Show A VALUABLE RELIC jiow tho the mount vernon ladies tion secured a coach IL ii connection with the restoration of the old coach house which was entirely rebuilt by michigan during the past yer year there is an interesting story of the search for one of old coaches to replace in the old quarters though a search was instituted a year abear ago affo in new york and philadelphia for the lost coah coach says the new york post there were no traces of it up to the date a ate of the completion of tho the coach house in may at that time af mr r hodge dodge tha superintendent at mount vernon ascertained that a washington coach had been sold from an auction room in ahila philadelphia delphia to circus comp siny for afif fifty ty dollars and also that had the pennsylvania commissioners tried ully to get it from the company last summer for the colvin bian exposition mr dodge immediately corresponded with Fore forepaw pau hs bs and barnum Dai dailey leys s circus companies and also with mr brownfield chairman of the pennsylvania commis bio bitners ners mr used the large opportunities at his hia command in get june a letter was received from him to tho the effect that the coach had bad been traced to the wreck of a circus train in the west and was probably a ruin but the end was not yet suspecting that th it he might have been misled mr brownfiel ll I 1 renewed the hunt which ultimately I 1 resulted in finding the coach safely stored away sir mr dodge at once opened negotiations for its purchase but further proceedings were arrested by sir mr brownfields reserving servin ff for himself f the privilege vile of of presenting pr seri ting the coach to the M mount aunt vernon ladies association |