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Show Washington IUch nt 27. Recent examination of tho records or Fairfax comity. Virginia, ahow that doorce Washington owned G0.000 acros of land when 27 years old, and nt the fall Hlanglitcrltif? In 1780 tho Washing ton family killed ICO lios for thlr use. Tl'o Fxtmlnitlon also brought out tho fact that In 1787 the father of his country sowed R80 arros In Brass, 400 acrcn In oats, 700 aero In wheat and 700 ncrca In other grains Ho owned HO horses, 112 cows, COO sheep, nnd had 250 negroes on tho plantation. |