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IttS MeHBNRY PLAINDEALER, McHEXRY, pected him to make himself a king in fact If not In nam#. Men like Aaron Burr considered him a fool for giving up th% Presidency. Had Wash* Ington felt It his duty. he would undoubtedly have taken a third term. But he saw no such duty and set the precedent which has prevailed to this day. The picture of Washington crossing the Delaware is from the moving picture, "Janice Meredith." Could Washington himself see it, he would laugh--and he seldom did more than smile.* For Washington knew his way about--in canoe' and battenu and river craft of all kinds, just as he did on horseback and on foot through the forest and anywhere the emer- •i Kte&nv&Foir cfrosszjvg tea? i7?oirirJiw<p£ittJ?£2z?Tif^ % Pv IOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN ASHINGTONIANA of 1925 include* these facts: Plans for the celebration In 1932 of the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington are taking shape under the direction of the Sulgrave institution, with headquarters in New York. The Colonial Dames of America have raised a fund of $100,000 for the endowment of Sulgrave Manor, the ancestral home of the Washirfgtons in England, ftlven to the United States by the English people. Mrs. Victoria \Voodhull Martin of .Norton Park, Worcestershire, England, lias given an ancient English manor liouse to be used as a hotel for American visitors to Sulgrave Manor; she Is the Mrs. Victoria Woodhull who ran for President in the Grant-Greeley campaign of 1872 and Is the wealthy widow, now eighty-seven, of John Bidulph Martin, an English banker. The American 'Bar association visited ^ Sulgrave Manor last summer as the guest of the pHilgrave Institution of Great Britain and depositltd in the museum a number of historical relics of "Importance. President Coolidge recalled to the Recollection of his countrymen an almost forgotten spot which should be a Washington shrine by faying an unadvertised visit last summer to the Irthplace of the "Father of His Country." J George Washington was born February 11, 1732, n Pope's Creek Farm, Westmoreland county, Virginia. The place is on the west bank of the Potomac river, 97 miles from Washington by autovlpobile and about 75 by boat. Alongside the road IN a small tablet with the Inscription, "This Is Wakefield." George Washington, however, never Ifnew the place as "Wakefield." That name was given the farm by William Augustine Washington, l|is nephew. • The visitor turns In on a well-kept road constructed by the federal government. After a mile i®r two he comes out into a little clearing on a Ijr.oll among the pines. At the center of the knoll, t|nside & high iron fence rises a granite shaft tearing the inscription, "George Washington's v Birthplace." There is no date: This monument Is 35 feet high, of the same pattern as the Washtagton monument at the capital and was erected H.v the federal government in 1896. At the same Ume the federal government constructed an Iron boat landing on Bridge's creek, a mile away, and ar> restricted its use that boats refused to land; It is QOW in ruins. Pope's creek winds about the edge of the clearing and gives its name to the approximately thousand acres comprising what always has been known as the Washington farm. Pope's creek took Its name from Col. Nathaniel Pope, from whom Jf>hn Washington, the immigrant, bought this farm at>out 1052 and whose daughter, Anne Pope, he married. It is now a prosperous farm in the possession of the Latane brothers (pronounced Lal-aney), who apparently have come to it through loy v Jjprltance. i; The house in which Washington was born was . {Earned so long ago that the date has been forgotten- In 1813 George Washington Parke Custis ~ marked the spot with a big ^boulder of Potomac Wuestone. Visitors chipped 'much of the stone qway and during the Civil war the last fragment <rf it was carried off. This stone was inscribed •with the date of Washington's birth and the names 4$ his parents. . John Washington of Northamptonshire. England, came to the "northern neck" of Virginia as this region Is known, in 1657 and bought his farm ' «f Colonel Pope. He left it to his son Lawrence "Captain" Lawrence Washington--and he to hi* son, Augustine, the father of George Washington. Apgustlne was born on the old home place in 1094, and in 1715 took as his wife Jane Butler, a daughter of Caleb Butler, a neighbor. From tills union sprang four children but oply two, Augustine and. Lawrence, outlived childhood. On the death of Jane Butler-Washington in 1729 the widower married Mary Ball of Lancaster county. The Ball homestead, called Epping Forest, is still standing. The children resulting from this marriage were: George, Samuel, John Augustine, Charles, Elizabeth and Mildred. The last tiumed died in infancy. When Augustine, tfae_£attier of CSeorge, died in 1743, he left the home place on Pope's creek to his son Augustine. To his Second son Lawrence he bequeathed Mount Vernon. He bequeathed to George, when he should come of age, the farm on the Rappahannock opposite Fredericksburg.- The farm on which George Washington was trtgrn passed on the death of George's brother, Attgiistine. to the latter's son, William Augustine Washington, and next to his son, George Corbia Washington. It Hun passed out of the'tVashlngton family. In 1846 the Washington farm was. bought by John F. Wilson of Anne Arundel county, Maryland, who gave the farm to his son, John E. Wilson, who had married Betty Washington, granddaughter of William 'Augustine Washington. In this way the birthplace of George Washington came back to the Washington blood. Among the children of Mrs. Bettv Washington-Wilson was, Latane Wilson. . In 1735, when George was three years old, hts father removed to the so-called Ferry farm ,in Stafford county, across the Rappahannock river from Fredericksburg--perhnps It was the burning of the "Wakefield" house that .caused the removal, George Washington lived as boy and man on the Stafford county place until he took over Mount Vernon, which had been bequeathed him by his half-brother, Lawrence. / How does It come that February 22 Is now ce|#» brated as Washington's birthday? In this waj1: In 1582 Ugo Buoneonipagno, known to fame as Pope Gregory XIII, took the Julian calendur In hand for doctoring. Caesar's calendar was then, ten days behind the sun. Part of the world adopted the Gregorian calendar and the rest stuck to the Julian cnlendar. It was not until 1752 that Britain made the change. The English Colonic* in America of course followed suit. George Washington was then twenty years of age and already a prominent figure. He had beat Commanded by Governor DInwiddie of Virginia to go to the Ohio valley and order the French pioneers to leave. Being young, George quite naturally wanted to be older and promptly added 11 days to his age, fixing his birthday as February 22. The British parliament later passed an act prescribing that all births and deaths prior to September 2, 1752, should be dated according to the Julian calendar. Nevertheless, George Washington's birthday Is February 22. George gave evidence early in life of being a real "go-getter." The celebrations of Washington's birthday began immediately after the Revolution. The first celebrution appears to have, been in the form of a ball given by his neighbors and friends at Alexandria, a few miles from Mount Vernon. The principal cities of the Colonies quickly established similar social gatherings. This birthday hall was always held at the seat of government while Washington was President and he and his wife attended. February 22' waa also a gala night at the theaters. , Apparently Washington** sixty-fifth birthday, February 22, 1797, was the first to be publicly celebrated on a large scale with day-time ceremonies It was so celebrated nt Philadelphia with much ceremony. The ships In the harbor were decornt- , ed. The church bells rung penis every half hour. The diplomatic rniu». 'ennhers of congress and citizens called at nrTfiuse to offer congratulations. In the evening a hall wafc given In Ms honor la the amphitheater. The but Mine wns floored for dancing and gaily decorated. The President nn<l his wife, upon entering, were conducted to nn elevated platform, on which win a sofa And a canopy. There were at least 500 ladles present and a larger number of gentlemen. The President dl<| not use the sofa much, but moved about, conversing with the company. "The President and Mrs/ Washington," wrote an eye-witness, "were in very good spirits and, I am persuaded, have not spent so am-eenble an evening for a loner tlnie. Every countenance bespoke pleasure and approbation: even Democrats forgot for a moment their en- • mlty. and seemed to Join heartily In the festivity.'* No wonder the Washington* were "In good spirits* Washington's second term as President wa« almost at an end and they were looking forwardto a resumption of their old hnppv life at their beloved Mount Vernon. «fnr from the madding crowd" and free from the cares of state Wi«=hington. of course, could have had a third term tor the asking. Every statesman in Europe ex- ATI* ^LTXPTtlJT <S6u&r6 Zbr&rati -w frieA CixJJsctkxrx. gency found him. Any mail who successfully car ried a fight to the American Indian in his own wilds had to know his business. So Washington would be as amused as astonished at the boatload here pictured. However, It Is an improvement oil the famous painting In the Boston museum by Thomas Sully (1783-1872), which It much resembles. While the picture may be laughed at, the crossing itself on that Christmas night of 1776 must >e reckoned as a vital factor In the outcome of the devolution. Before that crossing the cause of le Colonists seemed hopeless. Washington was their one hope. And Cormvullis had Just chased as i ngton clear across New Jersey and driven ill1],! !,he, I>ennsJ 'vania side of the Delaware, ' p«hKinff».! Wlth 1,530 HeSsi»ns at Trenton to , hl,n "P »s soon as the river should freeze riant °r ',°1 uts be s«H*ured. Congress was inetti th! _Jea,ous!es had created dissensions among the officers The Colonial forces 'were melting J by desertion. No less than 2,700 of the neTL «TtJ Pe(>Ple had tUrned Toi:les to «>ve their ,UeS aDd ,,ad aro,,«l t0 R«» for 1 rotection papers." Cornwall!* was so sure of immediate victory that he had arranged for passage home that he might carry the news in per rrl "h T,",e He88,an hiMinKS ceie- ?»i ™ " g ious drunk- So ful Christmas nigjit. »t was that fate- . [f'e transformation by noon of the next . Washington in possession of Trenton- Rail and his surviving Hessians prisoners! And when Washington marched his captured Hessians through the streets of Philadelphia all the world marveled at the "Fablus of America" and the Colonies passed from despair to Jubilation 8800. T1,^8d9t.> iinn t"FpeVd,leSrhail? fh'a,nll ,"W W"8a ll ,ns«true^e™t. Nteedw' YAoprrkil December 6. 1790. the seat of government was inmed to Philadelphia. During the next ten years tWu la snhfitn.lg 1t.o1 nI WcaAmI,e. ,.i nto being as th_ e "feOdferraail ccaapni!- Potato Reliable 'itzfe 'A Street a* »Jt times t In Spring Plow, Disk and Harrow Until Soil Is in Good Conditions tKose planted In the soli. The straw, when once it becomes wet, hoius the moisture, thus causing the small potatoes to continue growing while, if in i | the soil, they would not have enough The "Irish" potato seems to«gfer«aya ™a°^tUre' as U soon becomea. ^ tal and in October of 1800 John Marshall, secretary of state, Oliver Wolcott, secretary of the treasury. Samuel Dexter, secretary of war ami Benjamin Stoddert. secretary of the navy--brave In cocked hats, powdered wigs, broadcloth coats ""d l11""'""^-arrived and t^ook possession of the little hrl< k offices clustered about the White liouse President John Adams and his family arrived In November. Thereupon the Sixth congress assembled in the one little wing of the Canlto! that was ready for it. The government of the United States of America was at home in its own capital at last Never theless, the new capital was a good deal of a Joke New \ork, Philadelphia and other cities called It the "national bantling, a ricketty infant unable to go alone. That there was anything at all resembling a capital was largely due to the actlvl 1 ties of President Washington, to whom congress bad delegated the task of selecting and develop ing the site. The act of 1790 was passed when the new nation s treasury was empty and it had no credit; therefore there was no appropriation A list of the "counterfeit presentments" of George Washington--portraits, replicas copies Statues, busts, medallions. etc.-^woUid fill several of these columns. Every now and then a new one--or one stored away and forgotten--comes to light. The portrait reproduced is the well-known painting by Gilbert Stuart In the Henry Q Frlck collection. Last year what appears to be a ren Ilea of this portrait on a circular Iron panel was purchased by * New York collector at a nric* said to be $100,000. p e Last year Walter L. Ehrlck of New York exhib- „H*?d in the Chicago Art institute one of the four "Lansdowne" portraits painted by.Stuart of Washington. Thereupon 500.000 school children with help from their elders, bought the picture bv penby contributions for $75,000. The bust here pictured has had a most amaxing history. It is said to be--and probably Is-- the bust made In 1882 by Pierre Jean David. This bust was presented to the United States bv France Fire destroyed the Congressional library in 1851 The bust was supposed to be burned. In New --=^H>fk, not long ago, Mitchell Kennerley, president of the Anderson Galleries, announced that he had just sold ihe missing bust for $10,000 to Henry E. Huntington, retired railroad man and art collector. According to KenjierJ^jr, tba bust* was .rescued from a junk a writer in an exchange, to be one of the most profitable and reliable vegetables than can be grown, as it is a crop that very seldom falls. For early potatoes an ideal place should be selected, such as an old garden spot that has been Improved for several years, or a place where clover has been plowed under for several years In succession. The clover causes the land to be rich and loosens up the soil. The soil should be of a medium nature, light sandy Just enough to be in a good state of fertilization. Manure the patch broadcast with good stable manure. In doing this not so much is needed in the row at planting time. Break the ground good and deep, then in the spring replow, disk and harrow until the soil Is in a good pulverized condition. Lay off the rows 3 or 3V4 feet wide, making the rows good and deep. If possible cut your pieces of potatoes so as to have two eyes on each piece and use thp whole potato In doing so, as the larger the piece the better the germination and start the young plant will have. ' Plant Quite Early. Plant earlier than any of the rest of your neighbors, say In March, covering the potatoes after dropping, with manure and then deep with soil. Even If the ground does freeze on top the potatoes are gettlug a start. As soou as the freezing weather has passed take a drag and run it across the patch, then give a harrowing which will again loosen up the soli. Planting at this time, we know It Is too cold tor the young potatoes to come up, but the pieces will sprout and take root and young potatoes will begin to set on even by the time the plant reaches the top of the ground. Try a small patch planted at this time and see the results, then compare with your neighbors and see If you don't have «&rlier and better potatoes. Strawing Late Potato*. In strawing late potatoes prepare your ground In the same manner as you would If going to plant without the straw, having It In a good condition for planting. Lay It off In rows about 2% feet wide and drop the potatoes about 10 or 12 Inches apart, covering them with an inch or so of soil. Now bring on your straw and scatter it over the entire field of potatoes to a depth of 3 feet, as after a rain or two the straw will settle down. After the planting Is all dortip, nothing more is required until digging time. In digging, a manure fork Is used the straw being lifted off and your potatoes are found lying on top of the soil. Planting in this way saves a great deal of time and extra work and they will stand more of a drought than Tricks of Trade During Winter Orchard Pruning Growers of fruit trees who do their own pruning will find it both interesting and profitable to apply some of the "tricks of the trade" during this winter's pruning. One of the most interesting of these Is to put living ties In the tree. They are of principal value when applted to young vigorous trees. If a tree of this type is found to have a scaffold limb which Is not firmly knit to the trunk of the tree It can be tied there by twining together two twigs from 6 to 18 Inches above the crotch and one of which has its origin . , from the weak limb and the other from ™,ulof *he !,est c"urces v the more solid part of the tree. These ! IZJ? • k , Rf,sias have *>een^- should be wrapped around each other! «s f fha^ivlth • ^ content. It' as tightly as Is possible without break- I rHicini5 .r and:? ; Ing the wood and the ends should not! furnjt;u th, j J5 an<1 pnJne8, be cut off until after several years' | ^ ^ ,,he appl* * *gr ow1th,1 1a,1n11d1 ful,iee ltwwl®less nhaavvee finrmrmlviy can heeaat vl,e st ,» r°n-earrying fruit (fast w« t grafted together. Such treatment wlU j ,n lts makeaJg *** Cent of form a living tie which will have a greater strength than any artificial om that could be put in. •I-"- -i and wwimt the breath. lCerrc* aie soothed, throat Is rcfrahed and digestion aided. So easy to cany lie little packctf MMDS \ - after e\>ery mealf,J§ •\J .j-. f. ?.< Apples Important Food Balanced Grain Rations l?v Favored for Dairy Cows The following balanced grain rations to feed dairy cows cost approximately the same. They are recommended for supplementing corn silage and alfalfa hay, and should bp fed at the rate of seven pounds for each pound of butterfat produced. The first ration is 600 pounds cornmeal and 400 pounds bran. The second consists of 500 pounds corn and cob meal, 400 pounds ground oats, and 100 pounds cottonseed meal. The first ration, with corn at $1 per bushel--allowing 12 cents per hundredweight for grinding and bran at $1.25 per hundredweight-- costs $1.65 per hundredweight. The second ration--allowing the same price for corn and with ground oats at $1.85 p^r jewt. and cottonseed meal at $2.45 per cwt.--total! $1.68 per cwt Plant Vegetables Early * Many of the "cool season" vegetables germinate better and grow better If planted almost as early as the ground can be worked. In this group are onions, radishes, lettuce, carrots. Ever since of the Industry From the first days of the gasoline buggy to the present day automobile MonaMotoT Oils and Greases have been leaders in the lubrication field. Thirty- ! five years making motors run smoother \ and last longer I I You buy thirty-five years of quality. •nd reliability in each quart of • MOMMO«ot OiL Monarch a Council Bluffs, Iowa LUfjMtutur C°- a ItoledOk MonaMotor Oils & Greases World's Telephone Statistics recently published puta beets, etc. Cabbage, cauliflower and jthe t®1®' number of telephones la as* celery, which are also Included In this nt 22.937,000, this figure being made up as follows: America. 15,840.000; 1/ Europe, 5.903,000; Asia. 683,000; A us- §: 389.000, an6 122,000, fjj group, must be started Indoors for best results. Tomatoes, egg plants and peppers, which are "wa*m season" crops, should be started the same way, ths first of April. # GARDENERS SHOULD PLAN FOR ROTATION OF 6R0PS Good Way to Avoid Perpet- \uating Diseagfe. same crops should not occupy the same space In the garden from year to year. There are several reasons for this. One of the chief ones is to avoid perpetuating disease which may have afflicted some of the vegetables the germs of which may carry over In the soil. As members of the cabbage tribe and the bean and pea family suffer from different aliments, their positions should be switched In order thut any such pests may be discontinued! A good plan Is to reverse last year's plan and then change It back again n^xt year, thus furnishing a rotation of crops. If this Is not done, at least the arrangement should be changed by moving the sections devoted to one vegetable this year to some other position In the garden removed a few feet at least next year. A good rule would b« to plant the root crops next year where the leaf crops such as lettuce and spinach have grown this year or to give th^ root crops the space next year where the legumes, a term applied to members of the pea and bean family, have been this year. It will not be a difficult matter to study out this arrangement with a little practice. Planting the taller growing crops such as corn and tomatoes on one side of the garden one year and then moving them over to the other side the following season will be a convenient metljod of securing rotation. If rotation cannot be conveniently arranged because of the small slse of the plot, the best way is to make up for the deficiency by careful fertilising and occasional liming of the soil to sweeten It up. Fertilized and Limed Soil for Clover Crop At the Ohio agricultural experiment station on land that has been properly fertilized and limed and Worked Into a good seed bed, six pounds of clover seed per acre has produced a sevenyear average yield equal to that from twelve pounds of seed under the same conditions. Slightly add soils now In winter wheat, according to L. E. Thatcher, associate agronomist at the station, may be put in good condition for red clover by top-dressing the wheat with a ton or more of finely ground limestone per acre when the ground is bare and frozenv A top-dressing of acid phosphate or 0-14-4 fertilizer early In the spring before sowing the clover will greatly help the stand and reduce the amount >of seed needed. OCH & OCX PrrrsftuftAH - NCW^ A man may select his wife, but he cub't pick out his own relatives. Idleness Is the only refuge of wwk minds. To children every day is exciting;^ yet they never suffer from Insomnia. Nurse Crop for Alfalfa To get alfalfa growing on land where It has not been previously grown, sow the seed in the spring with a light seeding of as nurse crop, using Inoculated seed. If soil conditions are at all, favorable, some plants will thrive from the spring seeding and these will cause the development of the proper bacteria, which will be likely to be well distributed throughout the soil and bo ready to grow on the second seeding. Civilization Goes Back to Land of Sphinx --It Is to the land of the sphinx that cftllteatioo Is carried back, writes Msrgnret Sherwood In the North American Uevlew. Possibly this may acCf St for some of Its mysteries at ** ^»sent day. Here was invented kpper chisel which, with Its Ition of the crafts of carpenter lone worker, meant a vast step in human development. Here, studying the habits of the Nile, :nmen found out the method of Irrigation ; here flourished workers In gold, makers of pottery. Inventors of weaving; here the first calendar was devised. Mind and Imagination are challenged and stimulated as we follow tjie trade routes of these early adventurers, enkindling civilization throughout the world: Crete, whence sprang the culture of Greece; Italy, Spain, France, Britain, Phoenicia, Carthage. < %>• India, the East Indian afchipelago, Polynesia, the Caroline islands. South America--so runs the breath-taking t®'® of archaic civilization. -- Worse Than a Cross-Word The following note was left on the desk of a social settlement worker in Cleveland. It Is Intended to be Engs lish. it is a message which was taken down Just as It sounded to this foreigner, who did not know how to write English correctly: ' Mrs. QoUutas; nltm 1s-od scaat *'*••• suns Jukom hom pliz galerop sez no uier howlyt sgonbl sez galerop." The meaning of this Is: "Mrs. Goltmeus called up, and says that soon as you come (Jukom) .home please call her up. Says no matter how late It's going to be, says call her up."--The Christian Evangelist (St. Louis). Lived Long in Same House At Wimbledon, Eng., Mrs. Bridget H. Richasdson died'In the same house where she was born, having lived Utere 107 ysftCfr Should Get Acquainted With Various Machines During the winter months is a good time to get acquainted with the farm machinery and equipment. The more we know about our machines, the more efficiently they will be handled, and the less trouble will be encountered, and the more pleasure we can obtain out of farm life. Start with the tractor and automobile; they are similar in a good many respects. Get the instruction book and study the motor; note how It operates, how the carburetor works, how the gas is ignited, how the mechanism is lubricated, why some parts need more and s better grade of oil than others. _8tudy the troubles of the motor, and the causes. After the motor and Its accessories are thoroughly understood, go to the transmission, then the wheels. On the automobile, find out all you can about tire repairing. Other machines can be studied in the same way, the lighting system, the water pump, the spraying machine, and the farm Implements. They can &ot only be studied with the Idea of jSSlng them more efficiently, but so that repairs and adjustments may be made without outside assistance. RPMlACTSfe Let's adopt now a, permanent policy of legume growing. Fruits and vegetables are health and health is more than farm profita. ' • • • Top-dressing with manure is deck* edly beneficial, with little danger of in- Jury. • • • * "Like father, like son" Is Qfl in the plant world as among men and animals. x unu • • • V STOP CROUP IN IS MINUTES Croup usual; v < . nies suddt liijr-- midnight--without warning Be prepared to open the d&ugerously clogged throat at once. Have on hand this physicians prescription which often brings relief In 15 minutes--no vomiting. Used in millions of home* (or SS years. The quickest known relief for Coughs, Colds and Whooping Cough ?£• yoV. hav« children, get a bottle of this time-tried remedy--Dr. Drake's Glessco--from your druggist. Only KOa a bottle.--Adv. Kicking against fate doeont Iwlp any in the great moral uplift. It is s question whether whistling means we're cheerful or nervous. v A farmer In one community can cap- Italize on the experience of farmers In other communities through ttemedlera of the county agent • • • A one-cent postal card may brin. you frbm the agricultural college nub- Ucatlons worth hundreds of dollars Lt. wards better farming • • * , The best time to sow^*fetf§ * doubtedly In August, after the first good rain, but a spring seeding may h. stU'OfrfMfnl if th» . Well-Merited Success Honored politically and profession •lly. Dr. R. V. Pierce, whose picture appears herst made a success f e w h a v • e q u a l l e d . His pure herbal rent* edies which have stood the test for fifty years are still among the "best sellers." 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