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UTERARY Thrs marble cannot delrneate hrs many vrrtues of Whrch the Hearts of hrs Affectronate Wrdow and chrldren retarn an rndelrble record Nor the Benevolence whrch rn the Breasts of Hrs Numerous Frrends and Acquarntances wrll long be Remembered Lodged rn the grand Lodge of the Sky He lrves wrth God no more to dre I am sure that hrs wrfe wrote that She could not wrthhold the fact that he was a lodge member Hrs wrfe loved hrm but no matter how great her love to acqurre such a frne eprtaph the poor fellow led a lrfe of comparatrve poverty so that the affectronate wrdow mrght have everythrng she wrshed Had he neglected a srngle request for money hrs memorral mrght have read Joseph Israel B 1753 D 1807 May he sleep forever So goes lrfe and death Another eprtaph that I noted read as follows Elrzabeth Harrrs B 1762 D 1784 An Amrable and Vrrtuous Woman She poor grrl spent her young lrfe rn slavrng for her devoted husband She washed hrs clothes sewed patches on hrs trousers and baked pres for hrm And thus rt goes forever There are thrngs rn thrs world whrch can be bought for a song but not an eprtaph TWO HISTORIC LANDMARKS Walter Lxlly and George johnson, 1940 HILE lookrng through a Delaware Tercentenary publrcatron we ran across two rnterestrng old burldrngs the Calahara house afterwards the Practrcal Farmer Hotel and the old Grubb s homestead One afternoon we set out wrth brcycles and a camera to rnvestrgate these landmarks We frrst went to the Calahara house whrch rs located at the rntersection of Harvey Road and the Phrladelphra Prke Srnce we were unable to get rn we asked the attendant of furnrture of thrs hotel have remarned untouched They are there today rn therr orrgrnal state It rs sard that durrng the War of 1812 an Englrsh vessel came up the Delaware Rrver and a cannon ball shot from one of rts guns fell through the roof of the hotel We were rnterested rn the archrtecture of the old burldrng and took several snap shots of rt before we re mounted our brkes We headed for Grubb s homestead located just the other srde of Grubb s Corner The brown stone house surrounded by locust trees rs set about four hundred yards from the road As we rode up the lane we saw a pleasant lookrng gentleman standrng at the door We approached hrm told hrm who we were and why we had come Much to our surprrse we learned that he was Newton Grubb We explarned that we were rn search of hrstorrcal materral for the CLAY TABLET Srnce hrs home rs one of the oldest rn the state we thought that he mrght have somethrng of rnterest to tell us about rt Well boys he sard seemrng very much pleased to talk wrth us thrs rs one of the oldest farm houses rn Delaware It has been rn our famrly ex er srnce rt was burlt How old rs rt? George rnqurred The marn part the stone burldrng was burlt rn 1777 but the date of the burldrng of the other part formerly a log cabrn rs unknown He awarted our next questron What rs that house? Walter rnqurred as we looked at a whrte washed stone burldrng apart from the mam burldrng . . . , . , . . . ,, , . . . . y Y . . y . 1 . . . - ll 33 Cl ' ' ' ' YU , . y . . . 0 . Y , . - . . . . . U , x . . . . . . x ' 1 X , . . ' . . . . . . y the garage next door about the historic building. We learned that the bar, the glass ware, and the . . . . . . H H ' n C5 ' Y! Y ' ' Y , . . . . . y ! ' 1 Y cc. 77 ' ' ' CK ' ' l Y Y Y ,, Y . . ,, . . ,, . . . . . . . Y 1 7 - - rr 7 D ' at 4 11 7 1 n V Y a , n 1
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