Show BREACHED bais senator wendom who is the chairman ot the boint congregational corn on national printing and tuie well as the rest ot the committee was much shocked on being shown an alleged historical painting entitled the hag of bruce representing the father of his country lying across a bai rel in the most nihed posture while bending over him was the marquis de lala tte absorbed in pinning up a large rent in the seat ot our hist b small clothes fhe painter however insisted that his work represented a strictly historical incident and presented some apparently authentic testimony in support ot the following story it seems while washington was antei taming his french ally at munt vernon tit the aluse of the war he ordered the manufacture of an unusually large amount ot cider for use atan ous contemplated meny makings of course tho then national bevridge bev eidge was made by presses transported to the dil terent orchards but to guard against the depredations ot the small army ot negroes on bis own and other es tateo the general caused to be constructed a small house logs with heavily padlocked door in which the ban els ot the just expressed juice could hose cured sate irom an moonlight forays notwithstanding this precaution the protected hogshead was fauna to be empty one coining mo ining next it was the same thins ind the next A close watch was kept upon the negro quarters but no one was seen to absent hin alter hours finally the gene lal became nettled at the constant lob bery and on one moonlight night determined ter mined to watch for the actori himself his distinguished aguet begged to ai compan him tor the amusement of the thing and the two ordered hores hor es and lode to the distant 01 chard the hut was placed scarcely had they concealed themselves in the bushes before a score of daibes aiom the adjoining adjoin inc plantation appeared huge log and with a long placing the end of this beam under the of the cabin they tilted it bodil from the ground making an which hiie cider thieves entered leaving tho log to keep the crack open ind in sura them egie ss quietly sailing from then ambush he two great cap bains hi thru hoi cs to the log and suddenly palled it anav tae ato darkens within being thus caught in a the two rode quietly home chuckling over then the general pleaded that b a nights iman ho could punish tho wrong docis without le couise to corporal corpo ial punishment to which he was alwa s advease ahe next morning concluding to put th fi ight ot the sabe prisoners to an end washington efured tho key of the sider house and again by li gue tic paned to the 01 chard As taci approached jhb cabin they greatly amused at hearing the cordei ous blows inflicted ly with n who wens e grinj to the door down with he ivy object ith the deais lolling down his chaks with laughter laugh tei the immortal immo ital patriot ap plied the key and the next moment a liage bull charged out ot tl 0 door and catching force abaft the incontinently slammed him into a byr apple picc iccie ho fortunately taft marjuia taking advantage of the diversion to hastily skin up into another it subsequent that after the gener il and bis guest had the lo 10 nd dehait ed mother ot dukes ar avd who libia ted the arst lot ind then pant the of the nig t in patching nd impounding the dull to act a a soi t ol 01 bice sui prise pu tv foi the bailers whan the arrived in he chuisa ot the the bull got iad patting the round and walked ff giving the an op poi tunit to descend from their kosir ons and damages As it would never have done for our illusto fust president to return to us guests exhibiting a flag ot tiace in he rear the maihui Mai qui kindly offered to apal the breach in the as lar is possible and the scene depicted in ahe painting thereupon ensued up 0 date the committee disagree as to ho purchase of this great work to hang n the rotunda of the capitol but the bances are that it will eventually be added to tho national collection and that the next bitch of greenbacks green backs will ilso ba engraved with the touching memento ot the time that tried men s ants |