Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-22
LETTER FROM LYNCHBURG.


LYScHBURG, Va, October GIVE do
not think Mr. Bryants beautiful poem on
autumn at all applicable TO the present
weather. There's nc "wailing winds" "
IT'S true, the flowers, the fair young
flowers. and the rosy one, too, for that
matter, are faded and gone, but not by
"Winter's chilling blast" bat that fearful,
that dreadful drought, which has SO sud-
denly come upon U.s. equal almost to one of
the aucient plaques of Egypt. The cry has
met us on all sides, "Oh, what warm
weather." It's nearly too hot 10 live" &c.
But, then, your correspondent likes hot
weather, and could bask in ii forever with
out one murmur. Yes, the weather for the
last few weeks has been very, very warm,
but, oh what lovely nights have succeeded
the heat Z! the day IL fact, they have been
so beautiful THAI they have aroused all the
poetry III our nature, which we thought had
long since been buried in the grave o. our
oirihoOi. lunar, before saying goodbye
to l.s iur Il season, has shown her prettleSt
and brightest. II fact, she was 80 bright that
our city lamps were scarcely used at all.
But we fear we have worn the subject
of weather thread-bare. To change il alb
ruptly. our citizens. or the majority of
them, not long since, were deeply interest
cd in Il little marvel Of machinery,
termed the Automatic City" 1t is
considered by eminent judges, one of the
wonders Of the world, being invented by a
poor mechanic Joseph Bergman by name)
q after seventeen long years Of constant labor.
Mr.. Bergman, was born in Baden Baden,
and emierated to this country some years
ago. where he made his home in New York
State. There his famous invention was
completed. He is new after this, the great
invention Of bis life, an old man. The Au-
tomato city represents Il Swiss town. pco'
pied with numerous objects, which repre-
sent life Is near as man can possibly, and
move every few moments as if in life. But
we will not attempt any full description for
doubtless, your readers will soon see it with
their own eyes, for very probably it will be
exhibited in Alexandria soon.
Our agricultural fair closed or the even.
ing OF the eighteenth, and though dust en-
shrouded-.yea, nearly buried us, after stiff
ling. sp!inkiing and blowing Oil Us from the
North. South, East and West, there was an
unusual good attendance, especially by
strangers OF course there was the usual
exhibit Of stock and horses which
ddly we don't think the ladies' exhibits Of
needle work, art, and etc. was ever sur
passed by any previous fair, at least not in
our recollection. But the chief feature
of The fair 10 many mother was The
baby show, the prize offered to the pref
tiest baby consisting Of q handsome infants
carriage. It's a great thing, possibly, that
all do not agree Oh certain subjects. We
congratulate the happy mother, whose little
darling now-doubt!ess to hers the great
est Of all gifts. But we cannot refrain from
saying, though many mothers will not agree
with us, that did we possess a perfect little
Venus, we could not exhibit it in such
way AS we walked through the fair and
noticed the little masters and misses arrayed
in all the fnery, q fond mothers eye could
select, aud dainty fingers could fashion, aud
heard the criticisms passed by them, we
could not but think did the poor little in
noCcuts know what was going on, would
they have submitted and we thought of
our Youngest little darling safely at home,
which several had insisted on our placing
ameng the number, and as we thought Of
him we could not but say to ourselves men,
tally
Baby my baby you are lovely to me,
Pretticr fur than another's could be.
To me. your mother, your beauty too rare.
To be .azc,l mt by critics eyes in October ftr
As to politics, all we have to say is, if all
the cities in our great Union, are as solid for
Cleveland rs Lynchburg he will surely in
habit the White House soon. His photo
graph is not only to be found in the great
public galleries, our daily newspapers, but
we actually find him engraven on the PEN
ny cakes in the confectionery stores. To-
day, on first making our discovery, we were
about to exclaim mentally, Happy Mr..
Cleveland" but on looking down we saw
poor Mr.. Blaine's sad and woe-be-gone face
on a similar cake, and, instead we said, "oh
polite confectioner ~ PSYCHE.
C,,d &c 2oro Roll cooeoo