Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-06-25
VIRGINIA NEWS

Market gardening has been Introduced IN
the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. 4 practi-
cal experiment, recently made in that region,
it is said, has shown that the raising of vegeta-
bles and seeds for market pays tour,told more
than the cultivation Of heavy crops.
The Richmond News says: "Dr. George
X. Gilmer, who resides near Tree Hill, Hen
rico county, expects to raise this year, 10000
pounds Of grapes, which he intends to convert
iuto wine in this city"
1t is estimated that iu Richmond, says the
News, each full grow white man belongs to
from two to six lodges or societies, and that
the colored men each belong to from eight to
twelve.
Senator Thurman will, tomorrow, at the
commencement of the University Of Virginia,
deliver an address on '"Thc Dangers of the Re-
public"
Inglewool is the name of the last new sub.
urb of Richmond. Lots are selling there for
sos a piece. How large the lots are is not
stated.
The painting of the Capitol in Richmond
has been commenced.
AUSTRIAN ETIQUETTE. There are no peo-
pie in the world so tied down by the rules OF
uuette rule them with an iron rod, before
which they bow ~servilely Fashionable GUS
toms are observed here as religious ordinances
are in bigotcd countries. A fall from virtue is
a meuial offence as compared with a breach OF
etiquette. So, for instance, it is fashionable
and commendable to drive 10 the Prater all
through the month Of May, but ''mauvais ton
and not 'comme il taut" to be seen there in
June. On a fine afternoon the main avenue
of the Prater will be crowded with handsome
euuipages on the last day Of May, but on the first
day off, unc, no matter how bright and lovely the
weather may be, not a single carriage will be
seen along its entire length. For no one is
supposed to be in Vienna on the lst Of June a;
these families which have remained in the
capital to the very end Of the best month in
the year are supposed to make their escape 10
the night to their country seats. Or,lf clrcum-
stances have prevented their doing so they
dare not advertise their presence in town by
taking the drive which was still fashionable
tweuty-four hours earlier. This is sober fact,
not exaggerated fiction. In the same way it is
in the height of fashion for ladies to ride in the
Prater during the season, but no lady, with the
slightest regard for appearances, will ride to or
from the park through the " Her horses
must be sent on to the park, aud she must
drive there and drive home again in her car
rage. Aud this, Notwithstanding that right
through the city to within a few yards Of the
entrance of the Prater there is a riding alley,
kept iu excellent order specially for equestrians,
Again, no officer Of cavalry dare carry a
parcel while in uniform, no matter how small
it be, a book or even a fan rolled up in paper,
though he may do so out of uniform neither
dare he enter a one-horse cab, although he
may drive about in a two-horse vehicle to his
heart content. An officer Of infantry or ar
tillcry, however, whether in or out of uniform,
may carry what he ~pleases, and drive in what
ever conveyance suits him best. But then in
fantry officers are out Of the pale of fashiona-
BILE society, while the bold Dragons and gay
hnssars are its chief