The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-07-29
Editorial Correspondence.

Editorial Correspondence.
Twritc you from Winchester, not so much
for the benefit of the readers Of the Virginian
as for selfish qualification and desire to
furnish my usual quota for the editorial col
umns
A journey, under present arrangements,
through the magnificent Valley of Virginia
is by no means pleasure trip. Two thirds
of the travel is through the shadows Of night,
and, consequently, tho yoyager is unable to
view the grand scenery on every side; the
magnificent up-looming Of the lofty barriers,
the Blue Ridge and North Mountains Trot-
ters' line of stages are we'll senough, and go
smoothly over the McAdemized road--yet,
= there is a want Of elbow room, and you are
forced into company, sometimes, that is not
the most agreeable. The delay at Harrison
burg is too long; youare compelled to stop
at hotel from o'clock until in the MORN
ing--tako supper, so to bed, and, after
having stolen forty winks or SO of natures
soft restorer," be aroused from your refresh
ing slumber and hurried to the railroad sta
ton out Of humor and out Of patience. Away
you go through the gloom Of night-"a, nod
din, mid, mid, noddin," until the train reaches
Strasburg, when you, at the break of day,
are placed in one of Trotters' six horse ON
nibus,stages and whisked off to Winchester,
with headache and battered system. No
one will say that this is pleasant travelling
There must be change in the schedule the
Valley Railroad must be finished, and then by
the aid of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
we shall have the shortest and cheapest route
from the great West to Baltimore.
Among all the inconvenience Of stage
travelling, there are sometimes incidents which
occur that cause good humor and make the
situation bcarable. For instance, there was
young wife in the coach with her pretty little
first born of eight weeks. She displayed all
the tender anxiety of the mother of sweet
little play thing The ladies kissed it and
the gentlemen admired it; the young mother
was proud, / assure you. Some of the gen
tlemen were gallant enough to relieve the
mother of her burden for while at least
A bachelor "fat and forty occupied seat
next to the mother, and so far laid aside his
scruples as to place the little responsibility
across his knees he even looked down into
its chcrub face and remarked that it was a
beautiful child, and the very image of its
mother. Arrived at Newtown, the lady asked
tho driver how long the coach would stop !?
Jehu answered ten minutes. The lady said
she wished to deliver a message to a friend
who lived few doors from the post Office
and was handed out, leaving the infant in
charge of our friend the bachelor. Then
came a scene worth the pencil of Hogath
Ere half the time had past the holder of the
little treasure begun to look uneasy, he fire.
qucntly thrust his head out of the window,
exclaiming soto uocc, II wonder when that
young woman is going to return2 2" Time
passed--the driver mounted to his box--the
face of the man-nurse became as red as a
fresh becfsteak. "Hold on, driver-you'il
leave the mother of this baby behind I'll
be blasted if I'm going to father it," The
driver paid no attention, but laid the lash
on the horses. Words cannot express the
terror of the fat nurse. eGentlemen," said
he, "this is really an awkward predicament
for man to be placed in. We have all read Of
such mposters-women who have palmed
off their ill-gotten offspring on persons well
to do in the world. Confound the baby I've
a mind to throw it out of the window p At
this moment the coach stopped at the door of
dwelling house, and the young mother came
out, took her seat, and with a sweet 'Thank
you, SIT" pressed the little treasure to her
lhe-giving bosom. +. There was general
laugh at the expense of the fat man, who
wisely Joined in remarkiug-aWhy, madam,
1 was almost wishing that you would not re-
turn. | am remarkably fond of children,
and should like to adopta sweet little creature
like that" Her only reply was, "You'd
makea good nurse, sir"
The corn through Shenandoah, Frederick
and part of Rockingham county looks we'll;
they have had some fine rains in the lower
valley, and the farmer is. cheerful I obsery-
ed many negroes lounging about, smoking
their pipes while the whites were working
hard in the fields. Is this owing to laziness
or is there nothing for the colored man to do
They can answer the question themselves. IF
they labor under the delusion that ssUncle
Sam will give the negro farm" they will
have a long vacation. There are plenty Of
waste lands, it is true-but John Chinaman
is coming-in fact he has already come; co.
600 of his race have been working on the
great Pacific Railroad for twenty cents day,
and are now being brought into the great val.
ley of the Mississippi The price of field
labor will be greatly reduced. Sambo must
ke.up-he must rub his eyes and shake off
the dream, or he will pass away and be nam
ed as thing of the past. Here are some val
liable hints for him taken from the Little
Rock, Ark. Republican: