Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-11-04
EeGscr :rois. Richmond.

LCc:ro: pvnGe1ca OF 10 Alexs2GEis Gszo!ie.l
RlcENoND. NV. 3.-Nctbi1g IN tho way OF
draIat;: ;uc:, IS LIS ever exceeded tie SUCCESS
Of Ecro's Ops.a Company, i1 Richmond, last
wetk, The hccse YES packed and Tanned
every Eight, SID the amateur Piraforo company.
which PLACED 8: Mozart Hall, had as 'a!ge
hSu:ss a's?. TIE Won cut opera seems 10
have g.iaed nav lease Of life 10 Richmond.
Ghe GasetIc's correspondent actually iousd the
CJrcoer t,day with the opera before him. try
isg 70 cis!t beNitohiOg solos.
30 lar as me gay season is concerned here ii
IS Llught Richmond will net be as ga7 as it
vas las: Sinter. The Mosaic Club" which
n,t b, reorgsuized this. The Mosaic" was
sirlosls with daDciug aud met twice month.
Trc German Cub will be 10 existence, as usual.
Saturday nigh: tbs Richmond Athletic Club
| hold lis snnual meeting cod cleo Cd Captain
| JOHN Hampton CbambGT!ayce, Ct the State,
| President. As its Fics President, the club
| elsc;ed Mr.. NoSsrd Bagnc. who, i, company
viii Nj. Pcysoa tloec, walked over nearly tho
WIG Q State last SuTI ier, a9d who visited Al
eE4oiria il his route. Mr.. Bsyno is real
athlete and e spfcudid specimen Of what ply
steal culture will do for q mar.
| l. Is co9sidaiea in boaiGg circles hero that
ihefc ii some probability that the acnual re-
| ga!ta q Virginia Oarim:n vi take plaCe 10
hlctmoGd 10 July Instead Of Fredericksburg.
| Wherever /. DDS take place il will be grand
affair. Richmond will have S. llast TWO crews.
No;lolk Portsmouth, fredericksburg, Lynch
burg. Petersburg AID Washington will also
have c;cl q iouT III the race. Ntv,r before 10
| k!c. Jut have maaly sports been 80 popular
81 now, aud with thar grop,h-Tith boating
acd tho ymnas!ua.-al-ipat % among Tic
ycuag mcn becomes less fr' qucDi.
Slic3 t! IS c, :sronlcut's las! Ic.t the Ca
zHtc brought The ioiI2mng brief c! r3t i,lc to
| RlnhMDnC:
Died, OJ!otlr b, rcar Markham, Fau-
qui,r counIy, Miss Maud NJ Ccltmpn, eldest
Daughter Of thn late Professor Lewis N. Cole
msa.
ihe Is" 4! t.!s y0uns lf3. Not only ever the
size was ~ iu3h laved, bu! 10 RcamOud as
vel, the intelligence Ut her death cas: a dc, .
gloom. in iitr an caIucstGcst, au IN selfish
IcsS, n swrcticsl Of disI u,it0u, and . tr gh:
c ,rIsi ian IKE waro added 70 raGr Conversational
power, cD!lv'ci G,ut. aGi Thoughtful.
ness a! o. C :, @:id 81 IaG,' u, character
whl2h had 20 ir!cc 10 mar is hrau'y sen ara
!oVcd II Ill. Sac had Eut S'rrp;l on ihc
| ihrr":Gld + beau Itnl w2mlGhord ai,I died
ai'i' he sr1lai.r ike tEn Il ,wers.
"U. bnia iella2it a&qu,sa,
SGbS.Gil, u g1s!}; r rl>a;
ireyij cm:is est G,.c! su:s
Is!p!5 uasue c-ljt;,n q a.Gr:."
IL Ma3maEi ecmc years ago, CT y 5a!!,a.h
afternoon, ihn hev. Dr.. ilogc'a c!arai. YES
flied be 8 pF;c $s:1u li Ueau'iui sil}, WHO
s,cr5 !uI Erue t" tha pravA QUO OF lho icvsst
Ct LhclT cr". piH!nus taken s,dten? trlm thar
m;isf. " ~ +: ms GlbGr bcw Richmond s..
cicig iaou'ncH. Sn3: ;tca death has sadCicI-
c'i the onc. iuH:a HAN cic', a:iG this winter
ayoiEcr viii he inis@c,:. ia; w;ich we crl
tho stciIty c :cu is a. . gr3ui orchestral sym.
Dhou!; c!0h lie is but {. DCt iU tho voumo OF
music aiii when enc dies oaI; q single noc is
hu>hcj, There L. naus, 10 :thC music and il
gDcs on n-.fl1. hu' is it the saile music? las
10, one EG:a dropped ION the score forever q?
Tic exquisite theme, the ric! haimoDy, the
depth o. expression, which togcth,r mado up
| thh, grand work In Its completeness ego oil
! sS!2patna!ic aud touched win the llaa li the
olC DU!c ani the symphony is not tbs same We
oaoa kucY, a;;rGGsh il ~ hcari again and
aga!n. 1t Is = thought iatx9rcssiJly noble
aid august that she music thus les! h; r.
If heard from a:cl to arch in heaven J.
l. Is not trua that these do, clfo why do We
know i singing angels around throne of glory?
L. Is not ttue that ito sweet girl dead is cut down
| forever. eI2o Why Is 1t that our minds tsem with
images ii tho beautiful after they have gone
from us? Tho tolc CT the voica, tho sparkle Of
The eye, the smilo lowering about tao lips, all
coma back in after years and follow us throus h
| lilo. soten!ng, cia:ening US Of earth.
II above She lnurned Gehcs of Ito sweet and
good bright flowers could spring and ref oct tho
character ri these who lie beno.ih then the ncw
made grave ct tho ona to whom this humble
tribute IL paid, would DO covered with Canopy
CT eur2asSIng ovcliuess and The modest violet,
the pura white roso and the lily tho valley
would bloom 10 beauty vJiag there forever.
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