Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-10
WALKS and Talks About Town-No. =.


porous as mos! OF the spis'l les between the
Mountains aud the A,lsu 10. hu; when he turas
kirs street dock aud peas aIpug ths river
front he realizes what gives c1rrepce 20 the ut
tery untrue local fIppaDcy-that "Alrxasdrig
is ! finished toEr and ncsds only while wash for
completion" TEe river from, Of the i,wa COZ.
sst OF three coves each coming UP to Water,
nov Lee street; tho ceu:ra. we has been filed
cut, but the othtrs still reclsn, and there is No
present promise that they will ever b: fill -
The eG'e N the s,u h, IN fToui Of Baucry Rog-
or5, is ~ What shajl@Ttr Perhaps, but DO
buster ihsu when the Doggy Iujiars shot az the
ducks In re Tho fnt head arrows, whose ar
roH heads are ye, to i;e found on its shores. |.
wa famous p CO for ducks OF c., but civza
tioG osmc like Slrsgue With It's shot guu, aud
the ducks Il d ike my Lcrd Il Scoe Residents
OF the ocieubOrhCod went down to the shore
b"turc bauktas, and standing gu tie b. acb, with
u. even blind. shot ducks for the day s use
an5 seLt ;h>lr days out 10 briog tbo gaue
ashore. AL that has passed DOW. Tho cove
nor! n vi the toWn cure. from F,5htcHa to tho
cid ,si Whsrvrr, Port Rasd u they We're once
C cd, bat the pert died young. The south ed 70 OF
| &c c W WAS ooc7 famous place for small craft
Con*a} wharf Tas Il ere aod Capt CcuSay liv
| n the It'll tip ubug,. rhe s.. los aud sea-galug
! vessels landed ct the @barves al the ead ofPont
Luuley (FlsntcWn) which almost reached the
sup c.ialuei, bu. Inc snall ccsfl me around
| The point snd went lctO the eve as hith az
Va street. Ii must be o nigh tide row that,
wills Il at skltf. where even pupses ard long
| hoG.s 'atcd tben at low water. Capt. John
u, Surh @ss Oh schooner 10 shat eve when
! the British took III. iowa 10 1914 The central
GOV" fl led CUT across Uoi"n s,rert from lI72 to
&c 1913 IS Do~ uur liver front. The rortt COS
will some coy fill up With c al whsr0es. the
| south, unless the shilo1idipg trGde revives, vi
pfobsb remain as It now is, as tsr 10 The iu-
tnrc as the ken of mao can desoeru. but cur
| rrer front; what Will we do With y Thrre
good 1oatVes would suffice f;r the steamers.
hat arrive and 0rpart, and the residue
Of the has Der is Dew uastr. l. serves,
| however, ion ID iau's oturch The water side
has always Deco plac for preaching From
Pct.r IEO ltf, his Its b. the water edge and
vent 70 &c q ',rf o. tnIu % ill no@ the bright
| c ear Xgabse tbet sweeps away with uoihiDg to
oar tho sight, a mitror Of the skies above,
hes always BEN aI;rac i've to people Of gu
IaeloalVe, broudlus rcglliGu, who arc
constantly hoping TO see the heavets under
| thcir t3eF snc are, liz re'arn, grs i6oj perhaps
| "teo tie water; Seem 10 some r; 10 put the
! skies het.W them | do not share 10 The idea
! that DJiau is a crsZ. map. What q fsns!ic is
ceperGs perhaps, 10 iiule upon Row tsr he
| sDt clal tansiclm is 10 the dl1cc,i q OF the
| thoughts, hopes or wishes Of the pe1soo who
makes the juJgmco,. | remember to have
! saee S"sr Or two ago, 10 Washington, o very
quct uan. almost sod looking, vino, every
day sitter office hours spent his time disribu-
ting trGo's alorg tie river front. He vfen sup
piled nue. With reading nauer which | wished
was more Interesting. O1e day, however, he
| cspic Into tue Ta!tiug ruoms at the Potomac
ferry
mot the least obcisacc. made he,
| Not minute 5Orpsd or stayed he,
bu! WIKI mien Of # Lo:d OF Lady,
save mc aaoih'r tract.
| Add !hen kgew II wss LAC. VINO had been
ny circulating l2r,risn, ioT he gave INC "A
Cppvcr;,d Ronatis;" sort of short auto
| tiograihy. [ was tho first ard last otcrcstiue
scretd | ever lot from hun. and TO me il vas
| uil o! interest. l. Vas evidently 30 houest
production, not bright ua1's work, but i;
showed E1cre than uDc impress Of that "touca
OF Nature which max tine wnuie HOlli Sip. :"
A mass account f GimseIt, If at oil an honest
cEc, IS "lSays interesting aiding. 1t is
psJ c1oh0logy, sociology and Gs,beLics. as i! ware
loosrncie living. and breathing. The late ven
ersbs editor Of tire Gozst:e vas very fond of
such suto6l, graphy. Il think, said he to tho
writer, ",he oynft sdous OF Ros,eau is tho most
absorbing Of borks. The map, as it w.re,
turos himself morally inside OUT and submits
his wbcl" loieror to your insp, c on There
were ore ha0dred men Who had doue the same
aud made 60 cut, dissection Of thcmselv and
1 10, has nil t,nf.r b. -L.L-
material for all mental and moral sceoos there
would be. But 90 man dos that. Au.obioe
replies geut rally are like cpitspts written BY
man to Abow not what they were, out what
they should have BEEN"
10 This way Dogn's scc ,uut of himself inv
terested me- He bad, be said, been reared a
Catholic, but ea'ly ceased to be one in suyshicg
except 10 memory. He had evidently never
reacl el the pi;h Of the tree, but had been
caught 10 tho bark and dropped off into the
hair OF the fist goat that rubhtd against
the tree as il passed. He .mu here with the
troops UoIou volunteer, aud de iulo ofic,
at Washington co the tide that sWepi BIZ ck GrJm
the battle Gods. He had earned his night 10
the 2laoo sud must hev" filled it wall, for he
vas soon prt NOTED. While 10 Office be maj
ficd. His vile soon died. He wandered OUT
aod during his leisure drifted hither and thither
With inc tide OF men about the city. He was
cot Of the joeose kind, and made even bis mrth
e1ate5. He made some religious acquaint
acces, who Carried him to prayer meeting
where there was 90 minister, but pleu,y of
ira:icg. He was touched from the first.
Somebody now seemed to have an interest 10
hin. He attend more prayer maetinge. He
wac living then at the rhy;oo House. at the
upper eud OF Seventh street. mes. 0 street
| market. aud there had wonderful dream. He
dreamed no YES locking d; wu Seventh street,
when be :~ Il r priests On tho roof of one
house, AID eraci us woman. fair to behold,
90 anothsr root near by. He began 10 slip
from the roof; the priests could not help him
| but the fair woma3 stretched tcr,h her tsod,
and he was saved from the fall # man. This
| he tvck IS eVldeuce that priests could do bin
no foOj. he Tad 81 far appsrou.iy never coo
| suited with minister, and, indeed, be seems
to havu had from the frs, diatsste for minis.
tors. the y r. Gt5t one be met a. o religious
gathering having throTD cold water 90 MS de,
| VotioDal obf.grstion. He Sc ms always to
have been shy Of clergy N u AID to have fire.
quen'ed mainly hcs3 meetings held elsewhere