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Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 33

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S- -W'v 'rf fyiV-t yAv V'-vi 'f Ui-f VW -w: "5 -i i i' 1 4 Vr-V'' 11 t': a THE DISPATCH i RICHMOND VA SUNDAY JULY 24 1004 l'i'j- at Lexington' Va and haa become eaftal 1- aAiAalM educator sr' SOME LETTERS RECEIVED FROM OUR BOYS AND GIRLS tA- a a prise for tho next bird paint yours esvti a a SMU 4 RICHARD JAMES West Marahail Street if -wS Dear Please send mo a have eent three drawings and have gotten nothing MART KENNEDY 107 Lou is loan Street jy MARSHALL FAMILY Dear Editor ef the TlmamDtopateh Please send me a badge aa I would like to became a member of the I love to read the children's pegs very much My brother Joined some time ago Please send mo a badge LOUIS KOMTK ME Beverly Street city 81 am ysera old I Editor T' C-: Alinl to'ronie about hXr Now Gertrude wa a ptotty girl but her ways spoilt hen looks- and ylm Annie and Robert were out playing and Hpot waa with them Usrtruda would kick and knock him about with the broom and tho poor thing would ran- wagging hto tall to Annie who would pat and give him kind words Bhe would nocaay anything to Gertrude about being unkind to her dog Bh was too good to ever speak to any one In a way that she thought they would not like She would only try to keep Spot with her and out of Gertruda's way And Beauty her cat had to he sent away because of such 111 treating by Gertrud Annie could not stand It any longer so she gave It to one of Aunt Bone's little granddaughters but Robert had become so devoted to Annie that Annie's father had already gotten him os pend three yean with them and now as ho waa getting ready to go to school Bo Annie wae now to great dle-HO'Waa only going to stay two years and Annie's father had made him promise to corn hack and go in business with him whlqh I think he will do Gertrud was quit a young tody by this tlnw and tryhif to make life miserable every day Annie would go around tho house sing big eo gayly and it nude the old cook glad when Annie would come about tho kitchen Annie Iwd Just receded senary Mid from Robert Which aha was very proud of Robert now had been gone a year and to be gone another At the and of two yean Miss Edith was going to leave this Annie had gone as for In her hooka as aha ooutd without going to college which aho did not card to do because aha did ndt want to loavo her father and old homo Annie waa now eight and growing more beautiful and sweeter every day The only thing that mads Annie unhappy" was when aha thought of the death of Spot which happened long iia It was now only two weeks wlf Robert will' return and waa going in buttress with father aa he wished and I don't think yo all Will ho eurpriaed of hearing of Draft I thank you so much for -fVi printing my story in your paper I TVvSwr I think ths-T peg Is getthig Marshall Family It to Siting that we ehould next turn to the Mamhallii who with the Madfaonx Meson and Pendleton formed n- in vincible force-' which impelled an aueeera-fully' the evento of the Heroin Mon The greatmt of thend Intellectual giant wan Chief JuMttao hlaiuhall of who' family we will now treat It to not difficult to connect the Virginia branch with royal i deeoent The name lteelf: tie of French origin from Maitrt-Chevgl inaater of the horee which soon- became Mareechat time' of William the Conqueror The Handrail claim recent from William te Maivachal who eama to England with tha Morman oonqueror From him dwreepded 'John Marrehal nephew of the fir great Earl of Pembroke wboee retatee were In WiIm After the' death of King John be became a Marechal of England- and after tha crowning of lfenry III waa choeen Protector of tha Kingdom' He married a daughter of Riche rd Karl of Pembroke auriuuned "Strongbow' who had conquered tha Irlah in 1171 On the death of William Earl of Pern broka succeeded to ffia eetatea lit Ireland and ae Protector and Guardian of Henry 111 He eent hie nephew John Mamhalli to Ireland rohirtitutlng Mm Mereachal of England '(Roe mention of him We And no mention of Marahail after that until lttf at the fall 1 of Catola In tha reign of Quoen Mary where Ctpt John Martha 11 to there eta ted aa dMlngulidibig himeelf and being ae-vereljr wounded Ho returned to Ireland and there died From him John Marahail who waa Captain at the battle of Edge llill time of Cbartoa Being an Kplanepallan ha did not pillow tlie fortune of bla depoaed mvereign Jrat tiled came to America about IfM and oetl tint at Jamestown and afterwards moved to Weetmorelaod county Ho was noted aa a great Indian fighter Tha wlfa of this Capt John Marshall tha emigrant to not known and it oeeaag he died leaving no will FI rat Thomaa who He had two aensi rwat Tmros wire VMM born In Ittl nod flltd ITOla luxwvi finsi Miss Lula 8yd nor is on of my friends I think her tetter waa so nice am well to-day and hop yon ar tn Sams 1 am going to Children's Day next Sunday With much gueosra for the chll- draa's page I am your frtend OOLYtTNXY KEITH MEADE Maanboro Va Daar It haa been raining ao ataadily this arming that hardly knew how to amuse myself until I thought of our olub Then I decided to draw come- 7 thing for it and send enclosed ona of that pictures I was pleased to my story in tha paper so soon and will send an- i other soon Robert Brace's Story" waa fht and also the illustration I think ha wi4 make quite an artist on of these days Minnie illustrated poem was very interesting also I agree with Mary Lynn about the members sanding tn origi-nal places I am sura each child Would enjoy them more if done entirely by the Club Now before I eloes I wish to oak a fiussttau written In colored InxT Your very uuly MaryW'ARren Wavsrly Va--y Dear Editor -I was vary glad to sao ad Tc waak: I had oo many nioa otoriso in it Story about Jamestown printed Tn chiidfon'i page waa tin this waak had oo many nloo otoriso in IL Ws anvo meet aueceeaful He waa near ''eouain 1 a too of Ittohop Had Ivon whose family lived In Auguata county wheyo many of tho Mkdlson family set tied Queries and Answers From Nottoway county Va: you tell me if any of tho following members of tho Dickinson or Dickerson family -of Virginia served in the Revolutionary war if so when and Where William Dickerson of Hadenevilto Goochland -county- Va 1771 Hto brother waa John Dickerson who moved to Nelson county with hla son John There were two other brothers Robert and Thomaa Who cam to Nottoway from Fluvanna county about 100 William Dickinson and tho lata Judge Ana Dickinson of Prince Edward county wen sons of Robert Dickinson and uncle of wlfa of x-Govvrnor O' Fe trail of Richmond This Robert Dickinson married daughter of James DupuF of Nottoway who it to said waa an officer In American Revolution Tho Dupujr family an Huguenots and can bo easily traced" In answer to above will aayt 1 John Dickerson aattted flrat in Loutoa sad died tu Ha bad thru John WSlIam and Thomas who died HOT Wo con alder the Dicklnaon family to have do anended from tha celebrated John Dick tneon born In Maryland int and ho eama eminent In tlra early Congress Hto descendants have spread largely both North and Bouth Can any one apeak further of thomf From Cl" Waynefboro Va "Was tha Jamas Taylor Jr who signed tha non-lmportatlon article at Williamsburg Va a son or grandson of CoL Jamee Taylor tno emigrant to Orange county from Carliele England about MEO-1637 Giro hto parrots' names 1 Who waa tha wife of Col Wm Thompson of Blackwell NcckT Ar there any record of hto military nervier and tha prominent part ha totfc In Bacon's re bdion giving authority for aame A Can you give anything ef John Baker (son of John Baker of Berkely) who married Anntojlark find had throe ehll drm Annie who married Governor Thoa OUmer of Virginia HWT Give naasea of Uielr children" We can any something ef tho Ollmey family Chn anyoti reply to the other questions of our correspondent The Moore article la crowded out will give it next haua No Roanoke Vai Will you kindly allbtr me to correct on or tsro error in your column' of Ths Tlmes-Dlspsteh tf th Id Instant In sonnsottofi with ths descendants of my groat grandfather John Ranees Peyton of Stony Hill Va Thera he to said to have had three sen and no daughter Whilst really ha had two daughter (Luey and Anns who both married Greens of Hopkinsville Ky and hava many distinguished descendants): inf four Garnett Jno Hows Bernard and Rouse Tha Genealogies) column also stats that Jno How Peyton first married Agatha fitrother Madison' whereas ho married Busan Smith Madison and hi brother Garnett married her slater Agfilhfi Th Misses Madison being tho only children of William 8l Madison (brother of Bishop Mad loonL end hi wlfa Elisabeth Preston Oarhett Peyton had four son and ona dd lighter alt Of whom died without is us except the youngeat eon William Pry-inn' who amrrlad KUaaheth Munford of Richmond and they are survived by three- now twa daughter and threa grand chjMren" -i LITTLE ANNIE Ltttl Annia was only eight ye ft old when her mother died Bhe was a gentle little mature and her pet dog Spot waa gentle as shft Her kouMit UverK with her mother during her fitaeas ho waa auch a pretty girl to I00E fit but she hod such a temper and was so Jealous of little Annla Gertrude was sixteen years'oid and waa the seventh child of 'the family so her mother and father oouM spare her very easily Her father was like- father a good gentle man and made a good living hto family But as there wars so many of them Gertruda could not dressed like little Afcnie and that waa why aha disliked AHnla AaoWtrsofte: seemed to care and do more for her than Gertruda Annie's governess helped to keep House and with Aunt Belle the Old cook knowing more than anybody else Becaura aho had lived with her niother and father ever since they were- married Mlaa Edith Governor's little nephew whose name was Robert wa stopping to see her at this time which mad Annie very happy because they played together and thought as much of each other aa atotsr and toother But poor Grrtrufle waa so Jealous and mtaerabte that aha could hardly aland for -f i 1 1 a bote named Daisy) ska te Just as gen-1 os she ran wa go out in tba lot and fttoh hft Wa have aom flowers tn Moom and aoma gotttnB raady to WooiB'Vift'S' I I want out to got aom blackberries thwVvl morning and found a (Map's neat I haps to tea thto ''printed r-vi'-Lw our From your True member Dee? Pleas send me hadgo I would like very much to become a mem- rro rt tkUr Mmmuro twr of the I am thirteen year old Enclosed you will find a drawing which 1 mad of some tract at the mouth of the Pass" I hope very much that you will publish It Tour elnoeraiy MART BROWN ANDERSON Flumen Rockbridge Co Va Dear Edltor-I would like to Join tho as I have bean much interested in It I have hem trading It for a long time I Inclose a selection nag hop you will publish It Pleas eent me a badge Tour truly VIRGINIA BARRETT Va vDear Edltor-J have not-writtea to you for eo long suapeet you have forgotten me enclose two drawings which I hope you will publish Hoping to era one of my drawings in tho paper I remain truly your CARL COTTRELL Petersburg Vfi Dear Mr! £dltor-J send you another painted bird! hope get the prto this week X-weeed it-ence but hop to get It thto time My Another sent you an oeay I hope te era It la the paper I'm ten years aid Saturday Good-bye Tour little friend FRANK CAVEDO MM Venable attest Good morning Mr Her eomc four cousine that would like to Join tho -Wb I tv on a form and have a good many pets such as cate pigeons and little banttm ahtekenc and then have tots of doll -Our papas have been nubecrlbera to your paper for some time and we are always delighted when the children's page cornea tor It to very in FWffiw eeroeer mm a wig ase- JrfUnf us to road the alto letter Mnttaeed ilnd i list of riddles and tf any of you know them wo would Ilka tor you to answer them and If thto appear la print ws will writs a story soon Wishing nucesas to your valuaMo papar wa remain i- teura vary truly IfOLLIE COLEMAN ULUAN COLEMAN CONNIE OOUEIANs- LUCri COLEMAN Snamrllto Va Dear I support you must think have again Bopped out of Ik IX But we have been se busy moving that I have boon unable te eeo tribute to the children's page- Tha drawing and etory whioh I submit to you are both original and I hope to sea thorn or tho ehfidrtn's page ef your excellent paper Your llttl friend -BBBB81B MAY DUDLEY M) Grace Street city Dear I want to bacoms a mom her of tha C- PM- I Mva four brothers but have no ale ten I will write you some atorted about my pots You will find torn of my drawings in dosed which hop will win a prise Tour truly HUGH FLAGG McDalL Carotin oouuty Va Dear- Editor-! aneloao a bird that painted i don't think it to aa nice as tha one I painted to at wash Rut foiled to send it' in I Mould ho delighted to got the prise am having a grand va cation- I hava beau to tha beach twice Deer Editor I hope you are not so old that you have forgotten what vacation la to llitlo folka 1 thlnh it Is tha best part tf tha year except Christmas -1 enjoy reeding the letter wish could draw Momma saye I must try each day Good-bye- You will soon hear from me ass In Your little friend ALMA GILLB Ml East Clay Street Richmond Va Dear Edttor-1 would like very much to bo a member of th Club- I end a piece of poetry I composed myself Hope it will be good enough to publish Please send me badge Your friend S- i i EXIE HIGHT -FsrmvIUo VL1 me' -I-' Drar Editor r-As would Ilk to a member of the T- Dr CL Club I send you an Illustration to and also Its poetry and hop It will good no ugh to publish I wilt nln year old next month I hav bran to school one year and am aa for as ths Third Reader wfil very much pi eased to hav on of th badge Respset fully yours MARIE HOLZOREJYL A r-'' Dear Editor-! received my badge to day and I am pleased go be a member eC tha XX Cand' hop will got a BIRD FAINT BOOKS At BESSIE TaUsyvlils B- PI ossa send my brother Randolph and my brother Julian badgaa EICHAKDBONT' -Dear saw Ik tha paper tost weak I won th Frias hut I have not iw criyed It nnd am boping to get It oonVrt painted Enclosed you will Bad my Alice Chew Fourth Catlett Madtoon horn February It' I7M baptised by Rev Jamee Maury February SSd godfather CoL wm Tal llaferro and Richard Beale godmothers Mra Elisabeth Beala and Mlaa Mllly Chew- Fifth Mllly Madlepn who married Major Isaac Hite of wee born February 14 IftOi baptised March sth by Rev WM Glbaoni godfather Larken Chew tnd William Moore godmothers Mlaa Betty CkUett add Miss Catherine Bowie Sixth William Madtoon horn May iflti baptised May tld by Rev James Marys Jrt god rat hern William Moon and James Teylor godmother Mies Mary WlUto and MMa Mllly Chew Seventh Barth Madtoon (afterward Mra Thoa Macon) waa horn August IT JTI4 baptised September nth by Rev James -Marys Jr godfather Captain Richard Barbour and Andrew Shepherd godmothers Mra Sarah Taylor and Mia Mary Conway Eighth Elisabeth Madison born February It: 17M baptised by Rev Thoa Martin godfathers Major Zarhkrlah Burnley and Captain Ambrose fowdl godmothers Mlaa Alice and Mies Mllly Chew'-- Ninth Reuben Madtoon born Beptem ber-lt 1771 baptised by Rev Jno Bar nett) godfather Thomaa Barbour and James chew i godmothers Mtos Allen and Mias Mllly Chew Troth France Taylor Madison (After wards Mra Dr Robt Rote) was born October' 1TT4 baptised by Rev John Wingate October toth godfetbran were Thomaa Beale end Richard Taylor god' mother Mr France Taylor and Mlaa Elisabeth Taylor Tha remaining two children It la believed died young We have given the godfathers and god moth-era aa taken from -the original record from which will be seen many of the nnoeatera ef famine of the present day President James Madtoon Jr was- first taught by a Bootchmah named Donald Roberteoiu nf King and Queen who was the father 'f the late 'Judge Wm Robertson ef Charlottesville Va Fran him he- attributed moat of hla learning Afterward ha entered Princeton where ha graduated In 17T1 Bachelor of Arts When the exciting ev elite which led to the Revolution occurred Mr Madtoon became the leading spirit in forming tlie Virginia Declaration ft Rights and It -la nald that Mr -JefrJnwn ahtalned maay efhls best points from Mr Med) non -whan writing th Declaration pf Independence Ha atoo at the soUpita tlon of Mr Jefferson In till mad th lint raising us of books for the University nf Virginia and strangs to say It contained many of the recognised orther dox thsetogictl work at the present day It la however metora to 'attempt her anything uf- atoll life of President Mad toon bant refer th reader to hto Ufa so ably written by the tot Hon Wm IUV--i'' s' President Madison married Mra Dorn thy(ca)ed Pnyn Todd Hs met the gny young nnd fascinating widow white he wa in congress at Phttgf delphio: fihe was bora ao given on her 'torn baton in I7M' but many writers states It as May p20 1772 and as bcing In North Ckrollna though if to known that her father Mr Payne lived at on llme hi Hanover county Va Bho 'moved to Philadelphia and embraced the Quaker faith 1 Many interesting incidents ar told at her wonderful sagaolty and tact especially while mistress of tho'' White House which cannot be given "here hilt reserved for aifbther time PrVsniint and Mriu Madlaon had no childish' Of th brother and sis tern' of Prealdent Mad toon Ambrose became a distinguished genftral tn th Revolutionary war John Madtoon who was first cousin of James Msdiaonrfir tether of the President wee the father of Rt Rev James Madtoon first Protestant Episcopal Bishop In Virginia and President of William and Mary College) ho had also a son Ool Georg Madison who served In the war of ltlt and been ms Governor of Kentucky The great grandson of General Ambrose Mad Ison Is ths present Professor Robert' Lee Madison of North Carolina who waa bora at Staunton Va In 1MT educated i h- 5sr OUR BIRD YEARS OLE BENDING IN THE BEST Good-bye A HAUTE WIATTr'il Gloucsatsr Va -j--I Dear Editor of tha Ti mas-Dispatshi- wink to bocom a mootbar of th C- Hoptag I will tat a bods L0RETTO W1 4 North Fifth Btroet wedding of I guera you know who But WVUUIIIg VA QUUBfi fVV BUIUW DVS JJUb I on thing 1 do know la that Gertrude will I live miserable eld maid tttttB SCOTT Thirteen year eld Of the Club Radford Va A LETTER FROM MY CAT Last attmmar while was away I re- reived thin letter from my eat in answer to ona I wrote her Tn dog called mentioned tn th letter be longed to ona of our nett door neigh bora and died with the yellow Jauhdlo August ths two times This Ears My Doer Your Bide tetter earn ell and I foe! so grateful to you for writing to ms It la so nice to he remembered by thooe you love especially whan they are so for away Yen tieqd not worry about your Paw giving me too much ico cream to eat I fioti't like your paw Just a little bit Ho won't let mo to his old bouse' Never mind when I build my house I am going to have my well ao high he wont bo sblo to get In Don't you grieve over my weeds for Brandy like to say anything about dspartmT spirits but ho waa mean to me On of ths last think he tried to do waa to bits mo and if I had not been so quick to climb tho fence there would have been A entastrophy As It wasJbeiive he hit aft tho tip of my tall and I am ashamed to go out 'on Bun-But I went up that fence Juat Ilka day a catamount Busan wanted to put me in the bath tub but 1 told her I wee a catabe pitot Bn said I amewsod her that know the dilforror between water and rslextrem Don't that 'Ou th catalepayf Ah then combed my air with a rauoombt Mrs Bus Morse yellow cat gave a green tea th other night- Ths moon waa shin tog bright and we had juat lovely time heck yarn and all the rears poets Kav such nice knots to climb up by 1 stela and next headache up by 1 atal nd next morning had such a dreat icadache Oh how I min you gome times 1 get real aaa tick I want te see you so bad Ale there any cats where yon ant TVhat do'thejr look like? Regular country cats I bet I must close I expect company to-night and I must my foe and put tnjr tal) up in curls- Love to your ma and to Vlrgla Do you understand my catagraph? HELfeSr LORRAINE 146ft Hanover Street Richmond Va OUR LITTLE HOME Bee the little wren She makes her nest In some hedge or in th clefts of old apple trees Bhe enters It by a small hols at tha side She lays from seven to ten very small eggs whitish In color and speckled with red dots Tho wren feeds on insects and worms and is not afraid to coma quits near to th homes of men Like the robin the wren will be gin to elng gayly even before tho warm weather of spring te near Do not let th old cat hurt the birds for It la pleasant to have them about one's house and to hear them sing How merry they oeea on a pleasant spring morning By CARRIE A LEIBIQER Reservoir fit city RECEIVE ONE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL Dear Mr Editor of tha Dce Besing to my great Joy my story that -fm asnt teat wrak wm tot your paper will orod psu another on i hop this good snough to put It th your papors-ipjv n)F loading th ehitdron's peg much fi Ptoao rand a badg W-A frtoad of th LILA Wtagino Va 'ft Dear Editor of tho a little girl nln yearn old I very much to become a member of thWVv T- I read tha children's page svpry Sunday Do you suppose that ywuija will publish this tetter next gundayf IX oo I wfil be very glad to se it' XUoasov-l aond a badga Tguft llttte friend '1 sour 11HIO xnena -'i-j'-t-iv wilt be Madtoon a being ao Intimately connected with that' of Taylor (ton tha Madtoon family trace their lines go to royalty? 1 It aeema doubtful Blahopr Meade given the family from tha emigrant John Madtoon who eame over and -settled In Olmmeater county Ittl th alxth year of Chari It Richard Bennett being Governor and Captain-Qenerel of tlw Colony and there drope thm but firm further research ea given to tha Virginia Historical Society by Mr Windham Rohlnaon In ltU It aeema that among tha Srat eohmtota who rame in lilt waa a Captain laaao Mad-toon who landed at Jameetown Juat aetranteen yeara after that event this Captain Madtoon being deubtleeo klentl-cal with the-- Madyaon" who fought the la the year KM aa mentioned -by Captain John Smith and it to presumed by many that thin waa the reel progenitor of the family tn Virginia Tha name itself originated time of Richard III from the occupation of a dyer to madder ae John the Mad derman then we have John Madder son: and finally about the time of Kd ward I It became Madtoon Of the Eng-Itah descent of the family wo can gain no trace tv From an original account of hla faml ly written by President Madtoon bo rays "It appear that all tha ancestry of tha fkmlly am believed' for the moat part If not altogether of English da arant In both tha paternal and mater Ml ftaia nf ancestry they wet planters and among the reepecUble though not tha most opulent Yet all reports acre that -they were teamed and moat mriuenttol family both In England and In na tietu Mtiw ihsv Mfii tho erly Virginia ooiony they being marked by great oratortoml powers an wvra brought out by tho events of the Revolution -r' t- Wa will now give tho Virginia tin at descent as nearly la order ofhlrih pa pose (bla though not beginning with the auppoaed Isaac Madyaan John Madtoon aettled "between tbfi North and York riven In Gloucester county near Co Taylor' (Bee Rlnkop Meade- M) Hto wife's name to not knows He had ona son Ml) (and probably others) who waa tha father of Ambrose Madtoon who married Frances Taylor August 14 171L She aa haa al ready been shown in the Taylor artWo nf tho KHh waa the daughter pf James Taylor and whiter of Erasmus Baylor died October ItlL From them was Jsmes Madtoon Rf horn March 27 17M who moved (o Orange county and built the first Montpelier mansion much a mailer building than tlra present one but being the first brick house In thd county was considered very grand CM James Madtoon married Nelly Conway fieptembor It Hi (Bee Con way art He) fihnwaa the daughter of Frances Conway Port Royal who bran the eon of DoL Edwin Conway and Elisa beth Thom peon of whom have al reedy spoken Bhs wsa always Madison'' and waa moat highly revered by the many visitors to Mont pelier to see her Illustrious son! In whom he was very proud- Bho lived to good old tge and Is burled In the family cemetery at Montpelier Sha was confirmed by Bishop Moore In lSie though communicant since oh waa 20 By the marriage -of COL- James Madison Sr and Nelly Conway wet twelve children eight eons and four daughters aa fottowSvi Flnt June Madfsoil Jr hor6 at Port Conway Xing Georgs tounty March I 17tL hto mother being there on a visit to her parents -was -baptised the Slst of March by Rev'-TYm Davis the godfather being' MrjJnd Moore and Jonathan Gibson godmothers 'Mr Re-beooa Moon and Mioses Judith and Elisabeth Cittstt Becond France Madison bom Juno lft 1751 baptised by Rev Menogo Mar-alia 11 on July loft godfathers being Taver-Brate and Kraamnn Taylor: god mothers Mias Mllly' TsyMr and Mrs Frances Beale' Third Ambrom Madison bora January J7 17M baptised by Rev Msnegu Mgr-shall March Id godfather JMr James Coleman nnd CM Oeotgn Tnytofjgod-uothcnMr Jnns TsylW' atd1' Miss -nv 1KB BOY OR aim UNDER TWELVE A' or Sommer Gull The common tern Is sea tyrd inhabitant 1 of North 'Amenca and Great Britain In summer the -common tern wears a black cap and has' the upper parts of its body and wings of a more or- less pale 'gray while it is mostly 1 lighter beneath These birds breed in as sociation often in' lie closest proximity their' nests i containing three eggs at most being made on 1 the shingle or among herbage: The eggs are greenish and deep brown blotched with broWn and black At this sea--son the parents-take no heed of human presence and expose themselves freely fi LEONORA NOLAN Oft North Fifth Btroet REYNARD OUTWITTEDVfJI '-h iv Way dowh In the backwoods under ma elve osks and giant poplars sitting bo neath tho brushwood Sir Reynard To waa toying a plot to catch Bunny Cotton' i thO- har raid Sir lUynard to aelf la tha thing I will fix-heavy layor of It around certain apple trs know of and then will get him and go down' will hava th fin Reynard "owed Bunny a speclsl for wnralitg th chicken up at a certain form houra of his coming Bo after tong walk Esyoard found nil th chldi'Mfet na th hm hooe end ha had tq gw upper Is that night nt least said Maynard will call for him Thursday evening he 'win protthMy ho ntono In th evening will hav nie atew r- Then rafinrig to himself he crept hack kilo hi hoi under tha 'roots of tho old tree and lay town for a hap'- Th next day Bunny was doing otso plotting himself Ha had heard of trap probahly Mr Ground Bquirf 'f' rel fold him Anyway he had found It Mip under John wlio was known ao "John Marshall uf ro Koresta who died to 17S Hla eldest son Thomas waa tha father of Col Thomas Marahail -and grand father of Chief Justice Marshall Ook Thomas Marshall drat settled at Germantown near Wanwntohr la Fauquier ooenigd'a moving afterwards to his fhmoas seal "Oak Hill" whan ha had a large piauta-tlon and many uegroe The eldest son ef John Of the Form 1 woe Col William Marahail one of whose none was Cob William Marahail of Mecklenburg and from him many de scendante who married With lira Aadee anna of Kentucky and was Ura first wlfa of Hon Janwa Pryor of Uo Ingtoa and another of ChpL Allen now re preventative In Legtolalure One of tha sons of tlio first Thomas Marshall was Captain of Virginia troop In tha In dlan warn Of tha aaverol anna of Col Thomaa MarahaU John the eldest bat came moat prominent rising by Ms own exert km and tha aid of hla father to the high offle of Chief Javtioe of the v-V' United Stales was born at Germantown Van Kept ember SI HSk- Moat Of hla education wsa gained from a Scotchman Rev Mr Thomson who was artvato tutor at Oak Hill Ur 17M-' mid the Chief Juatloo In after life "tho beat of my adn-1 cation 1 gained from my fatbor" We cannot here enumerate the manylatnr-cetlng avedt a In tha life of tho great Jurist all of which have beeiw recently given to Ufa of John Marshall by Mr Henry Flanders I John Marshall was married January 3 1713 to Mary Willis Ambler youngest daughter of Jacqueline Ambler tha then Treasurer of Virginia- Young John Mar- ahaU was then Captain In tha Revolutionary army and met Mias Ambler at Fork Va where Cd Thomas Marshall father waa' commanding officer I Mere ha fen In Iwa with bar though viie wa only a girt of 11 and ha a shah by looking youth In a slouch hat bnVsH were charmed with-bin manner and In teiiigenl talk After tha war they were married at tba sept of the Ambient in Hanover county called the "Cottage It to stated that after having paid tha minister his fee all the that young Marshall hai In tha world was one guinea In bla pocket Of tho noble Huguenot fkmflieM of Jaequeletn and Ambler from whom hla wife sprang much of Interest could pa mid but which must be reserved for a future article vj Of the earn o( the Chief Justice Thomas his rideal inherited tha Oak Hill eatata Ha had six children all of whom settled on a part of tha large ea tate This Mr Thomas (MarahaU waa accidentally kitted by tha foiling of a brick while passing through Baltlnrar on his way to am bia dying father tho Chief Justice at Philadelphia who died a few daya after James waa the second son of Judge Marshall from Mm wae descended James Marshall of Augusta county Va 1M4 who owned several hundred acres of land at Ferry upon which the government armory wae built and which became the scenaja the opening strife of the Civil war John of the Forest atoo bad a eon Thomas born 1711 who served In the Revolution as captain and in 17M moved to Kentucky and was active there in form ing the Constitution of the Btate Ha died In Mason dbunty Ky 117 Hla son atoo Thomae bom in Kentucky' 1TM became Brigadier-General in thq Mexican war and dtoV in Lewis county Ky UU Many of tho MarahaU descendants are still to bo found In Kentucky all having occupied prominent pooltiope and many have displayed some of the legal talent 'r of their dletlngutohed ancestor Of tho valley Marshalls: Ann Elisa Marshall daughter of Edward Marshall and sister -of Jkmea Marshall of Har- per'a Ferry married' a Bowen of Mill-ford Del They had four children three of whom moved to New York The fourth William Bowen moved to 11 BKepherdatowh Va where he married Catherine Hill daughter of Christopher Hill and Ctotherin Yerslcy daughter of Michael and Barbara Yervley Elisabeth Catherine Bowen daughter of William and Catherine Bowen married Hugh Laf- forty Galtoher whorc family now live st Waynesboro Va Of this Interesting family of Bowen we will speak another time Among tho MarohaH deseendanla were Margaret Lewis Marshall of Oak Hall Fauquier county who married Cor nelius Baldwin Hite (Boa Hits article) George MarahaU of MlUford Deto ware son of William -MarahaU surgeon In tote war Ck Robert Marahail broth 5 er of Mra Hite who waa also a 'gallant soldier WUlto Marshall of Buena Vlstd College Iowa atoo a large 'number are to be found la Ken turky and the West The crest for tho Marshall arm a of Durham and Huntingdonshire England are: "An arrow argent headed and tenth nred asure entleld with a ducal crown A i or w-w There' to no- motto gldcit but should think they could claim that of tho Earl of Pembroke "Ung Je Bervlrm" (One will I aerve) I vv--- C-M PAINT-BOOK CONTEST COLORED PICTURE OF THIE DIED WILL out' Sunny sat a dump of huckleberry bushes Evidently ha too had a plan for ha winked slyly to then went to sleep rs- himself and ST' ff wi On Thursday evening Bunny sat at hla door Chewing turnip tops when on took- Ing up ho beheld- Reynard coming to wards Mm said Reynard ii vbry" replied Bunny i rofi coma Int" 'Ks thank said Reynard 'T Just earns by to ora If you would like to go with after asms very fine apple a Ittl way from -r "Well mind If da" Bunny rta plied' Bo together they set off tn high splrite V-- Aooordhur to hie- pUn' Runny on ttra way started a dispute with Mr Reynard: which ended in quarrel Then Reynard- --w took out after Bunny Bunny started towards horns but by a skilful curve' he again headed for the apple trees Tha day boforo Sunny had been to tho troo sad found that bo could with ms jump Over the tar Vbitunately 1op' there was a tree near by which resembled very much the ea the tar was around Bo Bunny mad straight for this tree Making a leap as If going ever ths'lar' 4-SiO Bunny Mh on Reynard too leaped--'' thinking it waa tho tar and kept on Bunny now tno for th tar trra'siB'' hopped ever this also but Blr Reynard a S' thinking th tar wos boldly In and hopslaeety knee-deep hi tar Bonny seeing 11' danger peat now blow a while' Then he gathered up all- th apple he could Tarry and wishing Reynard a ale time bad him good-day He now went on hi way leaving Reynard for tha dogs that night as they passed an their opossum hunt-J WILBUR WATSON -Chatham Pittsylvania Co Vb TYPEWRITERS! 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