Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-09-30
LETTER FROM OWL RUN.

Correspondence of the Alexandria GaZetle.)
WARRENToN JUNCTION, September 81
What pity it is that this great through
line of railway can't command funds enough
to build a station house here for the accom-
mediation of the travelling public, male and
female. IL must be for the want OF funds,
as we are obliged to conclude that the
humane and cultured gentlemen who head
and control this great corporation would not
hesitate moment to provide suitable shelter
and accommodation. The road, i'll this re-
spect, ought to he equipped, as it is ahso-
lutely shame TO remain as 1t is. This is
what | saw here i few days past, though
somewhat similar scenes are OF daily oc-
currence: A respectfully dressed lady, with
several neat looking chldren-a smaller
one in the arms, some eight or ten months
old-wcre standing on the open platform,
there being no other suitable place for them
to occupy. The child in the arms was
either very ill., or otherwise uncomforta bic,
so much so that it refused to be pacied !;
let the mother do what she would, it cried
necessarily. After while ! observed the
lady with her children around her, going
down the public road and when about one
hundred yards away she sat down in the
road aud its dust, without Il bush or tree OF
any kind between her and some dozen or so
other passengers and railway employees,
with her back turned toward them-al she
could do-and then and there replaced the
soiled garments of the child with clean ones
from her satchel and then returned to the
platform with her baby, quiet and con-
tented, and with the balance Of the passen
gers awaited the arrival Of the main line
train Who she was, where from or
whittier bound the writer knows not, and
all he desires to say is her distressed
and uncomfortable situation excited his
deep sympathy. Such a condition OF things
ought not to continue. My instructive ma.
ture prompts me to go to the aid of the
weaker side. | here plead in behalf Of
women and children, and | feel that | shall
not appeal in vain when made to the chiv-
alrous gentlemen now controlling THE Mid
land Railway
Recently, an elevated platform has been
erected, greatly facilitating the loading and
unloading the cars and country wagons
bringing wheat and carrying guano: etc.
The farmers are ready 10 begin the seed.
ing Of the autumn wheat crop, but are
auxiously waiting for rain to soften the
land and put it i'll right condition.
Mr.. w. H. Mann: late Ct New York State,
has his new residence, within Al quarter OF Il
mile of this station, nearly completed, and
IA very nice one it is. Building lots have
changed hands recently with a view to early
Improvement. So it will be perceived that,
"the Sun, it do Move" even at the function.
An occasional United States Army officer
and soldier may be seen passing this point,
reminding us that our great kinsman,
UIIncle Sam - iS nbGIt The sOuud of ar
tillery practice has been heard for several
days past in the direction of their camp at
the White Sulphur Springs, suggestive of
the same sort Of music SO familiar to our
ears some twenty years past throughout
this region, then the agent of Instruction,
now the harbinger of protection and peace.
HOPE