The Paducah Post. (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1909 Page: 2 of 18
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Entered ts second-class mall matter, May
11, i90d, at the postoffice at Paducah, Texas
PADUCAH,
TEXAS
Will they permit just common water
to flow in that 1500,000,000 Panama
canal?
Happy is the frugal citizen who man-
ages to make his interest money pay
his taxes,
Chicago has sounded the doom of
the large hat, but getting rid of It la
another matter.
Every once in a while Carnegie
takes a few hours off from golf to
th(nk up something new.,
Brooklyn church is to be made
sound proof, at great expense. Con-
gregation must get some sleep some
way.
Aeroplanes are only $5,000 apiece
now but they will be going up next
spring, according to the printed direc-
tions.
Shoe dealers threaten to print the
real sizes on women's shoes. It would
be a brave move, but what would be
the use?
A Connecticut farmer boasts a hen
that will say "hello," but In these days
it is deeds, not words, that man wants
from hens.
A cable from London says the queen
opens and reads all of King ftdward’s
letters. What does it avail a man to
be a king?
A Baltimore paper says San Fran-
cisco is worse than Pittsburg, and
Pittsburg hastens to regard this as a
viniBcation.
Mark Twain has incorporated him-
self into a company, but It is not
thought that he will ever be prosecut
ed as a trust.
Blind bees make the best honey.
That's what one of these modern sci-
entists hands us. Catch your bees and
put their eyes out.
'SlOgy HASHING DUNLAP
Being married by "ethical rites” is
one of the new forms. Warranted to
be just as good, and saves a lot of
trouble anti fussing.
New York has only ten millionaires,
according to the official tax figures.
The rest of New York's millionaires
are altogether too modest.
French courts have decided {hat the
princess de Sagan is fit to raise her
children. This is likely to lower her
in the estimation of her present hus-
band.
RACING families to their
earliest beginnings is a fa- |
I vorite pastime with many
Americans. There are
UK not a few who claim de- I
scent from some noble or
nfl kingly European house.
Qfl Some go back to Edward
oBf III. of England, some go
to Alfred the Great; while ‘-
1 millions of good people be- '
iBJ Beve that they are de- '
scended direct from Ad-
and Eve. by way of Mr.
Mrs. Noah. The profession
pedigree tracing depends upon the dol-
If the price can be paid a genealogical tree
^ ‘ ^"ital $20,000
I ,®£ECTO*S:
f b"1%d »• B. MASTERSON,
P B. EARP T, J. RICHARDS.
JBO. J. RICHARDS.
he actually harnessed to
tion & pair of hls best hor
"Washington was ess*
man of business after he j
be a colonial soldier,
had ten miles of water
of which, as the owner
respondent, was a fishing |
seine was hauled and the
and purse nets were tend
slaves, but we may be jj
Washington’s habits tha
superintended the work,
mac of to-day, in the regifl
ington’s birth and rest
miles of nets staked out
were staked when his d
men fared forth and reti
with the miscellaneous c
ington himself, accordin
seized a poacher whom
a boat on hls premises 1
for canvasback ducks,
the name of Washington
upon the barrel passed X—_
spectlon in British We*L .1
ION:
hie business it receives Ifrom lls customer. ..j
Itelling them so. Our Wers^XVhe? hand
1st the service extended to them is coupled withae
jl -irrangernenls t° be permanent mustP be Mutually
P“e- Therefore, in the selection of your bank, have
hsnl!^“i f f01L?ouT P«‘»»,nt ami future well-
ba .k; V °,ur °f directors arid see if
er^SNC MILLION DOLLAR3,,,•, M8l,0“ibili,y
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|)tducah and Kirkland
•es arp right. We guarantee the
No trouble to estimate your bill.
spectlon in liritisn
DRUMM0‘VD» Pr°p-
T. N. COPELAND
The United States will have two
25,000 ton battleships. We may ex-
pect any day now to hear that Eng-
land is going to build a few 30,000-ton
ships.
Twenty-eight Wright aeroplanes
haring been sold in France for de-
livery next March, there ought to be
money in the aeroplane repair busi-
ness about April 1.
Uncle Sam is trying to get back 20,-
000 acres of coal lands alleged to have
been taken fraudulently from him in
Utah. Uncle is getting good and tired
of being an easy mark.
There is to be an advance in the
price of brooms, but we are glad to be
able to say that the carpet sweeper
trust has not decided that it needs
more money at this time.
Chicago is to have a "psychic rest
room," where worries may be laid
aside. If it proves a success we look
for anxious inquiries from a number
of eminent persons now in Washing-
ton.
Because he stole eight cents, an
Oakland (Cal.) man has been sen-
tenced to the penitentiary for eight
years. An important fact In connec-
tion with the case Is that be has been
put in prison.
There is more merit In the opinion
of the Colorado secretary of the bu-
reau of child and animal protection
that parents of bad children should
be punished for the misconduct of
their offspring than one would suppose
at first thought. If the state had the
power to bring parents to the bar of
justice when their children went
wrong, declares the Brooklyn Stan-
dard-Union, there would perhaps be
a more determined efTort to aee that
boys and girls lived In accordance
with the ideals of civilisation.
Turkey hag left her mark on Russia,
on Greece, on Servia, on Hungary, on
Italy, on Spain, on the northern part of
Africa and all of Egypt, on great
stretches of Asia, and even the Mo-
hammedans of the Philippine archipel-
ago who salute the Star* and Stripe*
look to the sultan as their real
.Her armies, says the Detroit News-
Tribune, have threatened moat of the
capitals of Europe, juat as her diplo-
macy has done In latter years, and
though she is now one of the wenkest
powers she hold* in her cunning hand
the keys to the Situation.
A bad llvar la a public enemy. It I*
morose and growly and pick* fault In
everything. It break* up famine* and
It 1* 8uip1ictoe^°*avkres°*nd quarrel-
some. There to nothing the state
need to get af#i on the More of
general
vile and
the land.-
will be drawn up. which finally will strike its roots
into some royal tomb.
There is one famous name which can be traced
back for more than 700 years. The family boasts
of no royal ancestor, and it never held any heredi-
tary title, hut al! through this long time its mem-
bers were people of position.
In 13S3-— before surnames were thought of—a
Norman knight named William of Hertburn bought
the manor of Wessyngton from the bishop of Dur-
ham in England. He paid four pounds in good
cash for It, and also agreed to attend the bishop
with two greyhounds on occasions of state hunt-
ings, and to furnish a man-at-arms when the lord
bishop had any fighting on hand. This William,
hereafter known as Sir William of Wessyngton,
was the first man to bear the name, and was the
direct ancestor of George Washington, The name
Is pure Saxon, meaning the town on the marshy
meadow; and the village now known as Washing-
ton is in the coal mining district about ten miles
from Durham. The Washingtons soon spread all
over the north of England, where the name still is
common, and one branch of the family settled in
the county of Lancashire.
From Lancashire one Lawrence Washington went
up to London, to study law in Gray’s inn. He made
his mark, and, leaving London for Northampton,
was so successful there that he twice became may-
or of that city. This was in the days of King
Henry the Eighth—bluff King Hal—the man who
could not make his marriage ideas fit In with the
Ideas of the church, and so quarreled with it.
Church property was confiscated on all hands, and
among other fertile spots the mayor of Solgrave
fell into his clutches. It was bestowed upon Law-
rence Washington, who thus became lord of the
manor of Solgrave in Northamptonshire and was
revered by the community.
The manor house still stands. Lawrence Wash-
ington altered it to suit his own tastes, and in the
carvings of both stone and woodwork and the
decorations of the windows he wove hls arms of
Stars and Stripes.
Old fashioned folk shook their heads and said
that property taken from the church never could
prosper. However that may be, the family only
held Solgrave for three generations. The first
Lawrence had a large family of four sons and seven
daughters, and hls family twice Intermarried with
the noble Spencer family—direct ancestors of the
present Earl Spencer. So when trouble came on
the family the earl built a home for hls kinsman
in the little village of Brington In the same county.
Here In the old village church Lawrence Washing-
ton, grandson of the first Lawrence, is buried, ac-
cording to tradition.
Though “reduced" the family was not Impover-
ished, nor did Its members lose their worthy stand-
ing. Thl* Lawrence exceeded hls grandfather In
the number of hls children, for 16 were born to
him. Two of his sons became knights, some of hls
daughters married knights or other men of dis-
tinction, and hi* fourth son, also named Lawrence,
became a fellow of Brazenose college, Oxford, and
a clergyman.
Time* changed quickly in those old days. Henry
the Eighth and his children long were In their
graves, and Charles the First was on bis troubled
throne. As became an old country family the
Washingtons one and all were for their king, and
several fought bravely against Cromwell tsad hls
parliamentary troops. While the knights fought
the clergyman preached, and it is evident that be
did not mince words. The parliamentarians writhed
under hls bome-th rusts, and when they got the dp-
per hand they did not forget him. Hls ehureh was
taken from him, and not content with that they
pubttohed hto Iniquities In a book of "MalignSnti,"
a sort of rogues’ gallery of those who were stanch-
est In tb* support of their king. The politicians
of those day* were worse than thoM of to-day. In
the quaint language of the time they said that the
Rev. Lawrence "is a common frequenter at ale
houses, sot only himself sitting daily tfpplng there,
bat *1*0 encouraging Other* In that beastly vice,
and h*th often been drank. He bath aald that the
parliament have more paptsta belonging to them
“ '‘ Ml** than the king bad about W* or In
•od that the parliament’s afmto did
than the cavaliers, awl _____
«nd hath published them to lid tndtore
' assist the parliament.” r ,
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peace with the “trai-
tors" and when he died
in the height of Crom-
well's power, his two
eldest sons, seeing their
prospects blighted at
home, turned longing
eyes to the west. There
is a suspicion that they
engaged In some wild
attempt to upset the
government, but it
failed, and they es-
caped on a British ship
in 1657 and sailed for
Virginia. The eldest
boy John, a young man
of about 24 when he
left the old country,
was the great-grand-
father of George Wash-
ington. He had a son
Lawrence, whose son
Augustine married Ma-
ry Bell for hls second
wife, and to them
George Washington
was born on February
22, 1732. The arms of the Washingtons, woven In-
to the fabric of Solgrave manor-house, show three
stars and two red stripes on a white ground. In
the little church at Brington they appear three
times. In the mortuary chapel of the Spencers
there, amid many noble tombs, is one tomb on
which repose full length figures of Baron Spencer
and his wife, who was a Washington. Among the
arms carved on this tomb the Washington and
Spencer arms are quartered together. In the chan-
cel of the church they appear again over the tomb
of Lawrence Washington and under the matting
in the center aisle, down which the feet of the vil-
lagers pass every Sunday, they cover the remains
of Robert Washington, brother of Lawrence. There
they are engraved on a brass shield of which the
picture here published Is a rubbing. The simple
inscription, touching a record of happy life, reads:
"Here lies Interred ye bodies of Elizab. Washing-
ton, widdowe who changed this life for immor-
talitie ye 19th of March, 1622. As also ye body of
Robert Washington, gent., her late husband, second
sonne of Robert Washington of Solgrave In ye
county of North, who departed thiB life ye 10th
of March, 1622, after they lived lovingly together
In this parish.”
The arms of the knights of Washington—the
stars and bars—were worn on their shields. On
their helmets they bore a crest—sometimes a ra-
ven, sometimes an eagle. The Herald's college of
London, the authority on all matters of heraldry,
says: “In the red and white bars, and the stars
of the shield, and the eagle Issuant of his crest,
borne later by General Washington, the framers of
the constitution got the idea of the Stars and
StrlpeB and the Spread Eagle of the national em-
blem.”
Drug Co
itered Pharmacist
bo row at dayli
ywr sad eight ia
sad refutable*.
sag;
PERSONAL GLIMPSES OF WASHINGTON.
In a historical tribute of more than usual Inter-
est on “Washington as a Colonial Magnate," writ-
ten by E. N. Vallandfgham, the following Is the
striking Introductory sentence: “That great river,
the Potomac, in Its tidal course, seems fitly to typi-
fy the life and character of the majestic man,
Washington, who was born within sight of Its
banks, whose permanent home for most of hls
life overlooked many miles of its course, and whose
tomb now dominates Its waters.”
The sketch concerns itself almost exclusively
with the home side of Washington’s career and
will be read with interest by many persons accus-
tomed to think of the father of hls country only In
hie regimental uniform or In the presidential chair
at the capital.
“Magnate as he was and the neighbor of other
magnates who were notoriously pleasure-loving and
fond of display,” any* Mr. Vallandigham, as hls In-
teresting article Is naar IU close, “Washington re-
tained the business Instincts and habits of his fam-
ily- Before he waa 14 fee had familiarized
with business form* and methods, and from bis
early ybsth he wp* a strict sad minutely
'“'“""“HnL Dull
at dayU
gray shingles on the sloflf
sails the Potomac, and
hls tobacco in just sue
as are shipped to-day
hundred ports on the
its tributaries. These h
no longer trundled direct
own staves over roads i
for wheeled vehicles,
still made with perpeni
bossed sides, Just as t
the seventeenth and elg
turies.
“The world well knowi
that converted the well
loyal colonial magnate o!
had everything to gain
tinned good relations wit]
er country, into the patri
1775 and the next eight
through the revolutions
Washington kept himse
of the doings at Mt. Veri,
returned to it at the close
determined to resume hit
pations. His dissipations
nial magnate had been
Delvoir and other nelghb
tations and an occasional
Mrs, Wash in
state capital— . .,ana
the belles ol Maryland were S*
touted to ride on horHebgqk
their hoops looped up 80ra®J®*
order to dance all night at *pj|
for which theinfantcity wag’fwp
Even the long war, the am
the critical period that folio
the burdens of the presidency, left Wa
with the simple instincts and habits oft
ty magnate and man of business. Ho wr
friend in those latter days that he had fou
Vernon in need of careful attention on hls
from the army. Friends were welcome bt
must expect simple fare—a bit of mutton
glass of wine were all the table boasted,
still, after Washington had definitely lal
the cares of state. Col. Carrington found
Vernon still marked simplicity. The veteri
the occasion of Carrington'* visit went to
midnight instead of nine o'clock, extendi
time three hours in honor of hls gue8*-
Washington always spoke of her official Ilf
Its levees and formality as “her lost day:
Mrs. Carrington found her In her own roomi
a chambermaid knitting In one corner, and
negress learning to sew in another. The flri
of the White House was even then knitting
and stockings for friends and dependents,
of this period, or perhaps a few years earlle
an English actor tells a pleasant story. H
on the public road somewhere near Mt. V
when a private coach was upset. The occui
a fine lady and her escort, almost angrily del
ed help. While the actor was doing what he c
a large man rode up on horseback, dtsmout
rendered effectual aid for which he received «■'{ OWN AND OTII ER ] AN DS
thanks, and started the ill-mannered pair * ...... ,
their journey. Then the stranger turned to****-KJUlULi
actor, recognized him and recalled the fact of ;
ing seen him more than once upon the stage. ~
this time the actor in turn had recognized the i
on horseback as Gen. Washington. The Inch
closed with the actor on his way to dine at
Vernon. f
"For most of us to-day that giant figure lri
background of our short national history suf
to hide the perspective of the earlier Waahlrj
in his successive stages >s a colonial Amen
Nevertheless, the plain planter and provincial
dler, called upon to lead a new nation In ^wai
In peace, and to tub* ....." * J
politics, must always
life In relation with hls
would know Washington
content himself with
from Bunker H1U to
administration, .apd-:
tomb at Mt. Vernon.
"He must visit
Washington, ev*B a
equal among hto
leksburg; with
Washington’*
he mast take
wharf * ' ‘
S. L. BLAKE
g and Wood Work a Specialty.
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T. M. I*rummond. ],
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^vith price
pou buy.
LAND or I OWN
and terms ri^ht,
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