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About The Advocate-Democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1897)
B r L (ir>fHn given tho poptifa * \\<'U o ‘ . 1 ue district* in I mils a* 41,A 1)1 blegram# my that a mil it u’. i .■ i quarter is re now cm* |ilo 7 »tl on Gov rumeiit relief work, but *m •Viol m: s to be wholly ia* a ■' A-d" >, lilt recently ;■ a i<-1 l>y a .d . tt-> ‘ir.-.i > fadore Iti in f-vf \;<jrh\tifZmen cm - ployed ut U. , iries a i I sin dung works, it i riel that, til*! now E<- i li t b i/< ' more comfort ftbic, coni . than leather hhoea ud<1 wear uitT fiuitiTy. Janie* it. VrahCi ♦ ub»> JicJ in Froinoti*, Ohio, t.oi ot-n-r tiny*, wns Oil ‘ of li } engineer* in thin country. Hu run the John Ball en giro- uhich v;mt broil -;iit from L round in 18.11} a ml whs |.ui on the Hamden amt Am boy Hallway to take the place of hoi's-.** tii.il hud formerly hauled til** car . Tii.it funioni eiigiuo *.vus cx Ilibilcd at til World'* Fair. Tt appear* that was of the new conn* trio* no - I ir■ riex:. t > mii tiie world I« H>b«'M:l,!lo!< < i I :* r r ** r *# Week* Jv. The ftUrv»*yor* and iuv : 'Dgatora who have b<*- a looking into it h re sources and along the projmnuii of tho truu^-Bibcriiiu railway rrp'»rt t as in n-* doubt their bilHini * lii.i it li < roust tilings that Odght hi lu nt » i Im ii groat uudevol op d country—- lj;ij r i.m to burn an I others to ojielf, great ntretohea of ngri* cultural iuud, aliiiu l iiit n > > I, tuvi gill, III IIV. i *, II III iiiiiui! 1 1 u oilier pos •ibillt’c ot rinoiti i»" ib it is poMHihiu that if ever ti,.- raw muteri-ii * of civil tantion which Knon controls are ™>".l Hums will be relieved of the • in liar tismji nt of be J , . to _ be . tuc great- Ht till Ug 1 * - v 11 *; t H ‘ * on eui 1 ii. The puht year bn* been a moment" oai one. important question* have Agitated ninny peoplcM, battles have tnrnn {ought, political campaigns have been waged; political policies over¬ turned; discoveries inft£, VJT during Adventurers and paiuntukiug stuti*Atitik»x Ifreat disasters have wrought ruin tind death. Amid the mass of events I lie following seem to stand out with greatest distiotnehS us being those that will make the year memorable: The presidential eainpaigu i. ami elec »iou; Cuba’s revolt fttul American #yni]intby; gcucral election in Uhu $<!a; the Manitoba question; settle meat of the WiH’/.indiiu dispute; tSomUn expedition; Italy’s fiasco in Ab/ssium; Hr. Juinesou’* raid; Ht. Xionia cyclone; Nansen’s expedition; ■discovery of X mv*. The clifinges in dairying during the past fifteen years are not appreciated l»y om? farmer m ten. Then, creuni• uries were aiiuost uiiknown, V>ut now, «is M ijor ,\iv rd hhV’s there »r.’ 1 -L000 creameries Hi the country. Pro bnbly 25,000 cream aepurator* are in use in America and #, Uu» one cliatige proc* iieully obliterates the limitations of butler making due to climatic condi¬ tion*, and butter factories can now be operated without ice, about us well iu Misruadppi ami Mi^ouri, ns m Maine and Minnesota.' The Pacific Htates, I'oloiado, Nebraska and oth r states, lately large buyers from the oast, are now mpplymg themselves with butter, mainly with cUcettv, und often sending fiom their surplus tt> neighboring states, and many of our largo dairy markets feel these change** Iu the controversy in Congress over the adoption of a copyright law (a controversy which culminated iu tho passage of the Draper bill by both brsneiie, of Cougressi the statement Was made that there were 5,0th) thea¬ tres and opera houses iu tire l tilled Btotea, representing a cost of $111,000 to $1,000,00.) each, Tiiea* theatre* employ 50,000 perron, exclusive of •Ctors sn l ootris-e*. Upward of 400 manuscript plays written or owned by citizens of the V .itcd States are played nightly. They give employ¬ ment to from 5,000 to 15,000 actor*. The oo» of producing these tnanu a*npt p ut# ran ;; *• from $2,000 to C-5.0 H) t-hv: , aud t rr III 1 I- •«o of the n«*\\ >tii’UU‘ i* l » gi ; ■ judges til ths r ntU' l ; iriMiictli’a tii m a k tha ) t naitv lit: *era* 1 ve tisr » : V for ua aa«h Ot i tloruuaucc * WASHINGTON RELICS KAItfi DOO.'.HKVrH KtCLATISG iOTUK UUK.ll AMKBIhAS. Many CharacteriHtb*. Trait* Revealed In a MeHbajje In -Martha Wash lijj'ton’a Handwriting-— liill of it is Tailor. fy~|HE New York Herald repro I duces two documents which throw light on George Wash ; ington’s private life. We know a great deal about Washington as a soldier and statesman and it would be well if we knew as much about his private life. True, we have a general conception of the manner in which he bore himself to his family, bis ser¬ vants and his neighbors, and what his personal tastes and habits were, but a thorough knowledge of him from thin point of view can only be obtained by studying just such documents as the Herald publishes. The first document is a letter from Martha Washington to her kinswoman, Mrs. Frances Washington, The letter was written try Martha, but was dicta teil by George Washington,’ who W»1H then President of the United States. It was duly forwarded to its destina¬ tion, but a draft was made by Wash¬ ington's instructions and from this dra t the Herald reproduction has been muds. The note at the end of this letter is in Washington’s handwriting; kho letter itself is m bis wifii’a. Here ih the text, with a few blight changes in punctuation and spelling: IN MAKTffA WANBUVOfHANDWItiTINO. “The President says you are already nc quainlcl with hi-H.-uttmei.’i<oti tho propriety of renting out our lauds nn.l negroes in B trkeley« As it seema to be the intention to settle another plantation there, ho thinks that the negroes, with such as you may in oil no to move up from Fairfax, had better bo divided between the two places anti each rented to some man of character and respon »ibi:ity who will Im al>l« lu give security fur the performance of the agreement. This will you of loach trouble and reduce your •" " ■ -rlututy. which never will bo the case under overseer* at a distance, as you seem to experience already. He thinks caution taken to prevent waste of the timber or the cutting down too much thereof, and no nhuse of td$her the land or the negroes (should) be permitu.nl. As to the terms for which you should let the estate it must de¬ pend upon your own view of the subject, the will an l tin* advice of your friends, those wiio are much better acquainted with the circumstances attending the estate and the utility <>f a longer or shorter term than ho is at this distance.” Then comes the following memoran¬ dum in George Washington’s bund TifufitP'-^.y Ost»KU mMum 1 t. m a 1 -tinr from Mrs. M. Washington to Mu, Frao Wuvhiugt>*n, 2 Juut, 17‘Jii.” A peculiar interest attache* ti> this document for the reason that very few of Martha Washington’s letters are in existence. Her husband, both in * ,,M official und private capacity, wrote j a great deal; i"ly she apparently wrote comparRt little. Doubtless this scu-ibli', good woman thought that! the could Bpufld her time more profit- ! ably than in letter writing, or it may i bo that her letters, being naturally of a private nature, were not preserved ns carefully as those writteu by her j illustrious bnsband. Hhe may, liow ever, have frequently noted as his i secretary, especially when some! family matter was under discus¬ sion, as in the present case. That she was not apt with the pen is evident. There is also a notable lack of punctuation throughout the letter, though the writer’s clearness ( of mind is shown by tho little dasher, ? : which, except in one or two places, I xre used iu hea*of fall stops. In his counsel that “no abase of the negroes (should) he j- rinittod'* wo SCO a strikmg trait ol tho man. No one was ever more kindly and indnl geut than he. He owned many col or pi! servant nnd treated them ail well. Among them were carpenters, blacksmiths, wheelwrights and men skilled in other trades, “so that the plantation produced everything within itself lor ordinary use.” There may have been some good tailors cm the plantation also, but Mr. ■ Uarhn, wbos* bill i. reprmlueeA Imre with, was evidently not one of them. Washington’s kindness to hia scr vents wn * indeed ivlsvaya marked. A D-w (lavs before lie liefi Mr. Lear, bis aeerotarj, brought ntm some let¬ ters to be frankel, in orJer that they might bo t:ikeii to tho Postoffiee, hnt, uithough Washington attendod to bis request, he saul that the weather was too bad to send a servant out with them Again, a few hours before he drew Ins last breath, he turned to hie servant, Christopher, who had been in the room during tho day. and al mo-t the nh.de time on h:s feet, au-1 & 1 ':: he vrro.i U irs. Iran, . wit nt ‘Tr; >, :\r; 7 i tSv J"! 7., Lx L L .h due to a men i*i w lit u he i a. I '- J de -’h- ’ ^tr *'• riS- '* ' - study tuau tuts to , is - huts o one woman Tidn Mrs, Franoea Waaiiington was lb*' Uan^bter of Colon*'! Harwell Has mti, i ’ v ... I, ,,, t v ,.- tv V r--ii i She i „ i <>••.> r l i i 7 s;, C«?o* l Geor ‘ i Ma-’n n it % c. w i> ih© ;■?reftt- .V mqjhtvt, a»:n ’ thi «A>a o ..., v , brot^e* Chorlcj* Mrs Frances had CROSSING THE DELAWARE. A'W, w I Mil -Jfejlf i mi = 1 %. £5 <A Hg£Hi J&Jpp f§ ■j ■•* * a n. \/Sk fi > (A ,4 =2: ''•lO *Sf^'-7T~~-~ I. IV. And so, youM have rao tell the talo Bat “Onward! Onward!” is the word My father oft tol l me! Their bravo commander speaks. A story of the days when palo When thro' the storm his voice is heard Hope fled, and Misery Each Bon of Freedom seeks Stood stark and prim before that band To do his bidding; put aside Ol men beyond compare— Is every woe and care— The tale of Washington the Grand* There’s vict’ry o’er the icy tide, Who crossed the Delaware! Across the Delaware. n. V. One Christmas night, long years ago, On through the gloomy, stormy night When shrilly col l winds blew, With hardships dire they cope— And through the darkened air the sno ;7 “For God, and Native Land, and Right!” On frozen pinion flew, Their watchword and their hope; A little band of patriol souls Until at fast, all cold and dank, Stood brave and fearless whero They greet the morning’s glare; In iciness and anger roils Safe thro’ the tide they’ve reached the hank The fretful Delaware. Across the Delaware. III. VI. Nor ice, nor stormf nor cruel blast And then, nine miles beyond they go, Can hold these heroes back; With steady, solemn tread, They have rcsolvod; the die is cast To where the hated Hessian foe For Freedom’* A track Sleep in their drunken bed. Of blood upon the *ujw they’ve left Aroused from dissipation’s doze From shoeless feet and b*r«; In wild surpriso they stare, Of all life r '<* shey’re bereft, And, conquered, give their swords to those BeSillK i i! ’.ivrare. Who crossed the Delaware. —George V. Hobart, in New York Herald, A * fancy. Her h.V.oitWrleft her B) will, which was probatef^ta «he 1793, remained fill hie property widow,‘though as loug a»i made a pro«sron they was should for the children as so*i as marry or attain their majority. In the will is a full description of the Berkeley county property referred to in the letter. tailor caklin’s UTir-K bill. The second document is very cur¬ i 0 us. Here is a verbatim copy. Mr. Carlin liussucUa distinct individuality tiiat it seemed a pity to mar it by sub stituting modern English for his wonts: 17 -; 2 col. George Washington Dr. June 17th To inakemg will yr waitlngmaii a coat wostcoat & 2 pr Bi-eatolie* of Dark DHh............. 0 16 0 To makning Preachey 0 2 pr Drill Britches 0 6 To tfHlos A Torn each a 0 GO pHir inakeiug Frank ..... 2 To on tcoats 2 pr ....... .... 0 12 0 To 2 dozoii snml' But torusou home iuois.. 0 4 6 Tu 'Idozon Larga at 8d 0 2 0 To maRolokc u jnais of Dye.t Cotton for Gilds A Mike Mores. 0 15 0 To pfea«ing 4 caps from Cannoii, . .. 0 1 0 To nmkeiug 4 saylors Jttokiis....... .1 0 0 To mateiag ‘s pr Ureteh'W for.Tie ... 0 6 0 To Iiiak' i r : yr Brotches of silk wove........ 0 C 0 To mak-eiug i wastcoat 5 0 of tt.uo i* ■orsiou. . 0 Aug 30th To makeing vr white ° S 0 Brown. .... 0 E G To mnkeing yr green wasteoat •» silk, . . 0 5 7 i !£ ^iugmau UverV.”“ !t ' ! 0 0 O-rors excepted W-.n ttarlin..... 7 11 7' j Contra i'r. By half a Barritl of corn . 8 Bv M-.-r. Uunmng iiam an t Alexan r Sect. . . . 1 li 7 —— Ed. 5 13 i ^ las-jsr. -fr . i sj&xs Carlin. Wit;. Now, who look for George thwfeiufl? Washington, uauiw. ttn. on a bill of Ant yet it „ ft: re. The bill itself an 1 the signature are in the i.nflwrtiauo tu reelg the'" rthv ti’lor Car ’ lut toe uning at the ^ a •• ;.-c IV! 1 . n-lieg at the GeJrge .«i772,” is .t» f.e handwriting of Washingtou. has seldom A qoaifiter docnmcDt tn-v’u ’ u *i' •:’. V> :. i an h - jest fel loir Carlin is! He charges os. 7 id, to “Joasei®* yr green wa^tcoat,” but he { t k cs ear • to c.‘ an that the odd 7Vd. :y a ..r • ' • r the as,:, nfed t-y him. N.ro, too, how cart-i'ui h§ tpteTNrt is to write the words “Errors ac c tfeWi of thif bill. If fits bill is not entirely satisfactory—-we arc all human and liable to err—he is quite willing to listen to any argu¬ ments with a view to its reduction. On the other hand if he should have forgotten any item, he would naturally have the right to charge for it in a later bill. His precaution, however, did not avail him, as the receipt in Washington’s handwriting shows. In it Mr. Carlin acknowledges that ail the money due him has been paid; avo, even though George Washington still owes him a half-penny. The bal¬ ance due to him is £5 l‘2s. Id., and he only receives £5 12s. Probably Wash¬ ington had no coppers at hand, and Carlin was wise enough to take what he got and be thankful. Washington kept all such bills ns these with great care, and no one was more exact than he ia seeing that they were correct. He was a good arith¬ metician, and Ilia accounts were al¬ ways in order. The “ciphering book,” in which he wrote out the solution of many difficult sums, is still preserved. That much of his income was spent onclothes can be readily seen. Though never a dandy, bo liked good attire for himself and family, and no one was more careful than be that his servants should becomforlably clothed. Fash jonuble clothes, when needed, were imported direct from London, and we know from Washington’s letters that he obtained in this wav several elegant articles of attire for himself and his wife. On state occasions he dressed ^ith great’ care, and we are even told that at those times “his horse’s hoofs were blackened and polished as t-hor oughly as hisown boots.” On the day when "ho was inaugurated as President he wore a full suit of dark brown cloth with white silk stockings, all of which were of American manufacture; on Ir.s shoes were silver buckles; his hair was tied and powdered, and a steel hiltg dre»s dress sword sword hung hung by by his ats side, nue. WhfS^ver he wore, he always looked the great man he was. “I, the year of onr Lord, 1790,” sa y g admirer, who saw him in New York “I stood upon the doorstep of X™-- s. a „, There ^ Wash 'There te comes. comes ington.’ 1 looked up Pe»H street and saw approaching with stately tread and opVn brow tie off, father for of the my day conn trv. His hat was was CotnM -a trv and he was accomnanied bv Page and James* Malison, \ever have I forgotten, nor shall 1 to at dving day forget, the serene, the benign, the godlike expression of the countenance of that man of men. His loftv mien and commanding figure, set I off to advantage by an elegant dress, con-erting ol a blue coat, bnff small I clothes, silver knee and shoe buckles at, i wuitc v.-t; his pow icrv . locks sad powerful, tuwous icoi .tor ha was then in the prime and strength ot his manhood) have never faded from mv mind durin s» the many years which, with all their chances and changes, have rolled between.” A more ex¬ pressive pen picture than this it would be hard to find. On the day when be bade farewell to the two houses of Congress he wore, and most appropriately, a fall suit of black. In his hat, too, was a black cockade. Thus attired, he delivered his memorable address and remained perfectly self-possessed until near the close. “Then,” says an eye witness, “when strong men’s sobs broke loose, when tears covered their fac^s, then the gr iat man wa: shaken. I never took my eyes ironi his face. Large drops came from his ey- s. He looked to the grateful children who w.-re parting with their father, their friend, as if his heart was with them uuj would be to the end.” Men of the upper class were scrupu¬ lous about their attire in those days, and Washington never laughed more heartily thaa when two of his friends lost their clothes. They were Judges, and were coming to visit him at Mount Vernon. They were very dusty after their long ride on horse¬ back, and stopped in a wood on the outskirts of the estate in order to change their traveling dresses before entering the mansion. What was their dismay, however, when their ser¬ vant opened the portmanteau, to find, instead of their dress clothes, cakes of Windsor soap, a lot of cheap jewelry and other pedler’s ware. By some blunder their 'portmanteau hat| been exchanged for that of a Scotch pettier at their last stopping place. Their plight was so ludicrous that they could not help laughing, and Washington hearing the noise, came up, and was so overcome by the ridiculous appear¬ ance of the group that “he rolled oa the grass, almost convulsed with laughter.” Wheu he recovered, he probably conducied them to their bed¬ rooms, and laid before them articles from his own wardrobe—very likely some of Carlin’s handiwork. THE WASHINGTON FAMILF. Mary IlalFs Tail Sons Were “Mute as Mice*’ in Hex* Presence. Augustine, the second son of Law¬ rence Washington, was the father of George Washington. He is described as a tall man, of noble bearing, with fair complexion and line gray eyes. After remaining some time in Eng¬ land, he returned to Virginia, and by 1715 had married Jane Butler, and settled down as a plantep in Westmore Oonnf le^vingiour x^ t ^ ^^^ tej&^ helpmate J aiod, w hom two—Lawrence ftWMWgHfciue— Ss I AT 0 I V* M y ■m w, m Lv if 0 **^1 ° w •’7* C */ A V '<S£*V‘ IJ COLONEX« 5SAMTTEL WASHINGTON, BHOT0BB Ol 11 GEORGE WASHINGTON. grew to maturity. Two years later, true to the cuatom of his iamiiv, the widower married again. His second bride was Mary Ball, of Lancaster County. She was the fla*i * liter of Colonel Joseph Ball, and was descond ed from respectable English colonists, who had settled on the baa.:a of the Potomac, Mary Ball’s carlv life w n quietly passed at Epping Forest, her father’s plantation where she was bred in tha domestic virtues which ctuira f, ;r zed the matrons of her day. She w.. li t » versed in book lore, bat was o suoti commanding character as to inspire respect and obedience in all surrouud ing her, even in those who ioved her most. We Wa are are told told that that list’ her sous. sous, thongh “proper tail folios’-,’' were wont to sit as “mute as mice” iu her presence, presence. Only v/niy one one thing ruing eonid eon t enb- -a» due her dauntless spirit, and ttr.it was the fear of lightning. In her youth a friend had been killed by lightning ia her presence, and always after, at tho approach of a thunder storm, Mrs, *. For several years after their mar riage she lived ot YVakefield, her htis band shoroeou the Potomac, and them in 1732 George Washington, a -red est son was worn. A few year- in^sr the family removed to a no ise in Suf ford County, near Frederick^.,*. where Augustine Wasningtoa .tied in April, 1742. Besides her two stepsons, the young widow was le.t witn fiv® children of hsr own c-eor^e, L.iza* beth, Samae!, John At: • oe, >nd v-hartes. To teem she devote-* .:er .i:e, and George Washington . Sways declare i that hta mceessfal career was the re.--.t o: u:r- mother’s Ldchin^e. — Manscy a Magazine.
