife
of DR.. Armistead N. Wexford, anC
is now occupied only by the wild
ows of sons of the Wexford family
One in each wing with the mair
part of the mansion between them
Mt. Airy, built around 1850 took
about ter years to complete, Sc
Miss Louise, one of the Taylot
sisters now residing there, told us
She said it has always been owned
by the Tayloes or Taylors boti
spellings of the name seem to have
been used. We mentioned last weel
that Mrs. Stansbury, formerly o
Rockville was a native of Mt. Airy
1t is said that the grounds o.
Mt. Airy alone at one time took il
hundreds of acres. A deer parl
ran up to the house, the higf
fence is still in evidence but the
only deer we saw there was {
marble fawn peering through thu
bushes near a small vine covered
iron summer house. Built on ;
high elevation the mansion of ma
tive red sandstone quarried on th'
place is the most beautiful w