, 1881-10-12
4 Cot In q Shed Formerly a Chicken.
Coop Will Fetch Four Dollars
Nightly.
A Pentnsular Buggy, Being so.Cal'e'l
Vehicle, Is Now Worth $40
lny.
It Will Be impossible to House Woman
Food VIII Bo Plenty In
Richmond.
ON THE SPOT.
uSPitOSltStSH.
D.. t,f.+os~t. 4. 91,e .7htrnos. 9A4ht.s1s.

uSPnoM1siSG.
spsstal Dtgtaasst to 21Is t1hteaaq 1ftbrns.
YORKTOWN, Va. Oct. 11.-Th1s old place is
now possessed Of napru life than It hAs known
,nce the time Cornwnills surrendered. and Ak-
reuy 1t Is crowded L,eyunh lts onpne1ly. AL ln.
dIcutipis po,t,t to tho fant TINT the great crowd
which will pe here will huvo ~ tlarsl tltue rs
Curlwallis dh1, n1ld, lko that historic party, will
'te willing ~ surrender nnd mnve UT 10 moro
desirable Gt,nrters. YOrktnwI nholill'la III re.
mItdcrs OF tho Revolutionary cru. AMI the nto.
ple sslll live Ill that primitive sniplalty which
u,,uruutertxel the Gtlzeits OF thla pl4ee WHEN
yorktown was
THE PRINCIPAL rUI.r or THE uNtNN.
Tlo nuaint ax-uurt, which, with lts 1arky
driver, Is kuown In this reHiuh NJ
thu peninsular buggy, Is seet everywhere. al1a
tic uHi,sr, who reHarda thIs anniversary ecIe-
br4tiou US tho time to .aku his ft'rttttiu II nut
willing to hire It FUR less thun $ln dny. Escry-
bo1y bors II van the make" and NIaBArA pslots
aru ulIl IN comparison with tho rates rhnrEed
here, WAut Ia tn be tluilg With the Krcnt crowd
sxpeutea II IL difficult Ia say. M place It, tho
Slatr cuull Impress tue visitor tnorr tsntnvor1-
bly, than thts It IL trio thnt he VII! Ko over
historic ground canning bore, ant tho loHt
pntrlot,u uat, she,l ,e,.rs III rautlru whnn hc IN
polluted ult TIL thu York River roal thu tury
house IN whlc.
tIES. aEounE wASlTtSnToN
first met tho willow WIN became Ills wife, whllo
In Yur!sttwn itHt.1t nut ni!y ~ tue ehnIr shown
Ia wntGl tho tlrat rnRn aHd-so-inrtn stt. h't eho
ueftlnut ttuInrs Of iari1Ht stliscrs WHO weto
picked oil iIy ttrny pirkrts frn the c0'Itnoi'tu!
urIay are exhibited With III much cH,Ia,Hity ns
III this WGry un 1tullun city Hsd thesr t1lo luos
ut snn,c 1T tho saints. lIrttish al0nHs, hhwevcr,
command higher rates than Aoou lt1llinn IT.
lerolnc ahi,s or Palestine Mi''stnlsc akulls. MT
unly do tic Inhabitants Ut tp!s roEinn rxpett to
nuke completeness uut 0f tin sir's'gers WIN
Ii,l
tho unlun with tho sntHe teM.
lN,DTlis AMI TENTS
oteyery description us buinK put up nj qrer the
grounds, and ait with tue sulu ni,n Ut getting IN
tito almighty dollar. Tho nlaue IL III reaty be-
co.lilK u temporary city, tWp-,hlr,ls Of tlld
buildings IN which arc barroosns. EHGh srGUli.
latur srpMs to hnvo associated whsaky with
A,gerloaN patriu, Ism ind uluI,ey, anu, IN CuNse-
tuencp, stables, pNrlurs, h!tGhrns. u1ll eSen
chicken coops have bcpn rlx9ed up md tho
Sign Of "tlno liquors" tunR to tho breeze.
THE THING HAS nEt:S c.AI.lstEn ve'o FAR,
and In tho innate tn got whisky, watur has becn
farYntten, mud thero Is absolutely no pr0sialou
tnndo to supply the Hroat crowds With water.
Tho military md Masuniu camps hAve .tauks
connected with afnRtl spring, but,
SO fur NJ the ou!aEtlc multitude
Il concerned, there Ia no pr0vistoIt whatever.
Watcr FOR tho tsvorns, now dIgnlItod by tho
name Ut hotels on Arcuuut OF tho cc-
vatcd prlca charHu,. Ia huulea from a
sprlng so;ne mles blatant. Owing, perhaps to
tho fact that C0rnwalis aurrondnrull hure, tho
large majority of Amarlosn pnop.o hnve formed
amlstaken tmpress!on at tho size Of tho nlsco.
YORKTOWN Is 4 viiI.AnE OF THE sMALIr
Ksr sizE,
claiming zoo Inhabitants, but it is dIilleut to aoa
where moro than seyenty-iyo psra0ns cntl be
accommodated. The whple town Ia On onU
handy laap OF pprhaps 200 ynrds In Iol,gth. and,
with tho exception Of tho ntstnrto Nelson
house aud two Or three others, thore
are no two-storied buildings In tho plnco.
Tho town II In the cnntro OF u networK Ut forti-
noations nt tho Revolutionary md Civil War
periods, tho lnttur Nf which arc moro sub-
atantlal than generally seen un Confederate
battlo-felda. TuIpple farm, upon which 1s
situated tho Nloors house, whore tho articles ut
captuatlun were signed. is the cAnlp ground ut
s ssars sf apo e. Ss prcssa
volunteer troopa have yot oom1
THE MOORE HOUSE
ha two.story tramo structure. which haa boom
psyil|on la also u tho Tomp|e farm. IL
sssss 5 s.ssss S , s taYSss. e .sg IT,
ssiudiax sae military. there arI no s!ecpaa
siee.,1nS. anu aot eanoau. 1ae asgv
constS,ictoi sho,ls gsrntshai with Cots Ia,
ladies' thorS nro nbsoiutciy 10 ttccomuptiutIotis
whxt0yor. 0xnout snine t9nts nit iii, fur th{yyC
who cone viii tho Wnso,,x. lsyrry building In
tho vioInfty vt YORKTOWN hus bc1n itIuli up
Aa,QnY ntkpr nfanns thrnw uttf EuiIiudcrnit
huspials havn f,esM f,,rmis,,S, With b,nKs. Iii
old Unitei Etates snuinrn. wit, formerly III
prisoners siept III theso wjsito owashed shos frot
- 1850 49,. z.s s..s ~. ~. e"s s'n
| - FER aluHc rEH slSuhi: toIf
Neaja extra, Befnrnl excursion II
atferd liz ;asdt iu nccnansitions. " I6ursany