Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-07
a MINNEsOTAN JoURNEYs TO Rrc,,-
MOND AND Is PLEASED.
TIE STORY OF OUR HOSPITALITY.
History Of the City; Its Enterprise
since the Days of the "CrucI War;
Description of che Jefferson
Places OF Interest.

uou5 fredericksburg and Potomac rar-
road about February 2h. The writer
continues. Gin Che same car with ms was
tre comedian. Sat Goodwin. and troups
cr ther way 20 hu a theatrical enearc-
mnt 40 Richmond that NIGHT. lie was
u carly lic % Minneapolis man. so va.
promised % go and see how well ne could
rar the fool m his famous roles as "a
comic actor.
.our route carried us along down the
Virginia shore OF the Potomac. while FAR
GIN os- l.f- across The broad sheet of
Vl..r The Maryland hills rose I'm view
Passing through Alexandria and over the
evergreen hills 90 the right OF Mt Yer
r.a. $50 could discern Fort Washington
0r lIeh point of the MARYLAND shore
whore pun OF blue smoke shot ND and
. monster cannon threw a lo-inch blazing
na. five miles up the river at "a target
OBJ. water. Two hundred and eichry
pounds o.. powder were used al one dis
t3.rr. o. tac sun. The Secretary Of War
and a.ee were there that day 10 witness
the experimental practice OF this new
device ~ death iu war AS we spef
swiftly along We entered the wooded
highlands. where 80 had rained the nirbt
before and turned % icy slect. which.
titierng 80 the sunlight threw O bridal
'.A ~ s.Ncry lace and golden tneel over
i-a "n0.e scene. Some of the ico-tippeI
evergreen -reCs on the hillside rlittcrel
H tne sunlight as though studded with
riIfk-ne diamonds ln an hour this
beautiful vision had vanished before the
warmth OF Che suns penetrating rays.
Speeding on. we passed the small citv of
.ontt7. on the river IL was near this
f..1t That Wilkes Booth. who assassi-
mated Lincoln attempted 10 cross The
Potomac no night, from Maryland into
i.e Virginia woods AS we run onward
toward frslericks burg. where we PASSED
one of the great batre-holds Of the late
H.r the appearance of the country and
tla people BEGAN 20 improve We saw
farmers Tloughirg i'm the field at one or
Two places and the cultivated lands were
divided or bounded by long. straight rows
'l lfl evergreen trees, giving the whole
country the appearance Of having been
formerly used as large slave plantations.
.-t now partiuonel into smaller farms.
EVIDENCES OF INDUSTRY.
N 81 were now speeding on rapidly to-
ward Richmond over "a smooth and cx-
.,laut road-oel. and through % much
more beautiful country. on every hand we
could see evidences Of thrift and indus
1897. We were fast approaching the
charmed circle, the enchanted pavilion
.- ii were. on the sacred soil where Eng
.-h civilization and settlement first took
tho.i iu this country nearly two hum
.f"i years ago. When we reached the
depot and drove up through the streets
0t Che quaint old city. I observed groups
ot merry children playing I'm the parks
and boys ia shirt-sleevCs PLAYING ban /
0o the schOol-groun1s. The mir was
MID and delightful. We alilhtcd 40
tHe Jefferson Hotel. ana were reco%-ed /
with special courtesy. 10y reason of "a let /
t.- of Introduction from Washington
"e were struck 10y the magnificent /
grandeur and costly and luxuriaut finish /
of this house. which SIS said 10 be SUR /
passed hy only one hotel in the world. /
II IS new. ana has been occupied only q /
year II has q summer cafe ON the roof /
ON one Of the lower floors is q full-size /
granite statue Of President jefferson. /
standing in the centre of a large. green /
lawn. euvironei by Towering plants. cV- /
ceiling iu beauty any of the gorgeous I
rooms seen in the Presidents house. at /
Washington. The whole building is q .
towering monument TO the advancing |
spirit o. enterprise and progress iu the /
South.
HE NET & POLICEMAN.
% stepped out onto the great front
ro-t.eo and who should I meet but my
.rer-nrescnt friend. policeman. He
tipped his hat. ana winked ana said ne
ha- au underground cabiegram from the
o..r marshal Of 81. James, MINI. 20 keep
90 lookout for a rel-heoded j3ybird from
that town who was out on q vacation /
Hfh bis WIFE, looking for fun. He said
r..r DIS ST. James friends ana City C0un-
eI had given him thirty-days fur
'ol-h. 20 last during good behavior. He
further explained that Doe had snow ON
n. De- Df