Show HOUSE EOUSE IS STILL STANDING I o of Americas America's Great Lexicographer Lexi- Lexi grapher Near West Hartford Hartford Hartford Hart- Hart ford Conn e old house is still standing one south of West Hartford on the ington road in which in 1757 was wasi i erica's great lexicographer father her a a. descendant in the fourth f ration tion from John Webster who i lous s to 1660 was Governor of Coni Con- Con i t was militia Captain In the theof wf of the Revolution and the son son gf ad hd already begun the studies h were to fit him for his toll ton as a alist list abandoned them for a a. time served In his fathers father's company e house of the Websters is on the side ide of the way and fronting Ise and the city of Hartford com corn d ds a fine view of the surrounding It is shaded by maples and lm Jm Im which latter was vas planted by J Webster when his scholar son sona a boy oy The house stands with the ip t t the street and the fr front nt door ping mg with the style In vogue of Is s ornamented with a knocker is tories ories high in front the house has rge front rooms on the first floor on each side of the front entry In ng with the old style these rooms the large sheathed beams lower he plastered ceiling In the story gUre are two bedrooms corresponding lie Square e room below e back of the house Is but one the roof sloping down un- un en from the ridge A huge chini- chini In the center of the house affords replaces one for each of the t rooms and one for a large room he na west side of the house This r was the room living of the S- S rs North fth of it lt is the Pantry south uth of it a sleeping room Pro Pro- ng rig g to the westward is an L in is another large chimney Uhe fireplace and brick oven that indispensable to the J ti cri of the e time old housekeepers do not mention which t of the Webster house it was In h the country's dictionary maker born Orn nor do Io they give the exact of pf the death of his father Capt Cap ter ff nor the time when hen the farm from the possession of the Web- Web Bo tw p other hands say that Dr Web Web- was as born In tn Hartford which state- state was Vas true for Hartford once Ind ind in- in d 9 d the territory which is now Hartford H The highway on which V ebster house stands Is one of the t r. for a drive to be found in the of Connecticut Though a valley t is for r some of the distance so h b bove ve the lands on either side as to he traveler a fine view of the he gape ape Pe for miles around It Is Is' a gvay way and one that was laid out people liked room and had it Farmer |