Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-09-24
THE RAMBL2R:S NOTE.ROOK

LIE Ram BIZ lis NO1E-BCOk.
Pressing business matters and several
trips out ofthe city have prevented me
writing down my rambles for several
weeks and | had one or two very per-
tinent remarks to make about the time
OF the Corbett-Sullivan fight too, but
they would be rather stale At this late
day. lam going to call attention. to one
thing, however, that struck me particu-
larry about that time. | lam glad TO say it
was not one of the things that struck
Sullivan, but it was the fact that al
most invariably on occasions when
Geographic returns f ON prize fights or
elections are read TO the public rs they
are received, Il man with a weak voice
and defective cnunciaton is chosen to DO
the reading. know there are always the
over enthusiastic with their premature
applause or expressions of disapproval
in such crowds and was there ever Il
public speaker or reader who didn't
have to contend with that human iiend,
whose chief delight appears to be to
bob up serenely" on all occasions and
annoy every one present by yelling.
speak louder" IN stentorian tones? But
my complaint is a just one and as it
would be well worth the small amount
of trouble attendant upon getting a
person who is fitted to fill the
highly honorable position of which
| have spoken at such times, / hope
the managers of the several telegraph
offices in this city will act upon this
suggestion hereafter. Let me see-the
next occasion of this kind will be the
returns of the election of Grover Cleve-
land, will it not ?
! was obliged to 90 TO the State capt.
tail was about to say metropolis. but
remembered this city in time 10 correct
myself-last Saturday and remain un-
til Wednesday and therefore missed
two very important events, the begin
ming of the electric car service in this
city and the big parade of the Federal
veterans in Washington. Excellent ac-
counts Of the progress of the electric
road have appeared in the news col
ulnns of the GAZETTE regularly since
the roads inception and the description
OF the running of the first cars last
Tuesday Was just what it should be but
there are always echoes that are wor
thy of notice and | am laying" for
them now.
heard G.. A. r. man say that this
part of the country has improved q
great deal since | WAS here during the
war, but the V. NJ Railway makes very
poor time on their trains from Manas-
sas TO Washington. Their schedule
is about an hour and made it myself
in about 80 minutes over 81 years ago.
suggested that the railroad is not as
badly frightened as he was and he
said probably that's the reason"
On the other hand ! heard Il Grand
Army man who has lived i'll this city
nearly ever since the war, and who has
received rs many courtesies at the
hands of southern people, (being Il man
who has held several Offices the nature
of which | shall not mention, hut posi-
tons in the gift of Nirginians) as any
man know, abusing the South and the
people of the Confederacy in language
that a gentleman would not care 10 re-
peat, ana yet this same man would
have the cheek to come to you to-mor-
row and ask you to contribute to the
support of an organization of which be
is member. He cursed and damned
the immortal Lee, and | have known
him to 90 to the family of this same
damned rebel" but II rebel Of whom
The world feels proud, and ask for as
sistancc in affairs in which he was in
tcrested and he got ii! You can
not get blood out Of q tUrnip
and no more can YOU get
Justice or common sense out ofhircngs, camp
followers and duty shrlers Il guess duty
shirkeis will do: just asked man what
men VINO had substitutes in the army were
called and he said ION the federal side they
axe called Grand Array Veterans But am
wasting time talking Of such people and will
stop. If You will pardon me will not do so
again. couId not help contrasting the venom
of the one with the modest good hum0r of the
other. and will wager that the good humor
ed one was fighter and one who fought from
principle, and the other was a coward and if
he was in an engagement ri all he was in the
rear ranks or hiding behind n tree stump.
THE RAMBLER.