New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-01

SCriDNer
cial edition of this bright, chatty, entertaining
hook. 1t narrates the experience OF an LngiNn
family who settled few years aao upon worn-ont
VIRGINIA estate living somewhere west OF Lyn H.
brry and near tho base OF the Blue Ridge. Inc
family evidently came from good social position
Mt home aud were familiar with the best side al NE
In England and the Continent, bat knew rs i''l'e
of America "a most Intelligent English people 90
No doubt they had heard Of the arstocFacy oil 'he
South aud supposed that the genuine gentry Oh VIC
country were principally 10 he found III that see'o.
At all events a VEN of surpr So. dsapp'h h'ul "'
n,easan. satire runs through the book ~ the limit
iessnesS shiftossnes' narrow proNIncll anu a"-
surri and groundess pride of ancestry displayed bY
the hest ~ rle with whom the snihor comes IN con-
fact Sb. has a capital faculty for fr, sh. animatei
descun,i,u is a keen observer of character. ana
sketchcs with : free hand the pccuIaIluc' "l '"c
planters the poor whites, the negroes the ladScaP'
and the country scenes and manners ~ Fremont
Virginia Her pictures are not oyerJrawn' ana '''Ie
mot the least bit of malice M her criticisms 'hd
comments Everything is new and strange To h'I'
and she puts down on paper her impressions am ~
pencnccs with entire franknc~ and wish evident
relish for tho novel and PIC u.esque IN her SURROUND"
iups The family land from steamer IN Norfolk on
n blazing hot day in jane, ~. The negroes on
the wharf were naturally the first objects thar a.
tractcd their attention:
Keepne my ewes opcp observe. first that the eiacsI
are rarely IS b.ack as they ,aEted Ho" sa"'
dscrile Inc pre vaiing compcxioi It ta' OF rcopi"
wno having been much burnt nv th" sui nave -,u
wnich show, m gran OF o.. SKIN throash y. narS
that they are. a rule banay- -ri ana - 'i1 ~
like parrots locs tGrn'd m notice iu' & LII No.,
palms OF their hands AMI The s'lcs p Their f''t thl '
heels are not biars At az nu. col % ..-''i r a ~
and enormously large with spreading t0's Ih'l, MINUS
are rule. wch shapci ana ln iincu 10 y, , &
tnau large. ThcY are c9nrtin ,,t AZ bti
stantly ~ ling tleir eyes ih way thA' ihih'S 49,
tbinss e1,iiy As 4 liz we're perpetual aotaaY. 30
moi fniuk IAN then or r .ug time atcrwdrd. nee
80 mai ionsed star, ed ur wretcueI Anything Du
jov and ragged. Ar 10 rtserdn' - though Wo', n
opt sundays ON ~undays az nc ,Ncepii'n nrt'
OF the rule IL i quite delightful ana rrirsnnE sl g
tacie TO negro on Dis way TO rhuic ~ on Fl, ,i
arUuu visiting. ia sliay tai hai 'ncy ma a -
''chImney rot since the emancF toil' "yuu ~ ~
Sr,s ,D sT, enS a mp i,payci IN feature
the doursh with wtl nis H't &c nit] Oh - GuI
health" Hope / see you vel miami " ne Wei'
san =, ~ ~ ianh. Ea',rj : toduble."and 80 on
All this must provoke s'n"e' even IL inc H''' '~''
nine
They take walk around Nogfo6, aud ind it
very dead-alve, ;umble-lown, unfinished srt OF a
place;
Only the highest. coarses, kin Of ware wcre ~ l> 4
IN the suOp 0in low. The W1lIe "pc N''o ti''
tidn "a w., vhrn lcol-i rather eIi-'ut
were OF wood pant or unpnni lhr ''.nJ" 80 -.
high aud na~TOW-murn HE those one >tfS lh = u '"
France Thoy nave raD'r oinis gen o. "ii' or W. 10
a bright pattern winch give tn iac'd"s In 10 u 80
&c mes don't know why, .y'rpt tlat ne pilr. A
and unsntt smtia.ty. Inc nu.c mont sac "t
done up resenD., h-aVy cn.te. o @on1 oaI On ~,
balcony I, uni II "a' a" panied w'.i, p"A,''S '
mOdius sl wtrping and spi.tins Yet tue I"it "
bs ysy a new house. Tne town nuit tie
bank OF she liz b-th hivct IL tS low W -
pect such situation. Ihr natives mona 40" -
pattern o. sa.uhrny, AID ielI YOU 'Hai' u - -"
were ony 80 deaths IN population Of 100" a'oU
half 81 ULlra were blacks. A. since Tie cu4uc.pA'u
Inc Sisrks have tr,vlrd tos.tner 80 their sweet
Is Icy Il
own lower classes and CONSIDER money spout On 'c"S
as sinuily Nasedt probable nat ~ dea,g-rr'e u
seeing the wet end. aud that had We seen H. we s.'ui
have had quite dA rent idea ~ N0riois hal 49,
pears Inc that 10 gauge toe piserY OF PIC Il .
better 10 sc tie business ptr We saw q 't" 9
insignhcant sbops garden OF Two "Ithih Wil7 ''-
eied aud oycrgrowa; plenty Of g1nnms n.srocs; sew
The TN TOYS winch delight children; dr-olt what |
w0en the steamer me empty nld ~ 10Y. y. .'
sorry gaps TIC liues Of houSs, queer lunbr-l."1
wooden snAnties; one or two hr men %Ho 81 ii
half dead with a-uc liz iOul % -taeutt wafer AZ IN"
back motel; mUdoausS 10" eoAst a. i.l - .le
eve could reach. That EOOls felt sorry Tor In
place.
This description Is not incorrect az far as 1t COS
bur if the author had turned her steps ,n tine r1sut
direction rom that wonderful make-0eheye granite
hotel she would have found u vcri pretty rr'''
lined Sith handsome houses standing IN the ididsi
of gardens that IL would 6e hard 10 match "a any
English town of the SIZE # Norfolk. Tie family
took the rail for Lvnchburg. and were d>ers'ed
car. The tram stopped for duner at BurksH ie.
Tie food IN itself was not so baA, but the way Ii
was served took away the aDpctltc oil The ha2Ish
travellers There was not tablc-cloth to BE- S'eh'
The knives aud forks stained. and all Tie saI-
roundings welc OF the coarscSt ncanesi description
They fluid greater activity in Lynchburs than IN
Norfolk but are again Surprised at the sckly look ol
the women:
Many Of the houses are surrounded with gardens 81
more than a cNiert anu lHtNoch u -ii'
slw COWS rIalniug about strets lux yeAcf ilN
Mt hack doors waiting 20 he pilScd. Lens ahN V-N@ Is
scratched the dust heaps ana uldtd Ol o. ,nc -
AZ an occasional vehicle There were few new hou-r'
bulldlug IL tue h cGcr part tue Town Ou III VI ~.
miserable wooden shantlea. Ltiie VIM chhdItu I'D
embroidered frocks were running al NJ pari2o,' i'
ings They generally have very g0oi features hit'h
eyes. aud wei NJ, we-dctncd hps ana cum. lhr -
no chubb ucs, about thriu tld seldom any color me
grown up grs are exceedingly prrty sometimes ne
beautiful kosthuds tIcrc an, IT, P'h'' blt A.4. ~
cosmetics tic hot bread ana soia-hcnt eaten tWi'r
dayi WHAT l. II that makes al ne w'n, .nsn s's.
mat Lnlf sarVed dead look nave observer n fI,nH
49, MI fhSt CA, b, rot herc,nl II il very fairs 10
cents cquL 60 pcucej l~r pound; ana ever mug csc
is ia proportion. T. declares that tue bot Diei ."-
biscuits dyspepsia qUack med cnes are O. Liuk Tor
us almost universal Eh1stiness. He considers "a. "a
much lrss delicate t14u they look lie "a, that he eli
mate il not conducive supcrllGu~ flesh, Dut That Ley
.re all wir,. the women M wei ~ the mon; The mn
lug and dran-drnkItg they do. Bnt NV own opi"'on'
formed after little a. gutntance ana alks on u'e Sud
Country enjoys sound health Perhaps tight lacing ald
high heelrd ooOts may have something TO DO VITA 1t;
but % II Is
After a short sojOurn at a hotel. which was unen-
durable from the filth, the vermin and the boat the
immigrants journey short distance bv canal, and
then get their first experience Ola Virginia road
When the storm was over. were Toll that The Eng
1isn farmers hand" was come 70 fetch u Win The
wagon Tho house which were going was formerly
the inn at which the stage stopped "h.i ran rom