Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-30
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| tarmyll!e.
d. That Farnv,!ie is uCei fer ttree ,hu,s
melons, b2ee!s aad flies.
81. That ne will never comc lbrouoh :,
again if We krow Cu!sei1ss, as NO thinks VA
| docs.
4th. That the driver talks tho most, prom.
| Uses more and performs less than aoy other
driver 10 the world.
5th Ia promises lie bites eft mere than he
chews. N'
9Th. II the driver amt dead, AID if IN.
| team can chea. the tuzzayds, we hope, with
| the blesslcg OF Providence, TO make the trim
| to the college sometime 10 the course of human
! events
7;h That we VII! s:s.s when tho vchic,e
| does
1t wcs four e'cicck Eov, Gud tho driver sr.
peared. VI e1urso be had a loug tale ready
q baretaced tale, if suah thing is Dos.
slble-and even the divinity student lost his
temper. AS Tor the commercial traveller, who
vas travelling % time, he had such flow o,
| bad language that | conld rot help wishing |
conld sci him at that jew" 10 Alexandria
Final " We got eff, and if any funeral ever
went slower than our team | never SAW it.
| There we're three horses to cur turnout, and
every one Of them ought TO have been named
like Mark TTain'S stced, Baalbtc, f,r they
Wero all such magnificent ruins. Well, We
made SIX miles 10 tao hours aud half: ar;
the lsraetcs were not more +, )ocd 10 gettp,
to the prom!s d laad than We wer5 10 rescbius
Cur dcstioatioa. Then the student got cut aod
went to praylCg, the Crlmmer took to drink
log, sod L clllmcGcod to Writc--for there
we:c three mad people 10 the stage that day.
and, as there were 10 doors to slam, each had
to gct cool his cwn wav.
Moral Tor travellers. Il isn't always lbs
man who has the mts: cheek who keen, tho
best hotel.
Just as the sua was sctics aud the death
OF another day had coWe We reached the COL
lego. 1t stands all a!0Re 10 an open space,
loo king all tho world like ons t those hidden,
grim, mad houses th&t Charles Reado wlitca
so wildly about in foul Play" wbtrs for
love aud money So msny people sra hnried
alive, never to rC:ppclr 10 this world.
solid, square edilioc. rather 10 tho shape Of
parailelOglan, without any eli ri at adcrl
mcut, ii strikes visitor with kind OF cdlll.
ard one nstuctively listens to hear the sound
OF the lash, the dull ttui Ct tho paddle the
ttcklin' Ct the Drops 10 tho water torture. AMI
the mt III I'd screaml Of The mad aud the cries
or those who are almost ir.Vcn 50 from i'll
| treatment. Yet, though tho exieri6r is so re
pel'lrg, the Interior has lasGihned tho minds ci
| some OF the NEST bTlla@t men in the State
| and The grace at Hampton Sidney is hieh,r
than npp other iGs;itution tf l,arniog 10 the
Cd Domin;0n, with probably The sole cxcep
ton Of the University
| In tho rear Of this brick pi!o is another uun,
wiling structure where tho students board. lis
| exterior would be Rrcstly improved by following
| me oXaclple o. fashionable rasseo bellc-hy
using paint.
One mile from tho College is tho Presbyterian
| Theological Seminary, Il stately imposing ell.
| ice. situated sho:! ,a.anco from the read. All
the surroundings &h0&. this College bear the i'm.
paets of Thrift and prosperity. Everything i.
| IN the best OF ordar, snd "A tourist or visitor
would lnger long in A!Eirlng the fine grounds
| 81 ii buildings. This Seminary has on its roll.
over two hundred students Who are yearly stud.
wing Tor the ministry, and such en- air Of sancti'y
brocds over tho plsCo that it would inslinctlvGly
Quell political orator or silence q brass band.
vi course when tEero is go much smoke there
mus. DO some fire; where there arc two hundred
| embryo ministers there must be O vast amount
| OF love msklng-not Of course, in tho dashinG
Claude NciEotte style nor shy Of the Romeo
! and 1uios swearing by tho stars and moon kind
OF counting. No, mono of this but instead, thu
| serious, prayertul, business. straight up and
down type, that dlsIans any of the sparkle OF
passion. but INDUCES in only the body, 60 as to
speak, and courts and wins his divinity in tho
Chill, cool why cir erciVal u0eS In IN al
Charming old English play Of The Country
Gentleman" Most of tho parents round about
here raise their daughters expressly for minis.
ters' wives. They are trained and educated for
that particular position IN life just IS the Circas
sian dsnlsel5 are brought up u furnish spouse-
Tor the Egyptian sultans, tho Arab sheiks, tho
turkish einiTs, or tho otico:s OF tho janni.sries
or course, tho education is eold; mono of tho
1ipperios Of the modem Lady Lydia Lsnguish
style are taught them 1t wss Lord Byron who
oHcs wrote, and too bard of Greece ought t.
knowswhst he is taking about, that woman
only ought TO read two books TO Il! her for per-
| feet wi!9--lhe Bible and her cookery book-and
though some lsstiiious paoplo desto an accom-
plisbed Spouse Whist minister is there who
breathcs the breslh OF lilo vino desires more than
g good helpmata, who can make him COMFORTABLE
in this world.
My dosr," said ~ old ady 10 her daughter
VINO was gong 10 no married 10 8 graduate of u
seminary, "romcn bar two things and YOU will
mako good minister's VITA: keep your mouth
shut about what you see make believe that you
understand your husbands sermons, Rnd last
but not least, have his meals pting hot for him
at all timeg."
In this county many OF tho old ias hioned Gus
TOMS CT tho snciont regime arc kept up. He.o
you may ind that open hearted genial hos otsl-
NY that ones tho Old dominion was so famous
for, but now, under this new order of things, has
nearly died out, except in spots. l know a GER
tain mansion, surrounded by as beautiful
grounds as ever SAW, whose latch string is
really outside of the door, sud would Ike to
take some OF these Eortherncrs who prats and
write 9libly of southern plantation manners and
introduce them into this house, where one of
.Virginia's most learned and immaculate judges,
IN the midst Of his accomplished family, dis
penses elegant hospitality, without stint or limit,
TO all who come within his gates
Politics here arc all one way. The radicals
run tho machino, and EYDns will be returned 80
Tho House and Bliss to tho Senato
regret to write il, but as far ~ my obserya.
ton goes in this section tho esdjuators are stead
lily gaining ground. Wherever the passiona Of
the densely ignorant masses gro stirred there ali
the logic in the world won't convince them 10
the contrary. Tho resdjusters strength Is 10
the loWor classes of cue people. who don't read
told them.
The contest is practically for The Sanalorship,
and in the light of late developments there will
only DO two candidates ahoao aud Wither!.
There will he no skirmishng, but straight out
light, and Withers will win. CuAssEUR.
Railroad Accident.
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