Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-02-22
EIcitcr from Falls Church.


Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette,
FALLS CHURCH., Feb. 22-I&ev. John Nc
Gill baptised Two adults 90 Monday evening,
18th iustaut-Jabez Koon aud Dr.. J.. e. Colt.
He has class Of seven for confirmation on Sun.
day next, 2itb at which time Bishop Whitte
will administer that rite at Falls Church al 8
p. m.
Bishop Riddle delivered his lecture Oh MA.
caulay' on Wednesday evening to large au
dicnce, and succeeded in making it one OF the
most entertaining Of The course. The hearth
pcss Of tho applause which greeted him at the
close was full assurance of the pleasure he had
conferred upon lis auditors and very nearly
overwhelmed the reverend gentleman, who ig
decidedly modest in his pretensions. The reel
tation By Miss Nettie Phillips of 1T will all be
right 10 hundred years." and the music by
the choir, consisting of'The Whistliug School
boy" and IA Home on the Rushing Sea-"
added largely to the entertainment. Rev. Les.
ter 3. Plat will lecture March 9th, y p. M, on
"Three Months among the Pawnee Indians"
The Good TempIars of Fairfax county had o
business meeting at jefferson Institute on the
2lst, and lecture on Temperance in the even
ing by the r. w. q. Secretary Of the r. W. G.
Lodge Of e BOD Templars CT the world, but tenn
perance at Falls Church is like taxing Goals to
New Castle.
The Towo Council is non est. Whether it
is merely hlbcrratlng or become entirely de-
iunct, am unable to say. but as dc mortuis
nil, nIsl bUnum, is considered the proper thing,
won't say anything more about it, Liam let
her r. |. J..
TIE FARM Boy AND HIS ERRANDs. -There
arc 80 many bright spots in tho life OF a
farm hoy that | sometimes think | should
like to live life over agaD There is a
great comfort to * boy in The amount Of
work he can get rid Of dooE 1t is something
astonishing how slow be can 90 on an errand-
he who leads the sshool race. The world is
new aud interesting to him. and there is so
| do anything. Perhaps he could not explain
himself why, when he is sent TO ncghbor' 5
after yeast, he stops TO stone the frogs; be is
not exactly cruel, but he wants to sec if he can
hit 'em.
| No other livlpg thing can 10 so slow as boy
sent 90 az GRAND. His legs seem to be lead,
unless he happens to cspy a Woodchuck in an
| adjoining lot, when he gives chase to it like q
| dccl; and it is curious fact ab1ut boys, that
! two will be great deal slower about doing any
! thing than one, and that tho more you have to
| help on piece Ct work the less is accomplish
| ell. Boys have great power Of helping each
other to do nothing and they are so innocent
about it and unconscious. Il went % quick as
cvtr could" says The boy. His father asks
him why he didn't stay all night when he has
| been abScDt three hours On ten Minute GRAND.
The sarcasm has no effect on the boy.
Going aiter the cows was serious thing 10
my day. had to climb bill that was covered
with wild strawberries in the season. Could
sny boy pas, those ripe berries And then,
10 the fragrant lii pasture there were beds of
winter green, with rcd berries, tufts Of column
binc, roots OF sassafras to be dug, and doZops
Of good things TO cat or to smell, that | could
not resist. 1t sometimes even lay in my way
to climb q tree to look for crows nest. or 10
swing in the top and TO Try if | could see the
stecple Of the village church. 1t became very
important sometimes for me to sec that steeple,
and in the midst of my Investigations the tin
horn would blow a great blast from the farm
| house, which would send clld chill down my
| back on the hottest days.
knew what it meant. 1t had trightfully
lmr atlent qniver 10 it, not at all like the sweet
note that called us to dinner from the hay field.
| 1t SAID. w ny on c2rtn uOcSn tnlt Doy cJmc
home? 1t is almost dark and the cows amt
MIXED" And tba! was The time the COWS had
to start lnto brisk pace to make up Tor lost
time. wonder ii any boy ever drove the COWS
home la9e who did not say that the cows were
| at the farther end Of the pasture and that "O.d
| Briodle' was hidden 10 the woods, and he could
not fnd her for ever so long The brindc
| COW is the boys scapegoat many time
Chou1cS DmlLy Warner IN "Beng Boy"