Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-03-17
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For the Spectator.
Dsar Mr.. Spectator Though my pen has
been long "ingloriousy mute, 1t Is not that IKE
va renowned Doesticks / had nothing TO say
for in truth have so much to talk ABOUT
that the words of learned ltngth aud laundering
sound rush storniug, roaring, rafting, cha,.ei
ing, clashing through my brain, until my iue"S'
like the work done on Weeds Sewing Mscnins'
(see d. A. Kayser, Agent,) are hard 10 uuEaSe, ,.
But lest have to cut short the thread 0i ny
discourse without attaining my oo)ecV, l w WI.
proceed as well as may be, to tell you wnat - ! u
1madn about now The day Oeiore 'ne os'
Office was removed. Ito q rather more accessr-
HE neipbborhood) expecting an imporlahI ,et
ta o Ss+er,nined to risk my life and best calico
Sn,n in the attempt to reach that prover0laily
9,nanDroscbable-in.b bad westher-spot, our quon
Son, Citv Post Office. Through snow and mud,
trash c6ps tailors cuttings, tin clippings, stove
n;nes boxes. barrels, fice-dogs and loaters, got
along with some degree Of safety, until reached
vour office. most honored Spec; there L was
Sbroueht up all standing" Ahead oil me. con-
inc from the wished-for haven, l saw tannle
FIaunter and Kitty Sprightly, who, having 0een
for the adorable Fitz Augustus letter, were has
taning to some convenient spot where they
might peruse its contents. stood and watched
them as they wsded through what had appeared
TO me an impossible guilt, while intent upon tnss
sweet letter, they '>sloshed about generaIy anu
the 'sioot, -fOot-and-a halfor-two-loot -ueeP 'u'
bidness | turned back with iheun "ien ,ney "p
preached me, remarking, that stioe'u ueisr my
tho .,Ralmoral." Yiee III jupoa rouge y aud the
Enphsb clogs. and meanwhile, should train
water dog to run errandS for me. Now isn't It
dissraceful! Seriously, Messrs. Aldermen and
Common Sc! Ahem! Councilmen, serious
". are YOU not ashamed of your city, Look at
the money appropriated a few weeks since
seventeen hundred dollarS!--tor whatI To build
n nnblic hall to accommodate q thousand peo-
s,lel Now, for what purpose can we want such
2 han2 We hardly expect that another Edlto'
rial Convention will be called to assemble here,
and if there is, one of our lager beer saloons VIII
be sufficiently large to accommodate all OF the
fraternity who have hitherto attended; and
most patient Job deliver US FROM another Demo-
cratic or k n Rally at this point. And why
should the Corporation enter into competitlon
with those pnblic spirited private lndlViuusis
who erected Union Hall, when after all IL IS
doubtful whether they receive the interest OF
their money from the casual rentings to some
strollinr Coniurer, Dancing Bear, Niger Sere-
naders or Siguor Punchinello2 Why snouidn
that seventeen hundred dollars, (and other sew
euteen hundred dollars, if necessary, seeing tha'
il only needs to issue bonds to run thirty years
or Eve thousand years to raise it, ana other mo,
ney uselesSly expended; for instance, that useu
for cutting away the streets, to the serious aetri
ment of private property, 10 order 10 get inuo
for the market house foundations i-or thst paio
for the construction of Q reservoir, winch, un
derstand is to be flied 6y The bucket Jutt iron
7 ? cbDuldn'E %
tbis money be- expended in cleaning our aoont
nabla streets, cartiug the denominations into
Lewis Greek, paving, &C., &c.2 But the man
object | had in view when | commenced tins
letter. was 70 make Q suggestion to our CITY
Fathers, which, as they act Sc promptly upon
newspaper suggestions, hope they VIII take IN
TO consideration. In the event that they serl'
ouslv oppose the cleansing our ways, humoil
propose, as an alternative that, after having th'
census taken, they appoint an early DAY, upoL
which to receive sealed proposals, Tor the con
straction of pair of strong stills OF hickory, d
other lasting material, the foot rests to be no
less than twenty one inches from the ground
for every individual over three years OF age
within the corporation limits. The next steE
mot on stilts) of the honored Council must be
to send a special agent (what pity our steam
boats between Norfolk and Nantes are not no"
putting and padding across the oceah y W 'n'
Department of Landes, France, with instruction.
10 import one or more of the peasantry OF tina
province, who are world renowned in thei
skilful use of the stills; said peasants, TOR
consideration" to Instruct us in the graceful ar
of stilt-walking. The new hall, BY covering th'
floor with elder down or soft mud, to proven
injury TO the awkward ones fFom falls, will be 1
very appropriate study hall, where suppose
class OF two hundred or more may at one tm'
be instructed in this gymnastie art. This seem
to me a most feasible plan and one worthy tn
consideration of our learned Council. l subml
it grstuitously TO them and hope that they vii
act Immediately upon it, so that by the hrs
thaw in the eGsuing winter we may be proh
clients in this graceful mode Of perigrination.-
To the philanthropie among or Fathers, woul'
lust add, that this will be most eifectpal mean
IS solving that great problem, which has oecu
pied che attention Of Philosophers, StatesmeI
end Ruiers-"how shall we elerate the masses z
Respectfully, &c,
KATE KARELEss.