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Show Quaint Old Win Olaaa. j Congressman Frank C. Weber Is j Ihe proud possessor of cut glass wine glass from which on more than I one occasion, so trsdltlon says, Oen. I lleorge Washington refreshed himself I In the days when ho used to stop on J hla way from Mount Vernon to the -North at the borne of the late Michael -Warner, on the old Washington road. The wine gloas Is an old fashioned one of comfortable site and weight, . and la very much unlike anything In use nnwndaya. Well authenticated tradition has It that Men. Washington waa frequently a guest at th bom of Michael Warner, who waa a well known man In this section of the country and was acquainted with many prominent men of those days. It Is known that Uen. Washington stopped on more than one occasion nl the Wnrner house, aa be did at th old Carroll mansion, now In Carroll Park, and partook of meals. The wine glasses were always used at theso meals and wore retained aa mementos me-mentos of these visits. Baltimore News. |