Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-03-22
macauIay's Love for Children.

MRc1ulay'S > ELOtt Ror SHituTcAs
] It is ooe th!og to bs fond of children and an
other never to get tired Of them, and Macaulay
was one of those who never got tired. He otten
spent the whole morning playing With tie chill
| dren, and af.er luncheon carried ono OF them
of for loug walk. But the great treat for
| hin, as it Wes for them. were the excursions
| into tho city to see the shows. Thes, did not
come often enough to suit either him or the
children-tWice week is said to have been the
| average he would have ked-and they used to
| last till the little ones, to use his own expires.
| sion, could not drag one leg alter the other
The atternoon's s diversions began with boun-
tiful luo,beon 10 London. to which Macsulsy
always added some knicknack for which the
children had IN especial contempt, Tor the
pleasure of seeing them It ect 1t With scorn
The sf,erDoous sights were the lions and
bears, The pauoramas aud wax works. or even
the British Museum, Ouc day be tells their
| mother 10 letter how, sIl the other exhibitions
being exhausted, ne took the children to the
Nstiooal Gallery, and h3W. while Charley and
Margaret. played The coonisseur, Gregory said,
honestly. "L=t us 20; there is n9thiog here that
care for at ell and sgao, Il don't call this
seeiuc sights; have seen 90 sights to day. -
All Of which seemed to have amused Mscaulay
greatly. The elaborate process OF sending
valentine 70 bis little uiec, Alice is recorded at
length 10 bis diary. February y ho buys
superb sheet Of paper ana writes the vsleotine.
February Is be sends it of to MS sister Fanny,
at Brightou to be forwarded. February IA the
whole talk cf the day is about the vscu,ne
bow Fanny came at three With the children,
Alice 10 perfect raptures, aGd begging quite
psthetic,y to be tod the truth about it.
When they wero aono together she said
the little Witoh-she Was going to be very ssrl.
Gus. and down she goes On her knees, lifting up
her bands in supplicatoo: Dear uncle, do tell
the truth to your little girl Did you send tho
valentine?' And then lie bad to own it. Mac
aiay would do almost auythiog to please bis
tsvorites; he even tried to like their dog, and
dogs he was not fond Of. Iu ooe place iu his
diary be denouJces the animal es "a beast that
s always spoiiog conversation" But when
The dog was a pct of the children, that Was
aDother matter, aod be bought thugs for it at
tho shops, aad made poetry for it to an extent
which made the children happy, If 1t had no
particular ctfec: upon the dog.
When he was busy upon tho second install
meDt OF bis his history, be would spend some
precious time inserting gold piece in tho sea
of letter to his nephew George, SO that il
might sip past the pos:otfce authorities, and
would trspsait it with the casual remark that
while the best part OF lady y's letter was 10 tho
postscript, the best part OF an uocle'S wss IN
the seal. Oac day, coming out from acollec
ton OF pictures, he saw moro delightful pc
ture, he says, than auy there. Il was four pref
ly lutte sisters, from abou: eleven to six years
old, ,idiog 10 donkcy cart 10 deep, shady
ace, hod qlite beside themselves with delight
at the ;rcat. They were lacsbiog and singing
EoI oi .1a p,Ith
o Tic beautiful, aud when ha asked them 10
70 oo, they sang like i:ttla l6rks. ;fhcteu 1oa
ell the silver he had in his pockets G7enJ to buy
dolls.
SCENE IN An ALBANY CnUgCa.-Thero was
quite acme in the First Reformed Church lssL
evening. Rev. Dr. Clark w.s in the m!dlt of
one Of mis- most elcquen. appeals. when young
lady, sitting in the gallery, srose saG began to
address me audience.
The astoniahed doctor could hardly 5olere bi.
esrs but, s!sncing upwards, saw that the riva!
orator was much IN earnest py the way she swung
her arms and ges.icalsted The drits OF her re-
marks could not SO easily bo couptehendei rs
che mixed Hebrew with her Eogst, and soon
brspched out upon tns thirty third degree Of
masonry. and DR.. Lews's certificate.
"Will the young lady p!e,so TO qllalt' said
Dr. CLARK, annoyed exceedingly tua. the iol-
preston he Was making should be 9 ms7rsd.
Blu. she could not be stopped 'Solvmoa's tenn
Die" she said with sweeping gesture end s1,y
went her hs. which She had held ii hsr hand,
down among toe audience Too:s around tried
TO pul! her down in ner seat, bu. to no purpoae.
Then MIR Fassel. snd Prof"s.or B,ldlng came
around from the o.gaL-ofs snd taxing hold OF
her, carried her out Of the cnIrcr. SIZE made
10 resis!anCe.
A carriage was sest for, and shs was taken
home Her name is Minnie Blair, aud no. lolg
ago she nude siuisr disturbance vt the meot'
| irg of the shakers in Mount Lebanon. By sone
| she is believed to bs the original heroine of
| most sensational story, whca WAS told IN tha
| New York papers q few mon.hs sg,. Clearly.
! she is 20 person to be at large unattended. and
| 10 day we lasrn that she wss taken to Utica
| albany Eusning Times l7th.
| OPENING OF CHARLOTTESVILLE WooLEN
| MILLS GooDs.-We have this day opeoed
our first shipment Of Sp.iog aud Summer
| Styles CT the above Damed goods tor mems and
boys wear, aud name 10 part Beoton One
viots. Checked and Striped Casslmeres, Scotch
| Cheviots, Hair Lioe Csssimeres, Merino Cassl.
marcs, Striped Sutinas, Diagonal Suitings,
| Doeekips and TGeeda. These goods are kooWu
too we'll to mead any Comment, eud we have