. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . HENRY CLAY IN he was nominated for the Presidency of the United States. IN THE BLUE-GRASS COUNTRY 153. A MIRROR FROM in possession of John M. Clay, Esq. him, and in which he delighted — the tall pines transplanted by him from theKentucky mountains; the winding path that was his favorite walk, tree-shaded and shrub-bordered, just as arranged by him ; the wide stretches ofpasture land beyond thehouse, which, as in thefounders day, give thefinest grazing-ground inthe world t
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . HENRY CLAY IN he was nominated for the Presidency of the United States. IN THE BLUE-GRASS COUNTRY 153. A MIRROR FROM in possession of John M. Clay, Esq. him, and in which he delighted — the tall pines transplanted by him from theKentucky mountains; the winding path that was his favorite walk, tree-shaded and shrub-bordered, just as arranged by him ; the wide stretches ofpasture land beyond thehouse, which, as in thefounders day, give thefinest grazing-ground inthe world to a bloodedstock that has becomefamous in horse-history. Boys and girls alikewere simply crazy, astheir extravagant lan-guage declared, over the beautiful Kentucky horses, which had been anincreasing feature in the landscape ever since their descent from the eastKentucky highlands. But the Lexington horses, so Jack affirmed, justwalk away with them all. Beyond the town, through a frame of leafy walnut branches, Uncle Tom,as he stood with his young people on the violet-studded Ashland lawn,pointed out to them, two miles away, the tall column of the Clay monumentin the Lexington cemetery. Leaving beautiful
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