Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-30
AFa Address 10 the Alexandria Nm.
Fairfax a gr!esiiEgZra, end Industry,
Association, 0eloSer /, 1878.

Fairfax A grsesis1rra end En<iusiri:.,
association, October 1, 1878.
Pause here: ny friends, while briefly We c3o.
tres:
Ihe present mauoer5 with ten decades past
we may, purcLaIoe, " logio's mighty law,
Some useful lessons tEou tho s.udy draw.
With wooden p!cWs, aut l!orc tha1 dcut!e
toll,
Our sturdy sirss then lightly scratched the soil;
Now, shining shears, bright as a mirror face
Deep even iurroWs DER cur acres trace.
Slow sickles then, tbro' scalty EaS7css c1cnt,
Now, in day, our broadest fields arc swept;
Then, weary months. cue fathers swung the
fails,
Ere they enjoyed their Iabor's slow avai.s
Aurora now, cur harvetts nay kehc!d
SILL waving granoly Ger the fertile mold
Yet noon may see the farmers ample board
Spread with the bou1tics CT the galrercd
hoard,
S!pco skilltu faBs excite tiao wianoaiog gales,
Aud Pulman's thrcshers supersede Tie fails.
Our fathers then, in homc-spun garbs arrayed.
At Cupid 4 shrine their alterations paid
Where dairy uymphs while milking gen rous
COWS,
With modest bushes listened to their vows.
Blu; now our sons-ieac bearers, plcase tXlle
That lapsus 1ngues Of my careless musc-
! Should have said y0ur sons. in broadcIo,h, pay
Half meant addresses in 40 off hard way,
10 sohUol.bred ladies. clad in costly silk,
Whose dainty haIGs nc'cr drew the creamy
milk.
Then, wives and daughters cardcd, spun, acl
made
The modest gerGepts that their forms arrayel
Now, scarcely one of all this numerous throug,
Beside her wheel, Ger o2rtoIel forth song
For huge machines. results Of alodcrG art
With ready fabric; fiji each busy mart.
Then clumsy Caches moved by equine power.
Crawlcd o'tr cur pixies, tx weary miles 81
hour;
Now, palaces, magnificent? grand,
As in dream. transport Us o cr the land;
And messages, upon a thousand themes,
% lightning wings, Custrip the solar tca!Ds.
For all these Ei!ts aud i0r 8 thousand uorr,
Unknown to those who t1Od the world before,
We owe a debt, Increasing day by day,
That We, uy friends, will sadly tell - pay
U1ltsS TO tlliS, approaching on the stage,
We leave cGhancCd tbs u0b:c heritage
TROJAN.
BURaLARY.-Un Friday abou. midnight. Tia
store of Mr.. Robert W. Merchant CT this pace
WIS broken open and s0mo jewo!ry sEI Cthc:
things stolen thertfrom. Shortly before mli-
night Mr.. III. wss aroused By Mr.. Merchant.
! who heard The sisrm Of the money drawer in the
| room below. Thinking That sho might be nj
| taken, 10 waited q few seconds when the sound
WAS distinctly repeated twice, lie ii once "a
came satisfied That there were burglar III tn
house and jumped out of bed, secured his rcvol-
yer and going into an sd acenI room direct: o'r:
| the store, he puS his hand down an opening made
for stove pipe and ranging his pistol IN lhc
direction OF the till, discharged it twice. -"
| thieves ran cut some trying - get OUT o."
wsy ard some another, but all found cSro:S
| through the kitchen window, having IN lhti!
| fright and constcrnaiOn Carried away with then!
| the upper sash Of tbs window. i&lr. Merchsn:
| recognized one o. tho parties as Is colorad boz
named Melvin Thomas living Near this place.
and Sergeant HiXon, who WIS awakened by The
| breaking Of glass ard The cries Of Fir. and Mrs.
| Merchsnts formed the ssma impression as hF.
| Merchant to tho identity Of Thomas whom Il"
! saw running by his house, situated $50 yard:
| from the scene Of tho burglary. Mr.. MerchN!
upon 81 examination missed lot OF JsSc!y
| and one eight blaied pocket kNl!c, worth b.
tween five and ten dollars. The there's had cor
cesled themselves in tho cellsr before tho s.2:c
was closed and sitter Mir MercEant had retire.
| they or one Of them cTept nol2elessiy up sisii
| into MIR. MS room end took bis part%!oons
| away containing the sloro room key cid n's
knife, They also attempted 10 iorco open t."
money drawer in which Was about one huidr,I
dollars by using large clasp kIlto 6u! were
| discovered beio1e they liHti cut more tEan 4.
|! small portion Of the wood work sway
| Or Monday Melvin ThoLss aad DoHf.s3
! Pinn w9ye before Justices Senl. Is3ad and j. Z
| WeaDis on the Cd @rgo OF burglary ard ,scc2 scri
on TO tho grand jury. On Ibursdsy another
| ccored man was sentto i;rants"l!e on tho sam
charge. Mr. Merchants knife being found o"
| his person and lie having confessed To lie com
mission Of the cgir!c.-M@aaSsss EH:ets