Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-29
THE BOYS IN CAMP.
DIR. w. W. Parker Describes Visit
to Them.
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NEAR GLOUCESTER POINT,

NEAR 'Il"pt = 10 f@Ik Jpi.Ni
| To the Editor of the Dispatch:
am here to-day to visit the boys in
| camp. the three Parker bOys-Dr. Mich
aux's son Stewart. Mason White, ana Cary
| Carr. They have been here more than
| "a month, and miss their old friend Colo
mel Rcl Bigger. very much BY the way
the Colonel got more chills than club, and
| fights shy Of the camp this year
SUGGESTIONS FOR CAMPING.
The camp is situated on bluff amid
mulberry trees. Flag STATS forty feet
high bear aloft the State ensign and that
Of the "Ecd Eagle" Crabs and oyster
| beds are I'm easy range.
Bring vegetables. as well as meats; also,
camp cots. and Oil-stoves. and camp chairs.
| These things cost little. but add greatly
| to comfort Camping may become gene
raj especially for those with scant means
| \ party of five can live a month com
| fortahly for from $50 to $5. provided they
| do all the work Of the camp. Good
bathing. quiet nights. relaxation. fresh
air, change Of detail tending 10
health-for one month for So Is cheap.
| had been 10 Yorktown but once
since the war. and wanted TO see the
monument-was at the laying of the cor
ner-stOne. by the way, demonstrations
Of "A popular kind should be at the com
pletiOn. and not at the beginning of a
monument. our demonstrations hereafter
must Ice upon this line. Let everything
from the start look To- the finishing Of
our Go be) three grand monuments. OF
which spoke in the Dispatch a few days
ago. How much more gratifying would
have been the demonstration at York
town at the completion Of this splendid
| work had the large company thor" in
| 1883 witnessed the "unyciling." instead
! of laying the cornerstone. / think there
was no demonstration at the unwilling.
THE NELSON HOUSE.
7 was glad to meet to-day my good
friend. Miss Kate Nelson. proprietor of
the Nelson House. who took Iae through
it to-day. When a boy 0ifty years ago
| went from Richmond alone 10 Yorktown
TO visit the battlefield of Yorktown. fresh
from American history. Had to 80 by
Norfolk and paid s. for the trip 10 that
city by the sea. The steamer was the
Od Dominion. and took from sun 10 sun
in summer time to make the trip. |
was delighted with the visit. and wrote
a long letter to the Dispatch. or Chris
tan Advocatc-I do not remember Ger
tainly Withdrawing an account OF ny
feelings / well remember my father
complimcnted me. saying my style was
somewhat after Washington lrvings. This
greatly surprised and BATTERED me- very
naturally, as my father was a Judge OF
composition. But ! must return to Miss
| Nelson. who is now the sole tenant of
| the noble Nelson House. whose builder and
| owner should never he forgotten 10y VIZ
| rinia or the United States. What Il
| splendid patriot was ~. No American
! has surpassed him. He gave the gunners
| puincas for every shot put into his own
| splendid mansion; also. paid two regiments
| out of his own pocket when the state
| had not the money. These were but small
specimens Of his generous patriotism.
Shall all this noblcncss b" forgotten? Miss
| Nelson was offered $1,000 some years ago
| 10y parties from Cnicago FOR the mansion.
| but she. with the spirit OF her noble
| ancestor. promptly declined IT, Here is
| a work for the ladies in charge of "Nir-
| cinia antiquities" Here is a chance TO
| do two good deeds at once-to wit, honor
| the dead and help the living.
AN ANNUITY.
If the society is not able to pur-
| chase. Miss Nelson will deed the
| property to the society for an
annuity Of $500. This the Daughters
of the Revolution could aid in raising.
| will gladly give 81 per annum TO aid
| the ladies'. / have no doubt the $500
| could be easily raised by the children.
| Now, Yorktown * only six miles from
| Lee Hall (another historic place. ana IL
We had an electric road from this point
| TO Yorktown, what resort TINS old'
| honored town would be TO tourists from
| the West via old Point and Richmond
and what a place for pic-nics from the
points Of Norfolk and Portsmouth. VINO
will build this road? The Chesapeake and
ohio might do il with profit. and the
Nelson House might pay back to the
South more than the property cost. what
say the ladies' and MIR. Ingalls,?
W. W. II.
July %. 1894
Il. 81 find the boys have good
reputation at Gloucester Point. The
people are very kind in supplying thcm
(often FREQ with fruit and corn. Mr..
A Taliaferro loaned them last year and
this. also. a good boat. Mosquitoes, gnats,
| and blackberries abound. J..