Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-07
ARuN ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE.
A Glance ut the Towns and Other Things
10 He Seen on the Way.


Correspondence Of tho Richmond Dispatch.l
STANARDsvIIIE, June 3.-The May clouds
were gathering in the heavens when leIt
home for a short run across the country 10
some of the booming towns founu She
country roads extremely dirty az our
northern cousins would say, but the ladies'
waitinp-room at Barboursvllle was dirtier.
The moving train stopped long enough 10
take MS on and we were soon travelling
RAPIDLY to Charlottesville. Every conye-
nlence awaits the traveller there. She has
never known obscurity. She wears her
newly-acauired honors with the grace OF
veteran. She is the centre of q dlstln-
cuished community. Intelligence holds
high carnival there during every COM
mencement season and many votarles HE
hithcr to dohomage at her shrine. Thomas
jefferson engraved his name In more
lasting monument than marble when he
established the University for the good OF
posterity.
AN INCIDENT.
Nv trip there recalled en- incident which
transpired when the tall sycamore OF the
Wabash, Mr. Voorhees,, was in the zenith
of his fame and made his first speech IN
Charlottesville. 1t was related to me by
one of the boys who heard him. The prin-
cipal of the Gordonsville school for boys
then was quiet, dIgnifed old Presbyte-
rian minister. He admonished his young
men to be decorous, however eloquent
their orator, and not let excitement get
the better of their judgment. The Presby-
terrain minister was the first to become en-
Unused and forget his dignity as the soul
stirring words fell from the lips OF the elo-
quent Indianan. He applauded with the
loudest, and was soon minus his SILK hat,
which he never recovered.
TIN RrNOka rnffaA1lYn . FINE collection
and would do honor to any city.
AMELIE BTvEs.
Wampler's art gallery has o large assort-
ment OF handsome faces and interesting
scenes. / saw picture there OF Amelie
Rives photographed from painting In
the parlor OF Castle Hill executed by her
self. She obtained her model from mir
ror. She is beautiful woman and tine
form, but the photograph would have been
more attractive yelled in modesty.
The run from Charlottesville to Basic
City is continually changing and extreme
ly picturesque; high mountains thrown
up ON one side and rushinarivulets on the
other; valleys followed out and meander-
ing streams. The clouds, which had been
threatening for some time. soon fell IN
torrents. There were some very pretty
stations along the road. One especially
noticeable was school for boys
BASIC CITY.
The site here is rather fiat for such 0
billy country. The big hotel Is on the
mountainous side of the road. Everything
about this city strikes one as extremely
new. The majority of the houses seem to
have been made by the same pattern-toc
much sameness in construction to be in.
yiting. The most picturesque spot about
the place is a large artificial mound, said
to be an Indian battle-ground.
AT STANTON.
Many umbrellas Of monstrous sizes were
moving in every direction. Then they die
not keep off the heavy rain. l understood
| that one street in Stanton was Water
street. They were all water streets whilst
we there. / was surprised not to see cleo.
| trio street-cars used. Mules about the size
of rabbits pulled the cars slowly along the
| billy streets.
The benevolent institutions and the
| highest female schools of learning have
| made this city source OF love and yene-
ration which no other city in the State
possesses. Her lot sales which are to
come off tbis week were we'll advertised
on the trains. There was considerable
travel to and from this city notwithstand.
| ing the excessive rains.
AT GoRDoSsvILLE.
Since Gordonsville has been aroused she
is very busy entering on her career of use
| fulness. She has prospects of a bright
future before her. 1t is true she IS vet in
her swaddling clothes, but when her en-.
terprises take shape and mature she will
be as full-fedged as any of the other towns
TO enter the boom race. Her material is
good, her locality splendid, and her envi.
ronments beautiful.