. Book of the Royal blue . he handiwork of one of the tribes whichonce roamed unmolested the lands ui>onwhich the National Cajntal is built. Tothe passer-by the little house appears simplyas an old weather-boarded building, but anexamination will reveal the fact that the Washington at what is now FifteenthStreet Northeast. In those days Royal Blue trains werenot dreamed of, and travelers to Baltimoreand Philadelphia were only too glad toi-each taverns where they could get liquid refreshments or pass the nightin a comfortable bed. Just how sleepingaccommodations were provided at L
. Book of the Royal blue . he handiwork of one of the tribes whichonce roamed unmolested the lands ui>onwhich the National Cajntal is built. Tothe passer-by the little house appears simplyas an old weather-boarded building, but anexamination will reveal the fact that the Washington at what is now FifteenthStreet Northeast. In those days Royal Blue trains werenot dreamed of, and travelers to Baltimoreand Philadelphia were only too glad toi-each taverns where they could get liquid refreshments or pass the nightin a comfortable bed. Just how sleepingaccommodations were provided at Lan-hams Tavern it is difficult to imagine, forthe structure contains only two rooms anda small low hip attic which will not permitan average man to stand erect. Years agoa kitchen built of logs stood in rear of thetavern, but this has been torn down, and itis said that the keeper and his familyoccu]>ied the kitchen as a sleeping roomand tlie guests were given the main n)om •THE LAST OF PLEASANT HILL AND GENEROSITY. 13. and the attic while the sriialler room wasused as a sitting room and for dispens-ing New England rum, Irish liquor, greasyand seductive peach brandy, applejack anddomestic wines, these fluids being kept inheavy pot-bellied glass decanters displayedconveniently and temi>tingly near on a side-board. It is said that even the immortalGeorge Washington—and it is generallyconceded that he took an occasional nip—more than once stopped at the tavern towet his whistle. And Washingtons enemy,David Burnes, not intrc(|upiitly turnedfrom the drink fountains at Hcllliaven andGeorgetown and sought tin- (|uict roadsidetavern near Rock Creek Cemetery. President Roosevelt has visited and came away praising thatladys fried chicken and big fat biscuits,but Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe,Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay and othergreat men enjoyed chicken, wild duck,turkey, quail, terrapin, oysters, fish, barmeat and possum—to say nothing of thepalate-pleasing drin
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