The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-10-12
Sotes of Il Trii, 10 ~taunton by the Last
10 leave ine. old sweet Springs"

r,,r---i su,3-l.c.. OF the Richmond DiSpatch.l
O>-aE HES rEA6E AND ONO RAlLRoAD,l
October !, 1874.
! s.4...rilu : 4 relief from railroad ira
III, anu u.&CA more agreeable for the passen.
...r-fta. !, 4 short ride OF eight or ten
.ie, on GOOD road. free from jolts, which
suddenly ,>l9Mi>l the passenger Dy bringing
h., head il contact with the roof Of the
,:I-e.yoarl. But there are some of the Fir.
..1n springs which cannot be reached with
~: tie old ivur-in-hand coach, and we must
iaahr tie he>t ri the journey.
!: VIZ ny coed fortune to be one OF the
=: sta-ciul Of persons 10 leave the "O!d
Sw~e. >lri0">" a few days since-l say for
:a.a.r Because our party was indeed q jolly
or.-!0r the station called Allegheny, on the
tae>air4kr md Ohio railroad.
We We're not crowded, but comfortably
,y~l inside. and our outside load well bal
aNcrt. Having bid the prince of hosts fare
VEL, W started Oh our journey with the
chorus II " We Won't Go Home Till Morn
IT," hut W couldn't keep this up all the
t.u., - A.. blues cane IN at one Win
GtY, and .oiAe oae cave vent TO sigh, and
ey,sr>,.i Il rr-rct that the season was not
~, i, i, commencement. A married lady,
~.1 wa> IN" lie OF the party, Immediately
c.-i Tor another chorus, the blues went
81, vi t!I. ether window, and My Dearest
Nay" VA. given with will. So We kept
u, liz Music UI,i! the station was reached.
Here TIE great hunters Of the Alleghanles
told u some remarkable deer and bear
>.os!r,. tIra nae more wonderful than the
4>t: and lad i not 80 happened that the tram
vs. heard Numbering down TO the station
NgyEr Reid world have been put to blush.
.. course there was great rush for the
traps and 5li.ic>. They were passed into the
tain carefully and slowed away-the infants
Whore ih1y could not disturb the nervous
ee"t.rnru Wao were Oh board.
The train vas taken safely through tun-
IA, ana over bridges. and the passengers
aa1ri al Coviagton for supper. We did
-" li,tc" 10 he meal OF the Cogblll House,
an determined on q ride on the engine
Will Raymond Damn. A ride by daylight
On locomotive | lad thought was the
greatest thing il life, but it is nothing COM
i-:edto 4 moonlight drive down the valley
q .ack>Vu'> river.
Il was = light Is early morn, and the view
reached for mites and miles away, while the
I've: iay At our feet like silver lake. Occa-
'.!aaIiy the g.p,lcS Of 4 fall would make the
'.'aa0*> Oh The water more beautiful, and
'-e tall mountaihA, with the light and
'"ato"> strongly marked upon them,
.-'0" picture which impressed me with
lie loneliness OF Jackson's River VAL
KY Ae man who held the reins OF the
ron horse" tod me, as we stopped at
"4.1!'alat!nn, that the grandest thing be had
eve: seen during his life as an engineer was
'---Ger-s'Drm last summer OH this very
'A'f' Why said he, "my engine was
I~sv' Of nre, aud for the first time in my life
LIZARD thunder when my pet was speeding
1'@S. y! one time =! was afraid the train
"ya'u De blown from the track"
ba' am spinning this out too long, so we
. .., run INTO Staun!on, where we are to re-
l3.u all Might.
,,- SgAI morning our party separated. Some
r ".I' D! The Valley road, some by the rail-
,S 'i1 wan Tie Alphabetical name, which used
r ~ " AL9"n as the Orange and Alexandria
@.aoAo, to Baltimore and New York, and
't 4. Oi Us remained over.
a. -. Wa sad parting. The left-behinds
-, ' Il, Il they had lost their sweethearts, and
;, ~ 'oiletning better to dc they inspected the
-" o'cilicnt- ot Staunton.
T.. "@uhton IS certainly pushing ahead rapid.
- j., INu hvr streets are being graded to meet
~ ~ Increased trade. am informed the City
, Tralc!i ordered The Improvement without
4, yIo' N The treasury, but it is being done,
aaq veil Gone.
.,rs v 81 on Tinsley at the Vindicdtor office,
old II 'TGnd him as bright and cheerful as OF
in " lie thinks the town Of Staunton will
,b eteaAt III population several thousand, and
ersa .. VIII be good many new houses
r [oV''u 10 the course OF time. The Vindi-
,nn VIII, OF course, occupy central posi-
- IL lie stride towards wealth.