Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-25
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The coaching season is almost at hand.
The coaching club is too well.known to
require any exhaustive history of it,
It has existed seven years, and has two
coaches, the "Tally Ho" and the "Tan-
ivy" Both coaches start every morn
ing from the Hotel Brunswick at nine
o'clock. The ITALY Ho" drives to Pei
ham at New Rochelle, through . charm
Ing country, the waters of Long Island
Sound being seen from the top of the
coach nearly half the distance. The
scenery along the route has not alone |
great sectional beauty, but considerable |
historical interest, for almost every post |
is closely identified with some scene of |
the Revolution. Castle Inn the terminus |
of the route, where the occupants take |
dinner, and rest awhile before driving
back to the city. is delightful old build |
ing, of Queen Anne architecture, and
the view from it over the inlaying is
lands of the Sound is a very beautiful
one. Colonel Delaney Kane, one of our
great society men, will drive the coach |
as usual this year, and the guard, whose
musical sounding horn will soon echo
through the dales and over the hills of
Long Island, will be the well.known
Mr.. Fowndes. '"Tantivy" coach is
looked upon with greater interest. if
such were possible, than the "Tally
Ho." The coach is owned by several of
our wealthiest men; The original coach
made by Brewster last year, was sold,
and the owners are now awaiting the
arrival of substitute from London
which has been made by some celebrat-
ed parsonage, the Queens own carriage.
maker, believe. The horses belonging
to the coach last year were sold at the
exchange at the close of the season, &C.
cording to the time honored English
custom. and twenty new ones, of bet.
ter pedigree have been bought for use
this season. The road. was formerly to
Tarrytown on the Hudson, but it has
been changed to Garden City, LII. The
country along this road is wild, roll
ing farming stretch of land, fairly Guilt
waited, and in some places exasperating-
ly level. However, a large number of
beautiful country seats border the road.
Both the ''Tantivy" and "Tally Ho"
will begin running on the first of May.
Each coach seats twelve people, and
they are very comfortably cushioned
and arranged. They are hired by par
ties composed generally of society PEG.
pie at the cost of fifty dollars day. The
residents along Fifth Avenue through
which the coaches pass on their way out
of town, have always been prepared to
support the coaches, and last year the
subscription list was very large. The
sport is certainly delightful, healthful
and sociable, and it is to be hoped that
after a while more of the society people
of our cities, will adopt this method, oil
enjoyment in the fine country air.
The announcement of the dissolution
of the great dry goods firm of A. T.
Stewart was received with great sur
prise in this city on Saturday morning
Neither Judge Hilton nor Mr.. Libbey
the successors of Mr.. Stewart, both Of
whom are very wealthy, will make any
statement concerning their retirement
from the business. They feel that it il
enough for people to simply know thai
the great firm of A. T. Stewart is going
to retire. It is generally understood by
merchants here, believe, that the house
has been carrying on losing trade evel
since the death of Mr.. Stewart. The
fine marble establishment, at the corner
of Broadway and Ninth Street, which
is valued at So, 100000 is to be divided
into number of large stores. Besides
the houses of the firm in this country,
A. T. Stewart & Co., have carpet and
wooden mills at Leeds, Stuyvesant
Woodstock, Utica in this State, Holyoke
in Massachusetts, and Franklin in New
Jersey. They also have large mills and
houses abroad, in Paris, Berlin, Brad
ford, Manchester, Lyons, Glasgow and
Nottingham, SO that by their retire
ment, thousands of people are turned
out of employment, and what is to be-
come of them all is mystery. In the
store uptown here, there are over three
thousand people employed. The dowr
town store of the firm at the corner o
Broadway and Chambers street, which
in Mr.. Stewards time was the whole
sale department, will probably be also
divided into q number of stores. TIL,
yearly rent received for it now is 1925,
600.
The eldest daughter of the late Horace
Greeley, Mrs. Ida Greeley Smith, died
here last Tuesday, of diphtheria. Sht
was only thirty-twO, and her death
causes widespread griefand sympathy
She was one of the gentlest, love]iest
and most intellectual of women, and 6
great favorite in society. Colonel Mich
olas Smith, to whom she was married
in 1875, is admired almost as much al
his wife. It will be remembered that hi
was pronounced by Queen Victoria tt
be the handsomest man in the world
and besides being the handsomest. hi
is, believe, one of the noblest and best
It was to Mrs. Smith that the Cornelius
J. Vanderbilt paid over the $50, 900 Dor
rowed from Mr.. Greeley from time to
time during the lifetime of Commodore
Vanderbilt.
Every Sunday since the death of thu
sweetest of our singers, Longfellow
memorial services have been held fol
him in many of our churches. Yester
day Rev. DR.. r. H Newton spoke very
eloquently and beautifully about oul
dead poet. He said that Longfellov
was the poet of the people; his themes
poet was the man-genuine, noble, sim
pie. His earnestness and seriousness
touch the noblest and deepest senti
ments. Every line he wrote seems t,
say what the angel said, be good? Hi
style is marred by no tricks or manner
isms of the mere artist. It is as simple
as it is grand. Longfellow was the poe
of peace. He boldly and manfully
fought for truth, justice and liberty, bu
]. no martial strains were used. Their
was certain restfulness, too, in all hl
wrote. as if his constant thought were
to quiet the restless pulse of care! HI
was, too, poet of the light. He lifted
his head and pointed to the silver lining
no matter how dark the clouds. What
noble types of women he has given US
in Evangeline, Priscilla, and Minneha-
ha. He sung not only of the love of wo.
men but of children. Above all things
was he pure and healthful." Our pa
pers, dailies and weeklies, have been
full of lovely poetical tributes to Long
fellow, too, during the last two or three
weeks. I think one of the most beauti-
full poems on his death was that of Will
. lie Winters in the Tribune. The last
verses are especially gratifying and
sweet to me. And think that his own
lovely words in 'sHiawatha" could be
well applied to himself:
"He, the sweetest of all singers,
Beautiful and childlike was he,
Brave as o man is, soft as woman
Plant as wand of willow,
Stately as deer of anthers.
All the many sounds of nature
Borrowed sweetness from his singing
All the hearts of men were softened
By the pathos of his music;
For he sang of peace and freedom,
Sang Of beauty, love, and longing,
Sang of death and love undying,
In the land of the hereafter;