Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-14
,ndence of TIE EVENING STAR.

Correspondence Of TIE EVENING STAR.
LYNCHBURG, Va, June 10, 1882
The James river affords excellent facilities
for boating, and, believe, there Is at least one
boat club in operation. It Is talked Of q pro-
posed boat race some time in July or August,
when crews from some ofthe northern and eastern
towns would be invited to compete The Lynch
burg boys may not beat their visitors in rowing,
but they can beat the world, except Washington
boys, In almost anything else, even at game
they call down here Egypt" or 'Pharuh." or
something like that. As have such go-to-
church look was not asked to play Probably
you could get one Of the boys to introduce this
game in Washington. / know it would fascinate
| Newspaper Row."
A very interesting and pleasing incident took
place during the week, being banquet ten
dered by the legal fraternity of Lynchburg to
Judge James Garland. in celebration of the Goth
anniversary of the birth of the judge; the whole
affair was success, and the "reminiscences In
after years will be recalled by those who were
| fortunate enough to attend with feeling of
| much qualification. In regard to the venerable
| judge, would also say that, on his way to the
banquet. he visited Marshall Lodge of Masons,
which was then in session, and, supported by
two OF his brethren. was received with hOnOrs
and conducted to a seat. He remained suffi-
GENTLY long to narrate some of the facts in his
| busy life; he was made Mason in 1920, SO that
| he to-day is probably the Oldest Mason living,
but If he Is not, the fact alone that for nearly
| W years he has withstOod the iconoclastic hand
of time and to-day is like the sturdy oak, is an in
centive to us to initiate his virtues and follow
| his example
The scourge OF smallpox which broke out in
| Lynchburg on the 10th of March has not yet
| abated, but, owing to the strenuous measures
| undertaken by those having the matter in
charge, it has been prevented from spreading.
| Whenever case is discovered it is Immediately
| Isolated and communication with the outside
world prohibited until danger is over. Since
| the date mentioned the 10th of March, thirty
two cases have been developed, but not one
white person has had it, and, in fact, these en-
| tire thrty-two cases are directly traceable to
the original case which was discovered on the
date mentioned. Some of the measures adopted
| by the board of health to prevent the contagion
| from spreading have produced considerable
mirth, although, no doubt, at the expense of
| some frog" as usual. There have been two
boarding houses quarantined. In the case of
| one, many of the young men who boarded there
were away whenthe quarantine was laid. and the
| inevitable that stared them in the face on their
return was either to go to dinner and remain
| locked up for 81 days, or else remain for that
| length Of time without seeing more than
glimpse Of "her"; some Of them, in fact all, &C
cepted the latter alternative, and hence,
| this boarding house is surrounded every
evening by a crowd Of young men,
| each one trying to get glimpse of his particu-
lar divinity and at the same time irving to look
| as innocent as if he didn't know person in the
house. Some of the youths, more ardent than
discreet, have begun to do their counting by
proxy, some by telephone; by the latter they
| run the risk of counting the wrong girl, by the
| man does it; the situation is very harassing
when two fellows, each having only five min
| utes to spare, reach the telephone at the same
| time AS only one person can use it at time,
and as the first to come generally holds on with
| the tenacity of an average canine to neither
grip, it is agonizing to see the other fellows st.
Vitus-dance like antics. The atmosphere in the
neighbOrhOod of. this house is redOlent with
| sweets, taffy (botn natural and artificiaD and
such like: indeed, If the atmosphere wasn't red
Olent in this neighborhood, it would not deserve
| to be an atmosphere. The midnight stars look
down on youths whose anxious visages well be-
tray the inner throbbings of their minds; these
fellows trunks are Guaranteed, and they are en-
deavOring to lobby clean shirt over the back
fence.
The Rev. T. D. Talmage delivered his lecture,
"The bright side of things" to large audi
ence, and, as every one went away in a good
| humor. it is presumed that they were satisfied,
or, at least, were looking on the "bright side"
My experience has been that only the dollars
of our daddies" have bright sides worth looking
after.
Farmers report the wheat crop as one OF the
finest raised in this section for twenty years; the
| tobacco crop, however, Is q failure, so far as
quality is concerned although, as yet, the whole
crop is not in as many raisers prefer to hold on
to their good article until July or August, when,
suppose, they anticipate better prices.
notice that Lynchburg's appropriation for a
public building has become law, or nearly SO,
requiring only the signature of the President to
| consummate it, and then won't 1--WE alr' be
proud? ABARIs
The Responsibilities Of Druggists.
From the New York Times.
Few persons, when they take physicians
prescription to DRUGGISTS shop. appreciate the