The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-03-26
fsoecjal Correspondence of the vrnerNIAS.l


/ on. sTILTs-A PAUPER GRAY T.
fspecial correspondence of the VIReINIAN.l
I Those who decided to postpone their
v{Ait TO the Exposition until toward its
/ cIoA q fcertainly .-chose the better part,
far between the extreme and unusual
weather and the hubbledy-dubbledy state
Of confusion and incompleteness which
/ characterized the first two months, dlsap-
no;nstment has been felt by every stranger,
/ 0nlyiten DAYS ago the Art Gallery was
thrown open. and several displays from
/ other lands have been put in shape SINCE
/ TIN. irt,n doors swung back permitting WIS.,
if ,rs TO enter the building devoted to Art
| A nothar advantage gained is the recent
Ire l,lct.ion of fares. People howl Il heap
! ahl,ut, the railroads. sometimes with, out
ina nv times entirely ,cithout reason; DuC
/ thet great American people, for once, must
aa, pIt that the lines have done everything
Mit han their power 10 help the EApoSi'ion
ana to place it within the reach OF every
one who has any money to go anywhere
witl Gf dive @stszens of New Orleans had
dish as,eA the same liberality that railroad
onn; als have. Congress need not have been
impo rtuned for the last gift OF $350, 900,
I,nor v uuld there be such persistent COM
plant gf high prices. ~
.E,ye however, that little care eX-
ercised lcan obyiate much OF this latter
trouble. Now that Marli Gras is over rooms
are pie ATTY. if one will only take time ia
hunt th am( and II day spent in that way If
not was ted if one has long to stay.
The VFinl lsor Hotel, q new building TO-
Gated ri, ght Near the Exposition grounds
makes liberal rates to parties, so far as
rooms are conl cerned, and in the resta uran'
a wise man VIII II read the menu with ARE
ane give his o1A defs with his weather eye
on the contentsS of his pocket book.
BY staying at Nthis hotel the annoyance
of riding in crow ded street cars is avoided
and two hours ealA III day are saved, for the
freshest mule can mot haul his load from
Canal street. whenA ce all cars start to the
Exposition gates mi less than an hour, and
if he chances to be la balky one there is no
calculating the time \ OF arrival. Boarding
half way ont has nos,A so far, been saving
of time, but auite the contrary, for in Or
der to secure a seat. u PEOPLE have had to
board the car on its da IN trip, ride to Ca
nal, wait there five, minutes, ard then
pay second fare 40 ga t to the grounds.
1t IS FIVE good honest miles from Canal,
the bWjiness center of the city, to the
"City Park, ? where the Exposition is To-
cate3. The only way to drTre there is to
get on to the car trac ks anGl remain there,
following a car. New Orleans streets are
-fwell, l hardly know 'ehaf. Rivers of
naud, the papers said they were last Sun
day If there were ONLY mud one might
endure with patience but holes, deep ruts,
caverns, almost, abountil, and dead dogs. cats
rats, ETC., give the app sarance of recent
| food. An effort has bten made to prevent
people from exposing their dead to the
public gaze, but the n ian who for forty
yearsshas slung the breAsthless dog OF cat
into the gutter don't tallIe kindly to cur
tailment Of his privilegdss, and is apt to
watch his opportunity and let fly.
The boats which carry tn and from the
grounds are irregular like some persons
who visit saloons. they never leave until
they are full. This suits the man who
has business up town until eleven. but is
rather q strain on the one who, arriving
| at nine. has been trying for two hours to
/ possess his soul in patience. p
| FWelines of cars run from Canal street
to the grounds. They were barely able to
handle the crowds which went there for
| THEN Sunday outing last ,Jaliy- with the
addition Of the throngs Of strangers, and
no increase in the ability OF the roads, one
| readily understands why q stranger was,
the other day, moved to remark
"l'd like to know what sized hat the
man wears who located that show out
yonder ~
But the Exposition is worth all the
| trouble it costs to see it. 1t is an object
lesson worth scores Of books, q teacher
which cannot fail to impress the duLlest
mind.
One must needs spend much time III any
| of the countries represented to acquire as
much information concerning them as
may be learned here in short time
Those who go to get the greatest possible
good can tima abundance to occupy
every hour and will be rewarded an hun
| bred fold.
| Those who lt,oll chiefly to the blow and
| buster, the eff ruescent part OF theconcern,
will have OPP portunity to air their elo-
quence and &c 10 themselves proud There
has been velIy liberal use of sentiment
and slop-oyer Iishness q sort of an 30, but
don t / love you,' that however real, is
! getting mon,Monous, and one can but fear
| that when dog days come there may be
some signs of wasting away in this over
! powering, all-a bsorbing affection, for
| "a season of sadness and silence
| FollowSa Sc ason of gush,
| AS languor follows the cole
And heavin,ess too much mush."
THE cIry OF NEW ORLEANS.
| The charm about New Orleans is its
uniqueness. America has none like it,
nor has all Europe, for it combines both
an American and European city in one,
each separate and distinct from the other.
| Canal street stretches it's broad length
| from Jhe MISSISSIPPI river well out tO"afu
Lake Ponchartrain. On one side is tue
American portion, and on the other the
| foreign part Of town, the latter easily re-
| cogni2ed by its marrow streets, oyerhang-
ing balconies (they call them. galleries.,
and the prevalence OF signs bearing French
names and with the business announced in
the language of the race.
There are Frenchmen living on this
side Of town who proudly boast that never
has their presence honored the American
quarter. So far as possible they cling to
the traditions of their race. In their hab-
its, their language their manners, they
are as Ffenchy as though buta week from
the gay City OF Paris. In their homes the
English language has no place. When
guests are present who'd not speak French,
thev tsse u pretty broken iumbled Ian