had a very large and strong hand.

(From "Life of George Washington" by Horace E. Scudder, published by
Houghton, Mifflin & Co.)

(The illustrations in this story are copied from the original pictures in
Mr. B.J. Lossing's "Mt. Vernon and its Associations," by permission of
Messrs. J.C. Yorston & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.)

[Footnote 1: From B.J. Lossing's "The Home of Washington."]




=Longfellow's Birthday=

_February 27_

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

Born February 27, 1807 Died March 24, 1882


Longfellow graduated at Bowdoin College in 1825; traveled in Europe in
1826; was professor at Bowdoin in 1829-35; again visited Europe 1835-36;
and was professor at Harvard College 1836-54. He continued to reside at
Cambridge. He is best known and loved for his poems, though he wrote
three novels.