The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-21

sB-,st;nn ADVOCATE think Of us as gram
sns,ians2,-- Central Presbyterian.
nnnwlas Jerrola said that the cseea oi
uar,ies Martineau wss: There Is no COG;
md Harriet is bis prophet. Us; sousu a.
believes there is no grammar. apu ne 70 ma
teacher. So do We Rschnao'sa c"'ees'""'
Advocate.
Nov ask Professor Winston.l
Tho Travels Of Ego and Alter.
~ur rp.Hps MEET AN CaD RESIDENT OF
.,cr,MoNn-a FEW MATERIAL TEAks-oN
rur NACApANIzED-A DIG sPRING-"iH-
rurcreR AND IEDUSTRIES-M0DEL WAThas-
wnpxs AND BOTTONI.EsS SPRING-1hE
urrpopoyJs OF THE vALLEY-keMiNis-
CrscEs OF GENERAL Dan. MORGAN.
Deoy Dispotck: We felt very sorry ~
sovinn to fear ourselves away from oar
friends in Martinsbmg; but it was sweet
sorrow, and the memory OF It is pieasun.'
rI, mourDfulIo the soul. Before lcaY-
inS I met an old resident OF Richn,end,
who left there fif,y-three years ago. she
was The widow os Rev. John Blair HoSe,
contemporary 81 Parsou Buehanan ana
:Judre John Marshall. She inquired lot
snany CT her Old friends, but the most OF
them were dead and gone long years ago.
and / could tell her Of only few. MIS-.
,Bope had often seen the old Chief vJustlce
rotsrninr from market with his little buzz
die of meat in his basket, or rambling about
in garments that bespoke ne slight Rndsher-
once TO the foI7naliLies OF iedicial'tress. &c
Tint daysRiclymond presented the appear.
:ance OF an extensive Village. Neither
Franz, lin nor Grace street was ;Elown' 70
Airs. Hege. Main and Broadwere the TWO
,,rircipaI streets where b.lSiness hoursheas
fashion reisped. and the sautatioas OF oPeE
air, we're made in the drive and ipcomenade.
A few of our OLDEST citizens may remember
Mrs.fH but for the most part she re-
ferred to people @ho adorned sMchmo ntt.
gave tone to its society, and died fltai io1
good works many years ago-perbapS even
before you, gray old dispatch, were born.
Ego has ia his last letter staed '"a lew
natural tearsD over bEgone Gays In -Nar-
tinsburg, and asre nslgbtIteadd to THESE
Simple EotiRe offerings. But his :Yscant
gaze at many s COOL sequestered spot sus-
aested to my caind at least atad and :hssle
who would a-Wooins go
How rao,rrnfuny sweet thesctrses that srrt,
when memory plays an'oad tuhetR the heaft
The macadamized road to Winchester
lends through q gently rolling country,
Astounding ia large, cool spriags aBd1eau-
tiful natural groves. The ;prifneyal. forests
have long since beea cut :dsWn, and but
woods enough are lett, itseemed toauamp,
to vary the monotoaly OF the landscape and
supply the Inhabitants with f3el. There is
no high cultivation OF the soil. In fact,
thought the good people OF 'this partsof the
Valley were not improving their abundant
natural resources in proportion to their op.
portunities. But they do very wek, and
whether they did or not, the country could
N hyo3
fertility, its easy-lying fields, clear, seoolins
streams, and salubrions climate.
A ,feW miles from Interchangeable Big
Spring. which sends forth q stream OF 'crys-
1alwater strong enough to ran 'miil, and
flooding nearly half an acre of ground. 'On
our arrival we found 8 swain standing on a
plank over the spring aad filling barrel
which rested in cart. Horse and cart
were standing in the spring, but 'the water
came bursting forth with such strength and
volume that every bucketfm camedfom:the
bowels of the earth direct, and was caught
IN before ID sparkied and dashed along in
the sunshine three yards.
There lis something very antique about
Winchester. Residences and storehouses
bore the suppress OF an architecture that
prevailed in those days when spacious
rooms and halls were deemed necessary for
neiltu HUI TcUE1AOIC uuu NifSu uCLuICo
were erected with view to weather the
rude blasts without shock or fail. Outside
:adornments svere ignored, the a ppearances
OF things We're neglected, and the Virgin
sians who built .oSe hundred years ago de
fpised everything that s.nac&ed ct show ana
glitter. 1t is interesting to observe
how changes have been made from time
to time to suit the prevailing taste. Such
alterations have not been SO radical as 70
<yripe out the old characteristics, and OFTEN
an ancient GolHan--to ideal11e q aitCie-
may be seen supporting a modern afcnt,
traye. or new-faDgled siiEer-nlounteo
bell.handle rejecting staid old knocRef:
But Winchester, though 1T has It's torI
Loudoun and many classic assooialons'
does not rely upon itsEloriol1s s'ast 1os he-
fice. From its beautiful WSlfey III HAS
looked out upon the world OF progress anu
sought 10 gather the best OF what was
going on. Tt has made no fuss aoons IT,
hIIt an abseryaut stranger would be sur
prised to note the number OF factories OF
all sorts that meet the eyre In every 'atfec.
ton. Leather, shoes, 4gleves, paper, anu
-four are an manufactured here. ana these
enpaped;;n these industries remind one Of
old Virginia waking mp to the good time Is
coming. when thrift aud prosperity wall be
added to the glorious catalogue OF Virgins
virtues. IL had the pleasuretof examining
with some partieularity 1he large and -four
fishing satisfactory, where;nunbers OF men
and women Mere employed. The WORK
men seemed, to. be proud OF their establish
ment. and relished with gusto the aston
ished comments Of the iaauisifve tramp
upon the auiclkdealing. sharp.elatGerDg
machinery which turned aat hundreds OF
shoes day.
And Us to puhlie improvements i dare
sag Winchester is Rot behisd uptown OF
its size. was particularly Impressed by
the fact, which seemed to me almost insredi-
BILE. that the whole town Of fse or ak thou
sand inhabitants was supplied teitb water
by eae spring. They have tbe most am
proved and best-oFaered water.Asorks,
make bead to say, in the United States
that Is. they bave all water and no works q.
ait-uo. absolutely more. On the mtislae
snclininS towards the town, covered ny
neat3y-built stone-and.hrsek structure. nes
the faseryoiF.-a tireless spring, @MGn
belehes forth a sensi.torren6 OF 1hmpio cora
water. This is conveyed TO the toWa ny
two large pipes, ani from aes.nmon hyofsnF
IN the street the tired conh,sy niaii vi ivy
village sweep drinks the liquid ice-coid. ~
NOT this blessing which one may, 20 lar |
without seeinge But the wontscf 81 Won
ders about this wonderful spring is that It |
has no bottom. Deep down its iron.col.
ored throat YOU may look until the darken.l
iny SHADOWS shut out every thing bat the |
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