Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-23
THE ISLE OF WIGHT.
HISTORIC AND PICTURESQUE PLACES
THAT ATTRACT TRAVELLERS,
Richmond Goods Finding Their Way INTO
Foreign Msrksts-The National Hos
pital for Consumption
Especial European Correspondence OF the
DIspatch.)

w bblthcdds OE 0hOthNA W
and the balance by the English Channel
The trip from London by rail- brings you
through rural England in Its full beauty
and the high state OF cultivation Ii some
thing wonderful. as you glide from farm
to farm. all kept in the very best conds'
ton. Surely the gentleman farmer VINO
has ample means to cultivate his land
is by far the happiest man. lie mas
cares and troubles about his crop. ana
his cattle, but he has many blessings
and fewer troubles than the city man.
Richmond. Va, Is growing year by year
In the public eye. and at every turn you
are reminded Of the beautiful city on
the James On one hand you have that
quiet, peaceful, dignified old gentleman
smoking Virginia BrIghts," with the
fragrant smoke from his pipe forming
circles and giving that smile Of content
ment which draws you to the picture
Allen Il Glnter, with their hlgh-class
tobacco and cigarettes, are. known the
world over. and wherever a lover of good
tobacco lives and moves and has his
being, on the deck of the great ocean
steamer, In the hotels and the top OF
coaches, in fact, in all places. l have
heard our Virginia tobacco praised by
those who were enjoying its very superior
qualities.
GINTER AND VALENTINE.
While Major Ginter has done more for
Richmond and the section Of country lying
OH the Brook road than any man who
has lived there, yet his fame Is not con-
fined to the localities around your city,
but IL well known In the wide world aS
the founder of the great brands OF to-
bacco which bear his name. May he live
100 years longer, and add greater
fame to the name Of jefferson than ever
old Thomas did when he built Monticello.
Next comes the name Of Valentine, and
al first-class chemist shops keep his
world-famed meat Juice. and the best
physicians and surgeons In England,
France, Germany, Russia, and India have
added the Richmond meat Juice TO the
list of articles now necessary for the Sick
room in all well-regulated homes.
hope our people fully realize what the
late Mann s. Valentine, Esq, has left
them In the museum. soon to be opened.
/ well remember the quiet way in which
that far-seeing gentleman began his ope-
ratlons. and how, under the skilful care
of himself and his sons. he has buVt up
an enterprise that has added to the fame
of our great city.
Next comes the well-known Meade &
Bakers Mouth Wash, which is so highly
recommended by our Richmond dentists.
This, like the other Richmond industries,
has demanded recognition In the Ola
World. DR.. Thomas A. Cowardin, son
of the late Mr.. William H. Coward!n. inr
formed me that Meade & Bakers Carbolic
Mouth Wash was fast coming into favor
in London. and that its sale would be
unlimited just as soon as the people were
able TO give 1t trial. DR.. Cowardn
stands high in his profession in London,
but even amid the splendor OF the great
city he Is true 10 his native State. and
carries on the lapel of his coat pin
with the two flags of the late Confede-
rate States.
THE INTERESTING ISLE.
Now we come to the Isle, and have
visited Ryde, Cowes. Osborne, Sandown.
Shanklin The Needles, and last. but by
far the best. Ventnor. For pleasure, for
health, and real comfort come to Vent
nor and you will be repaid. The climate
is mild and the sea comes tossing in full
OF health for the sick and full of fun for
the strong-whether he delights in bath
ing or in sea-sports OF other descriptions.
This IS by far the cleanest town I ever
visited The towns OF Ryde and Cowes
are full OF interest a. the headquarters
of yachting. and in the Solent and Spit
head you can see the great ships OF all
nations.
The private estate OF the Queen at Os-
borne and Osborne House are not open
TO the public, as 1t is the private property
Of the Queen; but we drove through two
miles OF Il, passing several model farms,
and, having ample means to see its ope-
ratlons and j can assure your readers
that Major Lewis enters farm and
grounds are as we'll kept-nay l must say,
better kept-than the Osborne estate. IL
~ true the Queen has over $500 acres. and
IL would take heavy purse to Keep II
all in good condition.
PLACES TO BE VISITED.
Whippingham church. near Osborne,
where Queen Victoria erected a monu-
ment TO the Prince Consort, and where
the Princess Beatrice was married. Is
well worth a visit CarIsbrooke Castle,
built in 1898, in the reign Of Elizabeth.
and its connection with Charles |. and
his family, and the death OF the Princess
Elizabeth adds interest to this great
historic ruin. and repays visit. AS you
pass from Carisbrooke you visit the
Church of Arreton. where you see the
grave of the Dairyman's Daughter for
the village OF Arreton was the birth
place of Elizabeth Walbridge. better
known to the Christian world as the
Dairyman's Daughter, from the graceful
pen of Rev. Leigh Richmond. The head
stone is simple. and thus inscribed:
SACRED to the memory OF Elizabeth wal
bridge, the Dairyman's Daughter who
died May 80, 1901; aged 81 years. She, be-
ing dead, yet speaketh."
QUITE A SMALL CHURCH.
Near Ventnor you can see st. Law
renee church. the smallest in England,
A parish clerk wrote this OF til
Its breadth from side to side above the
bench
Is just eleven feet and half an inch;
Its height from pavement to the ceiling
mortar
Eleven feet four inches and a quarter;
And its whole length from the east to
west end
I'll tell the truth. on which you may
depend
Twas twenty-five feet four inches. quar-
tiers three"
When you compare st. Paups. OF Lon
don, which seats 1890 people, you have
q little church indeed.
l must stop. for the subject is too great
for a letter. i have given you my own
ideas, and no man but your special cor
respondent is responsible for facts or
figures. l have been looking for DR.. and
Mrs. Richardson, of the Central Presby-
terrain, and Mr.. Randolph Cannon and
his bride, but cannot find them.
We return by sea TO Portsmouth and
Southampton. then up to London again,
and then Home. Sweet Home" by the
Umbria, leaving Liverpool on the 18th.
The United States flag was run up on
the flagstaff of this hotel to-day. in honor,
suppose, of the special correspondent OF
the Richmond Dispatch being there. The
compliment Is not personal, but to the
paper that speaks for Virginia and the
prosperity of Richmond
A LONDON POSTSCRIPT.
GRAND HOTEL, LONDON, September
9.-P. 81 cannot close this letter with
out word about one of the most i'm
portant institutions on the Isle Of Wight
namely, the National Hospital for Con-
sumption, erected near the town OF Vent
nor. There are now eight double cot
tages, with 4 handsome church, all stand
ing in a beautiful garden, extending q
quarter of a mile along one OF the main
roads, and about the same distance from
the sea 1t is so arranged that each pa
tient has a room for himself or herself.
The sea-breeze cools the feverish brains