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Show T1IE PAYSOXIAX. p.oe PAYSOX. UTAH, FEBRUARY 18, 1921. wna born Ht ness, oil December 11, 1799, Washington Genrge Iotomnc buried there. thi ("reck, on Bridge county, ,n., river, in Westmorland Mrs. Martha Washington, the wife Fob. 22, (or 11th, olil style), 1712. of Geirge Washington, was f widow Her his fnther, when married to the latter. Augustine Washington, hus n son of I H re n ce Washington, maiden name was Martha Dandridge of Virginia, anil she was married at John h hose Washington, father, the age of nineteen years to Daniel from England in cniue to Virginia She became a will Iurke Custis. 1657 mol settled at Br.dges Creek. ow at a very early age with two died in 1711, children, Martha and John 1arke Washington Augustine several children, George be- Custis. leaving In 17511 she was married to George his second eldest the wife, by ing thus becoming the wife Washington, At the early age of of the man who was to be chosen Mary Hall. nineteen venrs he was appointed ad- first president of the United States. jutant general of one of the districts Accomplished, wealthy and fascinatfond of ceremony, yet hospitable, of Virginia, with the rank of major. ing, at Mt. Vernon her entertainments Itl November. 175.1, he was si' nt world were famous. Dinwiddie of by l.ieuteiihiit Governor The White house was not erected to visit the Frenon Virginia until after the death of Washingbusiin the Ohio valley on important War followed and in 1751 ton, hence she never presided there, ness. but New York being the enpitnl of h, hhs promoted to the rank of the during eountry Washingtons in colonel and the lieutenant engaged administration, her court was held wtt r. in that city, refined taste and abunIn 1755 he acted as aide de camp Boon after dant wealth admitting of approprito General Iiraddock. was Her patriotism ate display. this he wns appointed by the legisled of husband and to that her equal lature eomniniider in chief of all the her through trying scenes and privaforces of the colony and for three tions during the revolutionary war. years devoted himself to recruiting She died in her seventy Jlrst year, and organizing troops for her dehealth gradually failed in having T 1758 a he commanded fense. i) since her husbands death, nearly successful expedition to Fort Du three previous. years He then left the nrmy and (juesne. was nmrriod to Mrs. Martha Custis, a widow of Virginia. WashFor sixteen years George ington resided at Mt. Vernon, occasionally acting as magistrate or as lie a member of the legislature. was a delegate to the Williamsburg which 1771, convention in August, resolved that taxation ami representimo he was unanimously In 1771 tation were inseparable. he Has sent to the continental eon- - elected president, was Washington gross ns a delegate from Virginia, the idol of his eountry, and his name The following year he was unanund fame were known to the entire chosen commander imously His trip from his civilized world. and assumed command of the conon borne beautiful the Potomac was 1775. He on tinental 2, JCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ooooooe&eoG o&oc Thomson, who had of bis election. been secretary of the continental congress, reached Washingtons home 11 on April 14, between lo and The muster oclock in the morning. of Mount Vernon was making his and was usual tour of his faros and Mrs. O O o o 0 o o o o o the messenWashington entertained the of congress. ger Before sunrise on the morning of April 16 a messenger had come from Alexandria with an invitation to a'1 public dinner there, and in his diary for the day, Washington wrote: About 10 oclock I bade adieu! to Mount Vernon, to private life, and Q to domestic felicity, and with a Q mind oppressed with more anxious and jminful sensation than I have V' words to express, set out fur New York, in company with Mr. Thomson and Colonel Humphreys, with the1 best disposition to render service to my eountry in obedience to its cull, but with less hope of answering its w expectations. Of Washingtons reception in Philathe delphia a chronicler of day wrote: of Thousands freemen, whose hearts burned with patriotic fire, fell into tho ranks almost every square we marched until the column swelled boyonj itself, and, credibility having conducted the man of our hearts to the city tavern, he was introduced to a very grand and plentiful banquet, which was prepared for him by the citizens. At dinner thirteen patriotic toasts weie drunk. The night of the 20th the presi dent spent as tho guest of Robert Morris, then one of the senators of Pennsylvania, and better known as he financial genius of the eountry, having founded its first bank and financed the cause of liberty at a Paysonian Publishing time when the outlook was chilling. The trip through New Jersey was continued through Princeton, New V Brunswick and Elizabeth, where Washington boarded a barge and was rowed to Now York. Flags and floral decorations marked each step; went he everywhere Washington heard shouts for a conquerors ears. He was hailed as a deliverer and acclaimed ns a deity, but throughout July army all the heartfelt adulation paid him adthe armies commanded throughout interrupted by receptions, fetes, by thoso who nlmost worshipped him, dresses and dinners. person Every the war for independence. G the greatness of the man was reveal to was the able reach roads who At the close of the war Washingcomrd his artless his O was to modesty, the which by or he along pass, ton resigned his commission, his graceful, tactful ac and ti tired tin cities selected as stations on his posure and 21, 1TH1, Q He wns a delegate to slow journey northward, joined the eeptions of the honors paid him. private life. most his Washington arrived in Elizabeth trip the and president of the national conven- throngs that made this continent on April 21, just a week from the Q In triumphal procession tion which met in Philadelphia To those thousands day ho sot out from Mount Vernon. O had witnessed. May, 1787, and adopted a new conthe who from Virginia to A roads lined was blowing propitious gale stitution that greatly increased the O New the serious the set when out across NeYork, flguro great, party federal of the government. power was Futher of A llis of the York. New wark for Country barge, bay Washington was unanimously elected the nrst president of the United tho center of all their national hopes. built for the purpose, and rowed by On April 6, 1789, bola houses of twelve old captains of vessels who Btates and was inaugurated on April at in York New met retired from business, had City, congress the New nml in conveyed York at 20, 1789, The oarsend of tho first term was unanimously tho timo the capital, and elected tho president and party. on March Georgo Washington president of the men wore white shirts adorned with He retired No other name had ribbons. One after another vessels a third United Btates. declined 4, 1797, having For been line behind them and by fell into ho proposed. issued In Heptember, 1790, term. John the timo they were nearing the bat there were seven nominations. his farewell address to the people. tery there was a small flotilla. Every On July 1, 1798, ho wns again Adams receiving tho highest vote elected. ship and sloop bore a holiday apwas announced four the command of the thirty to appointed votes. pearance save one, a Spanish vessel. a signal at. which flags of all nations more liberty under the rule of thejA committee of the Sulgrave society armies of the United Btates, with Washington received sixty-ninere burst into view, and from its king, made effective by AVashington 's met in Manchester to raise an en- lie As soon ns it could bo arranged, It was with some concern the comthe rank of lieutenant-generalThe title was bestowed dowment fund for repairs and furnconsolemn of its noted mittee They asieet. battery a salute of thirteen guns successes. and served as Charles Thomson, secretary was a Freemason . him by Thomas Carlyle, who iture. Toward this the Sulgrave Ver- feared some discourtesy, but, as the wns fired. upon Mount to was He at died his dispatched gress, master of bulge. Amer-ul'also nick him of institute the named A America contributed $50,-00procession Scipio sloop joined its large captain gave Mt. Vernon, Va., after a short Ul non to apprise General Washington bargo approached, Cromwell-Grandisoand $25,000 was raised in London, Bedloes island, and as it near-- ieanus ed the barge the party of Indies and the latter title being given him be- and Manchester furnished the balelohe fought to ance of $50,000. cause, like Cromwell, Among tho subgentlemen abroad her sang an MB occasion to of was the the from thc Stars a $2,500 crush ode scriptions king. pretense appropriate quent and Stripes AA'omens club in Manmid set to the music of Go(l Save The house, in Northamptonshire, The wharves from the England, was built before the domes-da- chester, collected as a memorial to the King. Wall street ferry, where to battery survey, and came into the pos- the American soldiers who died in the city. Detroit News. he landing was made, were filled session of the Washington family in Boudinot 1564. uith 1914 welcoming boats. the home In mansion, Mrs. Brown, to small daughter: estimated their number as tens of of the ancestors of George WashMy dear, when you are naughty thousands. Thc ferry stairs were ington was bought by the British He can see carpeted and tho railings covered Peace Centenary committee in cele- the Lord is sorry. five minutes are usually suffiNumerous tests have proved do. Tho presi- bration of the one hundred with crimson hangings. ' everything you years Small Daughter: Can he see mo dent, proceeded by the committee, peace between England and America. cient to complete an ordinary business or social transaction by was received on the landing by everywhere I go! Mother: Yes, dear. Governor Clinton and some of the telephone. An hour or so afterward on her The streets were foremost citizens. so blocked way to the store she turned and eager citizens that Courtesy in the use of a party line will enable all persons enspied Fido, the dog, following her. it wns half an hour before the com DT. J. H. ELLSWORTH ' Go back commission she ' could its shouted mittee fulfill home, DENTIST titled to telephone service over it to receive their share. 4$ over to i eminent its bad enough to have angrily, Bank, x'.cb Payson, lit. charge by escorting their God tagging me around without you 'he house prepared for his reception. 4 t fflee Hours, 8 to 1 2 ; 1 to 8 Phone 2 H. Itea. Pbone 101-- j coming, too. Occasionally a conversation on a party line is interrupted by - 0 j o o o o o o o e o e iir-n- y o o o o o o 0 o o o o o o Talk Optimism o o o o o and Boost Business u 0 0 0 Remarkabe Honors o e Paid Washington on His Inaugural Trip o o o o o o The o 0 o o o Company e 0 0 o c o 0 o o vDe-romb- o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 0 0 0 0 9&ooe$aftooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o e . j T y As to Party Lines- that . Ancestral Home In another patron. Please be courteous and receive his apology kindly. Do not retort with a Get off the line or a similar remark if your neighbor accidentally interrupts. Nor is it a kind act to compel your neighbor to wait more than FIVE MINUTES while you hold the line unless your conversation is very important. Please remember he is entitled to an equal amount of service with you. Telephone courteey will enable your neighbor to complete his conversation sooner than if he is asked if he is going to hold the line all day." As to Long Distance- - Its a real pleasure to sit in your home in the evening and talk with friends at distant points. Ask our Manager for EVENING and NIGHT rates. Under these rates TALK IS CHEAP! i English County of Hero of Two World' G. j Co. 7 f FOR SALE. One of the Best Buei-nes- s Corners in Payson, 78feet feet in Depth, Frontage, 111 with right of way in the rear. Property embraces three business houses and Modern Residence, except furnace. Inquire at Fayson-ia3-- 4 whoso fiuding his way to ATirginia in 1657, was to become the of George Washington, the first Pres Carved ident of the United States. in the corner of the stone lintel of this manor house is to be seen the AVashington Stars and Stripes. It was this great descendants stioke for liberty that drew from thP English statesman, Chatham, the whole-heaitedeclaration: If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down never. arms never. never, my Chatham did not stand alone; with him being Pitt and Shelburne, all' of whom saw that the threatened liberties of England could be saved in AVashington s birthday. AVashington won for himself the titie of The Hero of Two AVorlds.; ns a result of the victory of the British democrats who fought for' j - Advertisements in this column inserted at tho rate of 10 cents per line each insertion. Count six words to the line. 12-fo- j The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph M D HEkui.t Once at Residence tl Bn Street Ptione Payaon. Uta'i thp heart of thc Northamptonshire lanes, is still to bo seen the manor house in which, until 1606, there lived the family of Laurence AVashington, F. TILSON. PHYSICIAN and In tho village of Sulgrave, Eng., in 1 CLASSIFIED COLUMN ' ELIZABETH B. EARLY, Chiropractor, Over Wlghtman Supply Company, Slain Street. Ofltoe Hour from 10 to 1 and 2 to 6. ' Office. . FOR SALE. L- - My home on Utah I Terms will blar-KennetJ, Tanner; en-n- Payson. , DR. L. N. ELLSWORTH DENTIST Offlca, Payaon Enhance Sartaga Bank Binding NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE. For Fall housecleaning get old newspapers for under yolr rugs or carpet. Warm and sanitary. In bundles of at 25 cents per bundle. Paysonian Publishing Company. FOR delivered. L D. PFOUT DEHTI8T Over Wightman Supply Company, Main Street. Office Hours 9 to 1 aad 2 to 6. Saturdays, 9 to 1 Only. Office Phone 13. Res. Phone 30 c OLD HAY DR. 24-t- f h SALE In the stack Hugh Johnson Tayn. ROME FOR SALE. One . ijiock west of Tabernacle. Reasoiii$FwJ price and good terms, " c f . Smith, Payson. SEED AVHEAT FOR SALE. Glen AV. Cropped, Spring Inquire Lake. |