Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-12-19
For the SPECTATOR.
Letter from New York.
IL1oN, HERK1MER County n, Y.


IL1oN, HERK1MER COUNTY n, Y,
December II. 1882. !
Mr.. Editor IL am very sure no NOR
tai man, to the manor born, ever ad.
dressed letter to you, or either of
your compeers. from this interesting
spot before. !. parted company with
you In Washington. will return there
y moment. The next day called to see
an ante war friend. Presently he said.
: I am expected to attend the marriage
Of friend at the Bishops church
Bishop Pinkne, ut half past one u"
with me tn lunch, and we Will carry
you to the church Accepted. Of
course In him had grand-on ut
Judge Henry Baldwin ON the Supreme
Court bench with Chief Justice Mar
-halI, and, in hi. lady, y daughter at
the late Gen. Maynadier, go fav0rahty
known az of the old army. class-nate
of GIN Lee, and whose widow Ma
youthful In her feelings aud as much
sunshine IT, her countenance IA you ev
er meet. Lunch over, q brother OF the
yronmsmau first man. with an opera
glass and bit Of sucked Rlsss gave MT
the best peep ut Venus | bad Presently
found myself among the elite ut the
citv, in very truth, aud in the hand
.on,est church THE bride was y grand
daughter of President MonToe. Miss
Gnuven0nr, whore mother, though
with fractured left arm, was all SUI
shine in receiving the sympathies and
congratulations ut her friends The
groom was Dr.. Johnston, of Frederick
City, Nd My boat aud family went t"
the reception, when / made call on
a ha. nf h H.
venerable mother and her two youngest
daughters Our last meeting WIS on
the night of April 3Oth, 1861, when
Washington WAS iui! of Federal troops.
Our "reminiscences were pleasant aud
sad. The grave had closed over the
loved ores of both. A pleasant reni
niscence was OF an excursion to the
Great Eastern, off Annapulis, in July.
1850 in which our venerable friend WAS
the master spirit The two Misses La
robe, Of Baltimore. were Of. our party,
and one Of Them is now the grand
daughter of Bishop Oudertionk.
III Philadelphia dlned with medical
friend who ms Ia ais "tHce the tiues'.
imking specimen of our mountain ea
gle We ever saw black and " White; over
sever feet from tip tn tip; killed at foot
If Sh+nan.iOan Mountain. near John
| PEERS. q, d hands"iIisiy fixed up by q
III xi.iprmist If New Market, :hink
He carried me five or six miles over the
| city. in eeejnK 2 patient Or two, and
| SPEAK ihg Of tire cisyis gFewth ssid III
made more carpets than all 3 gland
aud shoes than New EnxIxud could
| All cs.iIu,lr sb ut Philnd.lphia and
| New York, but must put on teii leagued
boots. ~
| This place ia celt brated a. the spot
where the Remington family of tive
geuerDttgps have for years made th.il
gun knows gyer TIE world. They
compromised u h,g debt Of near q nil
liou with the Knedive lately at fifty
CENTS on the dollar Since the wal
they have opened q large agricuiiurs
establishment. il which they make 10
only the hest ploWs. II will some day tel
you why.) but shovels, spades. forks
shoes. reaping and moving and sew
ing machines, bells. hay .tetders. print
ing presses, horse power fire engines
Twin 'ia!k 10 yoY OF. but other machln
cry I can't n0w veGal|. They have
.nne Of the best inventive t8lSi1 IN thi
United States In their employ ees, aud
Mr. J G. Richardson deserves especial
mention in this category, as he has
taken out over twenty patents. severa
of which have cheapehed their good
in some instances sstonishingIy. They
york now over l 900 hands. The be,
calls them together ut 7 A. M, wh-r
you can scarce ssp They go off ut 6 P
IN The town csniAii,s = 500 peup'e
aud the new railroad, starting in JERSEY
City and coming W. the Hudson OF
that side, that does not exre+h 81 feet VI
maximum grade and saves Al miles t
Buffalo. RUS throug" the village ,ha
~ nue-fhtrd of mile from the New
York Gensvsl The csnst goes through
al-". The New f'irk Central bRs t"u
rack-, and u l. siuply incredible vha
u !. d..ing u" g .bhaih fifty trains let
Buffalo aud made no i'm precision on TIL
buik of traffic Tue trains average tort!
cars, and some days learn eight!
trains have t.a-sed here The Mohawk
\ remarkable stream. rises near Rnine
Fifty or more miles west of this. Utic'
Ii twelve miles. aud Is ninety five iron
Albany r vas uush pleased with Mr.
i Pniio Bennington. The rtnest If ID.
three brnthers, of whom ssmufi i
1.-THE middle Que, aud to THIS ArM VIVA
Chicago, diet few days ago. PhilO Il
within q few days OF the age Of th'
writer 1t IL bard to realize the trans
mutation this State has undergone il
fifty Ave ysG-s. when we travelled from
Buffalo to Albany eyer bits of railroad
The m"st Of the dlstancs'1,Z sage. Thi
road Of four tracks. the E.ie, and In
Vulnerable rnaus that gsiair0u it in ev
cry direction with the cabxi. now et0efi
ouly two weeks gu. aud which all OF
the banks. from the Lakes tn the Hud
s0p. wish to zee dsepe"ed. aud wid-net
Ave fe-t ia depth. and say ten IN width
Then it can't keep GOWN the increase il
freixhts, that an Increase in RFedlct'or
always precedes. Nc