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Show HAS WASHINGTON'S SPECS. Chicago Publisher's Interesting Relic of the Father of His Country.! A pair of eye-glasses worn fpr years by Qoorgo Washington, and still In an excellent excel-lent stale of preservation. Is the valuable relic In the ppssesslon of A. B. Boynton, a Chicago publisher who is now In this cfty on business. Mr. Boynton's greatgrandfather's great-grandfather's brbthor. whoso name was Rice, was a. bodyguard of Gen. Washington Washing-ton and was with hlin up to the tlmo of hla death. The glasses fell to him as a kcopsake, and they have remained In the family ever since, Mr. Boynton having only recently received them from his aged mother. The glasses urc of peculiar design, de-sign, and are very strongly constructed. They aro of a pattern somewhat similar to the double lorgnette of tho present day The frames which hold tho glasses uro octagonal In shape and are connected by a hlngo In the middle, which permits of tholr bolnc folded together, ono over the other, when not In use. They aro not madu to fasten to the nose, but aro provided pro-vided with a short gold handle on one side, for holding them in place. They must have represented ihe acme of the Jeweler's art In this particular line at the llmo thoy wero worn by their aristocratic original owner. |