The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-26
Prospectiye Honor ..

prominent Americans, cannot bat elicit |
feelings Of the most. agreeable and grateful |
character in every rejecting mind, on this
side the water. To have our plebeiau dust
urned up in thorough and intimate admix-
ture with the finer ashes Of kiogs and pri1.
ces and pot-ntates, to feel that even 10 NOR
tai decay the process must go on in neigh
bnrly juxtaposition with the crumbling bod
les Of the greas and the heroic and the learn
ed Of the old world, would indeed rob the
icy monster Of half his terrors and should
open up to the progressive American mind
grand and glorious avenue to future de-
gree Of dignity and exaltation which, with
our former ideas of English exclusivism, We
would never have dared hope for.
t An American corner in Wes'm1 ister Alb
hey, not corner 10 stocks or gram or -four
or dry goods, but corner devoted to dignl-
fed and solemn sculpture. A corner to be
| reserved, marked 'takcn," after the mannr
of theatrical reserva ions and held for tie
occupancy of some Amesican who by his
achievements in war, Of is- literature, demon
strates his worthy descent from the old Eng
lsh stock. and then dying in a becoming
manner, completes mis- title, and is shipped 10
pick led condition, to enter upon his new ca
reer Of elevated and refined surroundings -
"rhere is Snug lying in the Abbey" was the
quaint comment of Sir Lrcius y Trigger,
aud we ought not to require this adj ional
recommendation Of the warise old knight
TO impress US fully with the desir,hl.ness of
such accomn ,dation. We cSuld wish that
this generous ana fraterual desire OF good
: Kingsley would terminate in the proper
Kind Of pride and engenler that noble emu
lation in our hearts which it ought to do, for
who would SO naturally drop into the arena
of contest for the literary department Of the
Abbey as the Editor, and where would Fog
land fad healthier specimen Of exotics to
transplant to h grand conservatory Of NOR
tality. than the JOURNALIST Of to day.
How the tone Of American journalism
would be elevltel aud the esprit d~ corps
purified when it's members realized that after
the MUD thai dicsatei and tho haod that
wrote were at rest, they would 90 over and
sleep with Billy Shakespeare and Goldsmith
aud Addison 10 the classic atmospheric the
Poets Corner, and have their fair Saxon pro-
portions l;nned in marble, and their epitaphs
latinizel io true and ancient style for the
entertainment of ali reverental visitors in
! time to CONE. Think of the slen Ter pro-
portions Of the Triblnes head, the poetic
coput Of Whiteaw Reid cast in bronze or
M .rble anl LIVING in solemn repnse above his
polished sarcophasus or good old Bonner of
the ledger, with latip biography telling
how he bought D4xter for $50 600 AMI de-
cined $40 l,05) fIr hun, an | atso his be>t
time in many hatly contested raca or one
huge Mansolenm rears over the aggressive
rem .ina Of all til, Cincinnati f iis,rs, with
their eff ,ies decorated in primitive war
! pftu1 anu ACaoHC'S, dHu bIG Idtdi toAiaio n
held defantly in the kand Of eaeh
How the soiernc grandeur Of the old Alb
hey would b. enIivensa by these contribution :
! from the rebellion, chill across the waters,
| an how all our cousins 10 the land of King
| Hal AMI Prince j. ME woaId throng to the
tombs Of then relations to weep because
they had not been buried at home While
we are profoundly grateful to the Dean for
| his liberal and fraternll intentions and REG
ognize the good which under certain cond-
ton Of American sentiment. might result.
! we are nevertheless afraid that the plan is
not practicable aud will be, to certain ex-
tent, barren OK results-as aiding the devel.
opment Of cas- Atlantic virtues by the hopes
| OF trans Atlantic houors when the turmoil
of living is over. There is no very great
and Distinguishing element Of reverence in
the American mind for any of the antiqu
ties. Still less is there decided apprecia-
ton of the glories of sepulchral environings
Ghttering obel.sks and polished shafts, and
enblaz )ned sarcophagi, are merely sugyes-
tive to this prosaic people of circumscribed
accommodation below. aud they turn from
contemplation of the grand old NJ inster, to
look for final a nl wider resting place on
t cir own expansive continent where the
characteri tic fundness for Ga full swing" can
be INDUCED, and where 10 invdlous aud
painful distinctions may result from their
forced association with the regal and the
mighty ones of the earth, or, as ftly sung by
an immortal American bard,
ooh bury ..Bartholsmew out in the woods
In beautiful hole in the ground,
Where the humble bees buzz aud the wood
peckers sing
And the plnching bugs tumble aroundt
So that in Winter when the snow and the
siush
Have covered his last little bed,
His brother, Artemms. can go ont with Jane
And visit his place with the Sled"
AN ACCIDENT. lone GLADE, VA.
Marcn 18th, '7t.-Mr. Joseph Wenser.
| resident of Augus.a county, residing near
Spring Hill was thrown from his sawmil
or Tuesday last fa flino a distanoa oe On IT,