National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-06-05
AN InfL on nYArrsy1L1r.
A Charming Suburban Village. the
Name Its Only vice.


Name It's Only vice.
Can one DO sensible and remain in tho
city, !" is free translation OF n line by an
ancient poet, written when, one morning,
he escaped for n few days from the hot,
crowded streets of Rome. That en-
thusinstic exclamation rushed into my
memory yesterday, as aftor six mile fido
from Washington on tho Baltimore and
Ohio railroad descended like an angel
into the new and beautiful village of
Hyattsyille, Prince George county, Mary
land.
Now, before / take step in this en-
chantcd region | must object to "Hyattg-
ville' rs a designation, however much
the village may owe, and II does owe
much, to Mr.. Christopher Clark Hyatt,
its founder. Ny fault-fnding herein is
not for any personal reason whatever, but
is general, and means simply that our
rural homes especially should bear some
pretty, poetical. descriptive, associative
names Who, to illustrate, would not
like TO live in "Brightwood" or "Linden2'
Who would like to livo or die either,
though IL might be situated in land fair
as Eden, in "Higginsvillc
What can | write TO reveal this village
to the minds eye" of Stranger It's
location is on gently undulating ground.
Two or three considerable elevations,
juvenile mountains, offer themselves.
ono of theSo presents view from fifteen
TO twenty miles, embracing a rich variety
OF hills and dales, cultivated fields,
dotted dwellings, deep forests, and 30
away and away till the graceful, irregular,
purple ring kisses tho tender sky aud
faints in It's soft embrace. The Reform
school peeps from its encircling trees
There Is tho Soldiers Home. There the
glorious dome Of tho Capitol. A little
further. sec the majestic, ghostly shaft Of
the Washington monument.
TO descend and to make y compreheu-
sivo survey OF the village. which | can
we'll do, being companioned by its sur
vcyor and the county's here resident, Mr..
George w. Jackson. Now ! walk along n
brick pavement, city style; now along q
narrow path Of boards; now pursuing
some little winding path by tho street
eide, where the bushes catch AZ mo; now
plodding with difficulty over the rough
street itself. Right and left as progress,
n small cottnge here. alarge cottage thoro,
perhaps TO he called villa. all lively,
with tho family on tho porch or among
the flowers Of the tasteful garden, for the
afternoon sun is getting low, and the
good man" govornmen. clerk, profos'
sional. merchant, and ! cannot say what
Ia home from his daily duty in the mo-
tropolis. Great variety prevails among
| these COSY dwellings, / saw no two alike
| and eacI ia interesting, each evidently =
corn rortnblo.
New buildings are being erected, and
alwnvs are. / loarn. during the nrope,
scason.
Uy,tt.villc. with tho rccont addition
hv Jnhnson & Wino incInGrs oT5 neres
! The averago size of A lot is 30 bv 151 foot
| tho nrovaiIiny prico from soon In So5t
each A nurcbaser il seldom conten,
with n singlo iot, Int seeures from tw,
to half "A dozon
The Hrst bouso bcro ,vas b,iIt bv Mr
Uvntt as bia o,yn rosidencc. About 1sg.
Messrs r. + Gmv l. p BarthoIow an,
Thomas Parker. nii of Washington. bough
ground for tbc viilnge suryeved and lai,
/ IL ar oavo ia n,nc oud hegan 10 hnII,
cottageS either 70 seIl or rent II ia nov
one nf thn foremost rurai rn,reats bot,yoc,
| Wasbinyton and RaItimnro Nor Ia mi
n tbinc off wonder, considorInp the natura
odvnntnvcs oC tLe si,.. tbo salubritv d
tbo cIin,tc fertiiitv Of soiI nnritv nm,
abundance Of watoT. vicinity 70 tho city
InteiIi,snca and courteous socinbil;ty n
lis inhnbitants. conyenienoes within IL
seIf and so near without. uniting will
other desirabilities which will be dosig
mated horoii, hereafter. or NAV bo A,mmeo
nm Inv tho roadnr ere bo shnll arrive AT th,
end Of his aketoh,
Tho Washington branch of tho Balti
moro and Ohio railroad masses tbrouul
Hyattsyille. dividing IL uneoually.
fins station house. of brick and of pleas
ing style of architecture, has been erecte,
here. The fare by Communication tick ct
is 1880 per month, emitting tho holde
to nine trips per day--piyht Included
TO and fro. He NAV readily visit th
city, with family or friends, attend churc
there, theater, concert, or whatever in
ducemont the evening shall offer, aud re
turn at "all hours" TO assured undis
turbed repose. Or. if he prefer to renal,
at home, after tho busy and worryin
Washington day, genial visitors call, h
calls himself at pleasant parlors o
porches; attends tho social club; if
'brother of the mystic tic" either OF Oh
two lodges, Masons or tho lnaependen
Order of Mechanics; thoughtfuly listen
to a learned lecture; soiemnly receive
"A Sermon either Mt tho pFebbyterinn q
Methodist church; makes merry at tn
fair among beautiful and delightful
girls-if his wife isn't present; pops in q
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