Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-03
Letter from GhasScur.

=. looU.-l nave Deeu staying here OF aud on
for nearly two weeks. and | sm prepared to
spcsk ia the highest terms CT this place. These
Springs have undoubtedly proved SUCCESS and
q paying Investment. Much that was oljcc.
to2ahie has been remcdei. The iaro has De-
cldediy improved, and it Is now everything that
c,u'd be desired. The spacious grounds under
the magic Of tbs axe and lawn mower is as
traasGsured aud changed ls handsome dusty,
uushaseu, uukcmpt traveller, who goes through
and comes out OF the bands OF tho tonsorial
artist who reals the bearded chic and parts tho
aulbrosial ilcks making an Adonis. The cot
tsgas 10 tic grounGs have under the supervision
OF Mr.. 81 Imao, been thoroughly renovated IS
we'll es faely tarolshed; mating on The floor,
Curtains over tho windows, and everything
spick span acT snl are DOW ready for the 90
cuaauts. can hoacstly recommend this water
ipg place as Unc or rather the most delightful
mouutaia resort 10 Virginia. and have yet to
meet uny guest who was not charmed with the
place aud The sur0un iing5.
II Ike this statement 10 simple Justice,
ucthipG more CT less Certainly the thousands
Of readers OF The Gsz tie mus. kto9 by this
time, that ever siuoe | have been upon that
paper, some five years or moro, write of events
or thugs plainly aud sincerely as L fad them.
Ii tired unou some peoples CORDS can't help
ii, and | would not puff any watering place,
even il my doart S: ffiond owned it, if there were
grave abuses that required to be snoohed over.
try to gvo tho public o clear unbiased, i'm
partial view OF things and happenings Of this
varog lair that We live 10 IS sac them through
the clear cls Epto,aoes of experience, aud if
some corporations or parties dou't like it, they
can as Kan Tucker is won't to observe, lump it.
There is one impression that the public have
10 regard to the FauquierW bite. which want to
dlsGbuse from their minds, which IL that at these
Springs tho charges are very high. Such is net
the case. and have only to give the following
statement to prove tho assertion, NY authority
Is the proprietor himself, who wrote the figures:
For the cottages tho terms arc $40 per week;
Tor the hfst Il )or of tn, main building, SIS per
week; for rooms % the second floor SIS per
week; for the third AID fourth floors, SIP per
week. These figures will convince anyone that
there IS no first class watering place in the Old
Dominion that offers such cheap forms IS tho
tauqulcr White. The cottages rent the cheap
est, though think they arc tho most desirable,
especially Tor families and gentlemen who come
10 rsr,i:s. =.
The sec ely here is choice, pleasant s,oiablc,
with lac more oNdia'ity aud far less stiffocss
and frisidly than one general, meets at
largo place of popular rcs>rt. 1t is more like
boarding houso, where evcry body knows every.
body, and DO exactly as they please. Ii certain.
ly is q model. and. may add, moral pioc,,
for BY / o'clock the music is silent, the ball
room shrouded in darkness and uico tenths Of
the people SQUAD asleep in their beds. But
orc) week there is Cha5ge-a large hop is
given ard tho Nartenton hsu.on turn out 10
tull toIc:-tho softer sex 10 their elaborate, and
to man, beTildsriBs toilets, that are Of t7ary
hue OF ar artists paint box; their escarts, Glad
in spike tailed, claw hammer costs, looking Sd
much like sHcl walters that ono c,noot help
Wishing, as ho sees his It election 10 glass, that
tha Old COLONIAL Costumes would come into
vogue agan, With the cutaWay velvet oost, re.
spcDdent Elth silver or mother Of pearl buttons
and snowy lcc', tho buff waisooat heavily en-
broldcrcd, tho satiu tmlll clothes, silk
Stockings, sharp pointed Shots with gold
co or diamond buckles, that caught the light
at every moment. and reflected it back,
tho polished steel rapier that hung at the
lott hip. martial, stately figure was o gen.
tlcman CT 'yc otdco time" as he stood with
bis cooked hat uCdcr his arm. murmuring low
nonSeDsa iato the pretty little pick cars Of som,
dainty, delicate colopis maideu-s gallant,
dcboEnair knight indeed; especially so when
contrasted with their descendants of to day as
they staEd, rigid and unb,ndiog, 10 some ball
room 10 their funeral black, all dressed und cut
alter the Same pattern. until they are nearly as
uudist!nl uishable as fl )ck OF crows or black
birds 10 c1ru field. We marry 10 our claw
hsmm ,rs. We sttend the oncra ADD tho dinner
ACQUIRED III "luil Cross" and whea VIC die
fashion dCcrees that We shall b, buried 10 the
sell same garment. Ii tho Swedeuborpiaa re-
Islon ls correct, aud VIC ris3 from the grave at
tired III cur last suit CT clothes, a melancholy
procession it must b, on tho dread Dies Grae Of
9 Winding stream CT ghosts or Skeletons march.
lSs Onward 10 the river Silk, like az army 10
proc ssl &c, Ill Cad in that urgracaiuI, inoegsn.
uGcourt!y siylo oil drcsS-te black pants aud
the spike tail.
Among tho prominent guss.sat tho "Whito"
is Colonel Hail. Of Uoi;cd States Marine Corps,
o osial aud genial fellow; Mejor Ton Smith
and family, Of Palkersbure; Mr.. James DooIey,
Of Rchnoad; l. E. McArdle, oil Washington,
y. T.: Dr.. 5. s. Frank and Adult Raynor, OF
baltimore; Misses Hall, of fredericksburg; Mrs.
Montague and daughter. of Richmond, and
about IT'S others.
mus! not forgot my round friend of Cd
Polnt,Who has takon flyer" around the vari
Gus resorts Just to see, as be expresses it, wheth
or any of them can top his Hygeia Hotel. BY
tho Way, y0n remember 10 my last letter from
tho seaside | wrote of Mr.. Pt95us' idios7nura.
ey of collecting room fall OF black cats, aad
his desire to purchase five moro at $40 O piece.
Well, during tho last two weeks he has received
700 postas and letters from various parts Of tho
district cfferlnu to send him the black feline for |
the required y This astounding declaration
MIR. Ptoohus assures me j. the literal truth, and
t6e tact se'5 rae ,Woodctieg.. There arc 100
black cats in The Eighth distriot-for one black
there ere certainly full fifty piebald cats, which
makes the marvellous number Of IS 200 for our |
district. Who en- begin to tell Of tho |
headaches, the loss of sleep. the profano words,
tha conlugsl quarrcls tho broken dishes, the split
milk, the overturned lamps that those thirty odd |
.uousal1 c::::: cause in one year as we'll try
ia commute the ocean of tears that fall from
the ln1antile eyes OF psbyh9od when cutting |
their teeth, and-but forgot, am not writing
up history of CATS only muat say that this