Show CABIN JOHNS 11 BRIDGE tho famous structure turo got its peculiar namo name stor or of a sIx 1 terion strammer Str anmer who filled ettl ci vt of raff eorge 1 it C tore more jann 11 in a centar ago BO especial ashington letter I 1 did 1011 ou hear ot of cabin johns 11 idge it is a a wonderful Nond erful place and a wonderful bridge 1 I that hat is a insular hin in trular qular name it the ime lias has a history as NN ell as taw ali bridge and me r anay nia a i veeh all bein begin tit at tile lle ginning laid tell how I 1 lie plan place re ceased its ls nadae n tine more than cars ago before bergt washington became president and long belove the city cay ff if finishing ton win was ei contemplated er there came ran p to th alic city it of n a stranger r chose bose name dame the pietr knew in those da s Georg georgemma etmA n 11 ll i arcs arous cita tit located lo calci writ it cat of roch ci cirri eek in it nhat lait is now the ot of colum ili a ili 1 sailing bailing bessel from all parts 0 of f abc N corid orld used to corne cinc up the hip io tomac t 0 note ihor i erlind and t heir cargo ea on oil the Geore George toun amre 0 liane ind and ic I 1 L cene other c akocs there george leorice ton to 11 N as aa fit at tile hie bend ot of lial nai i nation ol of the lie Io I 1 tomac for just abom aboe it are the battle falls fallat and the great fill bals aich the river unna unnamable ig able tin the sailing ailing bessels de x doted to carra carrying ing freight lint but t alie lit 3 also aried limited numbers ot passengers one morning inor ninsi a ese came ironi from liter iier pool after haling hains been on tho ocean oer mer three months she had ie file pas engers anti and one of then them I 1 WA a ni 1 I artery to all on oil board just as lie he afterwards became N came a mystery 0 to o he file people of georgetown deorge town and ivinity ity e had in oncy money and bought the best horses lie he could lind find for or sale sail in georgel own ile he also purchased saddle bags anil and then pure purchased h asea 1 t ano 0 muskets it lot of ammunition and as jimell bread us as his saddle addle could how hold then 1 count nig ing his horse borse lie he croie off into the w to the westward ot of G corge town id I 1 disappeared in tb the forest eforest noboa N knew where he was inas going and he answered ne red no questions the country was mas full of n indiana in hose flays days and yet vet they N were ere not hostile tim months pa passed saied aa aiau an ana the mysterious elrode into toNN it burcl ased a supply of bread bacon eg es e sa s 1 and l hari ham am and again broic dro e into t the e woods one ot of the storekeepers pers asked liim him liis his n name ame and lie he replied my name is john then I 1 the lie storekeeper asked liim him where lie lived and he answered in my jay cabin ten miles west or of heiche he would answer no other inquiries but bestrode his horse and eit filtered ered the forest the man ans ni its about 40 years of age abil lie lived in ill the hie woo woods ds for nc nearly r ly 30 0 tears nears but bit t lon ion before that ti time me the country had begun to develop lov elop and lie he had many isitoro isi tort from G and points in mar and nd lie ile h ld id gone wit out into the wilderness all ilone alone biad 11 ad felled trees and built a cabin cah n he had ad cemented ih lir scams between the ilie log loers s with lime plaster later lf made by himself lie ile was ivas a robinson li cruson lie ile made lime by humins the rocla and lie he got go ili his sand from the river banks ile II 11 had a i sn anns it and calin ci in and lied hied there until liis his death in tile the ea anly IV irit of this cent ur nobody ec hneil kne v adv any other nami for liim him than olin john for lie he mould alve arc no do other n une I 1 ruple eople began bean to refer to his place as ai johns cabin but one day lie he told arme rne callers who nho stopped there while ti tl out hunting that his name m a cabin john ut of course it was iueli 1 I his conceit to gie the people peo p le Y f 1 71 1 I 1 PI it le 1 1 16 11 0 1 CABIN JOHNS a fuller fiffler name n iff imf thia lolin john antl and they t til ilni i Ns s afler vard to liim him a cabin chibin jolin joint alii bilar was ivus leocata loca teil war nr ir the lic aler at the bouth oa j a greil grea I 1 iuie NA ith illi lulls t 1 I here ii 6 until tins da il N nn better lo 10 cj jn n the upper put lutna 0 tic tf for for fish mand ii bursting buri ln antin nt ting in in alo e days lilt as opulent aft LH ais for mine jine food M r in be biad 11 fortune misplace his place 0 oj not nobody ginev adf tried to fl find out lie e always had money ile come came to town to buy supplies ill aas s oil 0 good terms erma fill ti the inalia indians and lie did not ra fear run nia randers raud because lie he surrounded himself witti 08 who him and 1 watched 1 belled ill av by night arid and by lay day avell boeer ho eer lie ile aas he died itliong apic e eliol his iden city anti anil he be is kemem m bared as cabin john ind athil so he will lint ir in lofti history lii stor ahrie passed on and n leiff after fter lie M as gone g gnp there tl pre rew up abu capital of a republic jn camo came v th population jaci it became geee ira to bililc a aqueduct to supply tile hie city it I 1 at r more alore than tell ie ta met t ot of corchon r gai own ton tile the cai ci il en gincer s went to sa s1 ihl 1 1 I re eserio senoir ir and chewn the water appy up py aa n from the he Poter rn near ta le blat 3 lat at falls in order to bring anns fit alie me 0 the e city it hanic bebes sn BI to on aad a grent great bridge the i in ri i in PR referred apfei red to allover and III alif hi callad thoin john bridge V nealise realise cause it spanned panned ind and toda to daa da spans til great ravine at whose month the sti stranger stia affer anger built his cabin and made his 1 0 1 ara 11 i ithe the history of 0 tile the origin n of the nam of the bridge which is R the he largest 1 sing s englc learch l ear span apan in the world its diama i r is feet beet counting it a tile the se segment mant of a c ircle circle it is a man el of cu rin skill poor old cabin john to n neer ci reamed dreamed that he would leae hisT fictitious name to all future generations else eche lie he might 11 liane hac given his real afric unless lie he had ample reasons for that name to tile the gi a e wilh him the sav say that hensel he used to 0 pendra tv great deai deal of time in econ coon hunting pad that during his latter years divore hew no other t lothing clothing than the skin and fill fins of domestic allily animals a there I 1 s il a pro prosperos restaurant lose close to alj e bridge and thousands of people go ala ere on oil pleasure bent I 1 kor or in all 3 beals 11 1 1 I 1 it t was a plea p casiri ca drive t then heal tie he cles came and young peo ale wheeled there find and now ban the elec electria trie ears cars currry carry numberless pleasure se heelers elers see liers to the bridge the me restaurant does a 1 ak 1 lo 10 11 t aex I 1 4 iti Z 3 U IN THE GARB OP OF A WOODMAN good cooil business a for people N still ill eat and drink on buch batch excursions L guitel lu itel teia of late jears ears it has become a popular sunday resort wl bere cre people inn art go arid and their alcoholic appt rallies aites there is a 1 photographer there ho makes pictures of people beneath a niri W about the bridge and lie he has re a lot ot of data concerning the lie bridge which people receive e and read ith great interest ile casap lias a pamphlet aliph let of bistor history y in aiji which occurs the folio ini ing statement in the 3 acar ear ISS i the ro folo rowing lines were found under a dilapidated grain him in an all salil silil ul alil located on the banks rf of the cabin john john jahn ot of the cabin a cariou sprang out of abe river one dark stormy ui lil lin I 1 he I 1 e bulat u t it 11 warm hut in a lonely retreat anti and lived many years veers upon fishes and ana meat when the last lone loire raccoon on oil the creek lie he had alain it Is said in ila jumped into the river again As nu no name flame to ti tile the creek by the ancients MUI given it vili cabin john after john Jahn went to heaven when I 1 the he bridgi bridge was built there aas ns also als u a i conduit built front from the great tu to GE and thence loto into oer the iri duit tl ere Is as it did ru roadway dway binl and thi hi i a is still kno nu ra a tin the ton oil alit 1011 i jong this there has aih recently lieen built b ailt tit an ecel trolley electric line inan thou thon i iiii of pis pa fisit tle me brida b id ital and I 1 14 braid in this manner dianner whet e is they leei to go in b bugles or on oil bi ecles eos ibele latter ancient mod of oin anre are still used by hundreds or if ji people ople 1 I lie pamphlet furnished by the pill tw giving the hip history 0 of f it alir I 1 vonta iw thi the fol following loNing ahl ill structure is ft the bonc ton bridge bulli built t tile united stater government ivr what 14 till cJ labin john th rh cabill john li is a stream ur respectable vol uin macii arje nt at mi IJ hew alc th rOdAll a 11 most picturesque uld h N 8 s unon tilon or tho auntry and pours pour i lt its kripl I malar fito anto all ilir potomac Poto inac river a fv ali undred ivle pt billow the hie polut point at chich ahi I 1 t bocc former Elie if 14 by no kal bild p its name A bridge bet is of no na OF rf ciRth of f an ff t J I 1 elgh I 1 ln i A ililda 1 l 11 caw length of if alian 24 2 4 11 oi ua bermain 9 the arld alone cot cost 10 the conduct system cox cost y of cc alvr main gallun ot of water dail dalli NN hen I 1 the he bridge ni mas a begun in it j Pr anklin meme vas as president ard jefferson tt r tavis secretary of aur ar there arst a in hie keystone of 0 the arch birch coal laming I 1 lie hie names of the president and i of mar and also 0 maj MI wigs and of caits lintton and lia tiler engin cor dyben tile viar ir brsan began capt billt ion on nent wilh m ith file hi eon confederacy and so dit die capt Cha chanler liler A daughter of the latter 1 itter officer of amelie rites Cli anler became or notorious a few years nyo ago a as nil lilt authoress of exceed imply erotic literature ahert president Lincol ns trat tra ion beban lie he made simon cain Cani eron 1 it l ii niti secretary secre fary of ivar Jc Ceron danisi wit was then president of the coredo ron k abc atc tates stales cameron ordered abat his name be cut out of tile he henstone eblet tablet that order was obeyed and tin tile engineer in charge of the lilt anark tio aiso tile name of tile other officers offic cra cerR including maj ma fleig who was supposed to ampa 3 ill t tl E lize with t the he rebellion although altho lie he did not participate in it a as all of the others did under that order carder the original tablet was ho changed tit that at it now appears as fol follows lovis |