Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1869-08-31

Worm eat up re life Of your tree and loafere
| make spoil ze grass find zir one bad zing,
in your country. We have it not SO in France.
zare is Wis US some large vater-cooler on wheel
| Wis squeeze-bag inside, vich make squirt small
moisture on ze grass, and some more way We
have for vorul, to irrigate him Wis syringe till
he be sick OF he s job of eat some leaves Zen.
Monsieur, We would not let re loafere to sleep
ON ze grass. but have him make one house of
indasrrie. zink, if you not have such place,
at zis time, ze Gouvernment should some old
field buy. vch be plenty here, for make one
Loafere Hotel, Eat he not will live on ze grass
in ze Square. ..si4 ssaset 1,..stsa
Monsieur De L;zarde. We look hopefully for
new state of things. / am. pleased to see
that you appreciate our material points, seen
as they are--under cloud. /" aSa
81 had ze mind, Monsieur, to say Eat vielf
might be done here in zis place, from nature
ing of zis, and have Imagine somezing we're
good in my mind. > 81 5o .s. f
Il should be delighted to have an expression
of 20 II views. L.,t... dsie sla.Q.
.'Certaiument-Ve zen, you see ze beauty
Of nature is one zing we're veil, vich for max.
ze Stait; but zen she is vizput expression.-
Here, par example, care should be introduce
some varete aud some intricacie in ze arrange
ment OF different kind Of beauty, for make
harmony and grandeur in &c scene. will sup
pose, in re first place, we have one natural
will swim and not be alarm Here re salt-pond
should be, for hard crab, convenient to ze Gus
tom House. Zsn, several lttel stream and
riyuet might be make from re prodigous Wells,
have learn is at re Gouvenair House. Zese
!, ,ream will flow down zs hill, shro re cabbage
ia, din of re Gouvenair and beat about re bush
and, murmur poetique. Eat zey lose zemselves
in ~. weeds. After zey have done zis Fey will
ali unite togazee in one cascade, vlch must
tumble down. Wis such force on Zose rock vich
be zare Cor make re Zebra monument, Eat zey
complain we're much and roar aud ze newsps-
per editor, over ze way Will hear zem and be
dist eSs, f has
''Ze grand promenade, howeverre, should be
re. attraction Ut r. place. Hedgevill be on one
side and ze ozar, Wis parterre of lively h,wer,
zat some gaiete be make, vile ze new fashion
from Paris shall be seen to advantage. s ,ne
sculpture of .mar.tle and bronze, Of ze heather
God, General and pot will be arrange ON ze
grand promenade for ze eye OF spectator. One
statue zare must be of re Gran. Nappleon. Wis
Washington near, and rding on one "ne horse'
Eat will stand on his hind leg and be L. 'anlng
away. Several ingenious jet d eau will be MA. 20
also tor re purpose OF sprinkle water on vister
ven he not vii know it-zat some BODY laugh.
pazvay vich move about like serpent and hide
him in ze bush, for lover to steal away from ze
Old people and zey not fnd zem. By ze prom
enade Will be one large roadway, for ze equip
age OF person too rich to walk, and some an |
cient lady too fashionable to stay at hon,e-zat
she may ride 71
''Ze tree Of several kind, shall be introduce |
here, from all country and be make togazer Wis |
re native 10 group systematique. Ze cedar of |
Lebanon viii be Wis Black Jack of Virginie, re |
zew Of France also by ze Carolina tree of tur-
pentine, ze Bread-fruit and re Sassafras v;ch |
make sweet soap, and pomegranite, persim-
mon and every ozer kind. One Conservatoire
should be build for plant away from zare home,
and likewise ze jaldn for acclamation of plant
of all climate and habit OF life.
''Aod, now as regard zis old edifce vich vas
long time re Capitol Of Virginie, have some
respect for, and zink it would make one we're
good chateau for lne vls some alteration. My |
chamber should have by ze portico. Eat | rise
Wis &c sun and see ze tree make zare leaf aid |
flower bloom. vile hear some littel bird zing
in &c tree After ais my breakfast / eat in ze
grot by re natural lake, Fl All ze News, driink
so,ne viue and likewise smoke my cigar. | go
out, zen to make walk, and be back and have
my absluthe at late dinner. After yich 1t is
evening. aud sit again on Ze portico and take /
some coffee aud smoke more cigar. Zame
time, viii look at ze cioui aud have some
agreeable reflection In &c twilight vile ze light
ming bug fly he s lamp in ze sky and re large
bu-frog sing ze litfel feshes asleep 10 re water.
Wis Els accomplish | wish to play some card |
avlIe, or look, perhaps out on e. town. After, |
and ze day is gone, | go back to my chamber
ware ze moon make shine hight in my winaow.
And zen, as nut will have one vile to scold
me, or some children to cry sometimes; go to
my bed Wis much content aud sleep ze night
long, sound like one cockroach. But, Mon
sieur, fnd have speak SO tnuch -
Not at aIi-have | not been a good listen
er?'
%! oui, Nj ,nsieur, zank you. But, am
much afraid | have lose lime Wis ze Gouyenair.
All ! it is seven clock. | must see him inn
nlediately ?"
'.Certainly, Monsieur. I have not his ac-
quaintance, but will accompany you with pleas
ure' 5, @..rs ~ .5l.f,ft.
NJ. De Lzarde, while thinning a picture of |
the Capitol Square and demonstrating the pos
sibiIitles Of its nature, had allowed his insp0r
t.nt business to suffer, and now, all those Cor
ru>eatlons of fancy he had been getting up be-
tween himself aud naIure were extlngulShed in
a twlnkng. Everything became merged in |
his hurry and furry to get at the Governor.
70 the mansion, therefore, We proceeded at
a lively pace. On passing In at the gate / |
Monsieur went fitting about, scrutnzing |
everything When they fell on the Governor S /
House, they searched it from cellar to garret, |
then the features of his face seeued to agree
together to smirk complaisantly, to himself, |
he SAID
We're good indeed. zis for re cafe, and zen, |
it is near enough plenty to ze Chateau.
We were now approaching the mansion, the |
door of which was shut aud bnds down.
Nothing was seen moving anywhere about the /
uace. There was an appearance OF general |
backing out As We drew near TO the porch l |
observed something like the form of man
doubled up on fhe porch seat, bur. could make
neither heads or tails of tit was so thorough |
y intertwls,ed. Close by the tortuous figure
and lying ON the floor Of the porch was an old
and haggard Carpet-Bag, as if just going off in
the last stage OF consumption.
The monient that NJ. De Lizarde's feet trod
the step OF the porch-for he was foremost
the setpentine figure on the seat showed indi-
cations OF life, by first showing out head and
then uncoillng itself, and thrusting two feet
down to the floor Then again it stood erect,
aud looked for all the world just like Man
kind. Nj. De Lizarde advanced toward the
Mankind and politely raised his hat, at the
same time, lDqnlring:
Monsieur ze Gouvcnair, is he In p
Tine shop is closed, you mighter seen it"
We house OF re Gouvcnair, it is sometimes
closed. Zen it is not re day for visiter?"
.''Wa'A, We haint none of that thing here
The Gnuvenair had ought to go Down-East
spell, looking up lame duck -
Pray. has ze Gonvenair somezing lost-per-
haps he's bird vlch quack-she s is cripple
and would be lost ~
mot exactly lost, but getting somehut So