The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-04
The s'People's Park'-A Remarka-
BILE WOman-A Worthy Son

The English papers relate noble act of muuifi-
eence performed by Mr.. Frank Cressley of Hall
fax, England whe has given to the people of hi.
native town, park, comprising between twelve
and thirteen acres of ground, beautifully laid Out
and ornamented with marble statuary and a foun
tain. the entire cost to Mr.. Cressley having beer
about hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Al
the recent Inauguration of the Park, there was 4
luncheon at which the Earl of Shaftesbury wa,
present, and proposed ''the well being of TIE PEG
pie" and in doing so, said that Julius Caesar in hi,
will gave his gardens the banks of the Tiber L
the people, but he had been surpassed by Mr.
Frank Cressley. who in his life time had given to
them his gardens on the hill side of Halifax. In
returning thanks for his health being drunk, Sir
Cressl-y gave a most interesting and peculiarly
modest narrative of his rise in life.
After saying that it the happiest day of his
life, becausehe witnessed the contamination of that
which would make SO many of his town.men hap
py, he spoke of his mother, who had gone out to
service, IN a family at WOrey. In that service .
said MIR. Cressey, "she did the work of kitchen
maid. of housemaid and of cook. and, in addition
TO that, she regularly MIXED six cows every night
and morning, besides which she kept the house
which was not small one, clean as a little IA
lace. Besides this, she spun the wool for her EN-.
ployer 10 tnlrty-slA TO the pound, anu thus
earned many guinea for her." She afterwards
married carpet weaver, and the combined energy
and sound sense of the husband aud wife were the
means of accommodating large fortune As she
went down The yard, to her husbands place at four
O'Clock in the morning, she made a vow,-''If the
Lord does bless at this place, the poor shall
taste OF it," at is to this VOW, said Mr. Cressley
given with so much faithfulness, and kept with
much fidelity, that attribute the great success
my father had in business. Ny mother was al.
ways boxing how hes. she could keep this VOW
In the days that gone by, when it was a dreary
thing TO give employment to large number of
people, the advice that she gave to her sons was,
'Do not sell your goods for less than they COST for
it would ruin you without permanently benefiting
any one; but if you can 80 on giving employment
10 some during the Winter do Ed, for it is a bad
thing for Nottingham TO 90 home and hear his
children cry for bread, and not be able to give
them any,
This remarkable woman lived to a green old age
and she died IN her eightieth year. having lived to
soc her cnidrens childrens children. Mr.. Cressley
closed by giving the following interesting account
of the manner in which he prompted to pre-
sent park to the people:
On the 10th of September, 1855, I left Quebec
early in the morning, for the White Mountains of
some of the most glorious scenery on that day
which | ever saw in my Lie; and, indeed more
beautiful than. believe, steam and power have
brought us within sight OF. | stood inside the
cars, from which could see the tops of the mopn-
tains, covered with alglorious beauty In Anne.
RIGA you have much better chance of seeing the
scenery than in this country, because, instead of
goiug through the hills, they go round them. The
"he'is are not nxed to the carriages but they
were placed upon swvels, and they 20 round til.
curves, where ours would not go at all remen
per that when We arrived at the hotel at White
"oun.ahs, the ladies sat down TO a cup of tea but
preferred to take walk alone Ii was a beauti
iui spot. The sun was just reclining his head he
nind Mount Washington, with all that glorions
drapery OF an American sunset, which we know
nothing OF in this country. | felt that 7 sha,Is
like TO be walking with my God on the ~ ouia
SAID; Nv hat shall render to my Lord far an IA;
dement's 10 met was led further to renaat that
question whien Panl asked under other eircum.
nuahces-"Lord, what wilt Thou have me to da,,,
Inc answer came Immediately 4, ,,as -,
tntfae thon canst not bring the MANY thonsands
thou hast left in thy native countrv 10 50. ~;
psau'iui scenery; but thou axe this to them
~ 10 possible 30 10 arrange art and nature ,hat
they shall he within the walk of every ,yarl;n
man In Halifax that he shall go take his stroll
thefe after his bard days toll, and be able 10 get
MONS again without being tired" Well that saen,
ed to be glorious thought! / retired hnn' NJ
prayer that night was that In the morning i m;ah,
De satisfied when awoke that ii IL was only a -,
.aiaa, ~ 'na. was ha.tering across my brain, il
there might be no doubt about It, and might e.r.
~ ~ INTO execution. slept soundly that night
anu ~heh awoke my impression was Confirmed
40 .he ioth OF September, when went to the White
snaountaihs, had no more idea of making a marx
t S any one here Of building city On the yery
10y ; returned FELT as convinced to carry il out
a. vas OF my own existence, and never from that
aay 70 inns have bcsitated for moment wbers
go o' "eaities arose KNEW they might be over
tarn e' an. anu would be overcome 1t isa happy dnv
eheering) '"a' o'uit' (aauch