The daily critic., 1890-09-11
IN THE VALLEY
TIE MUSIC OF PROGRESS AND PROS
PERI1Y IN TIE SHENANDOAH.
Foreoticu--To Present Him New
sash Of Southern SIR.

AIS virginia is Booming E-Beed Not
Foreotten-To Present Him d New
sash Of Southern SIR.
Home TO our mountains as usual
every summer, our little party came
few weeks ago to visit our old home
The Valley Of Virginia. We thought
we bad left Washington full Of people
for The season Of the year, but from The
numbers we find in every town and
Watering place we might think the cities
were depopulated The Shenandoah
Valley never looked more beautiful
see g often, but IL Is always fresh and
fair 20 me. Old General Spinner, in a
letter 10 the writer, expressed his adj
miraiion Of the scenery here, and re-
greeted that the painful malady on his
face would not allow him to soiourn
awhile and enjoy II.
/ was prepared to find some changes
since last summer, but not for the lively
boom that greeted me FIRST at Front
Royal at the entrance OF the Valley
and the most nourishing town on the
shenandoah Valley Railroad Here we
NNANINA NNNaAA ANHNaAiAA AAAAia tAilAA tANAAtAA
streets and avenues between Front Royal
and Rive, ton, aud preparing to build a
new bridge across the river.
Two railroads that now run near Il
will go through Il, one Of them a direct
lire 10 Washington city, and branch
OF The 8 v r. r. will be commenced
october l.
On 10 Luray over tresiles, so high
D u ..f
makes body feel like saving their
prayers. VI anything would and II Is
boom. BOOM boom again. We won
Der where the people are TO come from
90 ill up oll these places until we re-
member that The cyclones and grass
hoppers I'm the West and the unsettled
political and financial status Of the
South may have changed the tide Of
emigrnilou. This Is a large country.
and 70 q the age Of progress and mo-
ton. The people will move and must
stop somewhere What more natural
than that the vast undevelopcd mineral
resources IN Virginia should attract at
tCnilun and Capiialy On we speed, adj
miring the beautiful view Of mountains,
valleys and river, past Shenandoah,
another boom, and on to Elkton. where
we End another boom and friends at
The depot 10 welcome us.
Boom boom. booml We hear Il all
around, and we like Il, because this
time 10 Is not the boom Of canon or the
burlc coll ito arms, but the sound Of
the hammer ard the music Of progress
and prosperity.
We have been fcaslud on water.
melons Bear Lithia water and all sorts
1 ui good things, with dancing and par
| Ties for The young people until we had
I well nigh forgotten all about Speaker
/ Reed down IN Washington this warm
weather making laws to raise taxes,
choke ballot boxes, appropriations TO
buy mp The remnant Of hts party, using
salvc on old sores and wiping the
Precipitation from his brow with-that
sash Of his'n,
II Is not fair 10 question a motive,
and things do not always turn out as
We think they will hut We believe Mr.
Speaker Reeds bayongts will help us
/ 20 elect o Democratic President next
| lime. and We are very much obliged 10
him. Virginia ladies do not want
suffrage. for we have confidence IN our
men, and believe there are noble states.
men enough left, and Chiyalry also 20
save our country but We are patriotic,
and there Is one thing We can and will
| dO-when Speaker Reed wears out that
sash In one cause. We viii present him
/ a new one, manufactured Of silk raised
on Southern soil aud woven By our own
hands Iise FAmfriqHei
TRUEuEART.