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Show SHE SAW LAFAYETTE. A WOMAN WHO SCATTErlED FLOWEflS STILL LIVINO. lira. Sl.n.er. of Newmrl, Ky., Whs li !o an tear. Illil lm. re.llnt Story el tha rrrneli tl.n.ral'. nmli-Ktol.n aail lleeoi-re.1 An.r JUar trara. (Cincinnati letter) fr-y its M 1: MANsnu f of ltast Third street. Newport, Ky , Is th only one living ot the 200 11; little girls who Mattered Bowen lefore den. Lata-, Lata-, jette when ho vli-Itrd vli-Itrd Cincinnati In IMS Sbo It now MBIiPt "'' M 'rMr' old, auu "ia iwrn In a farm home which at what la now tho corner ot Klghth and IMiim slreeta In thli city. In ipeiklng of tbe great ovent Mrs. Manser said. "The glrlt were dressed In white, with sashe and ip of reil. whlto nnd blue mmlln They cnrrle.1 while flags, with 'Welcome Ufayelte to Cincinnati.' Cincinna-ti.' As the carriage which contained Larayette, his on tlcn. Desha, wbo waa then govern ir of Kentucky, nnd Oor. Morrow nf Ohio, pasted by, tho children itrewe 1 the flowers before him. The carrinke waa drawn by four whlto horse I he lltlla boyi who were In Hie parade wore Lafayette, pictures pic-tures on their eosls" When ljfayene uos on hla way up tbo river from New Orleans to Cincinnati Cincin-nati an expert pickpocket got In hi work by sir-sling hi watch. He regretted re-gretted (Xiredlngly It loss, becauM It ni given to him hy Washington, and on the outside of the ens was engraved engrav-ed th following inscription: "Washington "Wash-ington to Lsfaycite " Ilo gave a mln- MIIS M I! MVNSr.H. It description ot hit watch to many of hit friends, to that If It were ever found It could lie eailly Identified, livery liv-ery effort was made at the time to recover re-cover the watch, but without avail, lis grieved over the lo for many a day, and at last gate tip all hopo ot aver again seelnR the precious time piece. Well, "seasons came, nnd went," but no trace of the watch could be found At last, after n Upia ot more than fifty yean, lo, and behold' the preclout relic wai discovered In a pawnshlp In Naih-vllle. Naih-vllle. Tenn. Although Iho "corroding hand of time" dimmed outlines ot the loving Inscription, still there It wai, plainly decipherable, "Washington to lAfayette." Tho proper authorities at once took pouesslon ot tho watch. A thorough Investigation was held, and nil doubt were removed In regard to In Identity Tbe prettdent appointed a tpcclal com-million com-million to tako Ihe watch to Krance, Hut, alatl 1-afaycltu wat dead, and hli ion wat dead, but n grandson stilt iur-vtved, iur-vtved, nnd to him wai presented the preclout gift of Wathlngton to hit ancestor. Tho Krcnch government appreciated ap-preciated highly tho action of our president, and did all In Its power to make Ih presentation ceremony Interesting. |