Downers Grove Reporter, 19 Feb 1915, p. 3

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It In slid tut at one time and another Wuh- lngtmn bed half 3 hundred sweethearts don; the bank- of the Potomac, the Repuhnnnock, and the Jean. end even up to the gem of Mount Vuln- nol. Pariah the number In demented, but a any veto we have but scent account of non of When returned from his first campaign and rent- Ing et flaunt. Vernon, the time eeeme to have been Declined by some charmer, for one of Me Inu- matee wflm from Willlemehurg: "1 “engine you by this time plunged In the midst of 0.1th heaven cm elm-d and enchanted by chemen even stranger to the Clrpien Dame." end e foot- note by the same hand only excites further curl- oalty concerning this letter personage by In- definitely nemlng her as "Mrs. Neil.“ It would seem that nearly all the young Indies wen agreeable to lllm. Miss Roberts. It or pears. was the only one however. who really cop- tlnted him in Barbadoes While allowing thut oll “the lady: generolly are weenble.” he notes thu‘ by In custom they nfl'ect the negro style. " Wuhlngton. while In Barbadoes with Mo sick Inn-brother Lawrence. met a Miss Roberts. who exerted m Influence over Mn tender heart and to whom he refers as "an agreeable young lady." After his wooing of the "Lowland Bounty." he had another charmer, presumably a member of the many of Alexanders, who had a plantnuon neu Mount Vernon, The “agreeable young lady” mmtloned by Washington In hla letters from the 1mm: refl- deuce, was Miss Mary Cary. the sister of Colonel Pulrfu' vlfe. He turned to her for consult- tlon m1! lt seen: her charm mltlgated hls "tron- Meme passlon." But Hlsa Cary had no gamut-e love (or the «den! young man. In 1752 she mar. riot! Edward Ambler. History mlgm Inn been «film! had Walking- ton been accepted hy the “Lo‘hnd Beauty." If the "lowland Beauty" was new Fauntleroy-â€" And good authorltlu think one Iva-aha finial Mm Adams. progenitor of the Virginia (an fly of the lime. m became the mother 0! Thomas Adnuu, alumnus of Wlmun md nary college, signer of the articles of confederation. and member of the Philadelphia convention (1778« 178.). oblivion o! aims! lawfulness.“ . . In! one. 1nd unavoidably being In con- my with her "my” my tanner union for you “la-had Beauty.” whet»; were I to live more retired min young Women. I night. In some Ina-urn. alleviate my sorrow. by burying um chute Ind two-Mame Mk)“ III the grave of In 1m Wuhlnnon beam. tumor at [and Nflu‘ “Mt "a '1. then but alum. In An malted Idler. prob-My written About the mu! 0! I750. or the beginning of "SI. lo his "Den New! Robin." (00"!ny Robert WuMnM of Maui, Iflecllonnteiy rune-abated In his will) '0 Mn and ulluton to the "Imam! Beauty." “fly phce of residence II It prom: u M. Dori- nhlp's, when I might. were me .7 Ian M and. put my time very pleasantly. u u very am)!!! young My "vet In the fine house cum: will ban It that the “Inland flaunt,“ in "any huntiom. and base their summon In u later 'fllhn In May. 1152. by Wuhlnnon to me grandam" of II" raunflnoy. In which he an. among other thlnu, he warned an 0000 n he rrcmmd bl: “rang": the h“ been III with gloomy) ”to nu on III-o may In how of - revocation of the [armor «ml mines. mm m I! I can mm with any ”Cannon In my um." The Identity of thla “lowland Beau- ty." who waa the object 0! Washing- tnn‘l am aflectlona ha been much disputed. Ina-Int. thp historian, m nounccd her law Bland. and none an Inclined to the hour! that aha va- a llu Buttock. a beauty of Charles county. laryland. who Inn-rial 0m. Iaaoa. Other- lualntatn that the tuna lacy 0m”. who married Henry 140 and became the mother o! the humu- "usht "one Ham.” who was I mat {name with Wuhlngtoa. and who ro- lonod to the commander In thin! as “Brat In var, first In peat-o. and first In tho hurta ot hla mm tum-m." Thou who favor thn Lucy (hymn ldmtlflratton point to thr all-cum of Wuhlhu- ton tor "Light Home "am" an a militant of thn early Ion ho entertalnod for Ilam‘a mother. He ordered a ring from Phlladelphh It a cost of £2 18- (two pounds and sixteen ahlllingl). bl; prlco In than days, but they could not be im- modhuly man-lad. no military duty culled him any. Aftet seven] months In the field, during which time they our each other only three or (our times, Wanhlnttm can. hack to William hurt. and then In 8!. Pour. church, on Jnnnry C, 1750. lhoy wot-o 3-31.14: m o W vol- dhc. m by all a. m at flunk In the spring of 1750 Weshington met his fate. Ill health had taken him to Williamshurg to con- sult physicians. On this trip he met Mrs. Martha (Dendridge) Custis, widow oi Daniel Parke Cue- tis. one of the wealthiest punters oi the colony. At that time she wee twenty-six years old. three months younger than Washington. though she had been a widow seven yesrs. in spite of his in heolth he pressed his suit with as much order so he had done in the cue oi Mary Philipse, and with better succese. Though her first husband had been faithful and alectionste. he had not much appealed to her imagination, but the big. dashing Virginie colonel took her heart by storm. she favored his suit, and they hecsme eu- in going sud returning to tsrried in New York for ohout s week. on such occasion so the guest of Beverly Robinson. n Vlrginis friend who had married Susanna Philips-s. In Robinson's sister, I very pretty girl. insolvent-d to he on s visit with her relatives. Washington came un- der the glamour of her glances“ He did not spurs expense in seeking popularity. He spent sundry pounds in "truth; the ladies.” with the oliect of getting one of them to trest him with furor. but all his ollorin were in ruin. He gnllsntly pro- posed to lies Phillpss And donned his best suit for the occasion, but that cultured and charming lady courteously declinedâ€"the honor he would thrust upon her. ’l'wo yesrs afterwards she married LieuL Col. Roger Morris. There is no doubt that Washington wss dee persieiy in love with Msry Philips. and her re» toes! of his suit was s keen disappointment to him. A curious sequel to his nitanhment for her occurred in the fact that her husband's house in Horrlstown became Wsshington's hadqnarters in 1776. both Morris and his wife being fugitive toriosi History in this case might also have been materially changed hail Mary Phllipse be come the wile of George Washington. rm runner meal." than otherwise," Ha In wind with : mmury ambition. Ha had finally been a millury law with the ml of n.- M (or the [museum of no fro-“en of Vlmnla. At twenty-chm he in a Ildedecnmp to 091» ml Braddock, commander 13 chief of the Vlmuh (mm. M tventrfonr '0 and In: mmylu to Boom- on nmun hula-I. Through the man of II. mum-mam. ulna he mutated to mm In the West India In mi of MRI, Washington become out. or Mount Vernon. OI Ila nun loamy Manuel n nemmu. when he m n «lack of smallpox which. according to Par-on Ween", "muted Ml Washington vs. I woke-c nut with an Pair- in" u nelvolr. with the Cary- n halo“- Nut. with Ibo nuhuhu u Sanford "one. mm the Cam-n at Baht-o Hall. ad will the IA.- and nunnmyl u Rich-Old. During the “no he an pmldent I In. Hm- Icy I. mentioned to whom come any he was very devoted. Yum can: ”It. Wuhlnan one. toldmoonnchnrgowflchloneemndowm the mm: at M: on um. ”at tho m umbemlynflmmln.fluuoymg pmum-mmuomnymuu at, all m M to It “to! Though Washington loved. and loved often. there is no doubt mu 1 good den! of romance ha been woven nronnd his early weer. Accord- ing to some, Wuhington had "a reg on every bush," (You the vineclnd him of old Virginio to Boston Commons. But the truth in Washington In: not on indiscriminate lover. nor did he trim with the “action. of women. Delpite the ef- forte of forgery and columny no deed of slime in regurd to tho sex ever could he kid at hie door. Alan, Elia Ann ("Betsy") didn't an. Wuh- lngton'n udflce. She married Thomas 14'. An Englishman. tho'ephev of Lord Ellensborough. yet It In we the was comparatively ham In her choice. "In forming a connection of this durability, lot the understanding as well as the passion he eon- Iulted; without the approbation of the first the Indulgence of the latter may be compared to tho route. which will bloom, glow for a while. then fade and die. leaving nothing but thorns behind it. There no other considerations, though aeo- ondary, nevertheless important. Among these congeniality of temper in essential, without which discord will some and that walk must be on- pleasant and toiloomo when two persons linked together cannot move in it without jostling each ‘ other " ‘In choosing a partner for We, prefer one at your countrymen (by this I mean an American) of mm. property and who” flmlly In known “C who“ elm-nuances (not depending on fort- "on mnttm may 1:01;]le a foreign“. redneo you to the enrtrndlng alternative of parting with him or bidding adieu to your county, fun fly and friends forever. Yet In a letter to mm Cum Mo- uln one“ of Jacky'n four mum). med January Q. 1m Wuhhwlon ghe- oomo mutating adviceâ€"- "Neither shun by too much comma “or.“ of a cult-Mo attractor whom yen may m: nor coco-Inga them by advances on your put. my" predisposed towgrd than your Incl!» “on any be. moral am a the not: mm on“ of old: llfq no fond-non of hum-cu a snow." Though n lone Mun". Wullnmon can not a quot-lam. In n mm to (be VHO! 0! Jul Cut“. (‘her his “(0'0 '0'. who i“ I... M. M) be Ifllu: "I never did. not do I k Inuomwuummnvnn not. mun m on c utmnonul toy-go.” A“ sum'ltlumrbeen-nnm'uhmw nfqmbmmounortomvutnum monk] eon-econ. . . .. l I." ‘1'." GI- In In any-um year I. wrote, "how I. all to In a Invoicing" pub“. and II IL" M ton to mun-a mu It "can-m be mantel.” It In ban and that M- 9..ch for lowly women in mtoly sun all (hm-ah II. mm «not. Wain-gum Ill hum. III the" In no qua-ao- um nu ma- II'I]. In“ nut-a- nd Il-A In (I. all city, “no. 3.000 AM! 8,000 MW and thou: [3.000 at 210,000 was bond.“ au- mud .1. (ho u“ u about 1:20.000 In I". no- wmmuwummwchmutu mum-t. "Pu-y" Cam, In 1713. by M! In tom-o. l n. of £10,000. an I! nut 50 n mama than Nuthatch! cola-m nlltury um. um Mun manly scam“ baton to I“ "an Inn! In Cum; Washington in won. about "00.000. the richest Inn II M. by. a Wuhllnou VII fortunate In III Mum John Adana, I. one o! No Mm album. oulalnod: "Would III-unto- It". boon mundan- ol tho Revolution-r1 my arms-Mate!!!“ Unlldmlcb‘mm man-Sod m flch widow of Ir. Outta?" In Washington‘s third of tho Cum woven, W ”llama thmd acn- ot land. I need DI" o! It Wot-m tho cm of wanna-um, mm! bu Wmtmlytucovn. In winter the want apply form cowl should nu clan amen. I! watered from In outdoor an 00 “to: should hull-mm harem-mama)“: “mums-hm [if When buying cove, don't buy ony- thlng that won't sell well again in me you should want to do no. Tho beet demand in for code cove of the leading breeds. and I! e cow of tho chancterletle color nothing: for hot- breed. line to gently cobble. 0! cont-o. mullneowontheetrengthothov color alone ll hardly hit to the buyer. Get them with color combined with production. The clue. are. how- ever, that once you have n nice look- ing cow tint In I mutent nutter you 'mnotbetemptedtomvlthher. no mutter how short of money you my be. I JUDGMENT IN BUYING COWS Here we mv with I III! at lets-re. he have 1 cued old-funnel ‘ m. when we no Centre In the winter weheveepleqtomte.eedelod exceflent phce to get a tho-deuce ‘1 tee for the teem. Not only thle.‘ but the neighborhood at threshing time he: the pflvflege of eecerle. en the water they wteh to etc. When the vein go dry there in flenty there to" an the demand. It took 3 lot of m i lebor and hechche. but It he. given, In 12 yeere or more of eervtee. e 63-30 3.0-“ chat; I. o... ‘90... so... .8. IDS-tn! «0â€"00 Scat-3825 In: .35.: 2 “Implicit-khan?” “tarot-n... mint for three tech. Anabel.- oawed hm built I. to the any height twice at diluent In 55%? W. In. a imkhl ”a I” ‘unuu our m In at: «nub. "m h “but” no. "min b ‘ locum not «to, cool and clan. CLEAN WATER l8 “£05881!" Mela! "M Imam by "Nude 'm m mm mm hr All I... d I“ 3m [um and nommmmm ho'mhhmmm can't it lair“ 0-3.“ manuals-um...» Harman-loo... Uni Ila-«y Afghan-MM I‘d] mmmwuflmm WE TEA AID SULHWI _ MEI! 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