Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-06-30
VIRGINIA. .i"EiE'S.

had been changed from S !2cl to The STANFORD
gauge 9! !! feet S! iachcs.
EYaGIsyf.A .HE;i!'S.
Warrentou is rapidly ii!!icg up with sum
mer visitors.
James Il. Mar, Iata # Warrcnton, died at
the Luna.ic Asyum, Stauutoo, on Friday last
The quality G! the cr4ia this season 10 Eau.
uuier and Culpcper Is ,ho best crown ior s.vcral
years, and what IS Is! il laa,iiy is made up
in Quality.
An anticipated difficulty be,wsca Mr.. Elan,
of tie Richincrd Wing. aud fir D.ckcDEGn
growing cut 81 newspaper controversy las
been satisfactorily arranged.
Tho Ri,huoud STANDARD sly "Ihs election
Ct men who ere dying TO sarvo Tho dear pto'
pie h.sprsvan TIC cuIs, # tic Commonwealth.
We would !!k. 10 ccc tie 1I2gslatuse Of Virginia
c:mpcsed entirely Of men $50 did net wish
to serve.
There were 81. coo eco old Sale bonds DC
pcsi,td for fradirg before a single Dew b1nd
had bees sisrcJ; and tie very bcs. authorities
concur ia the opia0n tha 4: least 10, O0O,O 900 ct
bonds vii! b, funded under tn: h:i! Of las; wlG'
ter before The Is: OF October.
Judge kcii,, Of the Uireui: Court Ct Eau
Quitr county has refused ncH trial to WIG
ter Payne, caofcG, c,byiaci Of murder and
WHO is to bc huag "a Tic ll.h Of july, thus
corii:minc The ruling ci Judgo G.l1ts. The
!a:har OF pAy2G is c,5cu!at!Gg ! petition rr@yin2
the G5reruor to cimmue lis sentence.
The Governor on Saturday received tcic'
gram irom Il rrouiGCu. I.ctdol baker asking
if alyargsm cus mad b,e1 made BY tho State
to pay The July stercst on the ng7' bonds. A
was returned wiihio ten minutes after
the receipt OF tho ctqniry. i3ilrniDg ;he bauk.
or thatth Jug iutcrest E0u:d he met lrUlnr.Is'
John Crx, trclher Of tie Hall murderer
was until rsosn!y &C cmpiaye OF th9 firm OF
Bryan e Co., il Chesterfield county. lis vas
GO engineer, {. vcry respectable coo:ed nan,
ard fills tie pos.t;oo OF G member Of the school
hoard Of Chesterfield c5uEtr. liz ran Ter tE;c
II ouso Of DELEGATES, hut IVES bea!Cn by Major
,Joseph Walker. Eek ilss cnother h!o:hcr who
is deaf aud dpmh john EXPRESSES great nor
LITIGATION at lis brothers. bid ending. Chasiion,
the murderer, was the b!gc:: sheep ia the hlck.
he was The '':.:!@a" loct!o. ngacr
10 the lot.
"IiAY FooT STRAW Foor r'-Siany boys
and girls nay hive beard these w.ris applied
10 q dcr:svc way 10 raw recruits WHO were
makipg tccinrio2 in their military eGueatien
by Icaruiig 10 miic|; tu! very lew young poo.
p!e-or old ones, ciic.-.k1Cw bow the tcrms
originated.
pa,iog .he wsr Of 1872. !h:tc WIS a great
deal CT drilling aoG t!2ioiag anico2 the militia
men all over :hc c;uitry, especially 10 ITO iar-
gar cities and tCwis wa2Te ;5e principal r:-
A.: -, rl-
city, nuah of tho jI!Dg Ct 1eT'y Cu!!s!Cd men
was donc iu what il now Cny Hall Park, in
front tf q tavern which a:03d Hhcr1 the Sun
newspaper bai dog is !0cs;ld. iiany Of these
would be soldiers WY. from The c,un;rY, aua
these, oi c)uis>. knew n9!hn& al al ah3nt march
log 10 military fashion i'aey c1pli walk FIR
ercusht, some ct ;hem, aad work as hard
and bear es uu2h fatigue as suy sa!;;ie!s 10 a rCt
collar amy; pu: they walked as they p!rss.d, and
had 90 itess about such tniogs a. keeping step,
it is even said that there Hc:c fellows among
them ,sho did &C. kaaw their right foot !rouI
their leit, aud Who W,rc therefore c3u;nus!!y
getting themselves ard lh:;r companions iuto
disorder by rniXi6S UP ;hclr icgs.-ihst Is,
moviug Gu; ,h,ir light leg, 7lici the Officer
who YVES drilling them called cut 'Lctt," ard
tho Other lex when no c.i!ei out light" II
they could have ru; both legs l3rwar! at oEc.,
it IL probable tia. .hsy wol!d sometimes have
done 80.
TO make if2se nlcn u3icr3tayl exactly which
leg was m:snt wheu ih0 clii..r gave bis 0l1srs,
o curious plan vas devised. Around !Ec right
leg Of each ,naa. iu': below the kaae, was tied
Q wisp OF bay, while :. wiSs C! straw was tied
around his Left lag NoW. ihasa country lei
lows kucw very vel! the diff :r2rcc between hay
and straw, md 50. when they wera ranged 10
lioo and tte officer gave the word TO march.
and called cut, "!ioy foot s.ia1 foot hay
foot straw ioct,' csG: oDe CT them uadeI'
stood exactly @hch sSas tie feet he must put
forward.
1t sometimes Eapposc3. howavcr, tho! man
would be SO busy otscsviUg bis c3mpsGions,-
aud perhaps makiog iu0, q; tic same :imo, Of
their attempts TO wax ike sr!diers,-lhat he
would forget his cwa busiaa#a, aud pat fer
ward bis "StEaw foot" whcn hay foot" was
,alied for
1t mas: have baan VIZ? funny to see these
raw rectu,s-herc c:ua.ry os'l3r ia high
pots and striped shir'; there \ farmer ia bis
'hirt sleeves ard broat straw la; tier, per
taps, a village doctar or schoo! uiaster, With
lis high beaver ha. aad lis spec;aeics. with .
all boy lear by ii cap sDd sbcrt l.cket
al! marcaiog size Ky s!dc, wih hands
down by their sides, thumbs ,ucDld cut,
Eyes fixed Oh t!:: olioar as be stepped backward
before then, and all kecping time 10 the NOS
,ionous call Of hay ioo: sraw foot! hay
DOT straw foot
The regular soldiers vino nag have been
drilling at the s3ula t!;0A probably smiled, 1t
hey did not dare to laugh, at ihts; queer lock-
ng men With their hay aud straw bound ltGs;
out the mothers and fathers AMI listers OF the
:ec;uits. if aoy OF them chauced to come 70
own to sac their sans or brothers dill, Doubt
css thought the affair q Guc military display. |
nd that Jeremiah or Caleb wonid be general |
,nt e tho var lasted Inny nnnnrh 81 Mil |