Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-29
IN THE LAND OF GOSHEN.
Impressions of Newspaper Man IN the
Virginia Mountains
where Girls Are Pretty and Men A.
scarce-A Bellies Lament
Notes by the Way.

Goshen, Va. July q, 1ses
II was the man that snored who was talk.
ing on the hotel piazza that morning
At his feet lay the sleepy little Virginia
village. resting after the fever OF its boom
had abated. and stretching for awaF into
the blue were the beautiful mountalua a.
soft in the summer air as the sky its.lf
Said he: by gravy. I snored SO last night
| Il walked me-"
And why shouldn't ur" asked seventeen
other people of all ages and both sexes IT
| walked the rest OF US. Have you any rights
In this business that we have notT' and
they covered on him with a fierce, stndic-
| tive glover.
The man who snored had not thought he
was treadng on a hornets nest
What floor did you sleep NJ" fnquirsl o
short man who could sleep standing up
Il didn't sleep on the floor at all" replied
the man who snored. Il slept on a bed"
Then everybody got I'D and walked away,
| leaving the man who snored gazing dream
| lily on the great silent noun tains which
| sleep through the years and snore never.
Gosh" he murmured TO himself. they
snore storm" and then he began reading
one Of Mr.. HowelTs farces for more loints
III, II one should fan on OF the piazza g I'M
| the car track in Pennsylvania avenOe the
cars wouldn't stop on that accouDt be-
| cause he would be 50 nattened that he would
make no perceptlble obstacle. In other
words. the height Of the fail would be
about equal to three Washington Monu-
| inents set one atop Of the other. And still
| dizzy.
When the boom struck Goshen. though,
II made people dizzy, and notwithstanding
| the existing altitude OF these nelds real
estate went up until a balloon wouldn't
the fall thereof must have been great for
| II is dreadfully nat. Yet Virginia has many
more such places and Goshen Is not sxciu-
L rava r-d
How are town lots7" said / to . man
who had once been a dealer.
slightly shop worn" said he with .
What are they WORTH" said L
III sell you all you want at nfty OF
he from Which infer r he Is ~ nd p ss.r o
man bill man, as know for certain from
his war record he was not Bill Shsrman
| man.
Speaking Of busted booms reminds me Il
politics
Said / to a man:
What are o'Ferrslrs chances-'
He owns the state he does" sstd he
What do you think OF the Clevelasd 81
ministration," said later.
What he said is unit for publication
but you wouldn't have thought so, would
| wantedG'
/ whereupon I sought safety In flight. won
that an once @e hsd s so mn IN s sa s9 I'm s
mans opinion of a Presidents statecraft
This hotel is a nice quiet place. high up
and breezy and modern. but ] notice Il has
what most other. IL not all summer hotels
have. 10 wit, an absence of young men
Girls are plenty; nice sparxable girls;
pretty girls. and the moon Is as big ss an
out of doors, and so deliciously lambert
enough to eo and sh sss ss4t a.
maiden 10 filed with ashes, ana she wears
sackcloth 10 dinner.
IL Is so at all summer hotels. or the girls
say II is, though they may be prejudfced,
inasmuch as the average summer s1ri 10
hardly satisfied unless she wades around
However that may be. herewith present
poem, which a lovely crea tnre from q vir-
sinia city prepared for me when I asked
From the fullness OF the heart the mouth
speaketh." said she as she handed then
to me.
All, think Of the cool inviting woods.
Where the sweethearts love TO wan;
. And never a man for Kit or Fan.
And only an untalked talk
All. think OF the dangerous summer .aghtA
With the moon adoat In the slxyy
And never a man for Kit or Fan.
, And only an unsigned sigh
, All. think OF the dark piazza de,tha
J Where The lovers go as they please
And only an unsQueezed sQuee8A
All. think of the cool and quiet nook,
Where the heart can't throb aminn:
And never n man for Kit or Fan.
And only an unkissed kiss
didn't ask her for an afaaavit 60 thssi
, I didn't ask her even 10 walk with me-.
for she only gave IL to me as left and
there were seven other girls watching.
. Coming up on the c. and o. train with
ne from Washing ton-thats the only way
can Sn f get Sess unless gns ySs cut
Albert i believe the girls call hins--and
as We few along the Rapidan river. one
aseea the name am OF n. tss Mord
having asked the porter the same Quee-
ton short time before answered ths
And how did II get such q bloenine
Il manner asked the Englishmsn.
oh" said al M. Mr.; h in hi. meek and lOwiy
of England.s queens. Wasn't there .
Yes" replied the Englishman smiling
r sweetly, "and that's ali YOU Ameficans
know about history. Why didn't they can
{ il the Rapid-Elizabeth?" and Albert laid
his large ana rosy cheek on my manly
! Sometimes an Englishrnsn doesn't know a
, blamed thing. and then again. he Knows
4 enough for about six ordinary people.
? And still I'll wager a hea-bita. that Eng
lishman doesn't know where The RApAdsn
T got its name.
Do you?
: Goshen Is situated on a very pleasant
stream OF water called the Bull Pasture
il is sincerely hoped. was drowned In It.
Speaking Of water reminds me OF sugar
and lemon and cOrnields and blue srass,
but i don't want 10 forget the BRAID OF
5 water for washing they have here
? Goshen water Is the clearest. cleanest,
T softest. silkiest water / ever put my hands
into. 1t doesn't feel like water at al. more
like milk. and with cheap soft soap, even.
IL makes a lather that might be used for .
fire escape-at a variety show fire. 6ou't
know what brand Il u.s. except that 81 II free
stone. but IL is a constant temptation %
4 the external man. A drop Of Potomac wa
ter in IL would look like mud pancake
slapped up against the Washington Aenu-
ment-
Goshen is six hours from washingtsn.
= up hill all the way.
/ saw a goat roosting on the hill siaeL
was looking at him lazily. because there
(: was nothing else noteworthy 70 look e. md
: q villager walked by.
: You have heard OF Goshen buttsr. hAvsB'S
D your" said he abruptly.
Yes" said l.
. That's him" said he. and passed on
r w. J. IAmpeoA-